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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LEE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$53,228
Total expenses
$95,431
Contributions and grants received
$32,605
Grants paid
$90,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$20,623
Total assets, end of year
$84,273
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$84,273
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$90,000
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$90,000

Program services were 94.3% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $32,605

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $42,331

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $21,708

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $20,623

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $90,000 · program services $90,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,500

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $425

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,126

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,605

  • 24a · Other expenses: MERCHANT SERVICE FEES

    total $775

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $108,111 · end of year $68,565

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $18,365 · end of year $15,708

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $126,476 · end of year $84,273

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

FORMED IN 2016, THE LEE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION PROVIDES A CHARITABLE GIVING VEHICLE FOR THE LEGAL COMMUNITY TO MAKE A LASTING IMPACT ON THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF LEE COUNTY. THE MISSION OF THE LEE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION IS TO PROMOTE PROVISION OF LEGAL

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROMOTE PROVISION OF LEGAL AID TO THE INDIGENT, SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATE IN CHARITABLE ENDEAVORS

  • TO ASSIST CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER provide coordinated response to child victims of abuse and neglect

    Expenses $2,000 · Grants $2,000

  • BEST BUDDIES

    Expenses $1,500 · Grants $1,500

  • DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING CENTER

    Expenses $4,000 · Grants $4,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Ryan Downey

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Vanessa Fernandez

    SECRETARY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Seitz

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matthew Brust

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Iman Zekri

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Asma Anwar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lance Dunford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katherine Camadeco

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • LEE COUNTY LEGAL AID SOCIETY

    $20,000

    To assist in providing free legal aid for low-income residents of Lee County

  • GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOUNDATION

    $10,000

    To assist in providing support and additional resources for children represented by the Florida Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office.

  • LITERACY COUNCIL GULF COAST

    $6,000

    To assist providing adults, children and families with English literacy skills and education to enhance their quality of life.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
29 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513049349301976

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