Harry H Dow Memorial Legal Assistance Fund
Harry H Dow Memorial Legal Assistance Fund
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About this organization
Mission
The mission of the Harry H. Dow Memorial Legal Assistance Fund is to provide resources to ensure access to the legal system for Asian Americans who are deprived of justice because of barriers such as language, race, culture, poverty or immigration status.
About
During 2018, the organization awarded 5 grants: $46,500 to Greater Boston Legal Services for programming in its Asian outreach unit; $25,000 to Community Legal Aid, Inc for the Harry Dow Asian outreach and advocacy project that aims to increase access to legal services and address the needs of the significant Asian immigrant and refugee populations in the Worcester, MA area; $6,000 to Saheli, Inc. for legal aid clinics for local Asian immigrants; $10,000 to Third Sector New England, Inc. to fund technical assistance, tailored training and coordination for innovating legal education on voting rights to Asian American Pacific Islander community-based organizations in Boston, Quincy, Lowell and Worcester; and $2,500 to Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice to support legal literacy campaign, including know your rights training, legal clinics and free legal aid services in Asian American communities.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
In the filing, the mission of the non-profit is noted as “The mission of the harry h. dow memorial legal assistance fund is to provide resources to ensure access to the legal system for asian americans who are deprived of justice because of barriers such as language, race, culture, poverty or immigration status.”.
When referring to its responsibilities, they were outlined as: “The mission of the harry h. dow memorial legal assistance fund is to provide resources to ensure access to the legal system for asian americans who are deprived of justice because of barriers such as language, race, culture, poverty or immigration status.”.
- The state in which the non-profit is legally registered to operate is MA, as per legal records.
- The filing documents the non-profit's address in 2020 as PO BOX 6204, BOSTON, MA, 02114.
- According to the non-profit's form, they have 0 employees on their payroll as of 2020.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are less than $100,000.
- Revenue is less than $100,000.
- Revenue less expenses is -$27,927.
- The organization has 12 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1985.
- The organization pays $0 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $250 in fundraising expenses.