The Florida Bar Foundation
Also known as Ffla
The Florida Bar Foundation reported $272.7 million in revenue and $97.7 million in expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. Of every $100 it spent, $97.48 went to program services, $2.34 to management and general costs and $0.18 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was contributions and grants: 94.9% of the total. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $220,984 (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO). 2 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation. Revenue rose 994% between FY2020 and FY2025. Source: Form 990, FY2025.
Where $100 of spending went
The fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $98MFor context, the median across 274 covered crime & legal-related charities: $87.85 programs, $11.30 management, $0.85 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).
Where $100 of revenue came from
The fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $273MThe 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | FY2025 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 97.5% | 86.7% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 2.3% | 11.1% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 0.2% | 0.8% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | $0.00 | $0.01 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 94.9% | 94.8% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 50.1% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 0.7% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | $220,984 | $245,814 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | 0.23% | 1.41% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | 64.1 | 6.4 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 32 of 32 | 100.0% |
A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.
What the money paid for, in its own words
FY2025 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expenseLegal assistance for the poor:in 2024-2025, approved grant awards included children's legal services, iota distributions and the loan repayment assistance program (lrap). Children's legal services grantees assist needy children in critical areas that affect their safety, well-being and future development. Iota distributions support grantees' efforts to increase access to florida's justice system and/or to promote pro bono public service by qualified legal providers through the provision or facilitation of free direct legal services to low-income clients. Through lrap, student loans were…
Improvements in the administration of justice:in 2024-2025, approved grant awards included continued funding for the florida innocence project, which works to exonerate floridians for crimes they did not commit, to florida's children first, which works to improve the child welfare system, and to caba pro bono legal services to assist neurodivergent persons with legal matters
Law student assistance:the foundation continued to provide funding to florida state university college of law for a clinic eliminating economic barriers for immigrant and farmworkers. Grants were also approved to fund 14 civil legal aid summer fellows from seven law schools
Highest reported compensation
FY2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here| Role | From this org | From related orgs | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO Officer, 50.00 hrs/week | $220,984 | $0 | $0 | $220,984 |
| IOTA PROGRAM DIRECTOR Highest compensated employee, 50.00 hrs/week | $111,501 | $0 | $0 | $111,501 |
2 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from The Florida Bar Foundation (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $221K (Part IX, line 5).
6 years of filings
Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linkedGovernance answers, as filed
FY2025 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means- Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b32 · 32 independent
- Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
- Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
- Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
- Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
- Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aYes
- Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
- Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2No
- Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
- Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
- Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
- Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4No
- Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
- Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bNo
- Employees Part I, line 516
- Volunteers Part I, line 632
Private foundation grants it received
5 private foundations reported grants to The Florida Bar Foundation totaling $6,331 on their tax year 2023 Form 990-PF returns. See which foundations, on WHOFUNDS.
Source: WHOFUNDS open grant graph, matched from Form 990-PF Part XV.
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Questions people ask
How much of The Florida Bar Foundation's spending goes to programs?
In the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, The Florida Bar Foundation reported that 97.5% of its $97.7 million in expenses went to program services, 2.3% to management and general and 0.2% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
How much does The Florida Bar Foundation pay its top executive?
The largest total compensation The Florida Bar Foundation reported for one person in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 was $220,984, for the role of EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).
Where does The Florida Bar Foundation get its money?
Of $272.7 million in revenue in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, 94.9% came from contributions and grants and 0.0% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is The Florida Bar Foundation a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 59-1004604 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.
Sources
- FY2025: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, object 202600819349300400 · read the filing · XML
- FY2024: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, object 202520979349302052 · read the filing
- FY2023: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, object 202421989349301237 · read the filing
- FY2022: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, object 202341329349305919 · read the filing
- FY2021: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, object 202221339349304242 · read the filing
- FY2020: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, object 202131379349302693 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 59-1004604: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.