The IRS announced today that it is accepting grant applications for Low Income Taxpayer Clinics for the 2006 grant cycle (1/1/06 – 12/31/06):
The Low Income Taxpayer Clinic grant program is entering its eighth year and continues to expand. Under the program, IRS awards matching grants up to $100,000 a year to develop, expand or continue low income taxpayer clinics. To date in 2005, the LITC Program Office has awarded LITC grants to 145 organizations in 48 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
The application period for the 2006 LITC grant program began May 23 and applications for grants must be electronically filed or received by 4 p.m. on July 25, 2005.
For more information, see:
In the 2005 grant cycle, 28 law schools received funding for Low Income Tax Clinics:
|
2005 IRS Funding of Law School Tax Clinics |
|
|
Law School |
Amount |
|
Albany |
$85,000 |
|
American |
$85,000 |
|
Arkansas-Little Rock |
$80,000 |
|
Chapman |
$80,000 |
|
Chicago-Kent |
$93,000 |
|
Connecticut |
$85,000 |
|
Denver |
$50,000 |
|
Duke |
$40,000 |
|
Duquesne |
$80,000 |
|
Fordham |
$85,000 |
|
Georgia State |
$85,000 |
|
Gonzaga |
$54,000 |
|
Idaho |
$80,000 |
|
Kansas |
$40,000 |
|
Lewis & Clark |
$60,000 |
|
Loyola-Chicago |
$70,000 |
|
Michigan State |
$70,000 |
|
Minnesota |
$85,000 |
|
Missouri-Kansas City |
$85,000 |
|
Northern Kentucky |
$50,000 |
|
Pittsburgh |
$85,000 |
|
Quinnipiac |
$85,000 |
|
Rutgers |
$85,000 |
|
San Diego |
$85,000 |
|
Syracuse |
$80,000 |
|
Texas Tech |
$50,000 |
|
Villanova |
$85,000 |
|
Univ. of Washington |
$85,000 |
For more details about the 2005 grant cycle, see here.
