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About The Manitoba Law Foundation
The Manitoba Law Foundation exists under The Legal Profession Act to fund programs that benefit Manitobans in the following areas: legal education, legal research, legal aid services, law reform, and the development and maintenance of law libraries. Our main source of revenue is the interest payable on funds held in Manitoba lawyers’ pooled trust accounts in financial institutions across the province.
What We Do
How we Fund our Granting
Sources of Revenue
Discretionary Granting
Operational, project and small grants
Our Mandatory Granting
Legal Aid Manitoba and The Law Society of Manitoba
Recent Granting
Recent grant recipients
Latest News
from the Manitoba Law Foundation
Annual Report 2019-2020
Our 2019-2020 Annual Report is now available for download. Click the image to read it in PDF form or download and print it.
Special Granting Initiative News
For Immediate Release: The Manitoba Law Foundation is pleased to announce today that three organisations will benefit from a total of just over $600,000 in Special Granting Initiative funding to support their efforts to enhance access, and remove systemic barriers, to justice in Manitoba. First Nations Family Advocate Office of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs … Continue reading Special Granting Initiative News
Upcoming October 2020 Project & Small Grant Application Deadlines
The next deadlines for applications to the Manitoba Law Foundation for Project Grants and Small Grants are fast approaching. Applications are due on or before October 1st for Project Grants and on or before October 31st for Small Grants, for consideration by the Board of Directors in December 2020. Small Grants support small, one-time, distinct law-related … Continue reading Upcoming October 2020 Project & Small Grant Application Deadlines
Annual Report 2018-19
Our 2018-2019 Annual Report is now available for download. Click the image to read it in PDF form or download and print it.
Upcoming October 2019 Project Grant and Small Grant Application Deadlines
The next deadlines for applications to the Manitoba Law Foundation for Project Grants and Small Grants are fast approaching. Applications are due on or before October 1st for Project Grants and on or before October 31st for Small Grants, for consideration by the Board of Directors in December 2019. Small Grants support small, one-time, distinct law-related … Continue reading Upcoming October 2019 Project Grant and Small Grant Application Deadlines
Introducing our new Executive Director!
The Board of Directors of The Manitoba Law Foundation is pleased to welcome Erin Wilcott as its new Executive Director. Erin takes over the helm of the Foundation from Karen Dyck, who has recently been appointed as Chief Appeal Commissioner at The Appeal Commission. Erin brings to the Foundation a wealth of legal profession experience. … Continue reading Introducing our new Executive Director!