Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$37,014,911

Total expenses

$30,938,109

Contributions and grants received

$37,009,746

Grants paid

$27,228,268

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$5,165

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$13,921,702

Total liabilities, end of year

$4,586,479

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$9,335,223

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$29,942,873

Management and general expenses

$730,275

Fundraising expenses

$264,961

Program service expenses (Part III)

$29,942,873

Program services were 96.8% 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 · 2022

• ACCESS TO JUSTICE GRANTS -IN 2007, THE DC BAR FOUNDATION (DCBF) BEGAN AWARDING GRANTS UNDER THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE (ATJ) WHEN THE DC COUNCIL DESIGNATED DCBF AS THE ADMINISTRATOR. ATJ SUPPORTS 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 $96.9 MILLION IN ATJ FUNDING TO PROVIDE CRITICAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO UNDERSERVED DC RESIDENTS WITH LOW INCOMES. IN 2020, THE DC BAR FOUNDATION LAUNCHED AN EFFORT TO ESTABLISH A USER-CENTERED COORDINATED INTAKE AND REFERRAL SYSTEM THAT WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR DC RESIDENTS TO GET FREE CIVIL LEGAL AID ASSISTANCE. WHEN FULLY LAUNCHED, A DISTRICT RESIDENT WILL BE ABLE TO CALL A DEDICATED LINE OR SUBMIT A FORM VIA A WEBSITE TO GET HELP ON LEGAL MATTERS RELATED TO HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, PUBLIC BENEFITS, FAMILY LAW, AND OTHER CRITICAL AREAS.IN 2021, DCBF LAUNCHED THE DC SOCIAL JUSTICE TRANSFORMATIONS NETWORK WITH THE GOAL OF BUILDING AN ANTI-RACIST AND ANTI-POVERTY CIVIL LEGAL AID SYSTEM THAT IS CENTERED AROUND THE NEEDS OF DISTRICT RESIDENTS AND FOCUSED ON THEIR WELL-BEING. THE NETWORK CONVENES QUARTERLY, WITH A DIVERSE MEMBERSHIP THAT SPANS WELL BEYOND LEGAL AID AND INCLUDES STAKEHOLDERS FROM HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS, GOVERNMENT, PHILANTHROPY, MEDIA, THE ARTS, ACADEMIA, AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $18,515,686 · Grants $16,750,068

• 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 AID ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING REPRESENTATION IN EVICTION DEFENSE PROCEEDINGS FOR DISTRICT RESIDENTS WITH LOW INCOME. THE DC BAR FOUNDATION HAS ADMINISTERED $46.5 MILLION IN CLCPP FUNDING SINCE THE PROGRAM'S INCEPTION.

  Expenses $9,496,600 · Grants $8,688,455

• THE DC BAR FOUNDATION'S PRIVATE GRANTS PROGRAM BEGAN IN 1978 WHEN THE DC BAR FOUNDATION WAS FOUNDED AND PROVIDED CRITICAL OPERATING SUPPORT TO DC LEGAL AID PROVIDERS. THESE PRIVATE GRANTS PROVIDE UNRESTRICTED FUNDS TO HELP COVER PROJECTS AND OVERHEAD COSTS, NOT ALWAYS COVERED BY OTHER GRANTS THESE ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVE. THESE GRANTS ARE FUNDED BY PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS, GIFTS FROM OTHER FOUNDATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS, AND REVENUE RECEIVED THROUGH THE INTEREST ON LAWYERS TRUST ACCOUNTS (IOLTA) PROGRAM, A PROGRAM CREATED BY THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS IN 1985. DCBF PROVIDES LOAN REPAYMENT ASSISTANCE TO QUALIFIED ATTORNEYS WORKING FOR ELIGIBLE EMPLOYERS IN CIVIL LEGAL AID UNDER ITS PRIVATE LRAP.

  Expenses $1,930,587 · Grants $1,789,745

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

• LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF DC

  $2,425,446

  FY23 ATJ GRANTS

• RISING FOR JUSTICE INC

  $2,273,671

  FY23 CLCPP GRANTS

• LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF DC

  $2,254,803

  FY23 CLCPP GRANTS

• NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM

  $2,159,755

  FY23 ATJ GRANTS

• RISING FOR JUSTICE INC

  $1,316,528

  FY23 ATJ GRANTS

• BREAD FOR THE CITY

  $1,218,923

  FY23 ATJ GRANTS

• NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM

  $1,041,099

  FY23 CLCPP GRANTS

• BREAD FOR THE CITY

  $986,199

  FY23 CLCPP GRANTS

• DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BAR PRO BONO CENTER

  $914,051

  FY23 CLCPP GRANTS

• AYUDA

  $906,146

  FY23 ATJ GRANTS

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

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

25 March 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202440869349300124

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