Every day, in every borough, nonprofits improve the lives of New Yorkers.

Read our 2025 Program Brochure, which includes FYE 2024 results.

To maximize nonprofits' impact, Lawyers Alliance established five program priorities. Each is an area in which nonprofits have a critical role and our staff and volunteers have special expertise. These priorities are community arts, economic opportunity, housing and human services, quality education, and urban health. In addition, we have developed four special initiatives to address emerging legal needs of the nonprofit sector: program preservation, evolution, and financial change; advocacy; national leadership; and federal legal compliance. Read about prior special initiatives: coronavirus information, disaster relief, and risk management.

Lawyers Alliance helps nonprofits to serve low-income New Yorkers and build communities in all five boroughs of New York City. Some of our clients focus on particular neighborhoods, others serve multiple boroughs, and others have a significant presence statewide, nationally, and even internationally. The map below shows the number of organizations represented by Lawyers Alliance in each borough during the past two years.

 1. Manhattan – 389 nonprofit clients, including citywide organizations

 2. Brooklyn – 206 nonprofit clients

 3. Queens – 75 nonprofit clients

 4. The Bronx – 77 nonprofit clients

 5. Staten Island – 21 nonprofit clients

Click here to watch a video about our amazing volunteers and nonprofit clients.