2020-02-04T10:56:47-06:00 2019-04-30 EISNERAMPER LLP 750 THIRD AVENUE NEW YORK NY 100172703 990 2018-05-01 136003018 ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK FUND INC % THOMAS J HALTER CAO ASSO 2123826640 42 WEST 44TH STREET NEW YORK NY 100366690 THOMAS HALTER Assistant Treasurer 2123826640 2020-02-04 true CANDICE METH P01306891 2129498700 64.238.150.4 26505220200355000004 2020-02-04 P 76F63173862BD53306569026D89B1616E4AE25DE 76F63173862BD53306569026D89B1616E4AE25DE 2018 2020-09-23 17:36:50Z CITY BAR FUND Bret Parker 42 WEST 44TH STREET NEW YORK NY 10036 12508494 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 29 60 2397 0 5142960 9205327 56512 96403 1176354 293357 0 0 6375826 9595087 24000 45000 0 0 4364382 4316251 55000 55000 350947 1390419 1183977 5833801 5600228 542025 3994859 11009083 15073562 619364 615966 10389719 14457596 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 3041533 25000 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 include immigration projects, 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 Veterans Assistance Project. CBJC delivers services by recruiting and training volunteer attorneys and matching them with the vetted cases of poor and underserved New Yorkers. Each Year, CBJC matches over 1,600 matters and leverages $16 million in pro bono services to the poor. 998612 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. 416436 12000 50956 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. 392420 8000 45447 4849001 true true false true false false false true false true true false false false true true true false false true true false false true true false false true true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false true false true false true X 11 0 true 60 true false false false false false true true false false false false false false X 29 29 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 CAO 2123826640 42 WEST 44TH STREET NEW YORK NY 10036 Roger Juan Maldonado PRESIDENT (as of 5/18) 3.0 30.0 X X 0 0 0 ROBERT F CUSUMANO CHAIR 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 Hazel-Ann Mayers VICE PRESIDENT 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 DAMIAN S SCHAIBLE TREASURER 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 (as of 3/19) 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 (as of 6/18) 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 Arunas Gudaitis Board Member (as of 6/18) 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 (As of 6/18) 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 David Levine BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Richard Mancino BOARD MEMBER (as of 6/18) 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 PEDRO A MEDRANO 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 (as of 12/18) 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Craig Waldman BOARD MEMBER (as of 6/18) 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 John S Kiernan PRESIDENT (END 5/18) 3.0 30.0 X X 0 0 0 Carmen B Ciparick BOARD MEMBER (END 6/18) 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Mary B Forshaw BOARD MEMBER (END 6/18) 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Tracy R High BOARD MEMBER (END 6/18) 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Alan B Kaplan Board Member (End 12/18) 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Christopher Keller Board Member (End 9/18) 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Michael Schachter Board Member (End 6/18) 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Brent H Taylor Board Member (End 3/19) 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Timothy Wilkins Board Member (End 6/18) 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Bret Parker Vice President 2.0 40.0 X 0 325347 8250 Thomas J Halter Assistant Treasurer 2.0 40.0 X 0 190244 26133 Lynn M Kelly Executive Director - CBJC 35.0 0.0 X 212042 0 6365 ALEXANDER PAPACHRISTOU EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - VANCE CEN 35.0 0.0 X 181845 0 35317 ALICE MOREY MANAGING ATTORNEY 35.0 0.0 X 151709 0 24660 EILEEN TRAVIS DIRECTOR - LAP 35.0 0.0 X 130952 0 13810 LIBBY VAZQUEZ DIRECTOR - LEGAL HOTLINE 35.0 0.0 X 113605 0 22204 KENNETH KOHANOWSKI DIRECTOR - FORECLOSURE 35.0 0.0 X 109835 0 21062 SUZANNE TOMATORE CO-DIRECTOR- IMMIGRANT JUSTICE 35.0 0.0 X 106479 0 3241 1006467 515591 161042 10 false true false 0 979401 2337724 5888202 114651 9205327 VARIOUS PROGRAM FEES 900099 96403 96403 96403 158246 158246 0 0 0 0 0 2945540 2810429 135111 135111 135111 102978 979401 102978 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9595087 96403 293357 37000 37000 8000 8000 0 0 404576 234179 106498 63899 0 3086903 2853330 147503 86070 78289 70353 4808 3128 464455 417373 28526 18556 282028 253439 17322 11267 0 0 24822 24822 0 55000 55000 17370 17370 146624 126391 4396 15837 5521 3049 2472 86915 65101 1176 20638 0 0 352956 322639 22871 7446 108373 105217 2381 775 0 191427 186468 3741 1218 0 0 32496 21445 11051 37727 37727 AUDIO/VISUAL TECHNICAL SERVICE 45200 45200 MEMBERSHIP & PUBLICATIONS 36339 29862 3341 3136 MOVING & STORING FURNITURE 3499 3499 MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES 94708 77428 4474 12806 5600228 4849001 400280 350947 542227 739610 1169669 3152498 2529489 4413219 118203 97475 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19219 31599 195208 126252 101452 68956 6528824 6570205 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11009083 15073562 245291 222355 0 0 343195 351675 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30878 41936 619364 615966 X 5763014 5946535 3924604 7808960 702101 702101 10389719 14457596 11009083 15073562 3994859 73018 X false true X true false X 4231905 5952644 6075635 5142960 9205327 30608471 0 0 4231905 5952644 6075635 5142960 9205327 30608471 349132 30259339 153904 113701 112173 128907 158246 666931 0 0 31275402 861490 0.96751 0.96154 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false true false false false false false false false false Part II-B line 1(b) The City Bar Justice Center spent 19 hours lobbying during fiscal year 2019. It was New York State and New York City lobbying toward its government grant funding. X X X false 4401227 255703 3166829 16121 1473980 4074282 585728 241480 17303 4401227 3706978 621849 238138 16407 4074282 4127593 -204495 199908 16212 3706978 4006354 291102 4000 152328 13535 4127593 0.48000 0.52000 false false 195208 126252 68956 68956 0 DUE TO AFFILIATE 34519 FICA 7101 MCTMT TAX 316 41936 X 9981110 73018 330375 403393 9577717 17370 17370 9595087 5913233 330375 330375 5582858 17370 17370 5600228 PART III - LINES (1A) AND (4)NOTE TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (NOTE A(8)) 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 1(E) IN FISCAL YEAR 2019, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REMOVED THE BOARD DESIGNATED RESTRICTION ON CONTRIBUTIONS. THESE FUNDS WERE PREVIOUSLY FUNCTIONING AS AN ENDOWMENT FUND. 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 ("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. South America Program Services Visit to Argentina, Br 12610 South America Program Services Conference- Colombia 68620 South America 2 Program Services Consulting Fees-Colomb 7882 Sub-Saharan Africa Program Services Visit to Kenya, Ghana, 8897 Sub-Saharan Africa Program Services Consulting Fees- South 1000 Sub-Saharan Africa 1 Program Services Consulting Fees- Kenya 1500 Central America and the Caribbean Program Services Visit to Costa Rica, H 5222 Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Program Services Visit to Germany,Switz 7082 Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland) Program Services Consulting Fees- Unite 1250 3 3 114063 114063 false false false false false false SCHEDULE F, PART I, LINE 3(1): ACCRUAL METHOD SCHEDULE F, PART I, LINE 3, (1) COLUMN (E): TRIP TO ARGENTINA BY U.S. REPRESENTATIVE - FOR MEETING WITH PRO BONO CLEARING HOUSE, LAW SCHOOLS AND LAWYERS COUNCIL. TRIP TO BRAZIL BY U.S. REPRESENTATIVE - FOR MEETING WITH PRO BONO CLEARINGHOUSE. TRIP TO CHILE BY U.S. REPRESENTATIVE - FOR ANNUAL CONFERENCES OF PRO BONO NETWORK, WOMEN IN PROFESSION AND LAWYERS COUNCIL. TRIP TO PERU BY U.S. REPRESENTATIVE - FOR MEETING LAWYERS COUNCIL. TRIP TO URUGUAY BY U.S. REPRESENTATIVE - FOR MEETING WITH NEW PRO BONO CLEARINGHOUSE. SCHEDULE F, PART I, LINE 3 (2) COLUMN (E): TRIP TO COLOMBIA BY U.S. REPRESENTATIVE AND PARTICIPANTS - FOR THE VANCE CENTER'S CONFERENCE ON WOMEN'S INCARCERATION. SCHEDULE F, PART I, LINE 3 (3) COLUMN (E) COLOMBIA - CONSULTING FEES PAID TO JUANA AMORE FOR TRANSLATION AND JULIANA LAMIR FOR ORGANIZING THE VANCE CENTER'S CONFERENCE ON WOMEN'S INCARCERATION. SCHEDULE F, PART I, LINE 3 (4) COLUMN (E): TRIP TO KENYA BY U.S. REPRESENTATIVES - FOR THE WOMEN'S INCARCERATION PROJECT AND FOR POWER AFRICA PRO BONO PROMOTION AND WOMEN IN THE PROFESSION. TRIP TO GHANA BY U.S. REPRESENTATIVE - FOR POWER AFRICA. TRIP TO NIGERIA BY U.S. REPRESENTATIVE - FOR POWER AFRICA, WOMEN IN THE PROFESSION AND PRO BONO PROMOTION. X X X X X X X true EVENT MANAGEMENT GROUP CBJC GALA DINNER true 1082379 55000 1027379 1082379 55000 1027379 NY CBJC GALA Dinne 1082379 979401 102978 