LANCASTER LAW FOUNDATION

EIN 42-1551989 LANCASTER, PA

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Revenue 2025: $156,096
Expenses 2025: $110,834

Program services were 57.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: I80
Classification: 2100
Street: 28 E ORANGE ST

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LANCASTER BAR ASSOCIATION
EIN 23-0784543

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE LANCASTER LAW FOUNDATION PROMOTES EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE BY FUNDING NONPROFIT LEGAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, SUPPORTING PRO BONO PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE DIRECT LEGAL ASSISTANCE, AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT LEGAL RIGHTS AND RESOURCES. THROUGH ITS GRANTMAKING AND SERVICE INITIATIVES, THE FOUNDATION HELPS LANCASTER COUNTY RESIDENTS - PARTICULARLY LOW-INCOME AND UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS - NAVIGATE THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND ACCESS ESSENTIAL CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE LANCASTER LAW FOUNDATION PROMOTES EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR LANCASTER COUNTY RESIDENTS BY FUNDING PUBLIC INTEREST LEGAL SERVICES, SUPPORTING PRO BONO PROGRAMS, AND PROVIDING COMMUNITY EDUCATION ON CIVIC AND LEGAL ISSUES, WITH A FOCUS ON UNDERSERVED AND LOW-INCOME POPULATIONS.

COMMUNITY GRANTS PROGRAM: THE LANCASTER LAW FOUNDATION AWARDED GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES AND LAW-RELATED PROGRAMS TO LANCASTER COUNTY RESIDENTS. FUNDED INITIATIVES IMPROVED ACCESS TO JUSTICE, INCREASED AWARENESS OF LEGAL RIGHTS AND RESOURCES, AND SUPPORTED SERVICES FOR LOW-INCOME AND UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE WITH HOUSING, FAMILY LAW MATTERS, AND OTHER CIVIL LEGAL NEEDS.

Expenses $63,945 · Grants $63,945

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Amanda Kowalski EsqAMANDA KOWALSKI ESQ

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Alicia Muir EsqALICIA MUIR ESQ

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
John H MayJOHN H MAY

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Leslie CradicLESLIE CRADIC

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Ian Brinkman EsqIAN BRINKMAN ESQ

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Lance Greene EsqLANCE GREENE ESQ

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Kristen L Hartman EsqKRISTEN L HARTMAN ESQ

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Bernadette M Hohenadel EsqBERNADETTE M HOHENADEL ESQ

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Jeffrey P Ouellet EsqJEFFREY P OUELLET ESQ

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Catharine Roland EsqCATHARINE ROLAND ESQ

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Grant W Schonour EsqGRANT W SCHONOUR ESQ

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Elizabeth Vanasse EsqELIZABETH VANASSE ESQ

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Mary Elizabeth Wolf EsqMARY ELIZABETH WOLF ESQ

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Witt WelchWITT WELCH

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Lisa M DriendlLISA M DRIENDL

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5

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

2025

Revenue

$156,096

Expenses

$110,834

Contributions

$147,536

Grants paid

$63,945
2024

Revenue

$180,639

Expenses

$105,287

Contributions

$173,653

Grants paid

$65,147
2023

Revenue

$173,486

Expenses

$103,213

Contributions

$175,639

Grants paid

$67,000
2022

Revenue

$162,794

Expenses

$109,978

Contributions

$161,642

Grants paid

$84,000

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2025	$156,096	$110,834	$147,536	$63,945
2024	$180,639	$105,287	$173,653	$65,147
2023	$173,486	$103,213	$175,639	$67,000
2022	$162,794	$109,978	$161,642	$84,000

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

$112,094

Expenses

$62,821

Assets (EOY)

$550,683
2020 · 990

Revenue

$74,820

Expenses

$53,089

Assets (EOY)

$465,498
2019 · 990

Revenue

$53,999

Expenses

$7,563

Assets (EOY)

$426,168
2017 · 990

Revenue

$88,260

Expenses

$161,566

Assets (EOY)

$411,302
2016 · 990

Revenue

$98,830

Expenses

$142,897

Assets (EOY)

$451,159
2015 · 990

Revenue

$258,971

Expenses

$144,104

Assets (EOY)

