Mission Statement: The Barnes & Thornburg Racial and Social Justice Foundation is dedicated to ensuring that all individuals in the communities we serve, regardless of their background, orientation, or other inherent characteristics, have access to equitable resources and opportunities to thrive.

We at Barnes & Thornburg are committed to promoting inclusion both locally and nationally. Ensuring that everyone, regardless of background, has what they need to fairly compete and succeed is central to our longstanding commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

We recognize that true progress in removing unfair barriers, closing opportunity gaps, and enabling people of all identities and backgrounds to reach their fullest potential requires RELENTLESS commitment and deliberate investment in the geographies we serve.

Barnes & Thornburg LLP established the Barnes & Thornburg LLP Racial and Social Justice Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, to promote inclusion and provide opportunities for all individuals, regardless of background, orientation, or other inherent characteristics, to thrive. The foundation began with an initial $75,000 in personal commitments from firm leadership and has continued to raise funds from Barnes & Thornburg team members, totaling over a million dollars to date. These funds have been awarded in grants of $50,000 each to organizations based in communities where the firm has offices.

Making a Difference

Those funds have been earmarked to support nonprofit organizations in the communities in which we have offices that work hard to ensure that all individuals have access to equitable resources and opportunities to thrive. Their important missions and powerful triumphs make the world a better place.

Barnes & Thornburg also pledges to continue devoting sweat equity to these and other fine organizations. We are proud of the work we do together and the spirit in which we conduct that work. But we are so much better together. Please stay tuned for ways to support our Racial and Social Justice Foundation.

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*Barnes & Thornburg LLP Racial and Social Justice Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation organized under Indiana law, and operates as a charitable foundation recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Barnes & Thornburg LLP is an Indiana limited liability partnership engaged in the practice of law and is separate and distinct from the foundation.