Washington · Nonprofit
Spokane County Bar Association
Spokane County Bar Association (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being Innovia Foundation ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $330k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $212k
What Spokane County Bar Association does
Mission
It is the mission of the Spokane County Bar Association to enhance theintegrity and competence of the legal community and to pursue greateraccess to justice for all county residents.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Continuing legal education - organized to benefit members of the legalprofession through educational seminars, webcasts and conferences. Theassociation strives to provide seminars of the highest quality,utilizing local talent while keeping registration costs at a minimum.digital recordings of seminars are available for purchase on the association's website.gal training - organized to support guardian ad litem professionalswith educational training and resources.newsletter - all members receive the calendar call newsletter, issuedtwice monthly, either by mail or digitally. Many members receive thedigital version via e-mail.the calendar call contains cle notices meeting notices andannouncements, employment opportunities, federal, state and countycourt information and other important data that is vital to thepractice of law.online access to spokane county court documents - the spokane countybar association has worked toward the goal of having spokane countysuperior court documents available online.
Lawyer referral services, pro bono services, and other social and networking programs: lawyer referral service - the association provides a "lawyer referral service" for the public.volunteer legal services - the association promotes pro bono legal services for members of the community who are living in poverty. Online access to an up-to-date spokane county court family law mediator roster for the convenience of the general public. Other functions - the association also sponsors other functions and events which benefits the health and wellbeing of the bar as a whole: regular bar luncheons are offered featuring keynote speakers members of the judiciary or community leaders.the annual professionalism dinner honors a member of the legalcommunity who exhibits the highest standards of ethics and professionalism and honors members of bar who have been practicing for 50 years.the annual holiday party and vlp silent auction is a favorite of thelocal membership. The party provides the membership an opportunity tomeet long-time friends and spread some good cheer. The silent auctionis a successful fundraiser for the inland empire legal aid, a related501(c)3 organization.
Practice area support and committee involvement. Scba members areinvited to affiliate with "sections of the association that concernsimilar practice areas, interests, or industry experience. Membershipin practice area sections promotes camaraderie, networking, andfellowship in the legal profession. The association maintains thefollowing active sections: young lawyers division, indian law section, intellectual property section, diversity section, family law section, solo & small practice section and elder disability and estate planning section.additional accomplishments of the diversity section and the younglawyers division are as follows: the diversity section: the mission ofthe diversity section is to promote diversity in the local legalcommunity and ensure equal opportunity and inclusion for spokaneattorneys regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender,sexual orientation,veteran status, practice area, age and disability in the membership, leadership and activities of the Spokane County Bar Association. Th0rough collaboration with the gonzaga university school of law and other organizations, the diversity section is committed to promoting inclusiveness through…
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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 2023 to 2024, from $338k to $1k (−100%).
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: 2020 1%. 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 9 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.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Spokane 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.
Where its funders are
100% of Spokane County Bar Association's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Government funding Spokane County Bar Association receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3k on record.
- DIRECT STATE SERVICES - NON-SALARY$3k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Spokane 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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
22% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Inland Empire Legal Aid · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Spokane County Bar Association?
- Spokane County Bar Association (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being Innovia Foundation ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Spokane County Bar Association have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to Spokane County Bar Association.
- Who is the largest funder of Spokane County Bar Association?
- Innovia Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Spokane County Bar Association find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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