Tennessee · Nonprofit
NASHVILLE BAR FOUNDATION
NASHVILLE BAR FOUNDATION (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,100 to it, the largest being LITTLER MENDELSON FOUNDATION INC ($1,100). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $205k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $685k
What Nashville Bar Foundation does
Mission
The Nashville Bar Foundation advances justice through targeted non-profit financial support, civic-minded education, and the development and celebration of a respected legal community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Nashville Bar Foundation raises funds that have an impact on initiatives in the nashville legal community.
$150,988 spentof which $113,302 as grants85% of program spendingNashville Bar Foundation leadership forum - the leadership forum will provide a select group of attorneys a unique setting to develop leadership skills through monthly workshops and activities focusing on local legal and community issues. The local leadership program for lawyers offers an innovative opportunity to learn, collaborate, network and serve the local community and the legal profession. The leadership forum is designed for lawyers with three to eight years of experience and the size of the class will be limited to twenty-five lawyers who practice in davidson county. The class will be selected from those who apply, the leadership forum will encourage diversity in the practice of law and help build relationships among attorneys with diverse backgrounds and practices.
$26,400 spent$18,803 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $177,388.
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 2023 to 2024, from $603k to $704k (+17%).
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.
67% of NASHVILLE BAR FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
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 NASHVILLE 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
NASHVILLE BAR FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 1 state in all.
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
NASHVILLE BAR FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,538 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,538 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like NASHVILLE 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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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
- Nashville Bar Association · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NASHVILLE 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 NASHVILLE BAR FOUNDATION?
- NASHVILLE BAR FOUNDATION (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,100 to it, the largest being LITTLER MENDELSON FOUNDATION INC ($1,100). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NASHVILLE BAR FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,100 in grants to NASHVILLE BAR FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of NASHVILLE BAR FOUNDATION?
- LITTLER MENDELSON FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NASHVILLE BAR FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 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