Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 1945.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Who runs it and what they're paid
39 people listed on the 990; $923K paid to officers and key staff.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard M Page | — | — | — | $416,804 | $284,385 | $338,828 |
| Richard M Page JR | $398,428 | $353,284 | $357,111 | — | — | — |
| Heather Leary | $226,746 | $214,427 | $230,817 | $225,085 | $199,000 | $192,441 |
| Cara Forcellati | — | — | — | — | $173,039 | $147,348 |
| Sara Mackey | $160,479 | $150,372 | $151,199 | $149,710 | $135,000 | $129,462 |
| Michael Avitzur | $158,892 | $143,034 | — | $143,873 | $132,001 | $129,231 |
| Alex Burns | — | — | $149,951 | $131,654 | — | — |
| Mike Avitzur | — | — | $143,218 | — | — | — |
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 2Yes
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Improves legal standards, helps people access justice, and serves the wider community.
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Community Service
The boston bar association oversees more than twenty public service initiatives, representing thousands of volunteer hours annually. These volunteers provide legal services to the underserved, teach young people about the legal system, and help improve the administration of justice.
Communications
Helps the boston bar association identify opportunities for strategic relationships and develops tools and tactics for implementation; formulates message development, consistent with the bba's mission, across a variety of platforms; counsels leaders to communicate with precision, speed, and clarity; coaches lawyers and other members of…
Government Relations
Advise association leadership and membership of public policy developments of interest to the bar and of significance to the administration of justice.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2021 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY21 | End FY21 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $2.5M | $3.6M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $2.1M | $2.0M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $5.5M | $6.8M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $1.7M | $2.2M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $3.9M | $4.6M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $30K | |||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $300K | |||
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $2.2M | |||
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $67K | |||
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $180K | |||
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $186K | |||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $36K | |||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $107K | |||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $36K | |||
| Information technologyLn 14 | $208K | |||
| OccupancyLn 16 | $238K | |||
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $16K | |||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $156K | |||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $25K | |||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $263K | |||
| All other expensesLn 24e | $27K | |||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $4.1M |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $5.4M | $5.5M | −$65K | $4.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $5.0M | $5.2M | −$215K | $4.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $4.9M | $5.1M | −$151K | $4.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $4.5M | $4.6M | −$165K | $4.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 Viewing | $4.9M | $4.1M | $790K | $4.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $4.7M | $4.3M | $405K | $3.9M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $4,897,304 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 34 of 34 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $4,897,304 across 9 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,106,924 across 16 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $6,801,109 assets, 15 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,646,718 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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