Virginia · Nonprofit
The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association
The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association (Virginia) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $237,297 to it, the largest being TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER FOUNDATION ($58,905). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $723k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $237k
- Net assets
- $5.7M
What The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association does
Mission
Promote and support legal research and education; advance the science of jurisprudence and facilitate the administration of justice; and foster improvements in the practice of federal law.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Scholarships: Foundation scholarships promote the practice of federal law and help young adults pursue university and law school education, ushering in a new generation of bright professionals, attorneys, and judges.The Robert A. McNew Law Student Scholarship - promotes the practice of federal law by awarding a scholarship to a law student. The scholarship is awarded to a current law student who is a Federal Bar Association law student associate member in good standing or has an interest in federal practice. Applicants must exhibit professionalism and high character in their personal and professional lives as demonstrated in application materials. See Schedule O for continuation
$82,500 spentof which $82,500 as grants35% of program spendingCommunity Outreach Grants - The Foundation provides funding to support projects and initiatives that provide legal services in local communities. Projects must align with the Foundation's mission.Pathways to the Profession Grants - The Foundation provides funding to support educational, community service, or outreach projects and initiatives that support pathway programs and events that encourage high school, college and law school students, and newer lawyers, particularly those from underrepresented backgrounds, to pursue and succeed in a legal career through educational, networking, mentorship programs and other opportunities. Projects must align with the Foundation's mission. See Schedule O for continuation
$77,784 spentof which $77,784 as grants33% of program spendingAwards and Recognition Programs: The Foundation funds the following FBA awards and recognition, through generous donations given for these purposes:Elaine R. "Boots" Fisher Award - This award is intended to stimulate, encourage, and recognize exemplary community, public and charitable service by members of the FBA. The Foundation makes an annual charitable contribution of $1,000 to an organization for which an FBA member has performed outstanding public service.See Schedule O for continuation
$57,744 spentof which $33,761 as grants25% of program spendingFrom time to time, the Foundation provides support for the conduct of research, programs, and education relating to the federal courts and federal jurisprudence. This program provides funding and other support for analytical research and educational programs and activities on a broad range of subject matters, including the history and role of the federal court system and the judiciary, the structure and operation of the courts, the independence of the judiciary, federal jurisprudence, and the relevance of the rule of law to society. Moot Court Competition - The Foundation provided financial support to the Thurgood Marshall Memorial Moot Court Competition, sponsored by the Federal Bar Association's Younger Lawyers Division. The Foundation fiscally supported The Justice & Democracy Centers of Minnesota Project for FBA Minnesota. The Justice & Democracy Centers of Minnesota opened the first location inside the Warren E. Burger Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in downtown St. Paul. The second center will be inaugurated in 2025-2026 in the federal courthouse in Minneapolis.
$17,500 spentof which $17,500 as grants7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $235,528.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.1M to $4.4M (+110%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Stacy King
Chief Executive Officer
Board chair
Ashley L Belleau
Historian and Fellows Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $10k → $52k.
4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $3.3M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Federal Bar Building Corporation). These are real filings, and they are not money The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association raised.
From the IRS filings of The Foundation of the Federal 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 Foundation of the Federal Bar Association has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
54% 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 Foundation of the Federal Bar Association.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 50% · 2023 48% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
17% of The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 36% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $90k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states 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.
Organizations like The Foundation of the Federal 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
37%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Federal Bar Association · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Foundation of the Federal 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 Foundation of the Federal Bar Association?
- The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association (Virginia) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $237,297 to it, the largest being TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER FOUNDATION ($58,905). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $237,297 in grants to The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association?
- TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $58,905 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 11 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