Education Access & Equity We are interested in litigation that aims to secure continued and expanded fair access to education at all levels from pre-school through higher education.

Environmental Justice: Though The Impact Fund does not fund traditional environmental cases, we are interested in environmental justice, specifically cases that seek to address the disproportionate impacts of environmental hazards on communities of color or low-income communities.

Criminal/Immigration Priority : We are interested in litigation that addresses systemic problems in the areas of criminal justice and immigration. As a consequence of the current tough-on-crime, anti-immigration, the rights of non-citizens, juveniles and the criminally accused and prisoners are being severely undermined and even eliminated.

Homeland Security In this post 9/11 era, "homeland security" rationales have been offered for widespread denial of rights, including poverty, access to counsel, right to travel, due process and/or equal protection. We are interested in cases raising systemic challenges to the over-zealous or unwarranted deprivation of rights under the guise of the "war on terrorism."

Predatory lending and abusive collection activities: We have received a cy pres award to promote the protection of consumers from predatory lending and unfair debt collection practices.  

Access to Health: We are interested in litigation that addresses systematic problems in the delivery of essential healthcare and disease prevention services for vulnerable populations such as the poor, uninsured, people with disabilities, immigrants (including the undocumented), returning veterans, racial and linguistic minorities, workers, the elderly and children.