2018-05-14T13:02:52-07:00 2017-06-30 C DeWitt Foard & Co PA CPAs 817 E Morehead Street Ste 100 Charlotte NC 282022767 990 2016-07-01 237062151 Mecklenburg Bar Foundation MECK 7043758624 2850 Zebulon Avenue Charlotte NC 28208 Mark Kinghorn Treasurer 2018-05-14 true Terry W Lancaster P00096087 7043721515 2016 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z T Jonathan Adams 201 S College St Suite 2020 Charlotte NC 28244 618433 false false X www.meckbar.org X 1962 NC To advance public understanding and respect for the rule of law and the role of the legal profession; to promote the highest ideals of professionalism, public service and access to the legal system; and to support the charitable and educational goals of the Mecklenburg County Bar. 24 23 0 100 0 197979 291590 134400 268800 7166 8336 4190 2754 343735 571480 116543 114961 0 0 0 82294 252152 429968 368695 544929 -24960 26551 4971690 4814003 3047552 2844738 1924138 1969265 To advance public understanding and respect for the rule of law and the role of the legal profession; to promote the highest ideals of professionalism, public service and access to the legal system; and to support the charitable and educational goals of the Mecklenburg County Bar. false false 400936 114961 268800 The Foundation has established a Bar Center which provides services to the general public, attorneys, and other non-profit organizations which provide free legal assistance. 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The Teen Court program is an alternative justice system that offers youthful offenders ages 12-17 with no previous convictions an opportunity to avoid a permanent criminal record and take responsibility for their actions before a jury of their peers. The program helps alleviate the large number of cases processed by the Department of Juvenile Justice. Teen Court can currently hear 176 cases each year. In 2015-2016, Teen Court worked with 448 youth offenders. Volunteer teens provided 5,909 hours of community service.Council for Childrens Rights ($7,000): To provide support for CFCRs legal representation and advocacy services for children in the areas of child welfare, custody, delinquency, mental health, and special education. CFCR defends and champions the rights of children to be supported and treated with fairness, compassion, and respect, regardless of personal obstacles. Over 2,000 children in Mecklenburg County receive these specialized services each year. GenerationNation ($500): To help support GenerationNations project offering teacher professional development, classroom curriculum and afterschool activities to educators and young people about the rule of law, legal issues and the legal system. GenerationNation utilizes hands-on activities and experiences to increase student knowledge and understanding. This project benefits 250 teachers and more than 50,000 students in 150 local schools.International House ($5,000): To help fund the needs of the Ginter Immigration Law Clinic. The Ginter Law Clinic provides affordable general consultation, family immigration, and naturalization services for low income immigrants in Charlotte. In addition, the Clinic provides family reunification assistance to immigrants and refugees who recently arrived in the U.S. and have little to no income. The Clinic serves low-income immigrants, refugees, and asylees who live in the grater Charlotte area and have annual income below 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. Over the past few years, the Clinic has seen increased demand for family reunification services. The Clinic expects to open approximately 650 cases for legal representation and 50 family reunification cases in 2017. Justice Initiatives ($2,500): To help fund a research fellowship to conduct and publish the type of research that would be indicative of the work a judicial policy research center would produce in the area of judicial administration. JI is in discussions regarding the creation of a judicial policy research center and plans to have completed the groundwork needed toward institutionalization by FY 2019-20 should the concept be proven.Larry King's Clubhouse ($1,500): To provide direct program-related consumables that are an integral part of a quality childcare program. The Clubhouse provides a safe, secure, and enriching place for children who must be at the courthouse because they are witnesses, they are the subject of child neglect or abuse or custody proceedings, or their parents or guardians have business at the courthouse. The center offers quality care and developmentally appropriate activities for children, age 6 weeks-12 years, on all days that the court is in operation. Children are removed from environments where they might hear inappropriate and psychologically damaging testimony, their families access to justice is improved by addressing child care barriers, the efficiency of court operations is increased by removing distracting and disruptive activity, and families are linked to needed community services. The center had 7,620 visits during fiscal year 2016. Legal Aid of North Carolina ($10,000): To help fund a Housing Screener to screen the calls of tenant families