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Houston Bar Foundation Launches New Community Grants Program

The Foundation may award up to $100,000 in grants to the Houston community

(HOUSTON – JULY 3, 2025) The Houston Bar Foundation (“HBF”) – the charitable arm of the Houston Bar Association – launched its new Community Grants Program, supporting projects that address the legal needs of residents in the greater Houston area.

To be eligible, the project must meet the following criteria:  

• must further at least one pillar of the HBF’s mission,

• must not exceed $10,000,   

• must benefit people in the greater Houston area, and   

• must be concluded within 2 years.   

Additional considerations apply. View the complete guidelines and download an application at hba.org/foundation. The deadline to apply is September 30, 2025.

The announcement is the culmination of two years of strategic planning by the HBF Board of Directors. Under the leadership of 2023 HBF Chair Monica Karuturi, the Foundation engaged in a strategic planning process, in part to create a strategy for investment and spending consistent with the HBF’s mission. One of the first outcomes of those efforts was the creation of this grant program. This program is separate from the annual grant to the Houston Volunteer Lawyers and designed to broaden the HBF’s impact, which is focused on the Houston community. 

Over the years, the HBF has proudly provided grants to support access to justice and community education. This includes funding a part-time legal navigator at the HAY Center to assist with legal representation for those in need. The HBF also awarded a grant for the purchase and installation of a lactation pod in the Harris County Court Complex, helping foster the fair administration of justice for all citizens. Additionally, the Foundation supported the Harris County District Courts with a grant for court staff education and funded the awards for the HBA Law Week Contests, which promote public understanding of our legal system. The HBF is proud to now further its reach through the new Community Grants Program.

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The Houston Bar Foundation’s mission, as the charitable arm of the Houston Bar Association, is to make a positive impact on our community by: supporting legal representation for those in need; promoting understanding of our legal system, and fostering the administration of justice. Through the generosity of its contributors, and significantly its Fellows, Life Fellows, Sustaining Life Fellows, and Champion Fellows, the Foundation has been able to make a difference in the greater Houston community.