The Complete Guide to Bar
Foundations
Chris Newbold, Esq.
This 150 page book is packed with advice, information, and
strategies for bar foundations. The Guide focuses on issues
pertinent to bar foundation development, explains why bar
foundations exist, discusses how bar foundations interact with bar
associations, and addresses other topics specifically related to
bar foundations. The Guide covers the organizational and funding
gamut: developing an action-oriented board of directors, compliance
with rules and regulations, grant-making, implementing capital and
endowment campaigns, cultivating donors, enhancing IOLTA revenue,
and much more.
The accompanying CD-ROM (free with purchase) is filled with over
35 sample policies, tools, and templates representing best
practices in the bar foundation field. Examples include board
duties, codes of ethics, conflict of interest and whistleblower
policies, fellows letters, grant guidelines and more.
The Guide and accompanying CD-ROM are available for purchase for
$195. Join the over 100 bar foundations (large and small, rural and
urban, state and local) currently using the Guide.
National Conference of Bar Foundations
Report on "The State of Bar Foundations" Survey
ALPS Foundation Services
Part I: Cumulative Impact Analysis
Part II: Successes and Challenges
From March to July, 2008, the National Conference of Bar
Foundations (NCBF) distributed Parts I and II of the National
Conference of Bar Foundations Survey on the "The State of Bar
Foundations" (Survey). The Survey, the first of its kind, is
intended to gather comprehensive data related to the work and
overall impact of bar foundations and other legal foundations
nationwide.
ABA Bar Leader, March-April
2009
Kim McKelvey, J.D., CFRE
Report shows bar foundations significantly impact
their communities
If you're curious about the world of bar foundations, and about
how yours compares with others, just about everything you want to
know is in a report released recently by the National Conference of
Bar Foundations. In the first of two articles, you'll get an
overview on foundations' revenue, distribution, and community
impact. Did you know that bar foundations generated more than $900
million in revenue between 2005 and 2007?
ABA Bar Leader, May-June 2009
Kim McKelvey, J.D., CFRE
Bar foundations have potential for increased
impact
In the recently released Part II report, there are some
statistics and recommendations you may want to share with your
foundation's board. Are you leaving money on the table? And if so,
how can you make your foundation more effective, more efficient,
and more forward-thinking?