Our work

The Law Foundation of Ontario takes an active and engaging approach to our work in five broad areas to carry out our mandate of advancing access to justice.
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Madame Justice Thorburn volunteers with OJEN, helping young people better understand and relate to the justice system, and the people who work within it

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:

Grantmaking

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

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Funds to Legal Aid Ontario
Class Proceedings Fund
Guthrie Award
Build and share knowledge

What's new

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News

2025 annual report: Responsive: Supporting community-driven ideas

June 24, 2026

We’re pleased to release our 2025 annual report: Responsive: Supporting community-driven ideas.

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2026-2027 Public Interest Articling Fellowship articling students

September 15, 2026

Meet the 2026-2027 articling student participants of the Foundation’s Public Interest Articling Fellowship program.

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Catalyst Day welcomes more grantees and collaboration

September 10, 2026

We were thrilled to host our 4th annual Catalyst Day on June 4, 2026, welcoming about 50 people from 33 organizations.