San Bernardino County Bar Assoication

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The organization primarily provides attorney referrals to individuals seeking quality legal advice, facilitates academic discussion and continuing legal education, and provides awards and recognition.

501(c)(6) business league; gifts are not tax-deductible as charitable contributions.
17¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(6)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $29K a year · 8% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
17%
of spending
Concern: 17% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
25 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 24.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$16K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 10 voting members
Concern: none of 10 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$530K
+50% vs prior year
Spent
$364K
To programs
17%
Net assets
$734K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$530K
FY2025▲ +50%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$239K
FY2021$385K
FY2022$378K
FY2023$251K
FY2024$354K
FY2025$530K
Expenses
$364K
FY2025▲ +0.9%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$288K
FY2021$277K
FY2022$355K
FY2023$317K
FY2024$361K
FY2025$364K
Net assets
$734K
FY2025▲ +28%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$516K
FY2021$624K
FY2022$647K
FY2023$582K
FY2024$575K
FY2025$734K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending October 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1980.

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

Where the money goes

17 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 17% · $63K Management & general 83% · $301K

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

10 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
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President El
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director at
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Director at
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Director at
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President
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Director at
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Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Claire E Furness$74,206$64,778$61,848$55,000$51,814

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

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

Programs and updates

Connects people with lawyers, hosts legal discussions, and gives awards.

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1 program · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Lawyer referral services for clients needing legal representation, which includes re-direction to volunteer attorneys through legal aid clinics. Facilitated academic discussion and education relating to family law, civil litigation, probate practice, and criminal law.

Pt IX · col B

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$530K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$387K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$119K
Investment incomeLn 3$13K
Money outPt IX
$364K
Ln 25
Programscol B$63K
Managementcol C$301K
Owns and owesPt X
$734K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$750K
Total assetsLn 16$750K
LiabilitiesLn 26$16K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$119K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$387K
Investment incomeLn 3$13K
Other incomeLn 4–11$11K
Total revenueLn 12$530K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$248K
SavingsLn 2$502K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$750K
Total assetsLn 16$750K
LiabilitiesLn 26$16K
Net assetsLn 32$734K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
Fiscal year endsHeaderOctober
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$579K$750K
Total assetsLn 16$579K$750K
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K$16K
Net assetsLn 32$575K$734K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$187K$187K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$20K$20K
Payroll taxesLn 10$17K$17K
Accounting feesLn 11c$2K$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$5K$5K
Office expensesLn 13$7K$7K
Information technologyLn 14$1K$1K
OccupancyLn 16$41K$41K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K$3K$460
InsuranceLn 23$5K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$62K$54K$8K
All other expensesLn 24e$14K$7K$7K
Total functional expensesLn 25$364K$63K$301K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Mar 16, 2026 $530K$364K$166K$734K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Mar 13, 2025 $354K$361K−$7K$575K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Jan 25, 2024 $251K$317K−$65K$582K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Feb 7, 2023 $378K$355K$23K$647K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Feb 2, 2022 $385K$277K$108K$624K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Jan 11, 2022 $239K$288K−$49K$516K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $530,269 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,766$119,306
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $328,643$386,862
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $15,323$13,489
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $6,448$10,612
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $354,180$530,269
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $183,090$223,827
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $177,714$140,338
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $360,804$364,165
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$6,624$166,104
Part VI · Governance 0 of 10 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $530,269 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $30,352 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$119,306
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$119,306
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $362,754$362,754
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $13,489$13,489
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $4,341$4,341
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $27$27
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $386,889 · Excluded from tax $24,074$530,269
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $364,165 across 12 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesManagement $186,646$186,646
IX-9 Other employee benefitsManagement $20,198$20,198
IX-10 Payroll taxesManagement $16,983$16,983
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $1,975$1,975
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $5,288$5,288
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $7,166$7,166
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $1,154$1,154
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $40,916$40,916
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,698 · Management $460$3,158
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $5,251$5,251
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $53,704 · Management $7,888$61,592
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $6,691 · Management $7,147$13,838
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $63,093 · Management $301,072 · Fundraising $0$364,165
Part X · Balance sheet $749,835 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $51,184$248,208
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $528,178$501,627
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $579,362$749,835
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $3,968$16,082
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,968$16,082
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $575,244$733,603
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $150$150
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $575,394$733,753
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $579,362$749,835
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $733,753 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$530,269
XI-2 Total expenses$364,165
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$166,104
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$575,394
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$7,745
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$733,753

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

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