The Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Account (IOLTA) program works with members of the Idaho State Bar and the Idaho banking community to hold client funds in interest-bearing accounts. Participating banks remit interest earned to the Idaho Law Foundation (ILF). The ILF distributes these funds through the IOLTA grant process. In accordance with Idaho Bar Commission Rule 1309, the ILF awards funds to organizations that provide legal aid to the poor, law-related education programs for the public, scholarships and student loans, and improve the administration of justice.

Idaho’s IOLTA program has distributed over $8.5 million in grants in its almost 40-year history. This year, IOLTA granted a record $900,000.