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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by LANCASTER LAW FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$156,096
Total expenses
$110,834
Contributions and grants received
$147,536
Grants paid
$63,945
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$11,358
Other revenue
-$2,798
Total assets, end of year
$851,726
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$851,726
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$63,945
Management and general expenses
$44,570
Fundraising expenses
$2,319
Program service expenses (Part III)
$63,945

Program services were 57.7% 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

    $24,100

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $123,436

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $11,358 · excluded $11,358

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $12,728

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

    $24,100

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $15,577

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$2,849 · excluded -$2,849

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $51 · excluded $51

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $51

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $63,945 · program services $63,945

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $34,000 · management and general $34,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,170 · management and general $7,170

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $125 · management and general $125

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISC. FEES

    total $3,275 · management and general $3,275

  • 24b · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSE

    total $2,319 · fundraising $2,319

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $92,510 · end of year $130,979

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $113,270 · end of year $114,296

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $39,110 · end of year $23,343

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $522,258 · end of year $583,108

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $391,509 · end of year $436,771

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $375,639 · end of year $414,955

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE LANCASTER LAW FOUNDATION PROMOTES EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE BY FUNDING NONPROFIT LEGAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, SUPPORTING PRO BONO PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE DIRECT LEGAL ASSISTANCE, AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT LEGAL RIGHTS AND RESOURCES. THROUGH ITS GRANTMAKING AND SERVICE INITIATIVES, THE FOUNDATION HELPS LANCASTER COUNTY RESIDENTS - PARTICULARLY LOW-INCOME AND UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS - NAVIGATE THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND ACCESS ESSENTIAL CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE LANCASTER LAW FOUNDATION PROMOTES EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR LANCASTER COUNTY RESIDENTS BY FUNDING PUBLIC INTEREST LEGAL SERVICES, SUPPORTING PRO BONO PROGRAMS, AND PROVIDING COMMUNITY EDUCATION ON CIVIC AND LEGAL ISSUES, WITH A FOCUS ON UNDERSERVED AND LOW-INCOME POPULATIONS.

  • COMMUNITY GRANTS PROGRAM: THE LANCASTER LAW FOUNDATION AWARDED GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES AND LAW-RELATED PROGRAMS TO LANCASTER COUNTY RESIDENTS. FUNDED INITIATIVES IMPROVED ACCESS TO JUSTICE, INCREASED AWARENESS OF LEGAL RIGHTS AND RESOURCES, AND SUPPORTED SERVICES FOR LOW-INCOME AND UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE WITH HOUSING, FAMILY LAW MATTERS, AND OTHER CIVIL LEGAL NEEDS.

    Expenses $63,945 · Grants $63,945

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Amanda Kowalski Esq

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Alicia Muir Esq

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • John H May

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Leslie Cradic

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Ian Brinkman Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Lance Greene Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Kristen L Hartman Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Bernadette M Hohenadel Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jeffrey P Ouellet Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Catharine Roland Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Grant W Schonour Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Elizabeth Vanasse Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mary Elizabeth Wolf Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Witt Welch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Lisa M Driendl

    EXECUTIVE 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.

Grants on this return

  • CASA OF LANCASTER

    $10,000

    SUPPORTING COURT-APPOINTED VOLUNTEERS ADVOCATING FOR ABUSED OR NEGLECTED CHILDREN, SUSTAINING LEBANON EXPANSION, AND TRAUMA-INFORMED TRAINING.

  • LANCASTER BAR ASSOCIATION

    $10,000

    CREATING AN ONLINE PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAM.

  • MIDPENN LEGAL SERVICES

    $10,000

    FUNDING THE FAMILY LAW ATTORNEY PROJECT TO ASSIST LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS WITH CUSTODY, PROTECTION FROM ABUSE, AND DIVORCE CASES.

  • CHURCH WORLD SERVICE

    $10,000

    PROVIDING LEGAL SERVICES AND CASE MANAGEMENT FOR IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES IN LANCASTER COUNTY.

  • TENFOLD

    $10,000

    OFFERING EVICTION PREVENTION SERVICES AND HOUSING STABILITY EDUCATION THROUGH LEGAL CLINICS AND OUTREACH.

  • BENCH MARK PROGRAM

    $5,445

    STRENGTHING MENTORSHIP-BASED PROGRAMMING WITH LEGAL EDUCATION WORKSHOPS AND INTERVENTIONS FOR AT-RISK YOUTH.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
17 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202641989349300514

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