Hawaii · Nonprofit
HAWAII STATE BAR ASSOCIATION
HAWAII STATE BAR ASSOCIATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $198,071 to it, the largest being HAWAII STATE BAR FOUNDATION ($178,071). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $198k
- Net assets
- $2.8M
What Hawaii State Bar Association does
Mission
The mission of the Hawaii State Bar Association ("hsba") is to unite and inspire hawaii's lawyers to promote justice, serve the public, and to improve the legal profession. The hsba provides significant member benefits and services for approximately 8,100 members.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Professional activities / special project: various programs, activities, and publications for the benefit of the members, the legal profession, and the community.
$153,799 spent$163,827 earned by the program10% of program spendingSupreme court mandated attorney registration: registered approximately 8,100 members, mandated member registration database, and provided demographic reports.
$1,105,433 spent$1,559,096 earned by the program75% of program spendingMember services: provide continuing legal and professional education to members, member benefits, and communication.
$223,623 spent$315,401 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,482,855.
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 $6.3M to $6.1M (−3%).
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 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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.
Chief executive
Catherine Betts
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $55k → $131k.
From the IRS filings of HAWAII STATE 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
HAWAII STATE BAR ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% 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
90% 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 HAWAII STATE BAR ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2023 85% — 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 HAWAII STATE BAR ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Hawaii 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.
Organizations like HAWAII STATE 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 Hawaii
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Hawaiil State Bar Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HAWAII STATE 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 HAWAII STATE BAR ASSOCIATION?
- HAWAII STATE BAR ASSOCIATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $198,071 to it, the largest being HAWAII STATE BAR FOUNDATION ($178,071). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HAWAII STATE BAR ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $198,071 in grants to HAWAII STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HAWAII STATE BAR ASSOCIATION?
- HAWAII STATE BAR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $178,071 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HAWAII STATE BAR ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Hawaii. 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 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