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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by NEW YORK BAR FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,535,902
Total expenses
$1,623,130
Contributions and grants received
$1,146,231
Grants paid
$912,798
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$557,069
Other revenue
-$167,398
Total assets, end of year
$13,475,857
Total liabilities, end of year
$17,773
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$13,458,084
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,013,607
Management and general expenses
$257,878
Fundraising expenses
$351,645
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,013,607

Program services were 62.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $686,195

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $140,250

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $319,786

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $378,604 · excluded $378,604

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $681,330

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $502,865

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $178,465

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $178,465 · excluded $178,465

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $107,705

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $686,195

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $288,376

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$180,671 · excluded -$180,671

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $13,273 · excluded $13,273

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $13,273

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $651,750 · program services $651,750

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $261,048 · program services $261,048

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,535 · management and general $16,535

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $82,500 · fundraising $82,500

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $67,109 · management and general $67,109

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $6,025 · management and general $6,025

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $449 · program services $56 · management and general $244 · fundraising $149

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,959 · management and general $8,959

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,610 · program services $324 · management and general $426 · fundraising $860

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,637 · program services $1,133 · management and general $1,492 · fundraising $3,012

  • 24a · Other expenses: REIMBURSED COSTS - PERS

    total $464,003 · program services $98,130 · management and general $117,550 · fundraising $248,323

  • 24b · Other expenses: REIMBURSED COSTS - IT

    total $18,530 · management and general $18,530

  • 24c · Other expenses: REIMBURSED COSTS - OTHE

    total $14,729 · management and general $14,729

  • 24d · Other expenses: REIMBURSED COSTS - ADVE

    total $13,699 · fundraising $13,699

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,547 · program services $1,166 · management and general $6,279 · fundraising $3,102

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $554,398 · end of year $816,364

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $700,794 · end of year $529,900

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $696,119 · end of year $616,213

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $10,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $62,839 · end of year $5,831

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $209,391

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $205,812

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,215 · end of year $3,579

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $7,997,312 · end of year $8,629,661

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,086,218 · end of year $2,864,309

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $60,516 · end of year $17,773

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $11,750

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,319,270 · end of year $12,036,893

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,715,359 · end of year $1,421,191

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

SEE FORM 990, SCHEDULE O FOR THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE FOUNDATION'S PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE IS TO ADVANCE LEGAL RESEARCH AND (CONTINUTED ON SCHEDULE O) EDUCATION, TO IMPROVE THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, TO PROMOTE PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND RESPONSIBILITY AND SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC. TO CULTIVATE THE PRESERVATION OF THE HISTORY AND TRADITIONS OF THE LAW, THE COURTS AND THE LEGAL PROFESSION. TO ENCOURAGE BETTER PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF OUR LEGAL HERITAGE. TO AID IN MAKING LEGAL INSTITUTIONS MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST. TO SPONSOR STUDIES, CONFERENCES, PUBLICATIONS, AND ANY AND ALL OTHER MEANS OF DISCOURSE, COMMUNICATION, AND EXCHANGE OF IDEAS APPROPRIATE TO THE FOREGOING.

  • >> AWARDS AND GRANTS: THE FOUNDATION MAKES VARIOUS PROGRAM SERVICE AWARDS AND GRANTS TO CHARITABLE AND OTHER TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS. INDIVIDUAL AWARDS AND GRANTS IN EXCESS OF $5,000 ARE DETAILED, ALONG WITH OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION OF THE GRANTEE/ORGANIZATION, ON FORM 990, SCHEDULE I, PART II.>> CY PRES ADMINISTRATION: THE FOUNDATION HAS, FROM TIME TO TIME, RECEIVED DISTRIBUTIONS OF VARIOUS CY PRES (AND SPECIAL COURT ORDERED) FUNDS RELATING TO UNCLAIMED AND UNDISTRIBUTED MONIES AVAILABLE UNDER VARIOUS CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENTS. THE COURT'S APPROVAL OF THESE SETTLEMENTS GENERALLY PROVIDES THAT THE FOUNDATION WILL OVERSEE AND ADMINISTER THEIR DISTRIBUTION.

    Expenses $1,013,607 · Grants $912,798

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sherry Levin Wallach

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Ross Kartez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • M Salman Ravala

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Kimberly Wolf Price

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Nonna

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Carla M Palumbo

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Hon Cheryl E Chambers

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • C Bruce Lawrence

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Pamela McDevitt

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $395,861
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $357,331
    Other
    $38,530
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $357,331 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $21,000 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $17,530 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $395,861 related
  • Lucia B Whisenand

    ASST. SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Susan B Lindenauer

    CHIEF PUBLICITY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • James R Barnes

    CHAIR OF THE FELLOWS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • June M Castellano

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John P Christopher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ilene S Cooper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Donald C Doerr

    VICE CHAIR OF THE FELLOWS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Vincent E Doyle III

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gioia A Gensini

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • James B Kobak Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Ellen G Makofsky

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ellis R Mirsky

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mirna M Santiago

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David M Schraver

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Lauren E Sharkey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David C Singer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lauren J Wachtler

    VICE CHAIR OF THE FELLOWS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • William T Russell Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A:
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION (NYSBA), A RELATED TAX EXEMPT ORGANIZATION (SEE SCHEDULE R), SERVES AS SECRETARY TO THE FOUNDATION BOARD. THIS INDIVIDUAL HOWEVER, RECEIVES NO COMPENSATION FROM THE FOUNDATION. UNDER IRS' DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS, THIS INDIVIDUAL'S COMPENSATION IS LISTED IN THE FOUNDATION'S FORM 990 UNDER BOTH PART VII AND SCHEDULE J. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATING TO THIS INDIVIDUAL'S COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENT IS DETAILED IN THE 2025 FORM 990 FOR NYSBA.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
22 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202621189349301912

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