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USA
One of the oldest law firm-affiliated charitable foundations in the United States, the Foundation has contributed $70 million since 1986 to a wide variety of nonprofit organizations that address social welfare and systemic discrimination through programs focused on legal aid, civil rights, and equity in education, health care, and housing.
Europe
In Morrison Foerster’s offices in Europe, charitable giving programs operate through a combination of The Morrison & Foerster Foundation and Morrison Foerster.
In Brussels, the Foundation participates in local grantmaking through our donor-advised fund with the King Baudouin Foundation United States (KBFUS). Based in New York City, KBFUS is a leading resource for philanthropic giving by U.S. donors to charities in Europe and Africa. In 2021, the Foundation gave nearly $39,000
to this fund.
In London, the firm has had its own charitable giving program since 2006. For tax and charitable giving reasons, it operates separately from the Foundation, though its focus, guidelines, and level of partner support are consistent with those of the Foundation. In 2021, donations by Morrison Foerster’s London charitable giving program were £128,960, or approximately $174,400.
Asia
Our support for U.S. charities serving parts of Asia where the firm has offices began shortly after Morrison Foerster opened its Tokyo office in 1987. Our peak giving in that region occurred in 2011, when our donations in response to the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan that year totaled more than $600,000. Below is a recent example of a Foundation community grant recipient working in Asia.
We designated our contribution for JapanCraft21, a project of the Asia Society Japan. JapanCraft21’s purpose is to revitalize traditional Japanese master crafts by identifying the issues artisans face and implementing solutions for the 21st century. Its programs include helping to create a school of advanced traditional building skills and launching a series of contests, each designed to revive a traditional Japanese craft.
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South America
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Australasia
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Challenge Grants
In addition to its matching gift programs, the Foundation occasionally offers to match the amount raised by firm personnel to benefit charitable causes of particular importance to Morrison Foerster lawyers and staff.
Law School
Gift Matching
In a separate program, the Foundation matches donations, up to $500 per person annually, made by the firm’s lawyers to their respective law schools. In 2021, we donated more than $18,000 in matching gifts to 32 law schools.
Individual
Gift Matching
The Foundation matches donations, up to $500 per person annually, made by eligible lawyers and staff to a wide variety of nonprofit organizations that meet our giving guidelines. In 2021, the Foundation contributed more than $56,000 in individual matching gifts to 170 charitable organizations.
Individual
Law School
Challenge Grants
Challenge Grants
Law School
Individual
Matching Gifts + Challenge Grants
The Foundation offers several contribution-matching programs to Morrison Foerster personnel. The purpose of these programs is to encourage private charitable giving, provide additional leverage to gifts made by the firm’s lawyers and staff, and support the charitable goals of the firm’s individual donors. These programs are offered as either matching gifts or challenge grants.
$163,000
Our $163,000 in arts donations included funds for:
CITYarts
New York, New York
San Francisco Symphony’s Adventures
in Music (AIM) Program
San Francisco, California
Urbanity Dance
Boston, Massachusetts
$335,000
We gave more than $335,000 to programs focused on health and well-being, including:
AIDS Walk San Francisco
San Francisco, California
BronxWorks
Bronx, New York
Mental Health Advocacy Services
Los Angeles, California
$372,000
Our 2021 donations to organizations providing food and shelter totaled more than $372,000 and included gifts to the following recipients:
Alliance for Housing and Healing
Los Angeles, California
Final Salute
Alexandria, Virginia
Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank
San Diego, California
Food + Shelter
Health
Arts
Arts
Health
Food + Shelter
In 2021, the Foundation also made donations to a number of community-focused programs, including those providing food and shelter for people struggling to meet their basic needs of sufficient food, a safe, clean place to sleep, and shelter from abuse, as well as those addressing the health and well-being of others. We have also provided support to programs that promote the arts, including youth outreach and education programs.
Community
Here we highlight some of our recent fellows and their work:
Equal Justice Works
Washington, D.C.
Through Equal Justice Works, we have sponsored 55 promising new lawyers pursuing public interest legal careers at nonprofit organizations in U.S. regions where Morrison Foerster has offices. Nearly all of our fellows have focused their two-year projects on improving the lives of disadvantaged youth, especially those experiencing discrimination and educational inequality.
Alejandra Gutierrez
National Center for Youth Law
Oakland, California
Alejandra advocates for youth funneled into the juvenile justice system in a racially disparate manner
in the Central Valley and Inland Empire regions of California by changing systemic responses from punitive to a public health, community-centered approach.
Stephanie Horwitz
National Center for Youth Law
El Segundo, California
Through direct services, community advocacy, and impact litigation, Stephanie advocated for the rights of students of color with disabilities in Southern California who faced pushout to inferior alternative education settings.
Alyssa Rao
Greater Boston
Legal Services
Boston, Massachusetts
Alyssa advocates on behalf of survivors of domestic violence in Boston by representing them in both the early stages of their child welfare cases—a form of preventative legal representation—and in their family law matters.
Renee Schenkman
Lawyers for Children
New York, New York
Renee provided legal representation and advocacy to address the needs of youth in New York City’s Residential Treatment Centers and the Administration for Children’s Services Children’s Center, and enforced the new federal Family First Prevention Services Act.
The Foundation contributed more than $630,000 in 2021 to fellowship and scholarship programs benefiting children and youth and encouraging public service and diversity in higher education and the legal profession.
Fellowships + Scholarships
The Appellate Project
Washington, D.C.
The Appellate Project works to empower law students of color, particularly those most underrepresented, to become the next generation of lawyers and judges in the United States’ highest courts.
Just the Beginning (JTB) – A Pipeline Organization’s Los Angeles Summer Legal Institute
Chicago, Illinois
JTB’s mission is to encourage students of color and those from underrepresented groups to pursue career and leadership opportunities in the law. Our donation helped sponsor JTB’s Summer Legal Institute in Los Angeles, a four-day legal immersion program for high school students.
Sonia and Celina Sotomayor Judicial Internship Program
New York, New York
The Sotomayor Program seeks to cultivate and develop future leaders by placing high school, college, and law school students from underserved communities and diverse backgrounds in judicial internships in state and federal courts in the New York City area.
The Foundation offers renewable annual scholarships of up to $12,000 per student for the undergraduate education of children of Morrison Foerster staff members through the Joseph E. Terraciano Scholarship Program. This program honors the memory of Joe Terraciano, an exceptional lawyer with the firm, who exhibited intelligence, leadership, the highest ethical standards, a love of diversity, respect for those around him, and a commitment to excellence in all that he did.
Terraciano Scholarships
In 2021, the Foundation made charitable donations to a variety of other public-interest scholarships and programs promoting diversity in the legal profession. Examples follow.
Other Public Interest and Diversity Scholarships
$163,000
Neighborhood Legal Services Program provides free civil legal services to low-income residents of the District of Columbia. Its assistance preserves safe and affordable shelter, stabilizes family relationships, protects victims of domestic violence, secures access to healthcare and public benefits, and reduces barriers to employment for its clients.
Neighborhood Legal Services
Program
Washington, D.C.
$335,000
Equal Rights Advocates fights for gender justice in workplaces and schools across the country. We supported its ENOUGH initiative, which provides student survivors of sexual assault and sexual harassment with free legal information, advice, and services to help students feel safe again at school.
Equal Rights Advocates
San Francisco, California
The Center for Reproductive Rights is a global human rights organization of lawyers and advocates who ensure reproductive rights are protected in law as fundamental human rights for the dignity, equality, health, and well-being of every person.
Center for Reproductive Rights
New York, New York
Equal Rights Advocates
San Francisco, California
Equal Rights Advocates fights for gender justice in workplaces and schools across the country. We supported its ENOUGH initiative, which provides student survivors of sexual assault and sexual harassment with free legal information, advice, and services to help students feel safe again at school.
Legal Aid
In 2021, The Morrison & Foerster Foundation donated $1.2 million to local and national nonprofit organizations dedicated to protecting civil rights, upholding voting rights, and promoting equal access to justice.
30TH Anniversary Special Large Grants
$240,000
GlobalGiving Foundation for Lighthouse:
Center for Human Trafficking Victims
Anti-Human Trafficking Resource Hubs
Tokyo, Japan
25TH Anniversary Special Large Grants
$277,500
Children’s Law Center
Starting Life with a Solid Foundation Program
Washington, D.C.
2006 Special Large Grants
$350,000
Inwood House (now part of The Children’s Village)
Family Literacy Expansion Project
South Bronx,
New York
2003 Special Large Grants
$300,000
First Place for Youth
Housing Stability Program
Oakland, California
Over the past 20 years, the Foundation’s board of directors set aside a portion of its annual budget in order to fund a series of special grants in amounts much larger than the Foundation could otherwise contribute. Each of these four sets of large grants began with a firmwide call for nominations. The responses were tremendous, with 80–100 nominations submitted for each set of awards by partners, associates, counsel, and staff members. All of the chosen projects focused on addressing some of the critical unmet needs of underserved children and youth in our communities. Our total giving through this Special Project Grants Program now stands at $5.1 million.
Some notable special large grants made through this program over the years include:
Community Grants
Recipients include:
In 2021, charitable contributions to organizations serving children and protecting their rights continued to be at the core of our local giving as we donated more than $950,000 to a wide variety of organizations providing social, developmental, educational, and legal services to underserved youth.
BAGLY
Boston, Massachusetts
BAGLY: The Boston
Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth is a youth-led,
adult-supported social support organization committed to social justice and creating, sustaining, and advocating for programs, policies, and services for the LGBTQ+ youth community.
Peninsula Bridge
San Mateo, California
Peninsula Bridge empowers motivated, low-income students in the Peninsula region of the San Francisco Bay Area to achieve college and career success through individualized support and transformational educational opportunities.
SungateKids
Englewood, Colorado
SungateKids provides expert forensic interviewing, victim and family advocacy services, therapeutic support programs, and child abuse prevention education in Colorado’s 18th Judicial District, covering four counties,
to make its community
a safer place for children.
2003 Special Large Grants
First Place for Youth
Housing Stability Program
Oakland, California
Children
+ Youth
The Morrison & Foerster Foundation is committed
to supporting programs serving disadvantaged children and youth in our communities. Over the years, we have demonstrated this commitment through our annual local grantmaking, as well as four special
multi-year, million-dollar programs.
Children and Youth
36%
Community Grants
24%
Scholarships + Fellowships
12%
$25,000
$20,000
$10,000
$5,000
$5,000
to Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
to NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund’s new Marshall-Motley Scholars Program
to The John Paul Stevens Fellowship Foundation’s programs at historically Black law schools
to Migrant Clinicians Network
to Second Harvest Japan
in honor of Juneteenth to Illuminate’s Monumental Reckoning Project
via a challenge grant in honor of Pride to Research Foundation To Cure AIDS
in honor of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, including $7,500 to Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC and $2,500 to Stop AAPI Hate
$25,000
$10,000
$10,000
In 2021 we also made donations in honor of holidays and key initiatives, including:
In addition to our support of racial justice organizations through much of our regular giving, in early 2021, we announced our Hope in the New Year special matching campaign to further our collective goal to one day live in a world free of systemic racism and to support the low-income communities hardest hit by COVID-19. This initiative led to a combined total of $150,000 in donations by the Foundation and individuals at the firm to help promote racial justice and alleviate the disparate effects of the pandemic. The resulting donations included:
Racial Justice
Hope in the New Year
The Morrison & Foerster Foundation stands against racial injustice and shares the firm’s commitment to promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion. With an emphasis on legal aid and disadvantaged youth, much of our annual giving has consistently supported nonprofit organizations whose programs have a strong racial justice or racial equity mission, including those supporting refugee, immigrant, and migrant populations. In 2021, we also made special donations and offered additional matching opportunities benefiting charities working to advance racial equity and justice, especially in support of Black Americans and Asian Americans, to protect voting rights, and to respond to the widespread health, education, and economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly as it impacted communities of color.
Programs
Asia Society
New York, New York
Europe
Recipients of charitable giving in London include, among others:
akt, London
Formerly Albert Kennedy Trust, akt supports LGBTQ+ young people aged 16-25 in the UK who are facing or experiencing homelessness or living in a hostile environment.
Centrepoint, London
Part of a nationwide network of food banks across the UK, Hackney Foodbank aims to achieve no less than a hunger-free Hackney, where everyone can afford to eat.
Hackney Foodbank, London
From housing and health to learning and engagement, Centrepoint aims to help vulnerable young people move on from homelessness and build a future they can believe in.
In Berlin, the firm has a charitable giving program modeled after its program in London. Donations made by the Berlin program in 2021 to German nonprofit organizations totaled €88,047, or approximately $100,150.
Recipients of this blended charitable giving in Europe include:
Croix-Rouge de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
Our donor-advised fund at KBFUS contributed to the efforts of the Belgian Red Cross to help people in Belgium affected by the severe flooding that followed intense summer storms across parts of Europe in 2021.
Berliner Tafel e.V. Berlin, Germany
Founded in 1993, Berliner Tafel is Germany’s first food bank. With the help of 2,700 volunteers and a network of 45 distribution centers, it now reaches more than 125,000 people in Berlin each month. Donation made by Morrison Foerster’s charitable giving program in Berlin.
Place2Be, London, England
Place2Be is a children’s mental health charity with over 25 years’ experience working with students, families, and staff in UK schools. It provides mental health support in schools through one-to-one and group counselling, and offers expert training and professional qualifications. Donation made by Morrison & Foerster’s charitable giving program in London.
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Boston Area
Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence | Boston – 5,000
Asian Women for Health | Somerville5,000ASPIRE | Boston – 5,000
Back on My Feet | Boston Chapter | Philadelphia – 5,000
BAGLY | Boston – 5,000
Boston Area Gleaners | Acton – 5,000
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center | Boston – 5,000
The Boston Foundation | Asian Community Fund | Boston – 5,000
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program | Boston – 5,000
Boston Medical Center | The Kids Fund | Boston – 5,000
Boston Rescue Mission | Boston – 5,000
Community Change | Boston – 5,000
Cradles to Crayons | Boston – 5,000
Dear Future Colleague | Cambridge – 2,000
Girls Inc. of Lynn | Lynn5,000
The Greater Boston Food Bank | Boston – 5,000
Greater Boston Legal Services | Boston – 15,000
Greater Boston PFLAG | Waltham – 5,000
Home Base | Boston – 5,000
Lawyers for Civil Rights Boston | Boston – 5,000
Life Science Cares | Cambridge – 3,000
Make-A-Wish Foundation MA and RI | Boston Programs | Boston – 5,000
The Mama Bear Effect | Pinehurst – 5,000
My Brother's Keeper | North Easton – 5,000
Northeast Legal Aid | Lynn – 5,000
Pajama Program | Boston Chapter | New York, New York – 5,000
Pine Street Inn | Boston – 5,000
Resilient Coders | Cambridge – 5,000
Respond Inc. | Somerville – 5,000
Rosie's Place | Boston – 5,000
Thrive Scholars | Boston – 5,000
Urbanity Dance | Boston – 5,000
VietAID | Dorchester – 5,000
The Wily Network | West Roxbury – 5,000
