Virginia · Public charity
The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association
Promote and support legal research and education; advance the science of jurisprudence and facilitate the administration of justice; and foster improvements in the practice of federal law.
- $212k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $66k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $22,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $66k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $44k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $264k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $244k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $81k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $16k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $108k | 80% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $104k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Bar Association | $96,430 | 4 | 1% |
| Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance | $39,000 | 4 | 0% |
| South Carolina Chapter of the Federal Bar Association | $27,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Latinojustice Prldef | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Federal Bar Association East District of MI Chapte | $22,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Minnesota Chapter Federal Bar Association | $20,500 | 2 | 6% |
| Bay Area Legal Services Inc | $16,658 | 1 | 0% |
| Federal Bar Association Tampa Bay Chapter Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Texas Riogrande Legal Aid Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Louisiana Civil Justice Center | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 34 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($452k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association
- How much does The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association give?
- The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association reported 6 itemized grants totaling $65,987, out of $211,545 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (93%), Public Safety & Disaster (4%), Education (1%).
- Who are The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Federal Bar Association ($96k), Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance ($39k), South Carolina Chapter of the Federal Bar Association ($27k).
- Does The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Equal Justice Works, Fredrikson & Byron Foundation, Robins Kaplan Foundation.
- Where is The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association based?
- The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association is based in VA.
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