Texas Bar Foundation

Analysis

Texas Bar Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Austin, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1966, 60 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 May 2023, Texas Bar Foundation reported income of $2.1m and spending of $2.7m, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2019 to May 2023, income fell from $2.6m to $2.1m (-21%), an average of -5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 180%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Texas Bar Foundation sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dismas House of Massachusetts Inc ($2.1m), Arizona Coalition for Change ($2.1m) and Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center Inc ($2.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% of the total. At year end it held assets of $35.3m against liabilities of $697k, net assets of $34.6m.