Illinois · Nonprofit
Cook County Bar Association
Cook County Bar Association (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,500 to it, the largest being FOLEY & MANSFIELD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($2,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $221k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $229k
What Cook County Bar Association does
Mission
The objective of this association is to take advisory active interest in legal matters and questions of public policy to articulate and foster a spirit of fellowship among members of the bar
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The advisory role in an underserved community and to foster communication and opportunity for members
$50,000 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $50,000.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $3k → $1k.
From the IRS filings of Cook County 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
Cook County 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% · 2021 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
Cook County Bar Association draws 71% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 2 states in all.
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
Cook County Bar Association is better cushioned than half of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Cook County Bar Association
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
22% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 Cook County 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 Cook County Bar Association?
- Cook County Bar Association (Illinois) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,500 to it, the largest being FOLEY & MANSFIELD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($2,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Cook County Bar Association have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $3,500 in grants to Cook County Bar Association.
- Who is the largest funder of Cook County Bar Association?
- FOLEY & MANSFIELD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION 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 Cook County Bar Association find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), 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