102978 0 1082379 979401 102978 102978 102978 PART I, LINE 2B, COLUMN (III) PAYMENTS FOR THE GALA DINNER WERE SENT TO THE ORGANIZATION AND TO THE PROFESSIONAL FUNDRAISER. PART I, LINE 2B, COLUMN (V) Financial agreement: The fee for services under this contract is $55,000 for the April 3, 2019 Dinner Gala Event. Additional billing will be invoiced after full accounting of the event. Additional expenses will not exceed $100 without prior approval from the sub-contractors (graphic designers, printers, publicists, writers, etc.); equipment rentals; travel; mailings including postage, mailing house (for mailings over 100 pieces); multiple faxes of 5 pages or more; extensive long distance calls; overnight shipping; local messengers. Additional amount of $2,881 was paid to the PFR upon completion of the event. true BARBRI INC 9400 N CENTRAL EXWY DALLAS TX 75231 455340430 12000 NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL 185 WEST BROADWAY NEW YORK NY 10013 135645885 501(C)(3) 25000 1 1 RECRUITMENT & RENTENTION FELLOWSHIP 3 8000 PART II LINE 1 THE CITY BAR FUND OFFERS LAW PREVIEW SCHOLARSHIPS THROUGH BARBRI, INC. TO STUDENTS WHO ENTER A NEW YORK/ NEW JERSEY LAW SCHOOL. SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS PARTICIPATE IN A 6-DAY LAW PREVIEW LAW SCHOOL PREP COURSE AT NO COST. TO BE ELIGIBLE, APPLICANTS MUST BE (I) A MEMBER OF A HISTORICALLY UNDEREPRESENTED GROUP IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION; AND (II) ENROLLED AT A PARTICIPATING NYC AREA LAW SCHOOL IN THE FALL OF 2017. SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS RECEIVE MORE THAN 45 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION FROM TOP LAW PROFESSORS AND ATTORNEYS WHO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE PREVIEWS OF THE FOLLOWING CORE 1ST YEAR CLASSES: CIVIL PROCEDURE, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, CONTRACTS, CRIMINAL LAW, PROPERTY, TORTS AND LEGAL RESEARCH & WRITING. IN ADDITION TO THE LAW PREVIEW PREP COURSE, SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS RECEIVE AN ATTORNEY MENTOR THROUGH THE PALS PROGRAM AND BECOME LAW STUDENT MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK CITY BAR ASSOCIATION. PART II LINE 2 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 WORKS WITH NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL TO IDENTIFY ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS. PART III LINE 1 RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION FELLOWSHIP SUBSIDIZED FELLOWS WHO WERE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS IN NEW YORK LAW SCHOOLS AND WERE SELECTED AMONG OTHER FELLOWS BY THE COMMITTEE ON RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF LAWYERS AFTER A RIGOROUS APPLICATION PROCESS TO BE MATCHED WITH LEGAL EMPLOYERS FOR SUMMER EMPLOYMENT. THEY WERE THEN MATCHED WITH AN EMPLOYER FOR THE SUMMER. THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE PLACED IN FELLOWSHIPS WITH PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYERS WHO ARE UNABLE TO PAY WHAT FELLOWS EMPLOYED IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR RECEIVED. THE FUND SUPPLEMENTED THOSE WAGES. X X X X false false false false false false false false false Bret Parker Vice President 0 325347 0 0 0 0 0 8250 0 0 0 333597 0 0 Thomas J Halter Assistant Treasurer 0 190244 0 0 0 0 0 5880 0 20253 0 216377 0 0 Lynn M Kelly Executive Director - CBJC 212042 0 0 0 0 0 6365 0 0 0 218407 0 0 0 ALEXANDER PAPACHRISTOU EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - VANCE CEN 181845 0 0 0 0 0 5664 0 29653 0 217162 0 0 0 ALICE MOREY MANAGING ATTORNEY 151709 0 0 0 0 0 4611 0 20049 0 176369 0 0 0 X 3 114651 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 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. FORM 990, PART I, LINE 8 AND PART VIII, LINE 1(F) In fiscal-year 2019, a capital campaign was started to raise funds in connection with the 150th anniversary of the Association. By the end of the fiscal year, the campaign raised a total of approximately $3,300,000 in both cash and pledges which is a mix of time and purpose donor restricted funds. THE ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY O 42 WEST 44TH STREET NEW YORK NY 10036 130453095 MEMBERSHIP NY 501(C)6 N/A NA false false false false false false false false false false false true false true true true false false false false THE ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF NY K 352956 ACTUAL THE ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF NY M 54568 ACTUAL THE ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF NY O 116484 ACTUAL