The Law Foundation of Ontario takes an active and engaging approach to our work as a grantmaker and to carry out our mandate of advancing access to justice. Since our creation in 1974, we have worked with and given out over $2B in grants to hundreds of carefully selected grantees, class actions in the public interest, and to Legal Aid Ontario.
The Law Foundation of Ontario works in five broad areas:
Manages a number of grant programs and makes grants to support a wide range of nonprofit organizations to help people understand the law and to use the law to improve their lives
What's new
Over $29M in Responsive grants support 123 organizations
In 2024 and 2025, the Foundation made 123 Responsive grants, totaling over $29M.
Job posting: Summer Law Student, Class Proceedings Fund
We are seeking a Summer Law Student, Class Proceedings Fund.
Broadening our PIAF community
For the first time in our Public Interest Articling Fellowship program’s history, we brought the articling students together to meet each other, and us.