Funding Opportunity: Calendar Year 2027 Basic Field Grant Awards

Notice of Funding Availability and Request for Proposals for Calendar Year 2027 Basic Field Grant Awards

DATES:

See Supplementary Information section below for grant application dates.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) hereby announces the availability of funding for basic field grants with terms beginning in January 2027. LSC seeks grant proposals from interested parties who are qualified to provide effective, efficient, and high-quality civil legal services to eligible clients in the service area(s) of the states and territories identified below. Interested potential applicants must first file a Pre-Application. After approval by LSC of the Pre-Application, an applicant can submit an application in response to the RFP, which contains the grant proposal guidelines, proposal content requirements, and selection criteria. The Pre-Application and RFP will open in GrantEase, LSC's grants management system, on or around April 13, 2026. Additional information will be available at https://www.lsc.gov/grants/basic-field-grant.

The listing of all key dates for LSC's 2027 basic field grant process, including the deadlines for filing grant proposals, is available at https://www.lsc.gov/grants/basic-field-grant/how-apply-basic-field-grant/basic-field-grant-key-dates.

LSC seeks proposals from: (1) non-profit organizations that have as a purpose the provision of legal assistance to eligible clients; (2) private attorneys; (3) groups of private attorneys or law firms; (4) state or local governments; and (5) sub-state regional planning and coordination agencies that are composed of sub-state areas and whose governing boards are controlled by locally elected officials.

The service areas for which LSC is requesting grant proposals for calendar year 2027 are listed below. LSC provides grants for three types of service areas: Basic Field-General, Basic Field-Native American, and Basic Field-Agricultural Worker. For example, the state of Idaho has three basic field service areas: ID-1 (General), NID-1 (Native American), and MID (Agricultural Worker). Service area descriptions are available at https://www.lsc.gov/grants/basic-field-grant/lsc-service-areas. LSC will post all updates and changes to this notice at https://www.lsc.gov/grants/basic-field-grant/lsc-service-areas. Interested parties can visit https://www.lsc.gov/grants/basic-field-grant or reach out to [email protected].

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e).)