In addition to annual operating support, many foundations, law firms and corporations make gifts to Legal Aid to support Legal Aid's practice areas and special programs.
Today and in the past, Legal Aid enjoys support from numerous foundations and special funding programs. Examples of supporters include, but are not limited to:
- American Endowment Foundation
- Ashtabula Foundation
- Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation
- The Charles M. and
- Helen M. Brown Memorial Foundation
- Charter One Foundation
- The Cleveland Foundation
- Kaiser Permenente Community Care Fund
- Community Foundation of Lorain County
- Equal Justice America
- The George Gund Foundation
- Frank Hadley Ginn and Cornelia
- Root Ginn Charitable Trust
- The Higley Fund
- Jewish Federation of Cleveland
- John Milton Costello Foundation
- Kaiser Permanente of Ohio
- The Key Foundation
- Kohrman Family Foundation
- Legal Services Corporation.
- The Lubrizol Foundation
- The McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal &
- Liffman Foundation
- McGregor Foundation
- Medical Mutual of Ohio Charitable Foundation
- Merrill Lynch & Company Foundation
- Samuel H. and Maria Miller Foundation
- Murphy Family Foundation
- David and Inez Myers Foundation
- Donald and Alice Noble Foundation
- Nordson Corporation Foundation
- Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation-
- PNC Bank
- Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund
- Saint Luke’s Foundation of Cleveland
- Skadden Fellowship Foundation
- Third Federal Foundation
- United Way of Ashtabula County
- United Way of Greater Cleveland
- United Way of Greater Lorain County
- Warren & Zoann Dusenbury Charitable Trust
- Thomas H. White Foundation
Additionally, for special projects - Legal Aid frequently collaborates with partner agencies and government groups. Legal Aid often gets grants or sub-grants from collaborators. Sometimes, such grants are related to a partnership agreement, where Legal Aid handles cases for mutual clients. While not an exhaustive list, examples of special project funders include:
- Advocates for Basic Legal Equality
- Ohio Chapter American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
- American Bar Association - Section of Taxation
- American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio
- American College of Bankruptcy
- Area Agency on Aging 11, Inc.
- Asian Services in Action, Inc.
- Association of Corporate Counsel -
- Northeast Ohio Chapter
- Case Western Reserve University School of Law
- Catholic Charities Health and Human Services
- Catholic Charities Migration & Refugee Services
- Center for Survivor Agency and Justice
- City of Cleveland - Department of Aging
- Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys
- Cleveland Action to Support Housing, Inc.
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Cleveland Housing Network
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
- Cleveland Public Library
- Cleveland Rape Crisis Center
- Cleveland Tenants Organization
- Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
- College Now Greater Cleveland
- Community Legal Aid Services
- Cuyahoga Community College Metro
- Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas-Domestic Relations
- Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority
- Domestic Violence and Child and Advocacy Center
- Emerald Development and Economic Network
- Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
- Fair Housing Resource Center
- Housing Research and Advocacy Center
- John Carroll University
- Lakeland Community College
- The Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati
- Mentor Public Library- Main Branch
- Norman S. Minor Bar Association
- Ohio Attorney General
- Ohio Poverty Law Center
- Ohio State Legal Services Association
- Oriana House, Inc.
- Paralegal Society of Bryant & Stratton College
- Shaker Heights Public Library
- St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
- Taxpayer Advocacy Service
- Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging