The Foundation provides grants to organizations and conducts other activities to further the objectives of:
• increasing public understanding of the law;
• enhancing professional competence and ethics;
• facilitating the delivery of legal services; and
• improving New York’s justice system and its law.

Five officers, a Board of Directors consisting of 25 members, and 2 ex officio members (the Chair and Vice Chair of The Fellows) manage the affairs of The Foundation.