Aug. 13, 2025 – Teen court youth, self-represented family law litigants, and families in need of legal services are among those helped through grants from the Wisconsin Law Foundation, funded by generous donations from Wisconsin lawyers.

The Wisconsin Law Foundation is the charitable arm of the State Bar of Wisconsin. Thanks to donations from State Bar members, the Foundation annually provides high-impact Truman Q. McNulty grants up to $2,800 each to charitable or educational programs or projects that promote greater public understanding of the law and improve the administration of justice, and to projects that directly impact Wisconsin residents.

This year, the Law Foundation received $42,738 in grant requests. In line with the Foundation's budget, the Law Foundation Board of Directors approved 12 McNulty grants totaling $28,000 for 2025.

In 2025, the Foundation awarded grants to organizations that help children and families, support teen court programs, assist those who can’t afford legal representation, help families keep their homes, and offer legal assistance to self-represented litigants with limited access to justice.

Making an Impact on Wisconsin’s Communities

Here are the 2025 McNulty grant recipients and the programs the grants support:

• ABC for Health, Madison: Medicaid Threats: Community Legal Education Support for Wisconsin Families

• Briarpatch Youth Services, Inc., Madison: Restorative Justice Program

• Catholic Multicultural Center, Madison: Rural Outreach of the CMC Immigration Legal Services Program

• Centro Legal, Milwaukee: Family Consultation Program

• Grant County, Lancaster: Teen Court Program

• Legal Action of Wisconsin Inc., Milwaukee: Rent Abatement Tool

• Milwaukee Justice Center through Milwaukee Bar Association Foundation: Mobile Legal Clinic

• Oneida County, Rhinelander: Teen Court Program

• Sauk County Family Law Court, Baraboo: Pro Se Family Law Clinic

• Sheboygan County, Sheboygan: Teen Court Program

• Wisconsin CASA Association, Green Bay: Wisconsin CASA Judicial System Knowledge and Expansion

• Wisconsin Teen Court Association, Madison: 2025 Wisconsin Restorative Justice Youth Summit

Ways to Support the Wisconsin Law Foundation

Please consider a gift to help support the Wisconsin Law Foundation. Any level of contribution is gratefully appreciated. Ways to give:

• include a donation on line 9 of your State Bar dues statement;

• donate online at wisbar.org/wlfdonate.

• use your phone camera to scan the QR code:

  • To scan the code, open the camera app on your phone, then point the camera at the QR code and a banner will appear. When you tap the banner, it opens the donation webpage on WisBar.org.

To find out more about what the Foundation does, read more in InsideTrack and see the Foundation's newsletters on WisBar.org.