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MILWAUKEE BAR ASSOCIATION INC

EIN 39-1327219 MILWAUKEE, WI

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Revenue 2024
$631,119
Expenses 2024
$720,022

As filed

Subsection
06
Classification
1000
Street
747 N BROADWAY

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE MILWAUKEE BAR ASSOCIATION IS TO BE AN INCLUSIVE, EQUITABLE AND DIVERSE ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES THE INTERESTS OF THE LAWYERS, JUDGES AND THE PEOPLE OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY BY WORKING TO PROMOTE THE PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS OF THE LOCAL BENCH AND BAR; ENCOURAGE COLLEGIALITY, PUBLIC SERVICE AND PROFESSIONALISM ON THE PART OF THE LAWYERS OF SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN; IMPROVE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR THOSE LIVING AND WORKING IN MILWAUKEE COUNTY; SUPPORT THE COURTS OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE; AND INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE CRUCIAL ROLE THAT THE LAW PLAYS IN THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY.

  • THE MILWAUKEE BAR ASSOCIATION PROVIDES OVER 100 HOURS OF CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION CREDIT TO KEEP ATTORNEYS UPDATED ON NEW PROGRESS IN THE LEGAL FIELD AS WELL AS HELP THEM EARN CREDIT TO MAINTAIN THEIR LICENSE.

  • THE MILWAUKEE BAR ASSOCIATION'S LAWYER REFERRAL AND INFORMATION SERVICE PROVIDES BOTH ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC TO LOCATE AN APPROPRIATE ATTORNEY TO ASSIST THEM WITH THEIR LEGAL NEEDS AS WELL AS A REVENUE SOURCE VIA REFERRALS FOR LOCAL PRACTICING ATTORNEYS.

  • THE MILWAUKEE BAR ASSOCIATION'S MEETINGS AND EVENTS PROVIDE OPPORTUNTIES FOR MEMBERS TO INTERFACE AND OBTAIN AN IMPORTANT CONNECTION WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES ACROSS LEGAL FIELDS. ATTORNEYS CAN BECOME ISOLATED IN THE INCREASINGLY TECHNICAL WORLD AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT IS IMPORTANT FOR CAREER GROWTH AS WELL AS MENTAL HEALTH.

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.

  • Michelle Wagner Ebben

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leila Sahar

    PRESIDENT ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joe Russell

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Olivia Kelley

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emil Ovbiagele

    PRESIDENT (THRU JUNE)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristen Hardy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tina Matic

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Goldstein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hannah Jahn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melissa Papaleo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Procaciio

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hon Kori Ashley

    DIRECTOR (FROM JUNE)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Allan Schlinsog

    DIRECTOR (FROM JUNE)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Stedman

    DIRECTOR (FROM JUNE)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Avery Mayne

    DIRECTOR (THRU JUNE)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Reed

    DIRECTOR (THRU JUNE)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Sarah Martis

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $118,928
    From this org
    $96,213
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,715
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 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
    $631,119
    Expenses
    $720,022
    Contributions
    $500
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $578,757
    Expenses
    $709,778
    Contributions
    $1,450
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $588,155
    Expenses
    $685,522
    Contributions
    $750
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $531,056
    Expenses
    $602,483
    Assets (EOY)
    $948,020
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $556,610
    Expenses
    $648,988
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,245,773
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $731,238
    Expenses
    $832,090
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,404,599
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,266,227
    Expenses
    $593,129
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,641,593
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $617,610
    Expenses
    $617,728
    Assets (EOY)
    $597,990
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $645,565
    Expenses
    $648,228
    Assets (EOY)
    $584,656
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $671,182
    Expenses
    $748,942
    Assets (EOY)
    $606,576
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $707,542
    Expenses
    $752,826
    Assets (EOY)
    $694,051
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $688,303
    Expenses
    $740,837
    Assets (EOY)
    $681,492
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $738,220
    Assets (EOY)
    $775,606

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

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

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

Declared as related by

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

Not present in the most recent drop.

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.