Pennsylvania · Public charity
Pennsylvania Bar Foundation
The mission of the PENNSYLVANIA BAR FOUNDATION is to support programsthat increase the public's understanding of the law and promote equalaccess to justice. The foundation accomplishes its mission by making grants; administering a loan repayment assistance program for civil legal aid attorneys who help the poor for free; seeking…
- $509k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $34k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $33,817
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $33,817
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Pennsylvania Bar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $34k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $33k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $24k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $13k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $26k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $35k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $24k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania Bar Association | $210,310 | 9 | 0% |
| Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Inc Fka/ Pennsylvania Legal Services | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| York County Bar Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
About Pennsylvania Bar Foundation
- How much does Pennsylvania Bar Foundation give?
- Pennsylvania Bar Foundation reported 1 itemized grants totaling $33,817, out of $509,170 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Pennsylvania Bar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (100%).
- Who are Pennsylvania Bar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Pennsylvania Bar Association ($210k), Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Inc Fka/ Pennsylvania Legal Services ($10k), York County Bar Foundation ($10k).
- Does Pennsylvania Bar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Pennsylvania Bar Foundation based?
- Pennsylvania Bar Foundation is based in PA.
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