The Virgil Hawkins Florida Chapter National Bar Association Foundation exists primarily to provide support for diversifying the legal community, which currently includes scholarships for law students and support for law students and African American legal professionals in growing as attorneys, obtaining and maintaining employment, developing private practice as sole practitioners or partners within law firms, advancing in public sector employment, and related efforts.

While our Association is a 501(c)6, our Foundation is a 501(c)3 entity and oversees our Fellowship Pro Bono Program which makes significant contributions of providing pro bono services to the disadvantaged.

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Gifts made to the Foundation are tax-deductible.

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