Foundation News

Articles have appeared in the media about the Foundation and its Board Members. Newsworthy events related to the Foundation and its Board Members have occurred as well. A summary of all these articles and events appears below:

October 12, 2022
2023 Grantees Announced by the Barbara McDowell Foundation
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July 27, 2022
2022 Grantees Submit Third Quarter Case Reports
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July 14, 2022
2017-2020 Grantee Case Updates
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June 30, 2022
2021 Grantee Case Updates
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May 18, 2022
2022 Grantees Participate in Six Month Case Update Telephone Conversations
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May 18, 2022
2022 Grantees Submit Six-Month Reports
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May 06, 2022
Barbara McDowell Foundation Hosts Grant Application Webinar for Potential Grant Applicants
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March 17, 2022
2021 Grantee Case Update: National Center for Youth Law Achieves Significant Victory
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March 04, 2022
High Impact Project Case Update: Successful Appeal Seeking Relief for Children Asylum Seekers
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February 22, 2022
2022 Grantees Participate In Case Update Telephone Conversations
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January 28, 2022
2022 Grantees Submit First Quarter Case Reports
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January 21, 2022
New High Impact Project Case Seeks to Address the Discriminatory Impact of the VI-SPDAT
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December 22, 2021
New High Impact Project Case Seeks to Challenge the Louisiana Workforce Commission’s Failure to Provide Unemployment Assistance During COVID-19
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November 05, 2021
Barbara McDowell Foundation Adds New Staff Member
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October 26, 2021
2021 Grantees Submit Year-End Reports and Fourth Quarter Timesheets
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October 04, 2021
2022 Grantees Announced By Barbara McDowell Foundation
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August 04, 2021
2021 Grantees Submit Third Quarter Reports
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August 04, 2021
Barbara McDowell Foundation Adds New Advisory Committee Members
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July 16, 2021
2020 Grantees Submit Results of Grant Funded Cases
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July 07, 2021
Inside Philanthropy Article Featuring the Barbara McDowell Foundation
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July 02, 2021
A Recent Tribute To Barbara McDowell
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June 09, 2021
2021 Grantees Participate In Case Update Telephone Conversations
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May 24, 2021
Local Yoga Studio Holds Second Fundraiser On Behalf of the Foundation
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May 20, 2021
Barbara McDowell Foundation Board Held Its May Meeting
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May 19, 2021
Barbara McDowell Foundation Board Approves Four Additional Members
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April 28, 2021
2021 Grantees Submit Second Quarter Reports
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March 15, 2021
Barbara McDowell Foundation Revamps Organization Structure To Advance Its Mission To Achieve Social Justice
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March 04, 2021
New High Impact Project Case Seeks Relief for Children Asylum-Seekers
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February 05, 2021
2021 Grantees Submit First Quarter Reports
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February 05, 2021
High Impact Project Case Update: Awarding of Attorneys’ Fees in Suit to End Mistreatment of Boys in a Juvenile Detention Center
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February 05, 2021
New High Impact Project Case Challenges Inhumane Conditions at St. Louis City Jail
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February 04, 2021
High Impact Project Case Update: Integration of Children With Disabilities into Normal Classrooms in New York City School System
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November 23, 2020
Barbara McDowell Foundation Board Approves Two Additional Members
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November 18, 2020
2020 Grantee Case Update From National Veterans Legal Services Program
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November 18, 2020
2020 Grantees Submit Fourth Quarter Timesheets
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October 05, 2020
High Impact Project Case Update: Challenge to the Seizing Without Due Process by New York City of State Tax Refunds for Transit Violations
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October 02, 2020
2021 Grantees Announced By Barbara McDowell Foundation
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September 23, 2020
2020 Grantees Submit Year-End Reports
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August 24, 2020
Barbara McDowell Foundation Seeks High Impact Litigation Case Proposals
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July 03, 2020
2020 Grantees Participate In Case Update Telephone Conversations
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June 05, 2020
2020 Grantees Submit Six-Month Reports
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June 01, 2020
Applications Open for 2021 Barbara McDowell Foundation Grants
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April 10, 2020
2020 Grantee Case Update From National Veterans Legal Services Program
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April 10, 2020
High Impact Project Case Update: Successful Suit to End Mistreatment of Boys in a Juvenile Detention Center in Iowa
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February 10, 2020
High Impact Project Case Update: Challenge to Segregation and Discrimination of Institutionalized Intellectually Disabled Persons
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January 27, 2020
2020 Grantees Submit First Quarter Reports
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January 16, 2020
High Impact Project Case Update: Challenge to Segregation and Discrimination of Institutionalized Intellectually Disabled Persons
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November 15, 2019
Public Relations Efforts of the Barbara McDowell Foundation
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October 21, 2019
Barbara McDowell Foundation Launces First-Ever Fundraising Campaign
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September 30, 2019
2020 Grantees Announced By Barbara McDowell Foundation
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August 26, 2019
2019 Grantees Submit Year-End Reports
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August 21, 2019
Barbara McDowell Foundation Board Approves Five Additional Members
