Originally founded in 1996, the Hillsborough County Bar Foundation was created exclusively for charitable and educational purposes. Our Mission is:

“To support and promote programs and projects which encourage assistance to the poor and disadvantaged, primarily with regard to their legal needs and to educate the public about the legal system.”

How we advance our mission:

• We support and promote programs and projects for the improvement of the administration of justice and the dissemination of information to the general public to promote a better understanding of the law;

• We encourage and promote legal assistance to the poor and to disadvantaged groups;

• We foster programs of law related education for students and adults;

• We award grants for scholarships and fellowships to those for the improvement of the legal profession;
• To support continuing legal education programs, particularly programs of an experimental nature or of general interest to the entire legal profession in the community and which are not self supporting.

Our organization can only operate because of the charity of others. It you would like to get involved, learn more, or contribute please check out our Get Involved page.