Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$3,042,705

Total expenses

$1,975,209

Contributions and grants received

$2,843,878

Grants paid

$1,820,237

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$172,189

Other revenue

$26,638

Total assets, end of year

$5,940,556

Total liabilities, end of year

$203,066

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$5,737,490

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,854,029

Management and general expenses

$121,180

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,854,029

Program services were 93.9% 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

• THE NEW HAMPSHIRE BAR FOUNDATION (FOUNDATION) WAS CREATED TO HELP BRIDGE THE JUSTICE GAP BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO CIVIL LEGAL AID AGENCIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FREE AND LOW-COST REPRESENTATION TO UNDERSERVED NEW HAMPSHIRE COMMUNITIES. THE MAIN FINANCIAL SUPPORT THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES IS TO CIVIL LEGAL AID ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH THE THOUGHTFUL STEWARDSHIP OF THE INTEREST ON LAWYER TRUST ACCOUNTS (IOLTA) PROGRAM. INTEREST EARNED ON LAWYER'S TRUST ACCOUNTS IS GRANTED EACH FISCAL YEAR TO NH CIVIL LEGAL AID ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS RECEIVE FREE OR LOW-COST CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES. IOLTA GRANTS ALSO FUND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT TEACH OUR YOUTH AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE LAW AND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. BY FUNDING LEGAL AID ORGANIZATIONS, THOUSANDS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE RESIDENTS RECEIVE FREE OR LOW-COST CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES EVERY YEAR. THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WE FUND HELP THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. ADDITIONALLY, THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT TEACH OUR YOUTH AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE LAW AND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. NEW HAMPSHIRE BAR FOUNDATION FUNDING REACHES DEEP INTO COMMUNITIES STATEWIDE TO ASSIST WITH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, DIRECT LEGAL SERVICES, AND CHARITABLE PROJECTS AIMED AT MEETING THE LAW-RELATED NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC AND THE LEGAL PROFESSION. THROUGH THE PROVISION OF LEGAL AID, THE FOUNDATION'S WORK HELPS TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS, PROTECTS WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND IMPROVES COURT EFFICIENCY.

  Expenses $1,854,029 · Grants $1,820,237

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

• NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGAL ASSISTANCE

  $897,000

  GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS

• 603 LEGAL AID

  $480,000

  GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS

• DISABILITY RIGHTS CENTER

  $143,000

  GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS

• CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF NH

  $94,000

  GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS

• NHBA LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE - MODEST MEANS

  $33,000

  GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS

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.

• NEW HAMPSHIRE BAR ASSOCIATION

  501(C)(6) · SUPPORTING MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND THEIR SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC · NH

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

24 March 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202620879349300212

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