2021-03-05T08:51:54-06:00 2020-04-30 EISNERAMPER LLP 733 THIRD AVENUE NEW YORK NY 100172703 990 2019-05-01 136003018 ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK FUND INC % THOMAS J HALTER ASS'T TREA ASSO 2123826640 42 WEST 44TH STREET NEW YORK NY 100366690 THOMAS HALTER Assistant Treasurer 2123826640 2021-03-04 true CANDICE METH P01306891 2129498700 2019 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z CITY BAR FUND Bret Parker 42 WEST 44TH STREET NEW YORK NY 10036 7370666 false X www.nycbar.org X 1946 NY THE CITY BAR FUND, THE 501(C)(3) AFFILIATE OF THE NEW YORK CITY BAR ASSOCIATION, UNDERTAKES PUBLIC SERVICE, EDUCATION, POLICY ADVOCACY AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES. 29 28 61 3031 0 9205327 5707220 96403 109403 293357 210138 0 0 9595087 6026761 45000 702345 0 0 4316251 4698411 55000 0 247973 1183977 1023640 5600228 6424396 3994859 -397635 15073562 14476447 615966 882284 14457596 13594163 X THE CITY BAR FUND, THE 501(C)(3) AFFILIATE OF THE NEW YORK CITY BAR ASSOCIATION, UNDERTAKES PUBLIC SERVICE, EDUCATION, POLICY ADVOCACY AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES THROUGH THE CITY BAR JUSTICE CENTER, CYRUS R. VANCE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE, THE LAWYERS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND THE OFFICE OF DIVERSITY & INCLUSION. false false 3203697 193750 City Bar Justice Center ("CBJC") operates a large free civil legal hotline and ten legal projects to provide free legal assistance to low-income, disadvantaged New Yorkers with essential life matters. CBJC's core efforts focus on immigration, Cancer Advocacy and Elderlaw, Consumer Bankruptcy, homeowner stability, Federal Pro Se Legal Assistance, Legal Clinic for the Homeless, LGBT Advocacy, Neighborhood Entrepreneur Law Project, Planning and Estates Law, and disabled Veterans. CBJC's staff provide legal services directly and by recruiting and training volunteer attorneys and matching them with the vetted cases of low income New Yorkers most of whom are people of color. Each Year, CBJC helps over 20,000 people and matches over 1,600 matters and leverages $16 million in pro bono services to the poor that is included on Part I, #6. 1184517 57089 The Vance Center advances global justice by engaging lawyers across borders to support civil society and an ethically active legal profession. The Vance Center is a unique collaboration of international lawyers catalyzing public interest innovation. We bring together leading law firms and other partners worldwide to pioneer international justice initiatives and provide pro bono legal representation to social justice NGOs within the human rights and access to justice program, the environment program and the good governance program. The Vance Centers strengthening the legal profession program engages law firms, bar associations, law schools, and pro bono clearinghouses with innovative initiatives, including Women in the Profession, African Legal Fellows, the lawyers council for civil and economic rights in the americas, and the pro bono promotion program, includng co-managing the pro bono network of the americas and through it the keep families together initiative, providing pro bono legal support in central america to children and families separated by u.s. immigration policies. The Vance Center leverages approximately $6 million worth of revenue in the form of pro bono services that is an estimate of the value of the pro bono work done by law firms on the projects. 456882 19671 64954 TOGETHER WITH MORE THAN 160 SIGNATORY LAW FIRMS AND CORPORATE LEGAL DEPARTMENTS, THE OFFICE FOR DIVERSITY & INCLUSION (ODI) WORKS TO CREATE A LEGAL PROFESSION THAT REPRESENTS THE DIVERSE COUNTRY WE LIVE IN. ODI'S WORK STARTS WITH THE PIPELINE TO THE PROFESSION - ODI ASSISTS UNDERREPRESENTED HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE AND LAW STUDENTS TO PREPARE FOR A CAREER IN LAW. THEN, ODI SUPPORTS PRACTICING PROFESSIONALS ACROSS ALL LEVELS OF THE INDUSTRY, THROUGH OUR COMMITTEE WORK, LEADERSHIP TRAINING, SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES, AND EVENTS THAT CREATE COMMUNITY. 