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August 16, 2019
2019 Grantees Submit Third Quarter Reports
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August 14, 2019
Barbara McDowell Foundation Receives Record Number of Grant Applications
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July 15, 2019
2018 Grantee Case Update From Children's Rights
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June 20, 2019
Barbara McDowell Celebration Event Featured in Newsletter Published by Law.com
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June 19, 2019
Applications Open for 2020 Barbara McDowell Foundation Grants
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June 19, 2019
High Impact Project Case Update: District of Columbia Sued for Failure to Provide for People with Disabilities During Disasters
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May 23, 2019
2018 Annual Report Released By Barbara McDowell Foundation
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May 01, 2019
Jerry Hartman’s Remembrance of Barbara McDowell at the Foundation’s 10th Anniversary Celebration
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May 01, 2019
Judge Patricia Millett’s Remarks on the Impact of the Foundation at the 10th Anniversary Celebration
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May 01, 2019
Kate Jastram Presents on Grant Funded Case at 10th Anniversary Celebration
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May 01, 2019
Katherine Deabler-Meadows Outlines High Impact Project Case at 10th Anniversary Celebration
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May 01, 2019
Matthew Roberts Shares Remarks from Justice Ginsburg at the 10th Anniversary Celebration
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May 01, 2019
Vincent Gentile’s Remarks About the Foundation’s High Impact Project at Its Tenth Anniversary Celebration
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March 01, 2019
2019 Grantee Case Update From Prisoner’s Legal Services of Massachusetts
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February 02, 2019
2018 Grantee Case Update From Public Interest Law Center
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February 01, 2019
2019 Grantees Submit First Quarter Reports
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February 01, 2019
New High Impact Project Case Seeks Relief From NYC Transit Authority In Seizing Tax Refunds for Old Violations
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January 01, 2019
Legal Aid of the District of Columbia Sends Email Honoring Barbara McDowell
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September 03, 2018
Barbara McDowell Foundation Receives 53 applicants for 2019 Grants
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September 02, 2018
2018 Grantees Submit Year-End Reports
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September 01, 2018
2019 Grantees Announced By Barbara McDowell Foundation
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May 05, 2018
2018 Grantee Case Update From Shriver Center
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May 04, 2018
2018 Grantee Case Update From Children’s Advocacy Institute
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May 03, 2018
2018 Grantee Case Update From Bazelon Center
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May 02, 2018
2018 Grantee Case Update From Children's Rights
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May 01, 2018
2018 Grantee Case Update From Legal Services of Alabama
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March 01, 2018
2017 Annual Report Released By Barbara McDowell Foundation
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January 01, 2018
2018 Grantee Case Update From Children's Rights
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December 01, 2017
New High Impact Project Case Seeks To Address The Failure Of The State Of North Carolina To Provide Appropriate Behavioral Health Services
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November 01, 2017
New High Impact Project Case Seeks To End Mistreatment Of Boys In A Juvenile Detention Center In Iowa
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October 01, 2017
Deborah Chiumento Resigns from Barbara McDowell Foundation Board
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September 02, 2017
2017 Grantees Submit Year-End Reports
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September 01, 2017
2018 Grantees Announced By Barbara McDowell Foundation
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August 01, 2017
Barbara McDowell Foundation Receives 56 Applications for 2018 Awards
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June 01, 2017
Maggie Menditto Joins Barbara McDowell Foundation as Executive Administrator
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May 01, 2017
Barbara McDowell Foundation Provides 2018 Funding Pool Update
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May 01, 2017
New High Impact Project Case Challenges Segregation and Discrimination of Institutionalized Intellectually Disabled Persons
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April 03, 2017
2017 Grantees Submit Six-Month Reports
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April 02, 2017
Jerry Hartman Shares Strategic Plan with Barbara McDowell Foundation Board
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April 01, 2017
Columbia College Today Story on Jerry Hartman and Barbara McDowell Foundation
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January 02, 2017
New Litigation Partners Sought for High Impact Project
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January 01, 2017
Jerry Hartman Retires as Partner at Drinker Biddle
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November 01, 2016
Barbara McDowell Foundation Announces Changes in Board of Directors
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September 02, 2016
2016 Grantees Submit Year-End Reports
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September 01, 2016
2017 Grantees Announced By Barbara McDowell Foundation
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June 01, 2016
Barbara McDowell Foundation Provides 2017 Funding Pool Update
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May 01, 2016
National Center for Law and Economic Justice Thanks Drinker Biddle for Pro Bono Efforts
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February 02, 2016
2016 Grantee Case Update From Children's Rights
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February 01, 2016
Bisnow Features Story on Life of Barbara McDowell and Work of the Foundation
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January 01, 2016
Remarks from Fifth Anniversary Celebration of Foundation
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December 01, 2015
Drinker Biddle Hosts Fifth Anniversary Celebration of Foundation
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October 01, 2015
Barbara McDowell Foundation Announces Addition of Two New Board Members
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September 01, 2015
2016 Grantees Announced By Barbara McDowell Foundation
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August 01, 2015
2015 Grantees Submit Year-End Reports
