New York · Nonprofit
Brooklyn Bar Association
Brooklyn Bar Association (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,500 to it, the largest being Brooklyn Brandeis Society Inc ($2,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $798k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $-302163
What Brooklyn Bar Association does
Mission
Furtherance of the legal profession through sponsorship of Continuing Legal Education programs, networking opportunities and a Lawyer Referral Service.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Lawyer Referral Service: The Brooklyn Bar Lawyers Referral Service remains committed to the Brooklyn community by referring thousands of callers to available pro bono services attorneys as well as other government agencies and community resources. It is the only referral service in Brooklyn certified by the American Bar Association. The BBA has over 150 prescreened lawyers with expertise in virtually all areas of the law.
$494,384 spent$385,185 earned by the program77% of program spendingMembership and General Programs: The Brooklyn Bar Association provided a variety of social/networking events with colleagues and members of the judiciary. The committees and sections provided access to leadership opportunities and career growth. The Association continued to arbitrate fee disputes, reviewed referred grievances and produced content for its quarterly publication.
$90,158 spent$184,148 earned by the program14% of program spendingContinuing Legal Education Exp.: The Brooklyn Bar Association provided in person and live streaming continuing legal education courses to the legal community and prerecorded CLE courses were available during the period.
$55,349 spent$34,070 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $639,891.
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.
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 $358k to $626k (+74%).
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: 2021 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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
2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $500.
From the IRS filings of Brooklyn Bar Association’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
Brooklyn Bar Association leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2022 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 Brooklyn Bar Association's grant income comes from New York 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.
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Brooklyn Bar Association Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Brooklyn Bar Association: 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 Brooklyn Bar Association?
- Brooklyn Bar Association (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,500 to it, the largest being Brooklyn Brandeis Society Inc ($2,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Brooklyn Bar Association have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $3,500 in grants to Brooklyn Bar Association, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Brooklyn Bar Association?
- Brooklyn Brandeis Society Inc is the largest funder on record, with $2,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Brooklyn Bar Association find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2017–2025), 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