North Carolina · Nonprofit
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BARRISTERS FOUNDATION
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BARRISTERS FOUNDATION (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being THE KRIST FOUNDATION ($3,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $96k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $568k
What International Society of Barristers Foundation does
Mission
The International Society of Barristers Foundation makes grants in support of the following general purposes: (1) to encourage, by example and otherwise, the entry of younger lawyers into the specialty of advocacy; (2) to encourage the continuation of advocacy under the adversary system; (3) to assist advocates in the perfection of the techniques of advocacy; (4) to encourage the retention of trial by jury in litigated matters and to resist usurpation by lay arbitrators and government tribunals which fail to guarantee the basic rights of citizens; (5) to improve or to support the justice system or any of its components; and (6) to encourage ethical practice and professionalism in the adversary system.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
National institute of trial advocacy - grant funding provided for scholarships for public service lawyers and lawyers experiencing financial need to receive trial skills training.
$50,000 spentof which $50,000 as grants56% of program spendingThe center for death penalty litigation - grant funding to provide representation to those on death row as well as providing consulting, research and training services to attorneys.
$35,000 spentof which $35,000 as grants39% of program spendingTo promote open exchange of ideas and the continuing practice of democracy.
$5,000 spentof which $5,000 as grants6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $90,000.
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 2017 to 2018, from $498k to $561k (+13%).
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
2019 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $2k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $29k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest International Society of Barristers Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BARRISTERS FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BARRISTERS 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
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BARRISTERS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% 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: 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 50% — 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
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BARRISTERS FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, 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
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BARRISTERS FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,748 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,748 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BARRISTERS 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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- International Society of Barristers Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BARRISTERS FOUNDATION?
- INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BARRISTERS FOUNDATION (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being THE KRIST FOUNDATION ($3,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BARRISTERS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $5,000 in grants to INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BARRISTERS FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BARRISTERS FOUNDATION?
- THE KRIST FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BARRISTERS FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 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