The Florida Bar Foundation will distribute roughly $32 million to state organizations providing free civil legal services to those who cannot afford them by December 31, up from $7.7 million last year.

The 34 legal aid groups that received money last year should expect additional Foundation grants this year, but at roughly four times the amount, said Foundation Executive Director Donny MacKenzie.

MacKenzie said the Foundation sent out a survey asking the legal aid services if they “have the capacity to spend that money.”