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LOUIS D BRANDEIS LAW SOCIETY FOUNDATION

LOUIS D BRANDEIS LAW SOCIETY FOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,750 to it, the largest being THE MAX AND BELLA STEIN CHARITABLE TRUST ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$31k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$2k
Net assets
$252k
0/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Louis D Brandeis Law Society Foundation does

Mission

The organization's mission is to enhance and enrich the personal and professional interests of its members and the general legal community as well as all others whose freedom and security are protected by a strong, vigorous and independent legal profession.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. The organization provided scholarships to deserving law school students and young lawyers who met the requirements of the donor funds.

    $21,056 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $21,056.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($51k) Expenses 100 ($40k) Net assets 100 ($250k)2018 Revenue 54 ($27k) Expenses 64 ($25k) Net assets 101 ($252k)2019 Revenue 24 ($12k) Expenses 53 ($21k) Net assets 97 ($243k)2020 Revenue 24 ($12k) Expenses 21 ($8k) Net assets 99 ($247k)2021 Revenue 13 ($7k) Expenses 1 ($364) Net assets 101 ($254k)2022 Revenue 20 ($10k) Expenses 50 ($20k) Net assets 97 ($244k)2023 Revenue 64 ($33k) Expenses 87 ($35k) Net assets 97 ($242k)2024 Revenue 62 ($31k) Expenses 53 ($21k) Net assets 101 ($252k)
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Revenue (62)Expenses (53)Net assets (101)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $242k to $252k (+4%).

$250k
$252k
$243k
$247k
$254k
$244k
$242k
$252k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

97% of LOUIS D BRANDEIS LAW SOCIETY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,798 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$11k
’17
$2k
’18
−$9k
’19
$4k
’20
$6k
’21
−$10k
’22
−$2k
’23
$10k
’24
108
months of
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.

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Listed11111111
Joined········
No longer listed········
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $500 → $1k.

From the IRS filings of LOUIS D BRANDEIS LAW SOCIETY 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

LOUIS D BRANDEIS LAW SOCIETY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% 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

57%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2023 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 LOUIS D BRANDEIS LAW SOCIETY FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

PA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

LOUIS D BRANDEIS LAW SOCIETY FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 21,859 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin33% · top quartile
Months of reserve107.8mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−7% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,859 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

29
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

92%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Louis D Brandeis Law Society · exempt

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LOUIS D BRANDEIS LAW SOCIETY 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 LOUIS D BRANDEIS LAW SOCIETY FOUNDATION?
LOUIS D BRANDEIS LAW SOCIETY FOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,750 to it, the largest being THE MAX AND BELLA STEIN CHARITABLE TRUST ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LOUIS D BRANDEIS LAW SOCIETY FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,750 in grants to LOUIS D BRANDEIS LAW SOCIETY FOUNDATION.
Who is the largest funder of LOUIS D BRANDEIS LAW SOCIETY FOUNDATION?
THE MAX AND BELLA STEIN CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LOUIS D BRANDEIS LAW SOCIETY FOUNDATION find more funders?
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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 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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