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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Pro Bono Innovation Fund Process for
Submitting Pre-Applications for 2023
Grants
Legal Services Corporation.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Legal Services
Corporation (LSC) issues this Notice
describing the conditions for submitting
a Pre-Application for 2023 Pro Bono
Innovation Fund grants.
DATES: Pre-applications must be
submitted by 11:59 p.m. EST on Friday,
January 27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Letters of Intent must be
submitted electronically at https://
lscgrants.lsc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mytrang Nguyen, Program Counsel,
Office of Program Performance, Legal
Services Corporation, 3333 K Street NW,
Washington, DC 20007; (202) 295–1564
or nguyenm@lsc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
Since 2014, Congress has provided an
annual appropriation to LSC ‘‘for a Pro
Bono Innovation Fund.’’ See, e.g.,
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017,
Public Law 115–31, 131 Stat. 135
(2017). LSC requested these funds for
grants to ‘‘develop, test, and replicate
innovative pro bono efforts that can
enable LSC grantees to expand clients’
access to high quality legal assistance.’’
LSC Budget Request, Fiscal Year 2014 at
26 (2013). The grants must involve
innovations that are either ‘‘new ideas’’
or ‘‘new applications of existing best
practices.’’ Id. Each grant would ‘‘either
serve as a model for other legal services
providers to follow or effectively
replicate a prior innovation. Id. The
Senate Appropriations Committee
explained that these funds ‘‘will support
innovative projects that promote and
enhance pro bono initiatives throughout
the Nation,’’ and the House
Appropriations Committee directed LSC
‘‘to increase the involvement of private
attorneys in the delivery of legal
services to [LSC-eligible] clients.’’
Senate Report 114–239 at 123 (2016),
House Report 113–448 at 85 (2014).
Since its inception, the Pro Bono
Innovation Fund has advanced LSC’s
goal of increasing the quantity and
quality of legal services by funding
projects that more efficiently and
effectively involve pro bono volunteers
in serving the critical unmet legal needs
of LSC-eligible clients. In 2017, LSC
built on these successes by creating
three funding categories to better focus
on innovations serving unmet and welldefined client needs (Project Grants), on
building comprehensive and effective
pro bono programs through new
applications of existing best practices
(Transformation Grants), and on
providing continued development
support for the most promising
innovations (Sustainability Grants). In
2021, LSC created Non-Direct Service
Project Grants to fund organizations to
develop and implement innovative
solutions to pro bono challenges that do
not involve providing direct legal
services to clients. In 2022, LSC created
a new funding category to provide
organizations with resources to plan and
establish a strong foundation (Planning
Grants). Planning Grants will be
available on a pilot basis in the 2023
funding cycle to select organizations.
II. Funding Opportunities Information
A. Eligible Applicants
To be eligible for the Pro Bono
Innovation Fund’s Project,
Sustainability, and Transformation
grants, Applicants must be current
grantees of LSC Basic Field-General,
Basic Field-Migrant, or Basic FieldNative American grants. In addition,
Sustainability Grant Applicants must
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B. Pro Bono Innovation Fund Purpose
and Key Goals
Pro Bono Innovation Fund grants
develop, test, and replicate innovative
pro bono efforts that can enable LSC
grantees to use pro bono volunteers to
serve larger numbers of low-income
clients and improve the quality and
effectiveness of the services provided.
The key goals of the Pro Bono
Innovation Fund are to:
1. Address gaps in the delivery of
legal services to low-income people;
2. Engage more lawyers and other
volunteers in pro bono service;
3. Develop, test, and replicate
innovative pro bono efforts.
C. Funding Categories
1. Planning Grants
In 2023, LSC is piloting a new grant
category, called Planning Grants, to
provide select organizations with the
resources to assess their pro bono
program and develop an action plan and
proposal for a 2024 Pro Bono Innovation
Fund Transformation grant. Planning
Grants are one-time, six-month grants.
2. Project Grants
The goal of Pro Bono Innovation Fund
Project Grants is to leverage volunteers
to meet a critical, unmet and welldefined client need. Consistent with the
key goals of the Pro Bono Innovation
Fund, applicants are encouraged to
focus on engaging volunteers to increase
free civil legal aid for low-income
Americans by proposing new, replicable
ideas. The Pro Bono Innovation Fund
has two Project Grant types, Direct
Service and Non-Direct Service. Direct
Service projects are focused on engaging
volunteers to increase free legal
assistance for eligible clients. Non-
Direct Service projects propose to
strengthen core aspects of pro bono
delivery systems and may not result in
direct pro bono client services within
the grant timeframe (i.e., develop a suite
of substantive training materials, create
on-demand videos for volunteers, etc.).
