2026 GRANT APPLICANTS:  

The grant application deadline for the 2026 IOLTA Discretionary Grant Program was Friday, August 15, 2025. 

If you believe that your program meets our grant criteria and fits our policies, you may call our office in May 2026 to ask about applications for our 2027 program. Applications are usually available in June. The tentative application deadline is August 14, 2026. This year’s application requirements for 2026 are posted on this website under Grantees/Forms if you would like to see what the application looks like.

Thank you for your interest in the IOLTA discretionary grant program. Please call 732-247-8222 if you have any questions regarding funding availability, the application, grant process or criteria, and deadline - or any other aspect of the IOLTA program. 

All new attorney trust accounts should be opened as non-interest bearing checking accounts. Please instruct the attorney or law firm to call IOLTA to request registration forms.

New Jersey attorneys should be alert to scams involving attorney trust accounts.

On December 18, 2014, President Obama signed into law the Credit Union Share Insurance Fund Parity Act creating deposit insurance parity for credit unions by directing the National Credit Union Administration to extend share insurance coverage to trust accounts such as IOLTA and other similar accounts.

On December 18, 2014, President Obama signed into law the Credit Union Share Insurance Fund Parity Act creating deposit insurance parity for credit unions by directing the National Credit Union Administration to extend share insurance coverage to trust accounts such as IOLTA and other similar accounts. While new rules have not been published yet, the Act was effective immediately. Credit unions must first be approved by the Office of Attorney Ethics before offering attorney trust accounts to law firms.