Women in the Enterprise of Science and Technology (WEST) | Cambridge – 5,000
Denver Area
Breakthrough at Kent Denver | Englewood – 2,500
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless | Denver – 2,000
Colorado Lawyers Committee | Denver – 4,000
Community Table | Arvada – 1,500
Denver Dumb Friends League | Denver – 1,000
Epilepsy Foundation of Colorado | Greenwood Village – 1,000
Food Bank of the Rockies | Denver – 4,825
Food For Thought | Denver – 6,000
Greenhouse Scholars | Boulder – 1,000
Hunger Free Colorado | Denver – 2,000
Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado | Denver – 8,780
Live By Living | Lakewood – 1,000
Make-A-Wish Colorado | Greenwood Village – 2,000
MaxFund Animal Adoption Center | Denver – 1,000
Protect Our Winters | Boulder – 1,000
Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center | Denver – 1,000
Saint Joseph Hospital Foundation | Pediatric Services –1,000
Special Olympics Colorado | Centennial – 1,000
SungateKids | Englewood – 5,000
We Don’t Waste | Denver – 2,000
Los Angeles Area
Able ARTS Work | Long Beach – 5,000
ACLU Foundation | Education Equity Initiatives – Los Angeles – 7,500
Alliance for Children’s Rights | Los Angeles – 7,500
Alliance for Housing and Healing | Los Angeles – 2,500
Bet Tzedek Legal Services | Los Angeles – 7,500
California Change Lawyers | Los Angeles Diversity Scholarship Program |
San Francisco – 10,000
Our scholar Sara Sarvestani (LA)Casa Libre/Freedom House | Los Angeles – 1,000
Catholic Charities of Los Angeles | Good Shepherd Shelter | Los Angeles – 2,500
Children’s Bureau of Southern California | Los Angeles – 7,500
Children’s Burn Foundation | Sherman Oaks – 5,000
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles | Los Angeles – 5,000
Children's Law Center of California | Monterey Park – 7,500
Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST) | Los Angeles – 10,000
Constitutional Rights Foundation | Los Angeles – 7,500
Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services | Culver City – 7,500
Disability Rights Legal Center | Los Angeles – 5,000
El Nido Family Centers | Los Angeles – 1,000
First Place for Youth | Los Angeles County Programs | Oakland, California – 7,500
Friends of the Los Angeles County Law Library | Los Angeles – 3,500
Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association | Los Angeles – 2,500
Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law | Los Angeles – 7,500
Homeboy Industries | Los Angeles – 2,000
House of Ruth | Claremont – 5,000
Inner-City Arts | Los Angeles – 5,000
Inner City Law Center | Los Angeles – 5,000
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles | Los Angeles – 6,240
Just The Beginning | A Pipeline Organization | Los AngelesSummer Legal Institute | Chicago, Illinois – 7,500
Learning Rights Law Center | Los Angeles – 6,285
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles | Los Angeles – 7,500
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | Pasadena – 5,000
LevittQuinn Family Law Center | Los Angeles – 7,500
Library Foundation of Los Angeles | Los Angeles – 5,000
Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice | Los Angeles – 5,000
Los Angeles LGBT Center | Los Angeles – 5,000
Los Angeles Mission | Los Angeles – 1,000
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | Los Angeles – 9,000
Maternal and Child Health Access | Los Angeles – 5,000
McKinley | San Dimas – 1,500
Mental Health Advocacy Services | Los Angeles – 5,000
The Midnight Mission | Los Angeles – 2,000
The Music Center | Spotlight Program | Los Angeles – 5,000
My Friend’s Place | Hollywood – 7,500
Para Los Niños | Los Angeles – 1,000
PATH Los Angeles | Los Angeles – 1,000
Public Counsel | Los Angeles – 7,500
SHAWL Women's House | San Pedro – 5,000
Starlight Children’s Foundation | Culver City – 7,500
Sycamores | Pasadena – 5,000
University of Southern California | Julie H. Yi Endowed Memorial Scholarship |
Los Angeles – 1,000
Venice Family Clinic| Venice – 1,000
Weingart Center Association | Los Angeles – 5,000
Western Center on Law & Poverty | Los Angeles – 5,000
New York City Area
A Better Balance | New York – 5,000
Advocates for Children of New York | New York – 25,000
AIDS Walk New York | New York – 5,000
Association to Benefit Children | New York – 1,000
Avenues for Justice | New York – 5,000
Behind the Book | New York – 3,500
Bent on Learning | New York 2,500
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of New York City | New York – 10,000
The Bronx Defenders | Bronx – 5,000
Bronx Works | Bronx – 2,500
Brooklyn Botanic Garden | Children’s Education Programs | Brooklyn – 2,500
Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York – 5,000
City Bar Justice Center | New York – 10,000
CITYarts | New York – 2,500
Coalition for the Homeless | New York – 5,000
Columbia Law School | A Jailhouse Lawyer’s Manual | NewYork – 1,500
Concrete Safaris | New York – 2,500
The Cooper Union | New York – 10,000
Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice | New York – 10,000
Day One | New York – 3,500
The Doe Fund | New York – 2,500
DonorsChoose | New York City Projects | Philadelphia,Pennsylvania – 10,000
Dress For Success | New York – 2,500
The Exoneration Initiative | New York – 5,000
Food Bank for New York City | New York – 1,500
Getting Out and Staying Out (GOSO) | New York – 5,000
Girl Scouts of Greater New York | Troop 6000 | New York – 1,000
Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS) | New York,New York – 2,500
Global Kids | New York – 1,000
GLSEN | New York – 5,000
GO Project | New York – 5,000
Grace Institute | New York – 1,500
Harlem Children’s Zone | New York – 2,500
Harvest Home | New York – 5,000
Her Justice | New York – 5,000
Hofstra University | Public Justice Foundation | Hempstead – 20,000
Immigrant Justice Corps | New York – 5,000
Immigration Equality | Brooklyn – 2,500
James Lenox House Association | New York – 1,500
Lawyers Alliance for New York | New York – 50,000
Lawyers for Children | New York – 2,500
Leadership, Education and Athletics in Partnership (LEAP) | New Haven,
Connecticut – 5,000
The Legal Aid Society | New York – 7,000
LeGaL Foundation | New York 5,000
Legal Information for Families Today (LIFT) | Brooklyn – 2,500
Legal Momentum | New York – 5,000
Legal Outreach | Long Island City – 15,000
Legal Services NYC | New York – 15,000
Let’s Get Ready | New York – 3,000
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | New York – 1,000
Literacy Partners | New York – 5,000
Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan | Reel Abilities Film Festival | New York – 1,000
Mo’ Hair Foundation | Rahway, New Jersey – 1,000
New York City Urban Debate League | New York – 5,000
New York City Area (continued)
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest | New York – 40,000
New York Legal Assistance Group | New York – 2,500
The New York Women’s Foundation | New York – 5,000
The Osborne Association | Bronx – 2,500
Performance Space New York | New York – 7,500
Policing Project | New York – 2,500
Pro Bono Net | New York – 5,000
The Public Theater | Shakespeare in the Park | New York – 10,000
Randall’s Island Park Alliance | New York – 2,500
Research Foundation to Cure AIDS | Brooklyn Heights – 12,761
Riverside Symphony | Music Memory Program | New York – 10,000
S.T.O.P. (Surveillance Technology Oversight Project) | Defense Against Technology Abuse (DATA) Law Fellowship – 5,000
Sanctuary For Families | New York 16,000
SCO Family of Services | Glen Cove 5,000
The Sonia & Celina Sotomayor Judicial Internship Program | New York – 5,000
Start Small Think Big | New York – 20,000
Supportive Care Services (SCS) Foundation | New York – 1,000
Trickle Up | New York – 5,000
Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice | Brooklyn – 5,000
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts | New York – 5,000
Volunteers of Legal Service | New York – 15,000
Young People’s Chorus of New York City | New York – 2,500
Youth Represent | New York – 7,500
San Francisco Bay Area
100 Black Men of the Bay Area | Oakland – 5,000
ABA Fund for Justice and Education | San Francisco Bay Area Judicial Internship Opportunity Program | Chicago, Illinois – 0,000
Advancing Justice | Asian Law Caucus | San Francisco – 10,000
AIDS Legal Referral Panel (ALRP) | San Francisco – 10,000
AIDS Walk San Francisco | San Francisco – 2,000
Aim High | San Francisco – 5,000
Alameda County Community Food Bank | Oakland – 10,000
APA Family Support Services | "Home Sweet Home" TV Program | San Francisco – 2,500
The Arc San Francisco | Employment & Education Programs | San Francisco – 5,000
Asian Art Museum | stART Story Program | San Francisco – 15,000
Asian Health Services | The Spot Youth Center | Oakland – 4,000
At The Crossroads | San Francisco – 2,500
Bay Area Legal Aid | Oakland 1 – 10,000
Bay Area Urban Debate League (BAUDL) | Oakland – 6,000
Berkeley Repertory Theatre | School of Theatre | Berkeley – 10,000
Breakthrough San Francisco at SF Day School | San Francisco – 2,500
California ChangeLawyers | San Francisco DiversityScholarship Program |
San Francisco – 10,000
California Life Sciences Institute | San Francisco Bay AreaPrograms | South
San Francisco – 2,500
California Rural Legal Assistance | Oakland – 2,500
Catholic Charities | Canal Family Support Kids Club | San Francisco – 15,000
The Center for Justice & Accountability | San Francisco 15,000
Centro Legal de la Raza | Oakland – 7,500
Chinese for Affirmative Action | Stop AAPI Hate | San Francisco – 2,500
Community Alliance for Special Education | San Francisco – 22,500
The Crucible | Oakland – 1,000
San Francisco Bay Area (continued)
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund | Children and Family Advocacy Program | Berkeley – 2,500
DonorsChoose | San Francisco Bay Area Projects | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 5,000
East Bay Agency for Children | Oakland – 5,000
East Bay Children’s Law Offices | Oakland – 2,500
East Bay Community Law Center | Berkeley – 20,000
Equal Rights Advocates | ENOUGH Initiative | San Francisco – 17,500
Family Violence Appellate Project | Oakland – 7,500
Family Violence Law Center | Oakland – 2,500
First Graduate | San Francisco – 5,000
First Place for Youth | San Francisco and East Bay Counties | Oakland – 5,000
The Foundation of City College of San Francisco | PromiseScholarship Program | Alameda – 10,000
Friends of the San Francisco Public Library | The Mix at SFPL | San Francisco – 3,000
Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco | San Francisco – 2,500
HopeLab Foundation | San Francisco – 1,000
Huckleberry Youth Programs | San Francisco – 22,000
Illuminate | Monumental Reckoning Project | San Francisco – 10,000
Immigrant Legal Resource Center | San Francisco – 5,000
Immigration Institute of the Bay Area | San Francisco – 5,000
Jewish Community Relations Council | Jewish Coalition for Literacy | San Francisco – 4,000
Juma Ventures | San Francisco – 2,500
Justice & Diversity Center | General Fund, Bay Area Minority Law Student Scholarship | San Francisco – 50,000
Larkin Street Youth Services | San Francisco – 12,500
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco BayArea | San Francisco – 65,000
Legal Aid at Work | San Francisco – 40,000
Legal Services for Children | San Francisco – 18,000
The LGBT Asylum Project | San Francisco – 5,000
Little Brothers | Friends of the Elderly | San Francisco – 2,500