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August 01, 2015
High Impact Project Case Update: Lawsuit Representing Sixteen Individuals On Death Row Achieves Significant Results
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June 01, 2015
Barbara McDowell Foundation Provides 2016 Funding Pool Update
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April 15, 2015
2015 Grantees Submit Six-Month Reports
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November 01, 2014
2012 Grantee Case Update From Legal Aid Justice Center
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September 02, 2014
2014 Grantees Submit Year-End Reports
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September 01, 2014
2015 Grantees Announced By Barbara McDowell Foundation
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August 01, 2014
Barbara McDowell Foundation Receives 30 Applications for 2015 Awards
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July 01, 2014
Update on Shaw Communities Ministry Scholarship Recipient
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June 01, 2014
Legal Aid Recognizes Contributions of Barbara McDowell
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April 03, 2014
2014 Grantees Submit Six-Month Reports
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April 02, 2014
Legal Aid Society Posthumously Awards Barbara McDowell its Servant of Justice Award
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April 01, 2014
Jerry Hartman Accepts Legal Aid’s Servant of Justice Award on Behalf of Barbara McDowell
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March 01, 2014
New High Impact Project Case Seeks Relief For Sixteen Individuals On Death Row
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September 02, 2013
2013 Grantees Submit Year-End Reports
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September 01, 2013
2014 Grantees Announced By Barbara McDowell Foundation
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August 01, 2013
2012 Grantee Case Update From National Immigrant Justice Center
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May 02, 2013
2011 Grantee Case Update From National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
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May 01, 2013
2011 Grantee Case Update From Public Justice Center
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April 02, 2013
2013 Grantees Submit Six-Month Reports
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April 01, 2013
2013 Grantee Case Update From National Housing Law Project
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March 01, 2013
New High Impact Project Case Seeks Relief For Blind And Visually Impaired Individuals
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September 01, 2012
2013 Grantees Announced By Barbara McDowell Foundation
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September 01, 2012
Barbara McDowell Foundation Releases Results of Grantee Survey
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August 02, 2012
Barbara McDowell Foundation Receives 65 Grant Applications for 2013 Awards
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August 01, 2012
2012 Grantees Submit Six-Month Reports
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June 01, 2012
Barbara McDowell Foundation Provides Update on 2013 Grant Applications
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December 01, 2011
Rating Criteria Developed for Evaluating Grant Applications
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November 03, 2011
Legal BisNow Features Story About Barbara McDowell High Impact Pro Bono Initiative
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November 02, 2011
2011 Grantee Case Update From National Immigrant Justice Center
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November 01, 2011
Barbara McDowell Fund at Westmoreland Church Helps Find Jobs for Those in Desperate Need
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September 02, 2011
2011 Grantees Submit Year-End Reports
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September 01, 2011
2012 Grantees Announced By Barbara McDowell Foundation
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August 01, 2011
Barbara McDowell Foundation Receives 19 Grant Applications for its 2012 Awards
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May 04, 2011
Barbara McDowell Foundation Board Elects Investment Committee
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May 03, 2011
Barbara McDowell Foundation Board Adopts Investment Policy
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May 02, 2011
Jerry Hartman Elected as Barbara McDowell Foundation Board President
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May 02, 2011
Sarah Gordon Resigns as Barbara McDowell Foundation President
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May 01, 2011
Barbara McDowell Foundation Elects Three New Directors to its Board
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April 01, 2011
2011 Grantees Submit Six-Month Reports
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March 02, 2011
Washington Lawyer Story About Appellate Legal Advocacy Project at the Legal Aid Society
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March 01, 2011
Funds in the Barbara McDowell Foundation Exceed One Million Dollars
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January 19, 2011
Legal Bisnow Features Story on Barbara McDowell and High Impact Project
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January 02, 2011
Jerry Hartman Gives Talk at Westmoreland United Church of Christ About the Life and Work of Barbara McDowell
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December 01, 2010
Jerry Hartman Nominated for National Pro Bono Award
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October 01, 2010
Barbara McDowell Foundation Board Members Hosts Grantee Staff at Play
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September 03, 2010
Jerry Hartman Elected to Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Society of Washington, D.C
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September 02, 2010
Jerry Hartman Honored with Legal Times Washington "Champion Award" by the National Law Journal
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September 01, 2010
Barbara McDowell Foundation Announces First Grantees
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July 01, 2010
Washington Post Interview with Jerry Hartman
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April 02, 2010
Legal Times Blog Story on Foundation Formation
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April 01, 2010
Barbara McDowell's Work at the Legal Aid Society
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April 14, 2009
Drinker Biddle Announces Formation of Barbara McDowell Foundation
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April 02, 2009
Legal Times Tribute to Barbara McDowell
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April 01, 2009
Launch of Barbara McDowell Pro Bono Initiative Featured in Washington Post
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March 01, 2009
Memorandum from Drinker Biddle Chairman Outlining Formation of Barbara McDowell Foundation
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