«The term «pro bono» refers to activities
of the firm undertaken normally without expectation
of fee and not in the course
of ordinary commercial practice and consisting
of (i) the delivery
of legal services to persons
of limited
means or to charitable, religious, civic, community, governmental, and educational organizations in matters which are designed primarily to address the needs
of persons
of limited
means; (ii) the provision
of legal assistance to individuals, groups, or organizations seeking to secure or protect civil rights, civil liberties, or public rights; and (iii) the provision
of legal assistance to charitable, religious, civic, community, governmental, or educational organizations in matters in furtherance
of their organizational purposes, where the
payment of standard legal fees would significantly deplete the organization's economic resources or would be otherwise inappropriate.»
In light
of this consensus as to the term's
ordinary meaning, the Court concludes that «funds,» for the purposes
of § 1960,
means pecuniary resources, which are generally accepted as a medium
of exchange or a
means of payment.