Mission Graduates | San Francisco – 1,000
New Leaders | San Francisco Bay Area Programs | New York, New York – 5,000
Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society | San Francisco – 5,000
Oakland Museum of California | Education Programs | Oakland – 3,500
Oasis Legal Services | Berkeley – 2,500
One Justice | San Francisco – 7,500
Raphael House of San Francisco | San Francisco – 15,000
Rebuilding Together San Francisco | San Francisco – 10,000
Saint Francis Foundation | Bothin Burn Center | San Francisco – 10,000
San Francisco AIDS Foundation | San Francisco – 10,000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) | Education & Public Practice | San Francisco – 25,000
San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(SFSPCA) | San Francisco – 10,000
San Francisco Symphony | Adventures in Music (AIM)Program | San Francisco – 30,000
Seven Tepees Youth Program | College and Career Program | San Francisco – 7,500
SF-Marin Food Bank | San Francisco – 25,000
SMASH | SMASH Academy San Francisco Bay Area | Oakland – 3,000
Swords to Plowshares | San Francisco – 5,000
UC Berkeley Foundation | Witkin Fellowship – Berkeley – 10,000
Silicon Valley
AbilityPath | Redwood City – 3,000
Adolescent Counseling Services | Redwood City – 3,000
The Art of Yoga Project | Redwood City – 1,000
Silicon Valley (continued)
Asian Law Alliance | San Jose – 9,000
Avenidas | Palo Alto – 3,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula | Menlo Park – 5,000
Bring Me A Book Foundation | Redwood City – 2,000
Caminar | Family & Children Services of Silicon Valley | SanMateo – 2,500
THE CAMPAIGN for Legal Services | Mountain View – 40,000
Cancer CAREpoint | San Jose – 2,000
Central YMCA | Summer Literacy Program | San Jose – 1,500
Child Advocates of Silicon Valley | Milpitas – 2,500
Children’s Health Council | Palo Alto – 2,500
Cinequest | San Jose – 2,500
Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto | East Palo Alto – 20,000
Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse (CORA) | San Mateo – 2,500
CuriOdyssey | San Mateo – 4,500
Eastside College Preparatory School | East Palo Alto – 6,000
Ecumenical Hunger Program | East Palo Alto – 5,000
Family Connections | San Carlos – 2,500
Family Giving Tree | Milpitas – 2,000
The Fit Kids Foundation | Redwood City – 1,000
Friends for Youth | Palo Alto – 2,500
Friends of Fitzgerald Marine Reserve | Moss Beach – 3,000
Future Youth Records | Morgan Hill – 5,000
George Mark Children's House | San Leandro – 2,500
Habitat for Humanity East Bay/Silicon Valley | Milpitas – 5,000
HomeFirst Services of Santa Clara County | Milpitas – 5,000
Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center | San Jose – 5,000
La Raza Lawyers of Santa Clara County Charitable Foundation | San Jose – 3,000
Law Foundation of Silicon Valley | San Jose – 27,500
Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County | Redwood City – 25,000
LifeMoves | Menlo Park – 7,000
Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area | Silicon Valley Programs | Oakland, California – 2,000
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | Silicon Valley Programs | San Jose – 2,000
Mission Hospice & Home Care | San Mateo – 2,500
My New Red Shoes | San Francisco Bay Area Programs | Redwood City – 2,500
Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence | San Jose – 1,500
Pacific Autism Center for Education | Santa Clara – 5,000
Palo Alto Art Center Foundation | Palo Alto – 5,000
Palo Alto Family YMCA | Parkinson’s Exercise Program | PaloAlto – 3,500
Parents Helping Parents | San Jose – 2,500
Peninsula Bridge | San Mateo – 5,000
Pie Ranch | Pescadero – 2,500
Pro Bono Project Silicon Valley | San Jose – 2,000
QuestBridge | Scholars Network at Stanford | Palo Alto – 1,000
Ravenswood Education Foundation | Menlo Park – 5,000
Resource Area for Teaching | Bay Area Program | San Jose – 2,500
Ronald McDonald House Charities Bay Area | Palo Alto – 5,000
Sacred Heart Community Service | San Jose – 1,000
Samaritan House | San Mateo – 3,500
San Jose Museum of Art | San Jose – 2,500
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | San Jose – 10,000
Silicon Valley Community Foundation | COVID-19 Coronavirus Regional Response Fund for Santa Clara County | MountainView – 1,000
StandUp for Kids | San Jose – 1,500
Stanford University | Stanford Community Law Clinic | EastPalo Alto – 10,000
The Tech Interactive | San Jose – 5,000
TheatreWorks | Palo Alto – 2,500
The Tower Foundation | Record Clearance Project | San Jose – 2,000
Silicon Valley (continued)
Tuolumne River Trust – Sonora 1,500
Upward Scholars – Redwood City 1,500
Vida Verde Nature Education – San Gregorio 1,500
YWCA Golden Gate Silicon Valley – Silicon Valley Programs –San Jose 5,000
Washington, D.C. Area
A Wider Circle – Kensington, Maryland 5,000
ABA Fund for Justice and Education – Washington, D.C. 5,000
ACLU of the District of Columbia Foundation – Washington,D.C. 10,000
American Heart Association – Arlington, Virginia 10,000
Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food & Agriculture –Alexandria, Virginia 5,000
Autism Speaks – DC Walk – Rocky Hill, New Jersey 2,500
Ayuda – Washington, D.C. 5,000
Bread for the City – Washington, D.C. 20,000
Bright Beginnings – Washington, D.C. 5,000
BUILD Metro DC – Pitch Competition – Washington, D.C. 10,000
Calvary Women’s Services – Washington, D.C. 5,000
The Child & Family Network Centers – Alexandria, Virginia 6,500
Children of Mine Youth Center – Washington, D.C. 2,500
Children’s Law Center – Washington, D.C. 15,000
D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center – Washington, D.C. 20,000
DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice – Washington, D.C. 2,500
DC Bar Foundation – Washington, D.C. 5,000
DC Greens – Washington, D.C. 10,000
DC Scores – Washington, D.C. 5,000
DC Volunteer Lawyers Project – Washington, D.C. 15,000
District of Columbia School of Law Foundation – FellowshipProgram – Washington, D.C. 10,000
Doorways for Women and Families – Arlington, Virginia 5,000
Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project (DV LEAP) – Washington, D.C. 15,000
FAIR Girls – Washington, D.C. 5,000
Family Place – Washington, D.C 10,000
Final Salute – Alexandria, Virginia 2,500
Food & Friends – Washington, D.C. 10,000
For Love of Children – Washington, D.C. 5,000
Foster & Adoptive Parent Advocacy Center – Washington, 10,000
Friendship Place – Washington, D.C. 7,500
Gearin' Up Bicycles – Washington, D.C. 5,000
Gifts for the Homeless – Washington, D.C. 1,000
Historical Society of the D.C. Circuit – Youth Programs –Washington, D.C. 3,000
House of Ruth – Washington, D.C. 10,000
Just Neighbors – Annandale, Virginia 5,000
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) – Washington, D.C. 15,000
Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia – Washington, D.C. 20,000
Legal Counsel for the Elderly – Washington, D.C. 10,000
Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic – Bethesda, Maryland 5,000
Marshall Heights Community Development Organization –Washington, D.C. 2,500
Martha’s Table – Washington, D.C. 20,000
Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project – Washington, D.C. 10,000
Mid-Shore Pro Bono – Easton, Maryland 5,000
N Street Village – Washington, D.C. 10,000
Neighborhood Legal Services Program – Good Neighbor Campaign, Grocery Cards Program – Washington, D.C. 11,500
Network for Victim Recovery of DC – Washington, D.C. 2,500
No Kid Hungry – Baltimore, Maryland 5,000
Operation Homefront DC Metro – Veterans Project – Sterling,Virginia 1,000
Washington, D.C. Area (continued)
The Next Step Public Charter School – Washington, D.C. 5,000
Project Create – Washington, D.C. 5,000
Safe Shores – Pack2School Program, Holiday Giving Program –Washington, D.C. 4,500
Shepherd’s Cove Shelter – Capitol Heights, Maryland 5,000
So Others Might Eat (SOME) – Washington, D.C. 10,000
Suited for Change – Washington, D.C. 5,000
USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore – Fort Myer,Virginia 5,000
Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and UrbanAffairs – Washington, D.C. 15,000
The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless – Washington,D.C. 10,000
Williams-Franklin Foundation – Washington, D.C. 1,500
Other U.S.
Americans for Immigrant Justice – Miami, Florida 5,000
Atlanta Habitat for Humanity – Marist Women Build –Roswell, Georgia 2,500
Best Buddies International – Miami Programs, General Fund –Baltimore, Maryland 7,500
Blue Missions – South Miami, Florida 5,000
Boys & Girls Club of Lummi Nation – Ferndale, Washington 2,500
Feeding South Florida – Pembroke Park, Florida 10,000
Haven In Lee County – Sanford, North Carolina 5,000
Legal Access Alameda – California Disaster Legal AssistanceCollaborative – San Francisco 10,000
Mono Lake Foundation – Lee Vining, California 1,000
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation – Monterey, California 2,500
Pridelines – Miami, Florida 5,000
The Promise of Justice Initiative – New Orleans, Louisiana 1,000
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services(RAICES) – San Antonio, Texas 5,000
Salvadoran American Humanitarian Foundation – Miami,Florida 5,000
South Florida Autism Charter Schools – Hialeah, Florida 2,500
Southern Center for Human Rights – Atlanta, Georgia 5,000
Sundance Benefit – CAMP Rehoboth – Rehoboth Beach,Delaware 5,000
Voices for Children Foundation – Miami, Florida 5,000
Nationwide
ACLU Foundation – New York, New York 5,000
Adira Foundation – Richmond, Virginia 5,000
The Appellate Project – Washington, D.C. 10,000
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC – Washington, D.C. 7,500
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund – NewYork, New York 25,000
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence – Washington, D.C. 10,000
Brennan Center for Justice – New York, New York 5,000
The COMMIT Foundation – Bozeman, Montana 2,000
DonorsChoose – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 8,000
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights – Oakland, California 1,000
Equal Justice Works – Fellowship Program, General Fund –Washington, D.C. 274,000
Federal Bar Foundation – New York, New York 5,000
Feeding America – Washington, D.C. 5,000
First Book – Washington, D.C. 5,000
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) –Pasadena, California 5,000
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence – San Francisco,California 13,000
Inclusive America – Washington, D.C. 5,000
The John Paul Stevens Fellowship Foundation – HistoricallyBlack Colleges & Universities Program Expansion – SanFrancisco, California 20,000
Nationwide (continued)
Kelly Brush Foundation – Burlington, Vermont 5,000
Lambda Legal – New York, New York 1,500
Learning Ally – Princeton, New Jersey 10,000
Military Spouse J.D. Network Foundation – Arlington, Virginia 5,000
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund – Marshall-Motley Scholars Program, General Fund – New York, New 30,000
National Center for Youth Law – Oakland, California 30,000
National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly IncarceratedWomen and Girls – Roxbury, Massachusetts 5,000
National Health Law Program – Washington, D.C. 2,500
National Immigration Law Center – Los Angeles, California 5,000
National Urban League – New York, New York 5,000
