Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
ALLEGHENY COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION
ALLEGHENY COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,309,560 to it, the largest being PENNSYLVANIA INTEREST ON LAWYER TRUST ACCOUNTS BOARD ($1,078,702). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.6M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $7.3M
What Allegheny County Bar Foundation does
Mission
The mission of the Allegheny County Bar Foundation is to be a driving force in promoting justice for all and to improve the community through public service law-related programs as the charitable arm of the allegheny county bar association. To fulfill this mission, the foundation raises, manages, and distributes funds, encourages and assists lawyers to provide pro bono legal services, and develops and supports public information initiatives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Pro bono center: the pro bono center's mission is to provide well trained attorney volunteers to help meet the legal needs of the indigent in allegheny county. In the current year, approximately 1,450 clients were served by volunteer attorneys. In collaboration with other organizations, the center recruits, trains, supports and recognizes attorney and non-attorney volunteers.
$369,304 spent10% of program spendingJuvenile court project provides legal representation for indigent parents of children involved in juvenile court dependency matters. (the juvenile court project had approximately 600 cases in the current year).
$2,920,019 spent77% of program spendingAttorneys against hunger provides funding to pittsburgh area food banks. (funds were donated to 18 food banks in the current year).
$119,221 spentof which $119,221 as grants3% of program spending- the endowment program provides grants to fund programs that will assist in responding to the changing legal needs in the community. There were 6 recipients this fiscal year.
$75,141 spentof which $60,000 as grants2% of program spending- bankruptcy judges memorial fund and notre dame fund provide scholarship awards to deserving law students in the allegheny county area.
$4,000 spentof which $4,000 as grants0% of program spending- the lawyers' fund relieves want or distress among members of the allegheny county bar or members of their families, provides scholarships, fellowships and grants-in-aid for research, writing and other studies of law. The louis little fund provides loans to law school students in financial need.
$259,315 spentof which $145,000 as grants7% of program spending- the john p. Gismondi fund provides funds to support the summer law student fellowship program.
$17,000 spentof which $17,000 as grants0% of program spending-john a. Meehan citizenship institute fund
$10,000 spentof which $10,000 as grants0% of program spending- yld scholarship fund
$500 spentof which $500 as grants0% of program spending- grant to neighborhood legal services to provide legal assistance to poor and vulnerable residents of allegheny county.
$11,091 spentof which $11,091 as grants0% of program spendingZittrain forums on law was established to provide the legal community with educational, topical and informative programs to lead a better understanding of the complex issues confronting our government and legal systems
$18,172 spent0% of program spending
The 11 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,803,763.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $5.9M to $7.4M (+24%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 69% · 2018 63% · 2019 59% · 2020 69% · 2021 65% · 2022 66% · 2023 75% · 2024 69% · 2025 66%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of ALLEGHENY COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (93% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
David A Blaner
Acba executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $126k → $204k.
2 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.1M from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Allegheny County Bar Association). These are real filings, and they are not money ALLEGHENY COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of ALLEGHENY COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ALLEGHENY COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
84% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ALLEGHENY COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 83% · 2019 95% · 2020 97% · 2021 97% · 2022 80% · 2023 86% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
60% of ALLEGHENY COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 33% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
99% of ALLEGHENY COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ALLEGHENY COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 793 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 793 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ALLEGHENY COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Allegheny County Bar Association · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ALLEGHENY COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ALLEGHENY COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION?
- ALLEGHENY COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,309,560 to it, the largest being PENNSYLVANIA INTEREST ON LAWYER TRUST ACCOUNTS BOARD ($1,078,702). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALLEGHENY COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $1,309,560 in grants to ALLEGHENY COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALLEGHENY COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION?
- PENNSYLVANIA INTEREST ON LAWYER TRUST ACCOUNTS BOARD is the largest funder on record, with $1,078,702 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALLEGHENY COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 15 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing