Pennsylvania Bar Foundation

Analysis

Pennsylvania Bar Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Harrisburg, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover crime and legal-related, which this site groups under human rights and equality. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Pennsylvania Bar Foundation reported income of $714k and spending of $584k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $643k to $714k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Pennsylvania Bar Foundation sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include C a R E ($713k), Casa of Lea County ($714k) and Bexar County Family Justice Center Foundation ($713k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 21% and program service revenue 67% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $711k, net assets of $1.5m.