$486,106
2014 · 990

Revenue

$87,956

Expenses

$104,667

Assets (EOY)

$375,755
2013 · 990

Revenue

$156,991

Expenses

$172,746

Assets (EOY)

$390,571
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$215,415

Assets (EOY)

$382,829
2011 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$211,577

Assets (EOY)

$418,008

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$112,094	$62,821	$550,683
2020	990	$74,820	$53,089	$465,498
2019	990	$53,999	$7,563	$426,168
2017	990	$88,260	$161,566	$411,302
2016	990	$98,830	$142,897	$451,159
2015	990	$258,971	$144,104	$486,106
2014	990	$87,956	$104,667	$375,755
2013	990	$156,991	$172,746	$390,571
2012	990	not reported	$215,415	$382,829
2011	990	not reported	$211,577	$418,008

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

MIDPENN LEGAL SERVICES

$65,000

2022 SUPPORTING THE SAFE-AT-HOME FAMILY LAW ATTORNEY
BENCH MARK PROGRAM

$20,000

2023 SUPPORTING A JUVENILE PROBATION GUN PROGRAM AND PROVIDING A TRAINING UPDATE FOR STREET LAW'S LEGAL LIFE SKILLS PROGRAM. THE AIM IS TO CREATE A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR YOUNG ADULTS TO UNDERSTAND LEGAL CONCEPTS THROUGH SCENARIO-BASED LEARNING WITH INPUT FROM LEGAL EXPERTS, JUDGES, ATTORNEYS, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
MIDPENN LEGAL SERVICES

$15,000

2024 AWARDED FOR A FAMILY LAW ATTORNEY FOR THE SAFE AT HOME PROGRAM.
CASA OF LANCASTER

$10,000

2024 AWARDED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A PREVENTATIVE ADVOCACY PILOT PROGRAM.
ZION COMMUNITY SERVICES

$10,000

2024 AWARDED FOR THEIR LANCASTER COUNTY PARDON PROJECT
LITITZ CHOOSES LOVE

$10,000

2024 AWARDED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF LEGAL NAME CHANGE CLINICS.
YWCA LANCASTER

$10,000

2024 AWARDED FOR THEIR LEGAL ADVOCACY PROJECT.
PARISH RESOURCE CENTER

$10,000

2023 THE GRANT PROVIDED FUNDING FOR PRC'S IMMIGRATION SERVICES, WHICH OFFERED ACCREDITED TRAINING TO ADVOCATES HELPING LOCAL IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES NAVIGATE THE U.S. IMMIGRATION SYSTEM LEGALLY.
COMPASS MARK

$10,000

2023 SUPPORTED THE FAMILY SERVICES ADVOCATE PROGRAM, WHICH FOCUSES ON IDENTIFYING AND ADVOCATING FOR THE UNIQUE NEEDS AND RIGHTS OF CHILDREN WITH INCARCERATED PARENTS AT LANCASTER COUNTY PRISON. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES ASSESSMENTS, CASE MANAGEMENT, RELATIONSHIP SUPPORT, AND EVALUATIONS FOR EACH ENROLLED CHILD.
SAFE COMMUNITIES

$10,000

2023 THE FUNDING ASSISTED THE PA DUTCH INTERPRETERS PROJECT, WHICH AIMED TO RECRUIT AND ASSIST PA DUTCH SPEAKERS FROM PLAIN COMMUNITIES IN LANCASTER COUNTY IN BECOMING CERTIFIED COURT INTERPRETERS.

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

LANCASTER BAR ASSOCIATION

$45,750

2022 TO FUND THE FOUNDATION'S COMMUNITY GRANTS PROGRAM.
LANCASTER BAR ASSOCIATION

$40,000

2023 TO FUND THE FOUNDATION'S COMMUNITY GRANTS PROGRAM.
LANCASTER BAR ASSOCIATION

$40,000

2024 TO FUND THE FOUNDATION'S COMMUNITY GRANTS PROGRAM.
LANCASTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$39,110

2024 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
LANCASTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$32,949

2023 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
LANCASTER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$28,243

2022 DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

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 13 October 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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.