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← ILLINOIS BAR FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ILLINOIS BAR FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,270,476
Total expenses
$2,086,614
Contributions and grants received
$2,205,611
Grants paid
$512,891
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$270,124
Other revenue
-$205,259
Total assets, end of year
$6,779,125
Total liabilities, end of year
$551,721
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,227,404
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,578,046
Management and general expenses
$243,097
Fundraising expenses
$265,471
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,578,046

Program services were 75.6% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $573,773

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,034,926

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $596,912

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $131,493 · excluded $131,493

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,396,797

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $1,258,166

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $138,631

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $138,631 · excluded $138,631

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $232,074

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $573,773

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $446,529

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$214,455 · excluded -$214,455

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $9,196 · excluded $9,196

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $9,196

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $380,000 · program services $380,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $132,891 · program services $132,891

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $181,620 · program services $45,405 · management and general $72,648 · fundraising $63,567

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,063,981 · program services $886,835 · management and general $72,265 · fundraising $104,881

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $5,263 · program services $1,031 · management and general $3,572 · fundraising $660

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,500 · program services $2,253 · management and general $7,805 · fundraising $1,442

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $29,200 · management and general $29,200

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $15,348 · program services $3,006 · management and general $10,417 · fundraising $1,925

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $100,539 · program services $31,934 · management and general $11,290 · fundraising $57,315

  • 17 · Travel

    total $28,312 · program services $22,921 · management and general $2,246 · fundraising $3,145

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $18,623 · program services $3,213 · management and general $13,482 · fundraising $1,928

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,341 · management and general $2,341

  • 24a · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $99,372 · program services $68,557 · management and general $207 · fundraising $30,608

  • 24b · Other expenses: Bad Debt

    total $17,624 · management and general $17,624

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $336,382 · end of year $390,355

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $233,828 · end of year $201,040

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $383,679 · end of year $387,647

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $56,240 · end of year $82,280

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $66,752 · end of year $29,872

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $64,580

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $54,921

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,666 · end of year $9,659

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,745,818 · end of year $4,053,532

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $161,519 · end of year $219,032

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,322,575 · end of year $1,405,708

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $42,373 · end of year $123,020

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $250,000 · end of year $260,000

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $141,021 · end of year $35,750

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $92,020 · end of year $132,951

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,291,839 · end of year $3,470,564

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,493,206 · end of year $2,756,840

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The mission of the Illinois Bar Foundation is to ensure meaningful access to the justice system, especially for those with limited means, and to assist lawyers who can no longer support themselves due to incapacity.

  • Grants to support organizations whose work provides meaningful access to the justice system including grants to enhance the availability of legal aid to those of limited means, grants to encourage pro-bono legal work, and grants to educate Illinois residents regarding their rights and responsibilities under the law.

    Expenses $465,524 · Grants $380,000

  • Subsistence to lawyers, their spouses or dependents unable to support themselves due to age or incapacity.

    Expenses $178,109 · Grants $132,891

  • Illinois JusticeCorps Program - Illinois JusticeCorps places college students, recent graduates and other volunteers in select courthouses throughout Illinois to help the increasing number of litigants appearing in court without lawyers. Volunteers are trained to provide court patrons with legal information and direct them to available resources available in the court and elsewhere.

    Expenses $934,413

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sandra Crawford

    Immediate Past President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ryan Theriault

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • John Nisivaco

    1st Vice-President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lauren Tuckey

    2nd Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bridget Duignan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jessica Durkin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelly Giraudo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Annemarie Kill

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • George Leynaud

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • F Michael Alkaraki

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jason R Blumenthal

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tamika Walker

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jo Anna Pollock

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Rogaliner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Perry J Browder

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • R Stephen Scott

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Toney

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Turner Jr

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cory White

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura A Castagna

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • J Nelson Wood

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jen Irmen

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marcos A Resendiz

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katherine A Twardak

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jon Amarilio

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bernard Peter

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ted Donner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Angel Wawryznek

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judy Conway

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Juan Thomas

    3rd Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stacey Hacker Meehan

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $162,480
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $140,115
    Other
    $22,365
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $140,115 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,509 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $11,856 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $162,480 related
  • Dennis J Archer

    Asst Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $211,108
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $185,351
    Other
    $25,757
    Hours/week
    4 + 31 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $185,351 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,901 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $11,856 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $211,108 related

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

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

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

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
2023
Filed
13 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541359349307694

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