771175 44449 OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 771175 44449 5616271 true true false false false false false true false true true false false false true true true false false true true true false false true false false true true true false false false false false false true false true false false false false true false true false true 21 0 true 61 true false false false false false true true false false false false false false X 29 28 false false false false true true false true true false false true true true true true true true true false NY X THOMAS J HALTER ASS'T TREA 2123826640 42 WEST 44TH STREET NEW YORK NY 10036 BRET PARKER VICE PRESIDENT 2.0 40.0 X 0 325116 8400 LYNN M KELLY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - CBJC 35.0 0.0 X 217355 0 6469 ALEXANDER PAPACHRISTOU EXEC DIRECTOR - VANCE CENTER 35.0 0.0 X 184439 0 37202 THOMAS J HALTER ASSISTANT TREASURER 2.0 40.0 X 0 195125 17382 EILEEN TRAVIS DIRECTOR - LAP 35.0 0.0 X 134975 0 14499 LIBBY VAZQUEZ DIRECTOR - LEGAL HOTLINE 35.0 0.0 X 118168 0 22300 DEBORAH MARTIN OWENS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - D&I 35.0 0.0 X 128893 0 7989 SUZANNE TOMATORE DEPUTY DIRECTOR - CBJC 35.0 0.0 X 125187 0 3797 MARIE-CLAUDE JEAN-BAPT PROGRAM DIRECTOR -VANCE CENTER 35.0 0.0 X 110968 0 12550 ROGER JUAN MALDONADO PRESIDENT 3.0 30.0 X X 0 0 0 DAVID LEVINE CHAIR 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 THOMAS R SLOME TREASURER (AS OF 6/19) 1.0 2.0 X X 0 0 0 PAMELA EHRENKRANZ SECRETARY 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 RICARDO ANZALDUA BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 ALLEN D APPLBAUM Board Member 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 EMMA BAILEY Board Member 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 JAMES R BENJAMIN JR Board Member (as of 6/19) 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 LIVIA M CORREDOR BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 TRACEE E DAVIS BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 SHAILA RAHMAN DIWAN Board Member (as of 6/19) 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 ROXANNE ELINGS Board Member 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 ANDREW G FOSSETT Board Member 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 LAURA S FRANCO BOARD MEMBER (as of 6/19) 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 ARUNAS GUDAITIS BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 JAY HOLTMEIER Board Member 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 DENNIS C HOPKINS BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 AARON KLEINMANN Board Member 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 LISA KOENIG BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 SUSAN J KOHLMANN BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 DARREN LAVERNE BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 SOO-MI LEE BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 RICHARD MANCINO BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 STEVEN E OBUS BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 NICOLA PORT BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 JANE C SHERBURNE BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 AUDRA SOLOWAY BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 CAROL C VILLEGAS BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 CRAIG WALDMAN BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 ROBERT F CUSUMANO CHAIR (end 6/19) 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 HAZEL-ANN F MAYERS VICE PRESIDENT (END 6/19) 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 DAMIAN S SCHAIBLE TREASURER (END 6/19) 1.0 2.0 X X 0 0 0 PEDRO A MEDRANO Board Member (End 6/19) 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 1019985 520241 130588 10 false true false 0 524000 768458 4414762 30504 5707220 VARIOUS PROGRAM FEES 900099 109403 109403 109403 179287 179287 0 0 0 0 0 1374756 1343905 30851 30851 30851 0 524000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6026761 109403 210138 650585 650585 21699 21699 30061 30061 0 417443 263891 87744 65808 0 3350130 2948945 284335 116850 80278 67544 9914 2820 553516 465717 68358 19441 297044 249927 36684 10433 0 25000 25000 26669 26669 0 0 17529 17529 94465 93260 587 618 4236 3515 721 84204 76276 1108 6820 0 0 374243 347196 13176 13871 78255 77806 219 230 0 165897 160207 2473 3217 0 0 29067 21504 7563 38031 38031 MEMBERSHIP & PUBLICATIONS 27603 23318 1842 2443 MISCELLANEOUS 58441 51789 1951 4701 6424396 5616271 560152 247973 739610 563110 3152498 3909875 4413219 3617757 97475 303056 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31599 98498 195208 155319 68956 39889 6570205 5944262 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15073562 14476447 222355 281458 0 0 351675 527000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41936 73826 615966 882284 X 5946535 4593070 8511061 9001093 14457596 13594163 15073562 14476447 -397635 -465798 X false true X true false X 5952644 6075635 5142960 9205327 5707220 32083786 0 0 5952644 6075635 5142960 9205327 5707220 32083786 19118 32064668 113701 112173 128907 158246 179287 692314 0 0 32776100 794193 0.97829 0.96751 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X false 1473980 -122251 3105 27796 5440 1315388 4401227 255703 3166829 16121 1473980 4074282 585728 241480 