Public Charity

Public Interest Law Initiative

Public Interest Law Initiative is a Public Charity headquartered in Chicago, IL. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $1.6M revenue, $1.5M expenses, $2.8M total assets. 51 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $2.3M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 363059660 Chicago, IL Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1.6M
Total Expenses$1.5M
Total Assets$2.8M
Grant Records51
Funding Total$2.3M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

PILI engages, inspires and empowers those advancing equal access to justice.

Sample Grants Received

2024
TO PROVIDE FREE LEGAL SERVICES
$346,000
2024
TO PROVIDE LEGAL INFORMATION AND ADVICE TO LOW-INCOME PEOPLE, VETERANS AND THOSE FACING HOUSING INSTABILITY DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.
$105,000
2024
HUMAN SERVICES
$16,000
2024
TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
$12,000

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Officers & Directors

Member-at-Large Alison Conlon
Member-at-Large Angel Wawrzynek
Member-at-Large Benjamin Rhode
Member-at-Large Charles Golbert
Member-at-Large Christopher G Wells
Member-at-Large Christopher Hall

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Top Grant Purposes

TO PROVIDE FREE LEGAL SERVICES
$1,167,250 8 grants
TO PROVIDE LEGAL INFORMATION AND ADVICE TO LOW-INCOME PEOPLE, VETERANS AND THOSE FACING HOUSING INSTABILITY DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.
$416,539 4 grants
To support their Pro Bono Initiative program
$157,500 8 grants
TO PROVIDE FREE LEGAL SERVICES & DIVERSITY, EQUITY,AND INCLUSION GRANTS
$109,000 1 grant
To provide legal services in Southern and Central Illinois using a network of pro bono attorneys recruited from PILI's judicial circuit pro bono panels, conflict panels, and help desk. A full time project coordinator is the point person and PILI will accept cases across the civil legal needs spectrum. PILI will also make and take referrals from the hotline. To support self-represented litigant help desks in four couties in the Sixth and Tenth Judicial Circuits, as well as in "Legal Help Within Reach" project, which brings lawyers from urban areas to rural areas to provide pro bono legal assistance.
$101,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $1.6M $1.5M $2.8M
2024 $1.4M $1.4M $2.7M
2023 $1.4M $1.2M $2.6M
2022 $1.3M $1.1M $2.3M
2021 $1.1M $963K $2.3M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.1M to $1.6M (+40%), with total assets most recently reported at $2.8M.

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