Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$42,327,703

Total expenses

$31,160,834

Contributions and grants received

$41,857,967

Grants paid

$26,605,035

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$361,321

Other revenue

$108,415

Total assets, end of year

$29,607,013

Total liabilities, end of year

$9,104,921

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$20,502,092

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$30,112,346

Management and general expenses

$721,057

Fundraising expenses

$327,431

Program service expenses (Part III)

$30,112,346

Program services were 96.6% 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 · 2023

• ACCESS TO JUSTICE GRANTS:IN 2007, THE DC BAR FOUNDATION (DCBF) BEGAN AWARDING ACCESS TO JUSTICE GRANTS WHEN THE DC COUNCIL DESIGNATED DCBF AS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE INITIATIVE. ATJ SUPORTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN THREE AREAS: (A) UNDERSERVED AREAS, (B) HOUSING-RELATED MATTERS, AND (C) A SHARED LEGAL SERVICES INTERPRETER BANK. SINCE 2007, THE FOUNDATION HAS ADMINISTERED $115,251,761 MILLION IN ATJ FUNDING TO PROVIDE CRITICAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO UNDERSERVED DC RESIDENTS WITH LOW INCOME.

  Expenses $18,044,943 · Grants $16,371,910

• CIVIL LEGAL COUNSEL PROJECTS PROGRAM GRANTS:THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ESTABLISHED THE CIVIL LEGAL COUNSEL PROJECTS PROGRAM (CLCPP) THROUGH THE EXPANDING ACCESS TO JUSTICE AMENDMENT ACT OF 2017, WHICH DESIGNATES THE DC BAR FOUNDATION AS ADMINISTRATOR. CLCPP SUPPORTS LEGAL SERVICES TO INDIVIDUAL TENANTS OR GROUPS OF TENANTS WITH LOW INCOME TO ADDRESS EVICTION, RENT INCREASES, HOUSING CODE VIOLATIONS, TERMINATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S PARTICIPATION IN A HOUSING SUBSIDY PROGRAM, AND VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS.

  Expenses $8,838,651 · Grants $8,001,533

• DC RESOURCE BRIDGE:IN 2020, THE DC BAR FOUNDATION (DCBF) LAUNCHED AN EFFORT TO MAKE GRANT INVESTMENTS MORE EFFECTIVE AND ENSURE THE DELIVERY OF CIVIL LEGAL AID IS BOTH ACCESSIBLE AND RESPONSIVE TO CLIENT NEEDS BY ESTABLISHING A USER-CENTERED COORDINATED INTAKE AND REFERRAL SYSTEM. THIS EFFORT IS CALLED THE DC RESOURCE BRIDGE (DCRB). CREATED THROUGH EXTENSIVE COLLABORATION AMONG THE FOUNDATION, THE LEGAL AID COMMUNITY, DC RESIDENTS, AND OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS, DCRB IS DESIGNED TO STREAMLINE AND COORDINATE ACCESS TO CIVIL LEGAL ASSISTANCE AMONG MORE THAN 50 PROVIDERS OF FREE OR LOW-COST LEGAL SERVICES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BY CREATING A SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY INTO THE CIVIL LEGAL AID SYSTEM FOR RESIDENTS, EITHER THROUGH A DEDICATED TELEPHONE LINE OR A SIMPLE ONLINE FORM. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES TRAUMA-INFORMED INTAKE SERVICES, FACILITATES EQUTABLE AND EFFICIENT CASE REFERRALS, REDUCES BARRIERS FOR RESIDENTS SEEKING LEGAL HELP, AND EMPOWERS VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO NAVIGATE THE COMPLEX LEGAL AID SYSTEM MORE EFFECTIVELY.DC SOCIAL JUSTICE TRANSFORMATION:THE DC SOCIAL JUSTICE TRANSFORMATIONS NETWORK (DCSJTN), FOUNDED IN 2020 BY THE DC BAR FOUNDATION, BRINGS TOGETHER LEGAL AID PROVIDERS, SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO BUILD A MORE COORDINATED, EQUITABLE, AND USER-CENTERED SYSTEM OF SUPPORT FOR DC RESIDENTS. ITS PURPOSE IS TO FOSTER COLLABORATION, SHARE RESOURCES, AND ADDRESS SYSTEMIC BARRIERS TO SOCIAL JUSTICE THROUGH COLLECTIVE ACTION. THE NETWORK HOLDS ITS CONVENINGS THREE TIMES A YEAR, BRINGING TOGETHER DIVERSE SECTORS AND STAKEHOLDERS TO STRENGTHEN CONNECTIONS, ALIGN EFFORTS, AND IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS.

  Expenses $1,165,460 · Grants $246,043

• PRIVATE GRANTS PROGRAM THE DC BAR FOUNDATION'S PRIVATE GRANTS PROGRAM BEGAN IN 1978 WHEN THE DC BAR FOUNDATION WAS FOUNDED AND PROVIDED CRITICAL OPERATING SUPPORT.

  Expenses $2,063,292 · Grants $1,985,549

As filed on the 2023 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. 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

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

• LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF DC

  $2,693,764

  FY24 ATJ GRANTS

• LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF DC

  $2,647,564

  FY24 CLCPP GRANTS

• NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM

  $2,200,028

  FY24 ATJ GRANTS

• BREAD FOR THE CITY

  $1,267,508

  FY24 ATJ GRANTS

• NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM

  $1,140,478

  FY24 CLCPP GRANTS

• RISING FOR JUSTICE INC

  $1,063,145

  FY24 ATJ GRANTS

• BREAD FOR THE CITY

  $1,022,310

  FY24 CLCPP GRANTS

• DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BAR PRO BONO CENTER

  $937,923

  FY24 CLCPP GRANTS

• AYUDA

  $937,045

  FY24 ATJ GRANTS

• LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE ELDERLY

  $911,327

  FY24 CLCPP GRANTS

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

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

14 August 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202512269349303121

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