Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$176,038

Total expenses

$255,326

Contributions and grants received

$62,225

Grants paid

$197,746

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$113,813

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$1,733,195

Total liabilities, end of year

$83,340

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,649,855

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$197,746

Management and general expenses

$57,580

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$197,746

Program services were 77.4% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• PROGRAM SERVICE ACTIVITIES CONSIST SOLELY OF GRANTS TO BOARD-APPROVED ORGANIZATIONS.THE MINNESOTA STATE BAR FOUNDATION RECOGNIZES THAT ITS EXISTENCE AND ITS ABILITY TO CARRY OUT ITS ASSIGNED MISSION ARE DUE TO THE COOPERATION AND SUPPORT THAT IT RECEIVES FROM THE MINNESOTA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION AND ITS INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS, WHO ARE THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF ALL FUNDS AVAILABLE TO THE FOUNDATION. THE FOUNDATION THEREFORE FEELS DEEPLY OBLIGATED TO PURSUE POLICIES AND MAKE GRANTS TO SUCH PROGRAMS AND CAUSES AS IT BELIEVES WOULD ATTRACT THE SPECIAL INTEREST AND SUPPORT OF THE LAWYERS OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.IN AWARDING GRANTS IN RESPONSE TO WRITTEN APPLICATIONS, THE FOUNDATION BELIEVES THAT IT CAN CARRY OUT THIS BROAD OBJECTIVE BY GENERALLY ADHERING TO THE GUIDELINES STATED AS FOLLOWS:1. THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN INTERESTED IN THE PAST AND CONTINUES TO BE INTERESTED IN PROGRAMS OF LAW-RELATED EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS AND ADULTS, INCLUDING WHERE APPROPRIATE, PUBLICATIONS, WORKSHOPS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS.2. THE FOUNDATION SEEKS TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO THE POOR AND DISADVANTAGED GROUPS.3. THE FOUNDATION SEEKS TO SUPPORT AND TO PROMOTE PROGRANTS AND PROJECTS HAVING AS THEIR PURPOSE THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT IT MIGHT BETTER UNDERSTAND THE COURTS AND LEGAL PROCESSES IS INCLUDED WITHIN THIS PURPOSE.4. THE FOUNDATION WILL GIVE CONSIDERATION TO PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS SUPPORTING OR PROMOTING PUBLIC INTEREST LEGAL WORK. 5. THE FOUNDATION WILL, IN ALLOCATING ITS FUNDS, ATTEMPT TO MAINTAIN A PROPER BALANCE BETWEEN: (A) THOSE NEW AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS WHICH MAY BE OF AN EXPERIMENTAL NATURE AND THAT NEED ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF "SEED MONEY; AND(B) THOSE PROJECTS OF SPECIAL CONCERN TO LAWYERS THAT ARE OF A CONTINUINING NATURE AND NEED PERIODIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR OPERATING BUDGETS.6. THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT PRECLUDE ITSELF FROM AWARDING GRANTS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS, BUT IT WILL STRIVE TO MAKE SUCH GRANTS PRIMARILY UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WILL PROMOTE THE GENERAL PUBLIC WELFARE RATHER THAN THE PERSONAL BENEFIT OF INDIVIDUAL DONEES.7. SINCE CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR LAWYERS ARE, IN GENERAL, WELL SUPPORTED BY TUITION CHARGES, THE FOUNDATION FEELS OBLIGATED TO CONSIDER SUPPORT ONLY FOR SUCH CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT MAY BE OF AN EXPERIMENTAL NATURE OR OF GENERAL INTEREST TO THE ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP OF THE BAR AND ARE NOT SELF-SUPPORTING.8. THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT PROVIDE FUNDS TO BE USED FOR PROPAGANDA OR LOBBYING ACTIVITIES.

  Expenses $197,746 · Grants $197,746

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

• MINNESOTA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION

  $61,746

  PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR ACCESS TO JUSTICE PROGRAM AND MOCK TRIAL PROGRAM

• LOAN REPAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

  $10,000

  PROGRAM SUPPORT

• MINNESOTA JUSTICE FOUNDATION

  $6,500

  PROGRAM SUPPORT

• LAWYERS CONCERNED FOR LAWYERS

  $6,000

  PROGRAM SUPPORT

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.

• MINNESOTA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION

  501(C)(6) · ASSOCIATION OF ATTORNEYS AND OTHER LEGAL PROFESSIONALS · MN

• MINNESOTA CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION

  501(C)(3) · CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION · MN

  Directly controlled by MINNESOTA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION

• AMICUS SOCIETY

  501(C)(3) · SUPPORT FOR VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS · MN

  Directly controlled by MINNESOTA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

10 December 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202523459349300512

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