Public Charity

SAN MATEO COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION

SAN MATEO COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION is a Public Charity headquartered in REDWOOD CITY, CA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $256K revenue, $260K expenses, $93K total assets. 2 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $352K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 933149832 REDWOOD CITY, CA Scholarships & Student Financial Aid NTEE: B82 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$256K
Total Expenses$260K
Total Assets$93K
Grant Records2
Funding Total$352K
Filing Years2024–2025

Mission

THE SAN MATEO COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO ADVANCING JUSTICE, EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. BY SUPPORTING CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND AWARDING SCHOLARSHIPS TO LAW STUDENTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED AT LEAST ONE YEAR OF LAW SCHOOL, THE FOUNDATION INVESTS IN THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEGAL PROFESSIONALS AND PROMOTES A FAIR AND ACCESSIBLE LEGAL SYSTEM FOR ALL.

Where $100 goes at San Mateo County Bar Foundation

How San Mateo County Bar Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 2 years.

$90 Programs the work itself
$10 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $90 for programs

$90
In fiscal year 2024, the foundation's committee awarded 8 scholarships, 11 bar preparation grants and 1 mock trial grant totaling $233,000 to local bay area law students
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 11 grants
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & PRESIDENT Deborah Kemper
VICE CHAIR H Yvonne Seeley
TREASURER & SECRETARY Kenneth Linthicum
CHAIR Paul Wilkins

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$352,500 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $256K $260K $93K
2024 $209K $112K $97K

Between 2024 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $209K to $256K (+23%), with total assets most recently reported at $93K.

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