Washington · Nonprofit
WASHINGTON STATE BAR FOUNDATION
WASHINGTON STATE BAR FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,803 to it, the largest being LEGAL FOUNDATION OF WASHINGTON ($40,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $441k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $41k
- Net assets
- $479k
What Washington State Bar Foundation does
Mission
To raise funds to support programs of the Washington State Bar Association that promote diversity within the legal profession and enhance the public's access to, and understanding of, the legal system.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
WSBA Justice and Diversity efforts. The Washington State Bar Foundation grants funds to the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) and WSBA designated partners in support of WSBAs efforts to advance diversity and justice. Funds support implementation of the WSBA Equity & Justice plan and pro bono and public service programs that engage legal professionals in providing free to low-cost legal assistance. These efforts help ensure that everyone who needs access to legal assistance can find it, and that the members of the legal profession reflect the communities that they represent.
$269,635 spentof which $269,635 as grants77% of program spendingPayment of Powerful Communities grants in support of legal aid projects conducted throughout Washington state. These grants provide crucial funds to organizations that provide legal services in their communities. Grantees work with immigrant communities, people who are formerly incarcerated, tribal communities, the LGBTQIA2S+ community, youth of color, and many others. Grants have been provided to organizations in over 20 Washington counties, with some organizations providing statewide services. This also paid for stipends for grant reviewers.
$46,000 spentof which $45,000 as grants13% of program spendingSupport for access to justice initiatives that promote diversity and representation in the legal field, including support for stipends that enable impacted community members to serve on committees that make recommendations about access to justice issues. The ability to hear the voices of people with lived experience is critical to making decisions that take multiple perspectives into account.
$11,504 spentof which $196 as grants3% of program spendingThese funds supported stipends for community members to attend access to justice events. Additionally, two scholarships were provided to law students. Support was also given to community initiatives and events that promote access to justice, including support for student mock trials, a law student recruiting event, a scholarship for a CLE, and support of a scholarship for attorneys with disabilities.
$24,620 spentof which $4,469 as grants7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $351,759.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $396k to $479k (+21%).
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% · 2021 2% · 2022 3% · 2023 4% · 2024 0% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of WASHINGTON STATE BAR FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $200 → $103.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 WASHINGTON STATE BAR FOUNDATION’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
WASHINGTON STATE BAR FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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
98% 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 WASHINGTON STATE BAR FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 98% · 2021 54% · 2022 100% · 2023 51% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of WASHINGTON STATE BAR FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $153 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.
Against its field
WASHINGTON STATE BAR FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,547 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,547 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like WASHINGTON STATE BAR FOUNDATION
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
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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
- Washington State Bar Association · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WASHINGTON STATE BAR FOUNDATION: 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 WASHINGTON STATE BAR FOUNDATION?
- WASHINGTON STATE BAR FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,803 to it, the largest being LEGAL FOUNDATION OF WASHINGTON ($40,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WASHINGTON STATE BAR FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $40,803 in grants to WASHINGTON STATE BAR FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WASHINGTON STATE BAR FOUNDATION?
- LEGAL FOUNDATION OF WASHINGTON is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WASHINGTON STATE BAR FOUNDATION 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.
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 5 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