Our Mission Is to eradicate systemic injustices through litigation, advocacy, education, and grant-making.
The Barbara McDowell Social Justice Center litigates, educates, advocates, and provides grants to nonprofits to eradicate social injustices.
We pursue litigation through our own efforts as well as funding others in the following fifteen issue areas:
Access to Benefits
Children’s Rights
Disability Rights
Discrimination
Domestic Violence
Due Process
Environmental Justice
Healthcare
Homelessness
Housing
Native American Rights
Prisoners’ Rights
Refugee and Immigration Rights
Voting Rights
Veterans’ Rights
We invite you to support our grantmaking or to help fund the legal costs of our own impact litigation cases.
Barbara McDowell and her husband, BMSJC Founder Jerry Hartman
“A Unique Lawyer.” Why a Foundation Supports Legal Action for Social Justice
Ade Adeniji of Inside Philanthropy highlights the Foundation’s inception and strategic priorities.
Receiving support from the Barbara McDowell Foundation helped us to provide assistance to many people beyond our individual clients.
– Legal Services of Alabama, 2018 grantee
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