Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$4,935,255

Total expenses

$5,086,009

Contributions and grants received

$3,373,488

Grants paid

$66,480

Program service revenue

$1,352,841

Investment income

$50,330

Other revenue

$158,596

Total assets, end of year

$8,433,676

Total liabilities, end of year

$4,042,498

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$4,391,178

Program services expenses (Part IX)

— not reported

Management and general expenses

— not reported

Fundraising expenses

— not reported

Program service expenses (Part III)

— not reported

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 · 2022

• COMMUNICATIONS: HELPS THE BOSTON BAR ASSOCIATION IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIPS AND DEVELOPS TOOLS AND TACTICS FOR IMPLEMENTATION; FORMULATES MESSAGE DEVELOPMENT, CONSISTENT WITH THE BBA'S MISSION, ACROSS A VARIETY OF PLATFORMS; COUNSELS LEADERS TO COMMUNICATE WITH PRECISION, SPEED, AND CLARITY; COACHES LAWYERS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL COMMUNITY TO USE A WIDE VARIETY OF COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORMS, INCLUDING NEW MEDIA, WITH CONFIDENCE AND INTEGRITY

• GOVERNMENT RELATIONS: ADVISE ASSOCIATION LEADERSHIP AND MEMBERSHIP OF PUBLIC POLICY DEVELOPMENTS OF INTEREST TO THE BAR AND OF SIGNIFICANCE TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.

• COMMUNITY SERVICE: THE ROLE OF THE BBA IN SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY IS PRIMARILY IN-KIND. STAFF OF THE BBA MANAGE AND ADMINISTER THE IOLTA GRANTS PROGRAM WHICH INCLUDES RECRUITING PROSPECTIVE GRANTEES, DISTRIBUTING RFPS, REVIEWING APPLICATIONS AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BBF BOARD OF TRUSTEES. STAFF COMMUINICATE AND WORK WITH THE GRANTEES THROUGHOUT THE GRANT CYCLE. STAFF ALSO ACT AS LIAISON TO THE IOLTA COMMITTEE. THE BBA STAFF PROVIDE THE STAFFING FOR THE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF THE ADAM'S BENEFIT, THE LARGEST FUNDRAISING ACTIVITY OF THE BBF. THESE FUNDS SUPPORT THE GRANTING TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT BOSTON.

• SECTIONS - THE BOSTON BAR ASSOCIATION HELD APPROXIMATELY 205 BROWN BAG MEETINGS IN A VARIETY OF PRACTICE AREAS. THESE 1 TO 1.5 HOUR PROGRAMS FEATURE ONE OR TWO EXPERT SPEAKERS. PROGRAMS VARY IN STRUCTURE AND SUBSTANCE TO REACH THE DESIRED TARGET AUDIENCE, WHICH CAN BE EITHER NOVICE OR VERY EXPERIENCED. BROWN BAG MEETINGS CAN BE PLANNED QUICKLY, CREATING AN IDEAL FORUM TO DISCUSS VERY CURRENT 'HOT TOPICS AND LEGISLATION.

• CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION: THE BOSTON BAR ASSOCIATION HELD APPROXIMATELY 30 CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND CONFERENCES IN A VARIETY OF PRACTICE AREAS. THESE SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES COVER IN-DEPTH SUBJECTS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE PRACTITIONERS A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW ON SPECIFIC AREAS OF LAW AND OFTEN INCLUDE A NETWORKING COMPONENT. CLE PROGRAMS ARE ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED BY WRITTEN MATERIALS. CLE PROGRAMS ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO NON-BBA MEMBERS AND ARE PROVIDED TO MEMBERS AT A DISCOUNTED PRICE. BBA CLE PROGRAMS WELCOME OVER 1,500 ATTENDEES AT THE LIVE PROGRAMS, AND ARE VIEWED BY ANOTHER 1,155 PEOPLE ONLINE VIA LEARN ONLINE. THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE BBA CLE PROGRAM IS TO FULFILL PART OF THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION TO ADVANCE THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE FOR THE LEGAL PROFESSION BY PROVIDING MEMBERS WITH THE TOOLS, RELATIONSHIPS, OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES TO DEVELOP SUCCESSFUL CAREERS AND PRACTICES. CLE DOES THIS THROUGH EDUCATION. OUR CLE PROGRAMS ARE ALSO A GREAT PLATFORM TO ALLOW OUR MEMBERS TO SPEAK OR PRESENT ON A SPECIFIC TOPIC.

• EVENTS - THE BBA AND BBF EVENTS BRING TOGETHER NOT ONLY THE BOSTON LEGAL COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITIES, LEGISLATORS AND JUDGES IN A CONGENIAL ATMOSPHERE. THEY PROVIDE A FORUM FOR HONORING LAWYERS, LEGISLATORS, JUDGES, LAW FIRMS AND CORPORATIONS WHOSE PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE EXCEPTIONAL.

• LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE - THE BOSTON BAR ASSOCIATION LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE (LRS) HELPS CLIENTS WITH SPECIFIC LEGAL PROBLEMS FIND THE RIGHT LEGAL RESOURCE TO ADDRESS THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS. THE LRS RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 3,500 CALLS FROM PEOPLE SEEKING LEGAL ASSISTANCE. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE LRS IS TO HELP MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FIND THE APPROPRIATE RESOURCES AVAILABLE WHETHER IT BE AN ATTORNEY WHO SPECIALIZES IN THEIR LEGAL NEEDS, OR AN ATTORNEY WHO WILL HELP LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS WITH REDUCED FEE OR PRO BONO ASSISTANCE.

As filed on the 2022 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

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.

• BOSTON BAR FOUNDATION

  501(C)(3) · LEGAL SERVICES FOR UNDERSERVED, SUPPORT COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS · MA · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by BOSTON BAR ASSOCIATION

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

17 June 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202431769349300338

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