California · Nonprofit
SAN DIEGO COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
SAN DIEGO COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $600 to it, the largest being LITTLER MENDELSON FOUNDATION INC ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $600
- Net assets
- $20M
What San Diego County Bar Association does
Mission
The mission of the San Diego County Bar Association is to be the representative of the san diego county legal profession, serving the prblic and the profession by enhancing the legal system and promoting justice, professional excellence, and respect for the law.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Member services - the association produces a variety of publications, resources, programs and events to support its almost 8,100 members and the legal community at large; develops programs to promote public service, increase diversity and professionalism in the legal community; and provides access to justice through its many public and community service programs. Members have access to a variety of 1) networking, relationship building and mentoring events; 2) educational programs covering a broad spectrum of substantive legal issues, law practice management and marketing (both live and virtually via a livestreaming feature); 3) legal ethics resources including a legal ethics hotline; 4) programs to encourage greater diversity in the bench and bar; 5) practice-based sections and a forum that provides live and virtual communities for programming, connecting and questions and 6) committees that do project specific work for the bar and community at large. In addition, as the hub of the legal community, the association provides education and resources to members on issues that impact the legal community.communications and publications - the association produces san diego lawyer a…
$1,521,082 spent$1,485,128 earned by the program52% of program spendingLawyer referral service and public services - the association supports the public and the communities of san diego and imperial county by providing access to justice through its state bar certified lawyer referral and information service (lris). Created in 1952 as a public service program of the association, lris matches members of the public with qualified attorneys and/or provides them with information about nonprofit, public or social services that may be available. The lris program also supports other public service programs including fee dispute resolution and client services. In addition, as the hub of the legal community, the sdcba provides education and resources to the public on issues pertaining to the law.
$1,377,412 spent$1,028,149 earned by the program48% of program spendingCare program - the association administers care program funds that offer credit counseling education services.
The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,898,494.
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 2021 to 2022, from $8.0M to $22M (+172%).
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: 2022 2%. 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.
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 SAN DIEGO COUNTY 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
SAN DIEGO COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% 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
“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
SAN DIEGO COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION draws 83% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states 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.
Organizations like SAN DIEGO COUNTY 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
46% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Union & B LLC · disregarded
- 1241 State Street LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SAN DIEGO COUNTY 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 SAN DIEGO COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION?
- SAN DIEGO COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $600 to it, the largest being LITTLER MENDELSON FOUNDATION INC ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SAN DIEGO COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $600 in grants to SAN DIEGO COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION.
- Who is the largest funder of SAN DIEGO COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION?
- LITTLER MENDELSON FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAN DIEGO COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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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 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