Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 1988.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
11 people listed on the 990.
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 15aNo
Programs and updates
Funds projects improving justice, legal education, public legal knowledge, and professional integrity.
Questions for Genesee County Bar Foundation
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Working in conjunction with the Genesee County Bar Association, the Foundation sponsors projects including educational seminars and Law Day activities.
The John S. Beagle Scholarship makes funds available to ABA-accrediated law school students from Genesee County entering their junior or senior academic year.
Holiday Giving Project
The foundation serves meals which are catered by local, non-franchised restaurants to the following organizations: Carriage Town Ministries, Shelter of Flint, Whaley Children's Center, East Side Mission as well as family residential programs at the YMCA and Salvation Army.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY24 | End FY24 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $102K | $126K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $1.4M | $1.7M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $0 | $0 |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $1.5M | $1.8M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $0 | $0 |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $1.5M | $1.8M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $32K | $32K | ||
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $486 | $486 | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $7K | $7K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $450 | $450 | ||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $40K | $32K | $7K | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Jun 24, 2026 | $231K | $77K | $154K | $2.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 ViewingFiled with the IRS Jul 21, 2025 | $212K | $40K | $172K | $1.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Jul 11, 2024 | $83K | $62K | $21K | $1.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Aug 10, 2023 | $95K | $85K | $10K | $1.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS May 5, 2022 | $119K | $34K | $84K | $1.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS May 4, 2021 | $78K | $36K | $42K | $1.4M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $211,557 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $211,557 across 6 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $39,524 across 4 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $1,805,587 assets, 9 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,805,587 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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