The National Urban Technology Center – New York, New York 5,000
National Veterans Legal Services Program – Washington, D.C. 5,000
Partnership for the National Trails System – Washington, D.C. 1,000
The Trevor Project – West Hollywood, California 5,000
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum – Washington, 20,000
The Wilderness Society – Washington, D.C. 5,000
International
Access Challenge – New York, New York 2,500
Americares – Stamford, Connecticut 5,000
Best Buddies International – Boston, Massachusetts 5,000
Center for Disaster Philanthropy – Washington, D.C. 4,000
Center for Reproductive Rights – New York, New York 15,000
Common Goal USA – Brooklyn, New York 5,000
Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance – San Rafael, California 5,000
Global Goods Partners – New York, New York 2,500
Haitian Health Foundation – Earthquake Relief – Norwich,Connecticut 5,000
Helen Keller International – New York, New York 2,500
Human Rights First – New York, New York 5,000
The Human Trafficking Legal Center – Washington, D.C. 5,000
IFCO/Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees – Haiti EarthquakeRelief – Brooklyn,
New York 5,000
International Bipolar Foundation – San Diego, California 10,000
International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) – AfghanistanResponse, General Fund – New York, New York 15,000
International Rescue Committee – San Diego, California 10,000
Ipas – Chapel Hill, North Carolina 2,500
Malala Fund – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10,000
Migrant Clinicians Network – Austin, Texas 5,000
Page Family Foundation – Virginia Beach, Virginia 5,000
Pan American Development Foundation – Washington, D.C. 5,000
Physicians for Human Rights – New York, New York 2,500
RefugePoint – Boston, Massachusetts 10,000
Restavek Freedom – Earthquake Relief Fund – Cincinnati, 5,000
Tides Foundation/Freedom to Marry Global Fund – SanFrancisco, California 5,000
UN Women USA – San Francisco Bay Area Chapter –Washington, D.C. 2,500
Vera Institute of Justice – Brooklyn, New York 2,500
VisionSpring – New York, New York 15,000
Vital Voices Global Partnership – Fund for Afghan Women andGirls –
Washington, D.C. 10,000
Young Center – Chicago, Illinois 2,500
ASIA
Asia Society Japan – JapanCraft21 – New York, New York 10,000
Asian University for Women Support Foundation – HirokoShimada Scholarship – Cambridge, Massachusetts 15,000
Association of Vietnamese Students and Professionals in theUS – VietChallenge – Elmhurst, New York 5,000
Bethel USA – Prescott, Arizona 5,000
GlobalGiving – LIVES Food Truck "OOPEN" by Hands On Tokyo – Washington, D.C. 11,000
Justice Without Borders – Washington, D.C. 10,000
Second Harvest Asia – Roseville, Minnesota 5,000
Vellore Christian Medical College Foundation – COVID-19 Emergency Response –
New York, New York 10,000
Brussels
King Baudouin Foundation United States – Brussels Program – New York, New York 38,963.00
Berlin**
Donations by Morrison & Foerster’s Charitable Giving Program
Be an Angel e.V. – Berlin 11,374
Berliner Obdachlosenhilfe e.V. (Berlin Homeless Aid) – Berlin 10,237
Berliner Tafel e.V. (Berlin’s Food Bank) – Berlin 10,237
Caritas im Erzbistum Berlin e.V. – Kinder‐Mittagstisch (Caritasin the Archdiocese of Berlin – Children's Lunch Program) –Berlin10,290
ChildFund Deutschland e.V. (ChildFund Germany) – Nürtingen 2,275
Domiziel e.V. (Domicile) – Uetze 10,237
GemüseAckerdemie (Vegetable Academy) – Berlin 10,237
IRC Deutschland – Hilfe für Afghanistan (International RescueCommittee Germany – Help for Afghanistan) – Berlin 7,961
IRC Deutschland – Hilfe für Geflüchtete an derpolnisch‐belarussischen Grenze (International Rescue Committee Germany – Help for refugees at the Polish-Belarusian border) – Berlin11,374
Straßenkinder e.V. (Street Children) – Berlin 10,237
Zentrum Überleben (Survival Center) – Berlin 5,687
London and UK**
Donations by Morrison & Foerster’s Charitable Giving Program
AKT: The Albert Kennedy Trust – London 13,523
Bowel Cancer UK – London 7,519
Breast Cancer Now – Tour de Law – London 7,519
Centrepoint – London 13,523
Changing Pathways – Basildon, Essex 7,519
Consonant – London 7,519
DEBRA – Bracknell, Berkshire 7,519
Hackney Foodbank – London 13,523
The Hospice of St Francis – Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire 7,519
IPSEA – Saffron Walden, Essex 7,519
Max’s Foundation – London 7,519
MND Association – Northampton 7,519
Myeloma UK – Edinburgh 7,519
Place2Be – London 13,523
Smile Train UK – York 7,519
Surfers Against Sewage – St Agnes, Cornwall 7,519
Urban Synergy – London 7,519
Veterans with Dogs – Matford Park, Exeter 7,519
Whitechapel Mission – London 7,519
Youth Justice Legal Centre – London 7,519
Europe
* To facilitate its charitable giving in Brussels and occasionally other parts of Europe, The Morrison & Foerster Foundation maintains a donor-advised fund at King Baudouin Foundation United States (KBFUS).
** The Berlin and London offices of Morrison & Foerster LLP have their own charitable giving programs that are consistent with the Foundation in their level of partner support, focus, and guidelines, but that operate separately from the Foundation. In 2021, the Berlin office issued charitable grants totaling €88,047, or approximately $100,146. The London office made charitable donations in 2021 totaling £128,960, or approximately $174,394. Contributions by the KBFUS donor-advised fund and by the Berlin and London offices of Morrison & Foerster are in addition to those of the Foundation. They are listed here for informational purposes if greater than $1,000 (converted), but they are not included in this report’s financial
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