- Revenue 2023
- $1,988,238
- Expenses 2023
- $2,513,987
Program services were 62.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- I128
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 1700 LAKE SHORE DRIVE 230
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).
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
THE OHIO STATE BAR FOUNDATION IS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION UNDER OHIO LAW, ORGANIZED FOR EDUCATIONAL, LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES. IT IS A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION OF ATTORNEYS AND JUDGES, AND IS CONSIDERED "THE PROFESSIONAL HONORARY OF OHIO LAWYERS." THE OHIOSTATE BAR FOUNDATION FULFILLS ITS MISSION OF PROMOTING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE RULE OF LAW AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE JUSTICE SYSTEM THROUGHOUT OHIO BY AWARDING GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ADVANCE THAT MISSION.
Activities or mission (Part I)
THE MISSION IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE RULE OF LAW AND IMPROVE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
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THE OHIO STATE BAR FOUNDATION FULFILLS ITS MISSION OF PROMOTING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE RULE OF LAW AND IMPROVEMENTS IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM THROUGHOUT OHIO BY AWARDING GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ADVANCE THAT MISSION.
Expenses $1,343,159 · Grants $1,086,135 · Revenue $30,670
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THE FOUNDATION DEVELOPS AND PRESENTS FELLOWS PROGRAMMING DESIGNED TO PROMOTE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE LAW AND IMPROVE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM THROUGHOUT OHIO. THE FOUNDATION ALSO CREATES SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR VOLUNTEERS CONNECTING THEM TO OUR GRANTEES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THROUGH ITS AWARDS PROGRAM THE FOUNDATION RECOGNIZES INDIVIDUALS AND PROGRAMS OR ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE WORK PROMOTES PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE LAW OR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
Expenses $226,848
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Officers and directors · 2023
As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Hon David A HejmanowskiHON DAVID A HEJMANOWSKI
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Belinda BarnesBELINDA BARNES
PRESIDENT-ELECT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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J Kristin BurkettJ KRISTIN BURKETT
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Thomas GuillozetTHOMAS GUILLOZET
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Hon Dean L WilsonHON DEAN L WILSON
TRUSTEE SERVING EX-OFFICIO
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Michelle KranzMICHELLE KRANZ
TRUSTEE SERVING EX-OFFICIO
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Barbara Friedman YaksicBARBARA FRIEDMAN YAKSIC
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Reginald S JacksonREGINALD S JACKSON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Joseph E Wenger IVJOSEPH E WENGER IV
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jonathan HollingsworthJONATHAN HOLLINGSWORTH
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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John D HolschuhJOHN D HOLSCHUH
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Michael FlowersMICHAEL FLOWERS
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Hilary DamaserHILARY DAMASER
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tabitha D JusticeTABITHA D JUSTICE
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Drew OdumDREW ODUM
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Janet Green MarbleyJANET GREEN MARBLEY
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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R Benjamin FranzR BENJAMIN FRANZ
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Marley C NelsonMARLEY C NELSON
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Sarah K SkowSARAH K SKOW
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ron KahnRON KAHN
TRUSTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Lori L KeatingLORI L KEATING
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $212,761
- From this org
- $172,698
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $40,063
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $169,590
- Bonus
- $3,108
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $9,277
- Nontaxable benefits
- $30,786
- Filer's total
- $212,761
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2023
- Revenue
- $1,988,238
- Expenses
- $2,513,987
- Contributions
- $186,357
- Grants paid
- $1,086,135
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2022
- Revenue
- $7,851,950
- Expenses
- $2,765,348
- Contributions
- $179,720
- Grants paid
- $1,363,395
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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,008,399
- Expenses
- $2,323,833
- Assets (EOY)
- $58,293,469
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,135,088
- Expenses
- $2,361,003
- Assets (EOY)
- $49,771,927
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,146,354
- Expenses
- $2,054,482
- Assets (EOY)
- $47,481,576
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,682,039
- Expenses
- $2,027,207
- Assets (EOY)
- $38,503,172
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,189,939
- Expenses
- $1,832,059
- Assets (EOY)
- $41,026,804
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,865,127
- Expenses
- $1,753,596
- Assets (EOY)
- $35,902,122
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,095,148
- Expenses
- $1,413,157
- Assets (EOY)
- $34,570,630
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,656,194
- Expenses
- $1,630,672
- Assets (EOY)
- $36,703,483
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,814,161
- Expenses
- $2,046,266
- Assets (EOY)
- $35,856,270
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $2,501,821
- Assets (EOY)
- $32,566,808
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
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$140,875
2022 PROJECT SUPPORT - CIVIC EDUCATION AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE
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CUYAHOGA COUNTY DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURT
$133,310
2022 PROJECT SUPPORT - CIVIC EDUCATION AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE
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2023 CIVIC EDUCATION: PROGRAMS, TEACHER TRAINING & OUTREACH
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$117,500
2023 DIVERSITY IN LEADERSHIP FELLOWSHIP
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2022 PROJECT SUPPORT - CIVIC EDUCATION AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE
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2022 THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
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$62,000
2022 PROJECT SUPPORT - CIVIC EDUCATION AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE
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$54,200
2022 PROJECT SUPPORT - CIVIC EDUCATION AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE
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2023 EXAMINING ORGANIZATIONS' PLEDGES TO JUSTICE-INVOLVED EMPLOYEES
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2023 LAUNCH INTO LAW
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
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.
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 PC.
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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.