17303 4401227 3706978 621849 238138 16407 4074282 4127593 -204495 199908 16212 3706978 0.53000 0.47000 false false 195208 155319 39889 39889 0 DUE TO AFFILIATE 63073 FICA 10295 MCTMT TAX 458 73826 X 5734384 -465798 190950 -274848 6009232 17529 17529 6026761 6597817 190950 190950 6406867 17529 17529 6424396 PART III - LINES (1A) AND (4)NOTE TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (NOTE A(7)) LIBRARY BOOKS AND WORKS OF ART: LIBRARY BOOKS AND WORKS OF ART THAT HAVE BEEN DONATED TO THE CITY BAR FUND HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT THE NOMINAL VALUE OF ONE DOLLAR. LIBRARY BOOKS AND WORKS OF ART THAT HAVE BEEN PURCHASED HAVE BEEN EXPENSED AS INCURRED. PART V - LINE 4 USE OF ENDOWMENT FUNDS: FOR GENERAL OPERATIONS TO FULFILL THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH DONORS' WISHES. PART X - LINE 2 INCOME TAX UNCERTAINTIES: The City Bar Fund is subject to the provisions of the financial accounting standards board's (THE "FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") topic 740, Income Taxes, as it relates to accounting and reporting for uncertainty in income taxes. because of the City Bar Fund's general tax-exempt status, management believes that ASC Topic 740 has not had, and is not anticipated to have, a material impact on the City Bar Fund's Financial statements. true South America Program Services Visit to Brazil, Colum 2494 North America Program Services Visiting to Mexico 2032 Sub-Saharan Africa Program Services Visiting to Nigeria 20141 Sub-Saharan Africa 1 Maintaining offices Consulting Fee-Sierra 19400 Central America and the Caribbean Program Services Visiting to Honduras 17936 Middle East and North Africa Program Services Visiting to Jordan 1132 Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Program Services Visiting to Madrid 10313 Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Program Services Speaker Fee-Switzerlan 1000 Sub-Saharan Africa Grantmaking 30061 1 1 104509 104509 Sub-Saharan Africa RESEARCH ON WOMEN IN PRISON IN SIERRA LEONE 30061 ACH PAYMENT FMV 1 false false false false false false SCHEDULE F, PART I, LINE 2: City Bar Fund uses a fund accounting system to track the use of the grant funds. SCHEDULE F, PART I, LINE 3 (1): ACCRUAL METHOD SCHEDULE F, PART I, LINE 3 (1) COLUMN (E): TRIP TO BRAZIL BY U.S. REPRESENTATIVE - FOR MATTOS FILHO PRO BONO CELEBRATION AND MEETINGS WITH CLEARINGHOUSE PARTNERS AT INSTITUTE PRO BONO/PRESENTATION ON KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER. TRIP TO COLUMBIA BY U.S. REPRESENTATIVE - MEETINGS WITH CLEARINGHOUSE PARTNERS AT FUNDACION PROBO COLUMBIA IN SEPTEMBER 2019 TO ORGANIZE FOR PRO BONO EVENT/IBA LATIN AMERICA REGIONAL FORUM MEETING IN BOGOTA. TRIP TO CHILE BY U.S. REPRESENTATIVE -MEETING WITH CLEARING HOUSE PARTNERS IN THE PRO BONO NETWORK OF THE AMERICAS/ATTENDANCE AT PRO BONO EVENT/IBA MEETING IN SANTIAGO. SCHEDULE F, PART I, LINE 3 (2) COLUMN (E): TRIP TO MEXICO BY U.S. REPRESENTATIVES - ATTENDING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM CONFERENCES AND MEETING WITH WOMEN JUDGES AND OTHER JUSTICE SECTOR ACTORS, AS WELL AS LAWYER COUNCIL MEMBERS IN PREPARATION FOR THE "JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE AND GENDER EQUALITY IN THE JUDICIARY" CONFERENCE IN MEXICO CITY. SCHEDULE F, PART I, LINE 3 (3) COLUMN (E) TRIP TO LAGOS, NIGERIA BY U.S. REPRESENTATIVE - MEETING WITH LAW FIRMS, UNIVERSITIES AND BAR ASSOCIATIONS. TRIP TO GAMBIA BY U.S. REPRESENTATIVES - ATTENDING "AFRICAN NGO FORUM/WOMEN IN PRISON - AFRICA", MEETING WITH GAMBIA'S JUDICIARY STAFF AND DEVELOPING NEW RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE CIVIL SOCIETY, LAW FIRM, BAR ASSOCIATIONS. TRIP TO SIERRA LEONE BY U.S. REPRESENTATIVES - FOR WOMEN IN PRISON RESEARCH. SCHEDULE F, PART I, LINE 3 (4) COLUMN (E): SIERRA LEONE - CONSULTING FEES PAID FOR PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE VANCE CENTER AND ADVOCAID, A TWO-YEAR PILOT PROJECT TO STUDY THE CAUSES, CONDITIONS AND CONSEQUENCES OF WOMEN INCARCERATION IN SIERRA LEONE. CBJC GALA 524000 524000 0 524000 524000 PART II, LINE 1 The annual CBJC Gala dinner was postponed to September 24, 2020. For the fiscal year ending April 30, 2020, only the contribution portion of the Gala payments was recognized. true NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL 185 WEST BROADWAY NY NY 10013 NEW YORK NY 10013 135645885 501(c)(3) 193750 PROGRAM SUPPORT ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK 42 WEST 44TH STREET NEW YORK NY 10036 130453095 501(C)(6) 456835 OPERATING EXPENSES PAID BY THE ASSOCIATION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY BAR FUND 1 1 THURGOOD MARSHALL STIPENDS 7 19671 BAR EXAM COURSE 1 2028 PART II LINE 1 The Robin Hood Foundation awarded a grant to the City Bar Fund to facilitate the design and launch of "The Housing Justice Leadership Institute ("HJLI) program. The HJLI program was implemented by New York Law School with the City Bar Fund serving as a facilitator and fiscal conduit of the grant funds. Upon receipt of the funds from Robin Hood Foundation, the City Bar Fund delivered those funds to New York Law School. A supervisor from CBF/CBJC Legal Hotline participated in meetings with NYLS on this project to help ensure implementation. The Interest on Lawyer's Account Fund ("IOLA") also awarded a grant to the City Bar Fund to facilitate the ongoing program "The Housing Justice Leadership Institute (HJLI)" for supervisors of housing justice attorneys in New York City for the sessions to be offered in 2019 and 2020. Upon receipt of the funds from IOLA, the City Bar Fund delivered those funds to New York Law School. CBF/CBJC has requested and received quarterly reports from NYLS on their activities, sent staff supervisors to participate in these meetings, and the Deputy Director and Executive Director have regularly communicated with NYLS staff on the activities of the project. PART III LINE 1 The Thurgood Marshall Summer Law Internship Program ("TMSLIP") stipend provides funds for diverse public high school students who are placed in government agencies and nonprofit organizations during summer employment. Government agencies and nonprofit organizations do not provide stipends for their interns. These students are participants of the TMSLIP program that has been placing students with legal employers since 1993. PART III LINE 2 The Cyrus Vance Center for International Justice awarded its part-time employee by paying for a bar exam course. X X X X false false false false false false false false false BRET PARKER VICE PRESIDENT 0 325116 0 0 0 0 0 8400 0 0 0 333516 0 0 THOMAS J HALTER ASSISTANT TREASURER 0 195125 0 0 0 0 0 5935 0 11447 0 212507 0 0 LYNN M KELLY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - CBJC 217355 0 0 0 0 0 6469 0 0 0 223824 0 0 0 ALEXANDER PAPACHRISTOU EXEC DIRECTOR - VANCE CENTER 184439 0 0 0 0 0 5833 0 31369 0 221641 0 0 0 ALAINA VARVALOUCAS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW OF CBF PRESIDENT 10900 PAYMENT FOR CONSULTING FEES false X 2 30504 FMV false false false FORM 990, PART III - LINE 4(D) One component of other program services is the City Bar Fund Lawyer Assistance Program. The City Bar Fund Lawyer Assistance Program provides free, confidential help to lawyers, judges, law students, bar applicants and their family members who are experiencing mental health, substance abuse, personal, career and any other problems affecting their professional and/or personal life. Services include: evaluation and assessment; crisis intervention, consultation to firms and agencies in the public sector, education and outreach to the bar and bench; early intervention; peer support; monitoring; referrals to treatment and career professionals and supportive counseling. FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 1B AND SCHEDULE L, PART IV This arrangement was carefully considered and approved, subject to certain procedural safeguards, by the City Bar Funds counsel, Audit Committee and Board. The City Bar Fund's President agreed to recuse himself from voting on the Vance Center budget and any offer of full time employment to Ms. Varvaloucas is subject to further review by the Audit Committee. FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 6 THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK COMPRISES THE MEMBERSHIP OF ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK FUND, INC. FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 7(A) THE MEMBERS ELECT THE DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 11(A) The form 990 and related schedules are submitted to the members of the Audit Committee for review. Any questions or comments brought up following the review by the Audit Committee are addressed prior to submission to the Board of Directors for final approval. Following approval by the Board of Directors, the form and related schedules are submitted to the IRS. FORM 990, PART VI - LINE 12(C) Policy is circulated annually to necessary people who are required to fill out the forms acknowledging they have read the policy and identifying conflicts. FORM 990, PART VI - LINES 15(A) AND 15(B) THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SERVED AS THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 19 ALL GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE OFFICE OF THE CAO OF THE ASSOCIATION TO THE PUBLIC BY REQUEST, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE. 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