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
Close to $7M in core funding to eight leading access to justice organizations
The Foundation has approved 8 new Catalyst grants, representing $6.9M over 3 years.
Bennett Jensen Guthrie Award celebration
We gathered on November 6, 2025 to present Bennett Jensen with the Guthrie Award, the Foundation’s signature award to recognize exceptional access to justice champions.
$1.5M grant to Community Foundations of Canada to support access to justice in rural, remote, and northern communities
The Foundation approved a $1.5M Strategic Partnership grant to the Community Foundations of Canada.