Georgia · Nonprofit
ATLANTA BAR FOUNDATION INC
ATLANTA BAR FOUNDATION INC (Georgia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $102,300 to it, the largest being MARK AND EVELYN TRAMMELL FOUNDATION INC ($62,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $568k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $102k
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Atlanta Bar Foundation Inc does
Mission
The atlanta bar foundation supports atlanta bar association's charitable projects that assist youth, provide pro bono legal services, promote public understanding of the law, and promote higher education through scholarships. The foundation has an annual grant program that assists local pro bono legal service providers to help them meet the legal needs of low-income citizens.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Lawyer referral service section of the atlanta bar association provides grants for pro bono legal services for those who cannot afford an attorney, but need legal help.
$205,000 spentof which $205,000 as grants53% of program spendingGrants from various practice sections of the atlanta bar association for the benefit of recipients as deemed appropriate by the section leadership.
$48,850 spentof which $48,850 as grants13% of program spendingFunding to the atlanta bar association summer law internship program provides mentoring and summer employment to high school students, the majority of whom are minorities and from disadvantaged backgrounds. The program introduces the students to the legal profession and the practice of law, provides summer employment and mentoring to ensure success in their summer job and in future employment, encourages them to go to college to achieve their individual goals and provides mentoring to assist them in this process.
$67,108 spentof which $67,108 as grants17% of program spendingOther grants awarded include minority clerkship program, scholarships for children of police officers slain in the line of duty and various other grants related to the legal profession.
$67,519 spentof which $15,803 as grants17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $388,477.
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 $645k to $820k (+27%).
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.
85% of ATLANTA BAR FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $12k → $6k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ATLANTA BAR FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 3 of 4 funders by total. 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
ATLANTA BAR FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
39% 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 ATLANTA BAR FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 95% — diversifying over time.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of ATLANTA BAR FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Georgia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $40k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
ATLANTA BAR FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,547 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,547 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ATLANTA BAR FOUNDATION INC
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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Atlanta Bar Association Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ATLANTA BAR FOUNDATION INC: 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 ATLANTA BAR FOUNDATION INC?
- ATLANTA BAR FOUNDATION INC (Georgia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $102,300 to it, the largest being MARK AND EVELYN TRAMMELL FOUNDATION INC ($62,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ATLANTA BAR FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $102,300 in grants to ATLANTA BAR FOUNDATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ATLANTA BAR FOUNDATION INC?
- MARK AND EVELYN TRAMMELL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $62,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ATLANTA BAR FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 4 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