Maryland · Nonprofit
BAR FOUNDATION OF HARFORD CO MD INC
BAR FOUNDATION OF HARFORD CO MD INC (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,037,963 to it, the largest being MARYLAND LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION ($2,030,963). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $728k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $234k
What Bar Foundation of Harford Co Md Inc does
Mission
The harford county bar foundation is dedicated to advancing access to justice by providing legal assistance, education, and advocacy. By bridging gaps in legal services, we empower individuals and families to navigate the legal system. Our goal is to promote fairness, dignity, and equity within our community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Lawyer education and administration of pro bono and reduced fee legal services for the general public.
$613,821 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $613,821.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2022 to 2023, from $221k to $278k (+26%).
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: 2018 60% · 2019 2% · 2020 4% · 2021 3% · 2022 90% · 2023 95% · 2024 95% · 2025 94%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of BAR FOUNDATION OF HARFORD CO MD INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than 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 8 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
Jennifer Vido
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $0 → $479k.
From the IRS filings of BAR FOUNDATION OF HARFORD CO MD INC’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
BAR FOUNDATION OF HARFORD CO MD INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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
100% 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 BAR FOUNDATION OF HARFORD CO MD INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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 BAR FOUNDATION OF HARFORD CO MD INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
BAR FOUNDATION OF HARFORD CO MD INC has grown faster than three-quarters 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 BAR FOUNDATION OF HARFORD CO MD 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BAR FOUNDATION OF HARFORD CO MD 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 BAR FOUNDATION OF HARFORD CO MD INC?
- BAR FOUNDATION OF HARFORD CO MD INC (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,037,963 to it, the largest being MARYLAND LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION ($2,030,963). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BAR FOUNDATION OF HARFORD CO MD INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $2,037,963 in grants to BAR FOUNDATION OF HARFORD CO MD INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BAR FOUNDATION OF HARFORD CO MD INC?
- MARYLAND LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,030,963 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BAR FOUNDATION OF HARFORD CO MD INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 2 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