Illinois · Nonprofit
LAKE COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION
LAKE COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $17,338 to it, the largest being Heal Team 6 Foundation ($17,338). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $635k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $17k
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What Lake County Bar Foundation does
Mission
The foundation was established in 1960 to promote the education of lawyers and advance the science of jurisprudence. The foundation is organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes in accordance with section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code. More specifically, the foundation is dedicated to supporting the charitable and educational purposes of the lake county bar association, as the charitable arm of that organization, as well as to assist in maintaining a physical space to accomplish these goals. Further, we are dedicated to the following purposes: to promote the administration of justice; to encourage increased competency and knowledge of the law; to promote greater diversity among the bar and the judiciary; to enhance equal access to justice for all; to uphold the honor and dignity of the legal profession; to promote and preserve the history and culture of the legal profession in lake county; and to support other allied section 501(c)(3) organizations that further
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Grants and donations to third parties.
$269,738 spentof which $266,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $269,738.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2024 to 2025, from $1.8M to $2.2M (+22%).
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.
88% of LAKE COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of LAKE COUNTY 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.
Where its funders are
100% of LAKE COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
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
LAKE COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like LAKE COUNTY 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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
71%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Lake County Bar Association · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LAKE COUNTY 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 LAKE COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION?
- LAKE COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $17,338 to it, the largest being Heal Team 6 Foundation ($17,338). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LAKE COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $17,338 in grants to LAKE COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of LAKE COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION?
- Heal Team 6 Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $17,338 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAKE COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 1 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