Alabama · Nonprofit
BIRMINGHAM BAR FOUNDATION
BIRMINGHAM BAR FOUNDATION (Alabama) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,400 to it, the largest being THE HARE WYNN FOUNDATION ($10,250). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $153k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $22k
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What Birmingham Bar Foundation does
Mission
To support, promote, and encourage activities for the furtherance of justice and legal education, including but not limited to the education of primary and secondary students, as well as the general public to promote a greater understanding of the law, through scholarships and encouragement of legal research, publications, institutes, and forums.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Scholarships- members of the birmingham bar association and the general public donate money in memory of area attorneys who pass away during the year. The funds raised through this memorial program are competitively awarded to students at birmingham area law schools based on scholarship and need.grants are also given to local non-profit organizations that are engaged in legal-related projects or civics education projects.
$137,977 spentof which $60,710 as grants98% of program spendingOral arguments- each year, we coordinate with the supreme court of alabama, the alabama court of criminal appeals, and the alabama court of civil appeals to travel to birmingham to hear oral arguments in actual cases. We invite area high school and middle school students to come observe the hearings and provide instruction on the court structure and the legal issues in the upcoming cases. Members of the local bar, law schools, and the general public are also invited. Attendance ranges between 1,000-1,500.
Juror internet access- the foundation funds internet service for jurors to use while serving in two area courthouses. Without the service, jurors would be reliant on personal cell phone coverages because public wifi service is not provided.
$3,318 spentof which $3,318 as grants2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $141,295.
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 2022 to 2023, from $683k to $2.2M (+219%).
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.
63% of BIRMINGHAM BAR FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $8k → $1k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 BIRMINGHAM 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
BIRMINGHAM BAR FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
44% 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 BIRMINGHAM BAR FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 39% · 2019 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
97% of BIRMINGHAM BAR FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Alabama funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4k 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
BIRMINGHAM BAR FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like BIRMINGHAM 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 Alabama
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
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 BIRMINGHAM 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 BIRMINGHAM BAR FOUNDATION?
- BIRMINGHAM BAR FOUNDATION (Alabama) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,400 to it, the largest being THE HARE WYNN FOUNDATION ($10,250). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BIRMINGHAM BAR FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $22,400 in grants to BIRMINGHAM BAR FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIRMINGHAM BAR FOUNDATION?
- THE HARE WYNN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIRMINGHAM BAR FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 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