Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
YORK COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION
YORK COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $461,853 to it, the largest being YORK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($102,543). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $600k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $462k
- Net assets
- $9.0M
What York County Bar Foundation does
Mission
The mission of the York County Bar Foundation, the charitable arm of the york county bar association, is to increase access to justice for all people, particularly those struggling with poverty and abuse, improve the administration of justice, promote public understanding of and respect for the law, support career development in the legal profession that reflects the makeup of our community, improve the quality of life for york countains through support for law-related community initiatives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Impact grants:the York County Bar Foundation, the charitable arm of the york county bar association, is york's primary private funder of programs that provide access to justice to the most vulnerable in their time of greatest need. We consider this our unique ethical obligation and carefully steward the hundreds of thousands of dollars we donate each year in funding and pro bono service. In 2025, our organization provided nearly $317,000 in funding for justice initiatives and bar attorneys volunteered over $111,800 in free legal services.impact grants, legal aid, and scholarships 2025:the bar foundation's commitment to supporting law-related investments throughout the community resulted in neary $317,000 in funding for the following purposes:impact grants ($25,767): lifepath christian ministries received $7,500 to connect residents with critical legal services. The resource for great programs received $13,267 for the final update of the economic impact study regarding the investment in civil legal aid in york county. The children aid society received $5,000 to revitatlize the delivery of the york court alliance program in partnership with participating high schools. Henry lenz…
$187,736 spentof which $176,375 as grants51% of program spendingPro bono:legal aid and ongoing interests ($244,056.38): midpenn legal services received the lion's share of the available assistance, with grants and alternative pro bono service funding in the amount of $93,975; to support pro bono services and to preserve their critically needed family-law attorney position in the york office.pirc also received $50,000 to support a rapid response team hotline established for the immigrant community and to retain staff and support its operations in providing free legal services to indigent, vulnerable immigrants in the york community. Pirc's work includes direct representation in york county of immigrant victims of domestic violence and sexual assault and for partial support for its office manager position to coordinate activities that meet the growing education and direct services needs of immigrants/immigrant families, and leverage pirc's legal staff, programs, community partnerships, and experience to grow and reach additional immigrants who would otherwise go unserved.the children aid society received an additional $10,000 to support the delivery of the york court alliance program in partnership with participating high schools. $90,081.38…
$117,060 spentof which $27,250 as grants$28,475 earned by the program32% of program spendingPublic service:the clarence "chuck" n. Patterson diversity internship for the summer of 2025 in the amount of $6,000 was awarded to loc brandon h. Le for a position at the district attorney's office. Brandon is a 2l student at the penn state dickinson school of law. The second internship for a position at the york county office of the public defender was awarded to angel cox, a 1l student at widener university commonwealth law school, who will complete her internship in the summer of 2026.the richard noll scholarship committee awarded two $1,200 scholarships to "deserving, needy law student(s) from the greater york area." the recipients were samuel albright and ryan snell who are students at the penn state dickinson school of law. The pennsylvania bar foundation received $12,350 for wills for heroes software and gifts in memory of barry simpson, esq., and in honor of the retirement of david keller trevaskis, esq. And past ycba president bernard ilkhanoff, esq., for his role as ccbl president. Leadership york received a scholarship of $625 for robert gavin, esq. $500 was donated to the catholic harvest food pantry in honor of law day speaker the honorable todd r. Platts.two roads…
$15,705 spent4% of program spendingOther program services:leave a legacy york county (lal) is a partnership of more than 100 like-minded volunteers, professional advisors and nonprofit organizations that strengthens our community by promoting charitable giving. Leave a legacy assists york county nonprofits to develop planned-gift programs, encourages professional advisors to include charitable giving in estate planning and promotes planned giving to the public. Leave a legacy received funds to promote charitable and legacy giving in york county. Leave a legacy york county, received $2,000 to promote charitable and legacy giving in york county. The york county estate planning council (ycepc) is a group of professional advisors educating themselves and others in estate planning and administration in central pennsylvania. Lal and ycepc have leveraged the opportunity of being part of a larger institution that provides staff support and administration.
$48,000 spent13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $368,501.
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 2018 to 2019, from $5.0M to $6.1M (+22%).
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: 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
51% of YORK COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Victoria Connor
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 4 funders, grant income fell $29k → $22k.
4 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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: $2.7M from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest York County Bar Association); $6k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest York County Bar Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money YORK COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of YORK COUNTY 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
YORK COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% 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
55% 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 YORK COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 62% · 2019 37% · 2020 46% · 2021 46% · 2022 57% · 2023 45% — growing more concentrated.
“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
30% of YORK COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% 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
97% of YORK COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $153k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Against its field
YORK COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION's revenue fell 37% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,547 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like YORK COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION
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In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
53% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- York County Bar Association · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds YORK COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION?
- YORK COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $461,853 to it, the largest being YORK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($102,543). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YORK COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $461,853 in grants to YORK COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YORK COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION?
- YORK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $102,543 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YORK COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 14 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