Virginia · Nonprofit
THE VIRGINIA BAR ASSOCIATION
THE VIRGINIA BAR ASSOCIATION (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being LOUPASSI FOUNDATION ($2,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What The Virginia Bar Association does
Mission
To cultivate & advance the science of jurisprudence, promote reform in the law & in judicial procedure, facilitate the administration of justice in virginia, and to uphold & elevate the standard of honor, integrity, and courtesy in the legal profession.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Throughout the year, The Virginia Bar Association presents continuing legal education programming focused on the latest statutory changes in law. Our substantive law sections organize conferences on specialized subjects. In addition, vba offers a growing catalog of on-demand cle courses available as downloadable audio podcasts or videos.
Vba's 19 law sections connect practitioners in specific areas of the law. Sections facilitate the sharing of information in their practice areas to aid lawyers in the day-to-day representation of clients. The large and active young lawyers division connects 1,400 practitioners beginning their law careers by offering social, educational and charitable events and programs.
The Virginia Bar Association is devoted to improving virginia law. They actively propose and support before the virginia general assembly statutory changes that are in the public interest. Each year, members analyze statutes and propose law changes to the board of governors for possible inclusion in the vbas legislative agenda. Every vba section member receives a summary of legislation pertaining to that section after the close of the regular general assembly session. Section members say these summaries can be helpful in flagging legislative actions of importance to them and to their clients.
The vba also offers a robust legal career center and dozens of networking opportunities for their members. In addition, they publish a magazine, the vba journal, which contains substantive articles of general interest to various law practice areas as well as news and events.
The 4 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 2020 to 2021, from $1.2M to $1.6M (+25%).
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: 2021 7% · 2022 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
2017 → 2018: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $500 → $3k.
From the IRS filings of THE VIRGINIA 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 VIRGINIA BAR ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 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
100% of THE VIRGINIA BAR ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
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.
Organizations like THE VIRGINIA 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.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Virginia Bar Association Foundation · exempt
- Virginia Barristers Alliance Inc · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE VIRGINIA 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 VIRGINIA BAR ASSOCIATION?
- THE VIRGINIA BAR ASSOCIATION (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being LOUPASSI FOUNDATION ($2,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE VIRGINIA BAR ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $5,000 in grants to THE VIRGINIA BAR ASSOCIATION.
- Who is the largest funder of THE VIRGINIA BAR ASSOCIATION?
- LOUPASSI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE VIRGINIA 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.
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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 3 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