Florida · Nonprofit
THE DADE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
THE DADE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION (Florida) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,700 to it, the largest being AMERICAN COLLEGE OF BANKRUPTCY FOUNDATION ($7,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $724k
What The Dade County Bar Association does
Mission
The Dade County Bar Association is dedicated to cultivating, promoting and disseminating knowledge, information, and services to its members, the bench, and the public.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Young lawyers section to assist attorneys under the age of 36 in their professional development
$69,976 spent$62,350 earned by the program12% of program spendingLawyer referral service to assist the public in finding an attorney for representation
$201,798 spent$172,660 earned by the program34% of program spendingPrograms, seminars, and special events offered to attorneys for fulfillment of their continuing legal education requirements and for networking with other attorneys
$323,385 spent$743,783 earned by the program54% of program spendingRent from affiliate organization
$119,400 earned by the programAdvertising income from affiliate organization
$137,309 earned by the program
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $595,159.
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 2017 to 2018, from $1.6M to $1.1M (−29%).
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 0% · 2022 0% · 2023 5% · 2024 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. 7 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.
Chief executive
Bret Berlin
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $8k → $2k.
From the IRS filings of THE DADE 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
THE DADE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% 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
77% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE DADE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 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
THE DADE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION draws 77% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Government funding THE DADE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.8M on record — $1.8M federal, $448 state.
- Department of Justice$1.8M
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $448
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 THE DADE 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
38% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE DADE 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 THE DADE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION?
- THE DADE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION (Florida) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,700 to it, the largest being AMERICAN COLLEGE OF BANKRUPTCY FOUNDATION ($7,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE DADE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $9,700 in grants to THE DADE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION.
- Who is the largest funder of THE DADE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION?
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF BANKRUPTCY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $7,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE DADE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 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