Applicants are strongly encouraged to
research prior Pro Bono Innovation
Fund projects to replicate and improve
upon them. LSC is particularly
interested in applications that propose
to replicate projects LSC has previously
funded with ‘‘Sustainability’’ Grants.
Project Grants can be either 18 or 24
months.
3. Transformation Grants
The goal of Pro Bono Innovation Fund
Transformation Grants is to support LSC
grantees in comprehensive assessment
and restructuring of pro bono programs
through new applications of existing
best practices in pro bono delivery. Each
Transformation Grant will support a
rigorous assessment of an LSC grantee’s
pro bono program and the identification
of best practices in pro bono delivery
that are best suited to that grantee’s
needs and circumstances.
Transformation Grants are targeted
towards LSC grantees whose leadership
is committed to restructuring an entire
pro bono program and incorporating pro
bono best practices into core, highpriority client services with an urgency
to create a high-impact pro bono
program. This funding opportunity is
open to all LSC grantees but is primarily
intended for LSC grantees who have
been unsuccessful applying for Project
Grants or who have never applied for a
Pro Bono Innovation Fund grant in the
past. Transformation Grants can be
either 24 or 36 months.
4. Sustainability Grants
Pro Bono Innovation Fund
Sustainability Grants are available to
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Applicants invited to submit a PreApplication for a pilot Planning Grant
can apply for a 6-month grant.
Applicants for Project Grants can apply
for either an 18- or a 24-month grant.
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12 Months
18 Months
Applicants for Transformation Grants
can apply for either a 24- or a 36-month
grant. Applicants for Sustainability
Grants can apply for a 24-month grant
only. Applications must cover the full
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current Pro Bono Innovation Fund
grantees who received a 2021 Project
grant. The goal of Sustainability Grants
is to support further development of the
most promising and replicable Pro Bono
Innovation Fund projects with an
additional 24 months of funding so
grantees can leverage new sources of
revenue for the project and collect
meaningful data to demonstrate the
project’s results and outcomes for
clients and volunteers. Applicants for
Sustainability Grants will be asked to
propose an ambitious strategy that
reduces the Pro Bono Innovation Fund
contribution to the project over the
Sustainability Grant term.
D. Available Funds and Additional
Consideration for 2021 Grants
The amount of funds available for Pro
Bono Innovation Fund Grants for
FY2023 depends on LSC’s final
appropriation. LSC currently operates
under a Continuing Resolution for
FY2023, which funds the Federal
government through December 16, 2022.
The Continuing Resolution maintains
funding for the Pro Bono Innovation
Fund at $4,750,000. LSC will make Pro
Bono Innovation Fund grant decisions
for FY2023 in the summer of 2023. LSC
anticipates publicizing the total amount
available for Pro Bono Innovation Fund
grants when Congress enacts the
FY2023 appropriation. LSC will not
designate fixed or estimated amounts for
the three different funding categories
and will make grant awards for the three
categories within the total amount of
funding available.
E. Grant Terms
Pro Bono Innovation Fund awards can
have grant terms of 6, 18, 24, or 36
months, depending on the category of
grant.
24 Months
36 Months
proposed grant term. The grant term is
expected to commence on October 1,
2023.
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also be a current Pro Bono Innovation
Fund grantee with a 2019 grant award.
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III. Grant Application Process
MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L.
UDALL FOUNDATION
A. Pro Bono Innovation Fund Grant
Application Process
Sunshine Act Meetings
The Pro Bono Innovation Fund
application process will be
administered in LSC’s unified grants
management system, GrantEase.
Applicants must first submit a PreApplication to LSC in GrantEase by
January 27, 2023 to be considered for a
grant. After review by LSC Staff, LSC’s
President decides which applicants will
be asked to submit a full application.
Applicants will be notified of approval
to submit a full application by early
March 2023. Full applications are due to
LSC in the GrantEase system on May 1,
2023. Once received, full applications
will undergo a rigorous review by LSC
staff and other subject matter experts.
LSC’s President makes the final decision
on funding for the Pro Bono Innovation
Fund.
B. Late or Incomplete Applications
LSC may consider a request to submit
a Pre-Application after the deadline, but
only if the Applicant has submitted an
email to probonoinnovation@lsc.gov
explaining the circumstances that
caused the delay prior to the PreApplication deadline. Communication
with LSC staff, including assigned
Program Liaisons, is not a substitute for
sending a formal request and
explanation to probonoinnovation@
lsc.gov. At its discretion, LSC may
consider incomplete applications. LSC
will determine the admissibility of late
or incomplete applications on a case-bycase basis.
C. Multiple Pre-Applications
Applicants may submit multiple Preapplications under the same or different
funding category. If applying for
multiple grants, applicants should
submit separate Pre-applications for
each funding request.
