Massachusetts Bar Association: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 04-1589785)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$4.1M
FY2021	$4.7M
FY2022	$4.1M
FY2023	$4.4M
FY2024	$4.5M
FY2025	$4.5M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$4.2M
FY2021	$4.1M
FY2022	$4.2M
FY2023	$4.6M
FY2024	$4.4M
FY2025	$4.4M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$23.1M
FY2021	$23.9M
FY2022	$23.3M
FY2023	$23.3M
FY2024	$23.8M
FY2025	$23.8M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 1971.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

67 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

67%

Program services 67% · $3.0M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

21 people listed on the 990; $1.8M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII

Terence Welsh

President, MBA Insurance Agency

$545,158Pt VII · Sec A

Martin W Healy

Chief Operating Officer & Chief Legal Counsel

$517,625Pt VII · Sec A

Patricia O Walsh

Exec. Vice President, MBA Insurance Agency

$271,494Pt VII · Sec A

Lisa Ferrara

Director, Membership & Programs

$137,000Pt VII · Sec A

Jason Scally

Director Communications & Media

$130,000Pt VII · Sec A

Don Botts

Director of Information Technology

$128,800Pt VII · Sec A

Mark Doherty

Director, Fiscal Operations

$117,282Pt VII · Sec A

Hon Bonnie H Macleod Ret

Exec Mgt Board Member

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Terence Welsh	$545,158	—	—	—	—	—
Martin W Healy	$517,625	$500,000	$500,001	$515,000	$500,000	$517,250
Patricia O Walsh	$271,494	—	—	—	—	—
Mark Doherty	$117,282	$28,809	$138,403	$155,735	$151,950	$155,700
Lisa Ferrara	$137,000	$130,000	$130,000	—	$116,500	$119,940
Jason Scally	$130,000	$126,700	$126,700	$123,800	$120,460	$117,777
Don Botts	$128,800	$125,000	$120,192	$117,300	—	—
Lee Constantine	—	—	$121,875	$116,700	$113,300	—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Promotes justice, legal education, and professional excellence to serve the public and legal profession.

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1 program · $3.0M · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

Cultivating the science of jurisprudence, promoting reform in the law, facilitating the administration of justice, furthering the uniformity of legislation throughout the union upholding the honor of the profession of law.

$3.0Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record

Grants received · FY2024

Massachusetts Bar Foundation INCFY2024$84K

The@george and Alice Rich Charitable FoundationFY2024$10K

Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$94K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$4.5M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.1M

Investment incomeLn 3$1.1M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$861K

Money outPt IX

$4.4M

Ln 25

Programscol B$3.0M

Owns and owesPt X

$23.8M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$662K

Total assetsLn 16$25.6M

LiabilitiesLn 26$1.8M

PeoplePt VI, VII

21

listed · VII A

PaidVII A7

Voting boardVI 1a14

IndependentVI 1b14

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.1M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$861K

Investment incomeLn 3$1.1M

Other incomeLn 4–11$378K

Gains on assetsLn 7$302K

Total revenueLn 12$4.5M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$95

SavingsLn 2$662K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$662K

InvestmentsLn 11–13$5.8M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$44K

Other assetsLn 15$494K

Total assetsLn 16$25.6M

LiabilitiesLn 26$1.8M

Net assetsLn 32$23.8M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 573

VolunteersI 60

Fiscal year endsHeaderAugust

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14No

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$751K	$662K
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$6.0M	$5.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$56K	$44K
Total assetsLn 16	$25.7M	$25.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$1.9M	$1.8M
Net assetsLn 32	$23.8M	$23.8M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$586K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$1.5M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$178K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$379K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$189K
Legal feesLn 11b	$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$31K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$28K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$329K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$71K
Office expensesLn 13	$161K
Information technologyLn 14	$169K
OccupancyLn 16	$358K
TravelLn 17	$17K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$287K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$23K
InsuranceLn 23	$45K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$107K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$4.4M

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$4.5M	$4.4M	$50K	$23.8M	990 PDF
FY2024	$4.5M	$4.4M	$82K	$23.8M	990 PDF
FY2023	$4.4M	$4.6M	−$230K	$23.3M	990 PDF
FY2022	$4.1M	$4.2M	−$24K	$23.3M	990 PDF
FY2021	$4.7M	$4.1M	$645K	$23.9M	990 PDF
FY2020	$4.1M	$4.2M	−$49K	$23.1M	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $4,469,407 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,092,308$2,102,302

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $769,258$860,961

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,106,302$1,128,615

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $536,053$377,529

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,503,921$4,469,407

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,820,170$2,788,128

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,601,760$1,631,696

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,421,930$4,419,824

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $81,991$49,583

Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, 2 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14

VI-1b Independent voting members14

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $4,469,407 across 7 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for −$204,785 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1b Membership dues$2,102,302

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,102,302

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $860,961$860,961

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $826,311$826,311

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $302,304$302,304

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Unrelated business $514,427 · Excluded from tax $67,887$582,314

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $860,961 · Unrelated business $514,427 · Excluded from tax $991,717$4,469,407

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,419,824 across 18 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$586,405

IX-7 Other salaries and wages$1,456,412

IX-8 Pension plan contributions$177,962

IX-9 Other employee benefits$378,556

IX-10 Payroll taxes$188,793

IX-11b Legal fees$5,232

IX-11c Accounting fees$30,518

IX-11f Investment management fees$27,630

IX-11g Other fees for services$328,673

IX-12 Advertising and promotion$71,030

IX-13 Office expenses$161,001

IX-14 Information technology$169,374

IX-16 Occupancy$358,068

IX-17 Travel$16,833

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$287,397

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$23,491

IX-23 Insurance$45,317

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$107,132

IX-25 Total functional expenses$4,419,824

Part X · Balance sheet $25,595,374 assets, 14 lines filed

Asset lines not itemized here account for $18,419,053; see the IRS return.

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $95$95

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $751,089$661,975

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $41,019$52,203

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $156,788$164,230

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $55,632$44,437

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $6,008,016$5,759,423

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $698,743$493,958

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $25,737,880$25,595,374

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $476,782$501,106

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,447,207$1,341,118

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,923,989$1,842,224

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $23,813,891$23,753,150

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $23,813,891$23,753,150

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $25,737,880$25,595,374

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $23,753,150 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$4,469,407

XI-2 Total expenses$4,419,824

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$49,583

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$23,813,891

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$110,324

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$23,753,150

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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