MILWAUKEE BAR ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC

EIN 39-6040219 MILWAUKEE, WI

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Revenue 2024: $920,512
Expenses 2024: $628,064

Program services were 87.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: I80C
Classification: 2800
Street: 747 N BROADWAY

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MILWAUKEE BAR ASSOCIATION INC
EIN 39-1327219

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PERFORM AND CARRY OUT CHARITABLE AND EDUCATION FUNCTIONS AND PURPOSES OF THE MILWAUKEE BAR ASSOCIATION OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN AND TO FACILITATE THE ADVANCEMENT OF JURISPRUDENCE AND THE PROMOTION OF ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN THROUGH EDUCATION AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, MORE SPECIFICALLY, BY WAY OF ILLUSTRATION AND NOT OF LIMITATION, TO PUBLISH INFORMATIONAL BOOKLETS FOR THE PUBLIC; TO PROVIDE FOR SCHOLARSHIPS OR FELLOWSHIPS FOR THE LEGAL EDUCATION OF WORTHY PERSONS; AND TO ENGAGE OR PARTICIPATE IN ANY ACTIVITY, BUSINESS OR ENTERPRISE TO CARRY OUT, OR PROCURE FUNDS FOR, THE PURPOSES OF THE CORPORATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MILWAUKEE BAR ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION MADE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MILWAUKEE JUSTICE CENTER AS NOTED ON PART I, LINE 13. THE MILWAUKEE JUSTICE CENTER UTILIZES VOLUNTEERS TO ADDRESS THE UNMET LEGAL NEEDS OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY'S LOW-INCOME SELF-REPRESENTED LITIGANTS THROUGH COURT-BASED SELF-HELP DESKS AND LEGAL RESOURCES. THE MILWAUKEE JUSTICE CENTER IS A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT BETWEEN THE MILWAUKEE BAR ASSOCIATION, MILWAUKEE COUNTY, AND MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL.

THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE MILWAUKEE JUSTICE CENTER, A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT BETWEEN THE MILWAUKEE BAR ASSOCIATION, MILWAUKEE COUNTY AND MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, WHICH UTILIZES VOLUNTEERS TO ADDRESS THE UNMET LEGAL NEEDS OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY'S LOW-INCOME UNREPRESENTED LITIGANTS THROUGH COURT-BASED PROGRAMS AND LEGAL RESOURCES.

Expenses $548,621 · Grants $8,000

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Shannon AllenSHANNON ALLEN

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Dave PetersonDAVE PETERSON

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Andrew JonesANDREW JONES

SECRETARY/TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Nick ZepnickNICK ZEPNICK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Thomas ReedTHOMAS REED

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1 + 1 related
Brian SpahnBRIAN SPAHN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Anthony AnzelmoANTHONY ANZELMO

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Melissa McCordMELISSA MCCORD

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Meridith WilkersonMERIDITH WILKERSON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Nora PlattNORA PLATT

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jessica ReginatoJESSICA REGINATO

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Aaron OlejniczakAARON OLEJNICZAK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Sarah MartisSARAH MARTIS

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$118,928

From this org

$0

From related orgs

$96,213

Other

$22,715

Hours/week

5 + 40 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2024

Revenue

$920,512

Expenses

$628,064

Contributions

$893,331

Grants paid

$8,000
2023

Revenue

$554,402

Expenses

$516,272

Contributions

$531,414

Grants paid

$19,000
2023

Revenue

$554,402

Expenses

$546,272

Contributions

$531,414

Grants paid

$49,000
2022

Revenue

$243,024

Expenses

$269,760

Contributions

$218,704

Grants paid

$10,000

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$920,512	$628,064	$893,331	$8,000
2023	$554,402	$516,272	$531,414	$19,000
2023	$554,402	$546,272	$531,414	$49,000
2022	$243,024	$269,760	$218,704	$10,000

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

2021 · 990

Revenue

$273,107

Expenses

$242,028

Assets (EOY)

$1,366,896
2020 · 990

Revenue

$188,806

Expenses

$220,052

Assets (EOY)

$1,211,326
2019 · 990

Revenue

$154,745

Expenses

$189,951

Assets (EOY)

$1,140,555
2017 · 990

Revenue

$169,712

Expenses

$111,885

Assets (EOY)

$1,074,507
2016 · 990

Revenue

$190,080

Expenses

$95,521

Assets (EOY)

$1,027,645
2015 · 990

Revenue

$184,181

Expenses

$99,193

Assets (EOY)

$923,379
2014 · 990

Revenue

$272,475

Expenses

$177,083

Assets (EOY)

$886,303
2013 · 990

Revenue

$174,913

Expenses

$154,758

Assets (EOY)

$777,474
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$86,584

Assets (EOY)

$728,594
2011 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$88,350

Assets (EOY)

$690,992

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$273,107	$242,028	$1,366,896
2020	990	$188,806	$220,052	$1,211,326
2019	990	$154,745	$189,951	$1,140,555
2017	990	$169,712	$111,885	$1,074,507
2016	990	$190,080	$95,521	$1,027,645
2015	990	$184,181	$99,193	$923,379
2014	990	$272,475	$177,083	$886,303
2013	990	$174,913	$154,758	$777,474
2012	990	not reported	$86,584	$728,594
2011	990	not reported	$88,350	$690,992

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

WISCONSIN TRUST ACCOUNT FOUNDATION

$111,938

2023 CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES
FORGOOD INC

$45,054

2022 UNRESTRICTED
FORGOOD INC

$44,676

2023 UNRESTRICTED
FORGOOD INC

$35,593

2024 UNRESTRICTED
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$10,250

2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC

$10,000

2024 THE MILWAUKEE JUSTICE CENTER SUSTAINABILITY CAMPAIGN
WOMENS FUND OF GREATER MILWAUKEE INC

$10,000

2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$5,200

2024 HUMAN SERVICES

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

MILWAUKEE BAR ASSOCIATION INC

501(C)(6) · TO PROMOTE THE PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS OF THE LOCAL BENCH AND BAR · WI

Declared as related by

MILWAUKEE BAR ASSOCIATION INC

On its 2024 return

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility SOUNK.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.