seeking assistance when being threatened with eviction with the goal of preventing more homelessness in Mecklenburg County. LANC is a statewide, non-profit law firm that provides free legal services in civil matters to low income people to ensure equal access to justice and to remove legal barriers to economic opportunity. The LANC-Charlotte office receives 20-40 new calls per day from tenants threatened with eviction. The Housing Screener allows LANC to screen more of the callers and accept the apparently meritorious cases, thereby serving more of these families by a combination of staff advocates and pro bono attorneys. Legal Services of Southern Piedmont ($15,000): To support the Access to Justice Pro Bono Program. The program provides high-quality direct legal services to help low income clients meet their most important needs for income, shelter, safety from violence, health care, education of children, fair treatment as consumers, and equitable access to public and private benefits. These services are offered regardless of clients race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, or immigration status. The pro bono program has grown dramatically since its inception. Pro bono case handling increased from 166 in 2009 to more than 500 cases in 2016. Pats Place Child Advocacy ($5,000): To help fund a social worker on the Forensic Interview Team. Pats Place Child Advocacy Center coordinates the investigation of reports to law enforcement or the Department of Social Services that a child may have experienced sexual abuse, serious physical abuse or neglect, or when a child may have witnessed serious violence or a homicide. The forensics interview is the foundation of child protection and criminal investigations. In many child sexual abuse cases, there is no witness other than the child and often times, there is no corroborating evidence. The interview is a developmentally-sensitive, non-leading conversation with a child that is intended to elicit detailed information about events that the child may have experienced or witnessed, and is conducted by masters-level, clinically licensed social workers who have received advanced training on the forensics interviewing of child victims/witnesses. Pats Place serves Mecklenburg County children from birth through age 17. This year, more than 500 interviews were conducted by Center staff, and more than 600 are anticipated in 2016-17.Safe Alliance ($18,000): To help fund the salary for a full-time staff attorney working for their Legal Representation Project (LRP). The LRP provides free legal representation in hearings to obtain Domestic Violence Protective Orders as well as acting as a conduit to allow local attorneys to donate their time to victims. With a staff lawyer, Safe Alliance will be able to continue to represent more victims as well as assist in the training and mentoring of more pro bono attorneys. In fiscal year 2016, LRP provided legal representation to 383 clients, with 142 of those being served by volunteer attorneys. MBFs Professional Assistance Financial Fund ($7,500): To support five public interest agencies in Mecklenburg County (District Attorney's Office, Public Defender's Office, Legal Services of Southern Piedmont, Legal Aid of North Carolina, and Council for Children's Rights) to help offset the financial hardship associated with rising professional development costs for qualifying attorneys. MCB Diversity & Inclusion Committee ($2,500): To support Diversity Day, the annual one-day conference engaging minority students in a discussion about the legal profession and law-related careers. Students hear about the role individuals with legal training play in everyday society, meet with attorneys, judges, law school admissions officers, and law students, and have an opportunity to share their views of the law and lawyers. Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used End of year report providing details of how grant funds were used. Form 990, Part VI, Line 2: Description of Business or Family Relationship of Officers, Directors, Et Three members of the board are partners at the same law firm. Two members of the board are partners at the same law firm. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process The Executive Director, Director of Finance and HR, and a member of the Executive Committee review and approve the 990 before it is filed. A copy of the Form 990 is provided to every board member before it is filed. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts The conflict of interest policy is provided to each director and each director is required to annually certify compliance and prospectively disclose potential conflicts of interest. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Made available on Mecklenburg County Bar's website. Mecklenburg County Bar Exempt Code Section The Mecklenburg County Bar is exempt from Federal income tax as an integral part of a political subdivision of the state of North Carolina. Mecklenburg County Bar 26th Jud Dist 2850 Zebulon Avenue Charlotte NC 28208 560798133 Improve & preserve administration of justice NC See Sch. 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