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D. Additional Information and
Guidelines
Additional guidance and instructions
on the Pro Bono Innovation Fund PreApplication and Application processes,
will be available and regularly updated
at https://www.lsc.gov/grants-granteeresources/our-grant-programs/pro-bonoinnovation-fund.
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Pro Bono Innovation Fund Process for Submitting Pre-Applications
for 2023 Grants
AGENCY: Legal Services Corporation.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) issues this Notice
describing the conditions for submitting a Pre-Application for 2023 Pro
Bono Innovation Fund grants.
DATES: Pre-applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. EST on Friday,
January 27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Letters of Intent must be submitted electronically at https://lscgrants.lsc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mytrang Nguyen, Program Counsel,
Office of Program Performance, Legal Services Corporation, 3333 K
Street NW, Washington, DC 20007; (202) 295-1564 or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
Since 2014, Congress has provided an annual appropriation to LSC
``for a Pro Bono Innovation Fund.'' See, e.g., Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2017, Public Law 115-31, 131 Stat. 135 (2017). LSC
requested these funds for grants to ``develop, test, and replicate
innovative pro bono efforts that can enable LSC grantees to expand
clients' access to high quality legal assistance.'' LSC Budget Request,
Fiscal Year 2014 at 26 (2013). The grants must involve innovations that
are either ``new ideas'' or ``new applications of existing best
practices.'' Id. Each grant would ``either serve as a model for other
legal services providers to follow or effectively replicate a prior
innovation. Id. The Senate Appropriations Committee explained that
these funds ``will support innovative projects that promote and enhance
pro bono initiatives throughout the Nation,'' and the House
Appropriations Committee directed LSC ``to increase the involvement of
private attorneys in the delivery of legal services to [LSC-eligible]
clients.'' Senate Report 114-239 at 123 (2016), House Report 113-448 at
85 (2014).
Since its inception, the Pro Bono Innovation Fund has advanced
LSC's goal of increasing the quantity and quality of legal services by
funding projects that more efficiently and effectively involve pro bono
volunteers in serving the critical unmet legal needs of LSC-eligible
clients. In 2017, LSC built on these successes by creating three
funding categories to better focus on innovations serving unmet and
well-defined client needs (Project Grants), on building comprehensive
and effective pro bono programs through new applications of existing
best practices (Transformation Grants), and on providing continued
development support for the most promising innovations (Sustainability
Grants). In 2021, LSC created Non-Direct Service Project Grants to fund
organizations to develop and implement innovative solutions to pro bono
challenges that do not involve providing direct legal services to
clients. In 2022, LSC created a new funding category to provide
organizations with resources to plan and establish a strong foundation
(Planning Grants). Planning Grants will be available on a pilot basis
in the 2023 funding cycle to select organizations.
II. Funding Opportunities Information
A. Eligible Applicants
To be eligible for the Pro Bono Innovation Fund's Project,
Sustainability, and Transformation grants, Applicants must be current
grantees of LSC Basic Field-General, Basic Field-Migrant, or Basic
Field-Native American grants. In addition, Sustainability Grant
Applicants must
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also be a current Pro Bono Innovation Fund grantee with a 2019 grant
award.
B. Pro Bono Innovation Fund Purpose and Key Goals
Pro Bono Innovation Fund grants develop, test, and replicate
innovative pro bono efforts that can enable LSC grantees to use pro
bono volunteers to serve larger numbers of low-income clients and
improve the quality and effectiveness of the services provided. The key
goals of the Pro Bono Innovation Fund are to:
1. Address gaps in the delivery of legal services to low-income
people;
2. Engage more lawyers and other volunteers in pro bono service;
3. Develop, test, and replicate innovative pro bono efforts.
C. Funding Categories
1. Planning Grants
In 2023, LSC is piloting a new grant category, called Planning
Grants, to provide select organizations with the resources to assess
their pro bono program and develop an action plan and proposal for a
2024 Pro Bono Innovation Fund Transformation grant. Planning Grants are
one-time, six-month grants.
2. Project Grants
The goal of Pro Bono Innovation Fund Project Grants is to leverage
volunteers to meet a critical, unmet and well-defined client need.
Consistent with the key goals of the Pro Bono Innovation Fund,
applicants are encouraged to focus on engaging volunteers to increase
free civil legal aid for low-income Americans by proposing new,
replicable ideas. The Pro Bono Innovation Fund has two Project Grant
types, Direct Service and Non-Direct Service. Direct Service projects
are focused on engaging volunteers to increase free legal assistance
for eligible clients. Non-Direct Service projects propose to strengthen
core aspects of pro bono delivery systems and may not result in direct
pro bono client services within the grant timeframe (i.e., develop a
suite of substantive training materials, create on-demand videos for
volunteers, etc.).
