Legal Aid of North Carolina
GroupMission:
Legal Aid is a Leftist non profit that receives millions of dollars from North Carolina's flagship progressive funder, Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation.
The General Assembly cut funding for Legal Aid of NC in 2017. Legal Aid NC and two other similar groups had already seen their state funding cut to $2.7 million, down from $6.3 million, eight years ago . The 2017 budget provided further cuts to $1.1 million. While Legal Aid of NC suggested that they didn’t understand why their funding was cut by the General Assembly, Tim Moore, Speaker of the State House of Representatives suggested t that the groups were hurting “mom and pop” landlords by filing frivolous motions and other legal tactics that would allow non-paying tenants to remain in a dwelling for longer periods of time. Moore also suggested that private lawyers should be performing more of this civil litigation for free.
Legal Aid NC is housed at the same address as the premier radical-Leftist group The Justice Center and its media outlet, NC Policy Watch.
Peter Gull Gilbert, a lawyer that works for Legal Aid NC was arrested in 2017 in a Durham at a protest-riot that turned destructive. He was one of the protesters that tore down a statue commemorating confederate soldiers who had died in the Civil War.
Legal Aid of NC receives other funding from federal grants, state and local Bar associations, state court fees and charitable organizations. Nearly half of their funding comes from the Federal Legal Services Corporation which is funded by a Congressional Appropriation.
People Connections:
Person | Position | Time |
---|---|---|
Peter Gilbert | Lawyer | Current |
Daniel Bowes | Supervising Attorney | Former |
Kate Woomer-Deters | Attorney | Former |
This group funded by:
Funder | Year | Amount | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Kate B Reynolds Charitable Trust | 2016 | $348,700.00 | Medical-Legal Partnership |
Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2016 | $400,000.00 | Home Defense and Consumer Protection Project |
Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc | 2015 | $250.00 | Program Development |
Duke Energy Foundation | 2015 | $1,000.00 | Program development |
Duke Energy Foundation | 2015 | $1,000.00 | Program development |
Duke Energy Foundation | 2015 | $180.00 | |
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc | 2015 | $100.00 | Program/operating support |
Triangle Community Foundation | 2015 | $20,750.00 | |
Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc | 2014 | $500.00 | Program Development |
Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Inc | 2014 | $250.00 | Program Development |
Triangle Community Foundation | 2014 | $5,000.00 | Program development |
Triangle Community Foundation | 2014 | $5,000.00 | Program development |
Triangle Community Foundation | 2014 | $2,750.00 | |
Triangle Community Foundation | 2014 | $1,500.00 | |
Triangle Community Foundation | 2014 | $1,000.00 | |
Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2014 | $800,000.00 | For Home Defense and Consumer Protection Project |
Triangle Community Foundation | 2013 | $3,000.00 | |
Triangle Community Foundation | 2013 | $1,000.00 | |
Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2013 | $375,000.00 | For the Defense Home Project |
The Columbus Foundation and Affiliated Organizations | 2012 | $25,000.00 | |
Triangle Community Foundation | 2012 | $4,000.00 | |
Triangle Community Foundation | 2012 | $1,000.00 | |
Triangle Community Foundation | 2012 | $1,000.00 | |
Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2012 | $420,000.00 | For the Defense Home Project |
Kate B Reynolds Charitable Trust | 2011 | $330,000.00 | Medical-Legal Partnership |
Triangle Community Foundation | 2011 | $1,000.00 | |
Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2011 | $450,000.00 | For the Defense Home Project |
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation | 2010 | $30,000.00 | To improve health outcomes for the families of children served in Durham safety net clinics |
Triangle Community Foundation | 2010 | $1,000.00 | |
Triangle Community Foundation | 2010 | $1,000.00 | |
Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2010 | $450,000.00 | For the Defense Home Project |
Duke Energy Foundation | 2009 | $1,000.00 | General Support |
Duke Energy Foundation | 2009 | $1,000.00 | General Support |
Triangle Community Foundation | 2009 | $1,000.00 | |
Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2009 | $450,000.00 | For the Defense Home Project |
Duke Energy Foundation | 2008 | $1,000.00 | General Support |
Triangle Community Foundation | 2008 | $1,000.00 | |
Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2008 | $450,000.00 | For the Defense Home Project |
Duke Energy Foundation | 2007 | $1,000.00 | General Support |
Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2007 | $400,000.00 | For Fair Lending and the Defense Home Project |
Kate B Reynolds Charitable Trust | 2006 | $170,000.00 | For operating support to expand Home Defense Project |
Triangle Community Foundation | 2006 | $1,000.00 | |
Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2006 | $300,000.00 | For Fair Lending and the Defense Home Project |
Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2006 | $60,000.00 | For Battered Immigrant Project |
Kate B Reynolds Charitable Trust | 2005 | $165,000.00 | For operating support for Child Advocacy Project |
Triangle Community Foundation | 2005 | $1,000.00 | |
Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2005 | $300,000.00 | For general operating support to improve its capacity to provide services throughout state |
Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2005 | $125,000.00 | For Foreclosure Defense Project |
Kate B Reynolds Charitable Trust | 2004 | $72,900.00 | For operating support for Elderly Law Project |
Triangle Community Foundation | 2004 | $1,000.00 | |
Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2004 | $150,000.00 | For legal representation of poor and working families threatened by mortgage foreclosure |
Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2004 | $60,000.00 | To provide appropriate legal services to battered immigrants in NC |
Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2004 | $25,000.00 | For Environmental Poverty Law Project |
Kate B Reynolds Charitable Trust | 2003 | $135,230.00 | Financial sustainability; For operating support to hire director of development and public relations to increase funds |
Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2003 | $150,000.00 | For legal representation of poor and working families threatened by mortgage foreclosure |
Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2003 | $70,000.00 | For Domestic Violence Initiative to ensure that legal services are available to assist victims of domestic violence |
Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc | 2003 | $40,000.00 | For Environmental Poverty Law Project |

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Address 1:
224 South Dawson Street
City:
Raleigh
State:
NC
Zip:
27601