What We Do
The Milestone Foundation provides financial assistance to individuals pursuing a lawsuit while facing financial hardships. Being a nonprofit organization enables us to advance settlement funding to plaintiffs at low-cost and simple interest – a unique model in the plaintiff-funding industry. Since our founding, the Milestone Foundation has empowered more than 750 individuals & families totaling more than $5 million advanced to plaintiffs in need.
10% Simple Interest
We require our recipients to repay the original loan amount, plus 10% simple interest, to replenish funds for future applicants.
Foundation News
Consumer Litigation Funding: Just Another Form of Payday Lending?
Consumer Litigation Funding: Just Another Form of Payday Lending? “When you need money, you don’t care how much it will cost” is a sentiment shared by many plaintiffs in their search for pre-settlement funding. Knowing they will have incoming settlement funds that are not yet accessible can be particularly
Role Available: Case Manager of The Milestone Foundation
Full-time employmentBuffalo, NY officeThe Milestone Foundation was founded in 2016 to be an alternative for
20 Questions with our Executive Director, Mike Volpe
The Milestone Foundation is pleased to announce the newest addition to our team: Michael
Fair Pre-Settlement Funding – An Oxymoron or a Viable Alternative?
The following article was contributed to Litigation Finance Journal by Julia DiCristofaro, program administrator
The [Milestone] Foundation has helped several of my clients in their dire moment of need. I would recommend their services to anyone.
Finally! An organization dedicated to compassion, professionalism and client service. The [Milestone] Foundation truly puts people over profits.
I was in a car accident and got behind in my bills. They were there for me and my family.
A stupendous organization! I am severely disabled with high bills from needing to pay caregivers to care for me. In my time of need, [they] came through.