Applicants are strongly encouraged to research prior Pro Bono
Innovation Fund projects to replicate and improve upon them. LSC is
particularly interested in applications that propose to replicate
projects LSC has previously funded with ``Sustainability'' Grants.
Project Grants can be either 18 or 24 months.
3. Transformation Grants
The goal of Pro Bono Innovation Fund Transformation Grants is to
support LSC grantees in comprehensive assessment and restructuring of
pro bono programs through new applications of existing best practices
in pro bono delivery. Each Transformation Grant will support a rigorous
assessment of an LSC grantee's pro bono program and the identification
of best practices in pro bono delivery that are best suited to that
grantee's needs and circumstances. Transformation Grants are targeted
towards LSC grantees whose leadership is committed to restructuring an
entire pro bono program and incorporating pro bono best practices into
core, high-priority client services with an urgency to create a high-
impact pro bono program. This funding opportunity is open to all LSC
grantees but is primarily intended for LSC grantees who have been
unsuccessful applying for Project Grants or who have never applied for
a Pro Bono Innovation Fund grant in the past. Transformation Grants can
be either 24 or 36 months.
4. Sustainability Grants
Pro Bono Innovation Fund Sustainability Grants are available to
current Pro Bono Innovation Fund grantees who received a 2021 Project
grant. The goal of Sustainability Grants is to support further
development of the most promising and replicable Pro Bono Innovation
Fund projects with an additional 24 months of funding so grantees can
leverage new sources of revenue for the project and collect meaningful
data to demonstrate the project's results and outcomes for clients and
volunteers. Applicants for Sustainability Grants will be asked to
propose an ambitious strategy that reduces the Pro Bono Innovation Fund
contribution to the project over the Sustainability Grant term.
D. Available Funds and Additional Consideration for 2021 Grants
The amount of funds available for Pro Bono Innovation Fund Grants
for FY2023 depends on LSC's final appropriation. LSC currently operates
under a Continuing Resolution for FY2023, which funds the Federal
government through December 16, 2022. The Continuing Resolution
maintains funding for the Pro Bono Innovation Fund at $4,750,000. LSC
will make Pro Bono Innovation Fund grant decisions for FY2023 in the
summer of 2023. LSC anticipates publicizing the total amount available
for Pro Bono Innovation Fund grants when Congress enacts the FY2023
appropriation. LSC will not designate fixed or estimated amounts for
the three different funding categories and will make grant awards for
the three categories within the total amount of funding available.
E. Grant Terms
Pro Bono Innovation Fund awards can have grant terms of 6, 18, 24,
or 36 months, depending on the category of grant.
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Applicants invited to submit a Pre-Application for a pilot Planning
Grant can apply for a 6-month grant. Applicants for Project Grants can
apply for either an 18- or a 24-month grant. Applicants for
Transformation Grants can apply for either a 24- or a 36-month grant.
Applicants for Sustainability Grants can apply for a 24-month grant
only. Applications must cover the full proposed grant term. The grant
term is expected to commence on October 1, 2023.
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III. Grant Application Process
A. Pro Bono Innovation Fund Grant Application Process
The Pro Bono Innovation Fund application process will be
administered in LSC's unified grants management system, GrantEase.
Applicants must first submit a Pre-Application to LSC in GrantEase by
January 27, 2023 to be considered for a grant. After review by LSC
Staff, LSC's President decides which applicants will be asked to submit
a full application. Applicants will be notified of approval to submit a
full application by early March 2023. Full applications are due to LSC
in the GrantEase system on May 1, 2023. Once received, full
applications will undergo a rigorous review by LSC staff and other
subject matter experts. LSC's President makes the final decision on
funding for the Pro Bono Innovation Fund.
B. Late or Incomplete Applications
LSC may consider a request to submit a Pre-Application after the
deadline, but only if the Applicant has submitted an email to
[email protected] explaining the circumstances that caused the
delay prior to the Pre-Application deadline. Communication with LSC
staff, including assigned Program Liaisons, is not a substitute for
sending a formal request and explanation to [email protected].
At its discretion, LSC may consider incomplete applications. LSC will
determine the admissibility of late or incomplete applications on a
case-by-case basis.
C. Multiple Pre-Applications
Applicants may submit multiple Pre-applications under the same or
different funding category. If applying for multiple grants, applicants
should submit separate Pre-applications for each funding request.
D. Additional Information and Guidelines
Additional guidance and instructions on the Pro Bono Innovation
Fund Pre-Application and Application processes, will be available and
regularly updated at https://www.lsc.gov/grants-grantee-resources/our-grant-programs/pro-bono-innovation-fund.
Dated: November 15, 2022.
Stefanie Davis,
Senior Associate General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2022-25198 Filed 11-17-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7050-01-P
