Jacob Lipton

Executive Director of Justice Catalyst Access Fund & Justice Catalyst Partnerships

Jacob Lipton is the Executive Director of Justice Catalyst Access Fund (JCAF) and Justice Catalyst Partnerships (JCP). At JCP he employs grantmaking and philanthropic advising to support justice-focused legal innovation and early-stage projects at new and existing public interest organizations. At JCAF, Jacob runs a public interest litigation finance program that uses recoverable grants and program related investments to support litigation by nonprofit and public interest litigators. Before joining Justice Catalyst, Jacob was co-founder and Program Director of the Systemic Justice Project at Harvard Law School. Jacob is the board co-chair of People’s Parity Project. He holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and is admitted to practice law in Massachusetts.