Nonprofit · EIN 23-2205936
THE BARRISTERS ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA INC
Tax-exempt (reinstated) · PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 31, 2025 | 990 | $101,296 | $133,192 | -$31,896 | $90,571 | $0 | $90,571 |
| August 31, 2024 | 990 | $87,665 | $131,999 | -$44,334 | $122,467 | $0 | $122,467 |
| August 31, 2023 | 990-EZ | $11,564 | $40,053 | -$28,489 | $97,290 | – | $97,290 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $66,175
- Membership dues
- $33,563
- Program service revenue
- $23,447
- Investment income
- $0
- Net income from fundraising events
- $11,674
- Other revenue
- $11,674
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $53,000
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Program services (functional)
- $119,424
- Management and general (functional)
- $13,768
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $122,467
- Total assets, end of year
- $90,571
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets, end of year
- $90,571
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $90,571
- Gross receipts
- $316,415
- Employees
- 0
- Year formed
- 2017
- State of legal domicile
- PA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANWAR ABDUR-RAHMAN | VP OF FINANC Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| SIERRA APPLEGATE | ELECTED MEMB Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NATASHA FELDER | VP OF ADMINI Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| SAMANTHA FITZPATRICK | PRESIDENT EL Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| TAMARA HOLLOWAY | CORRES. SECR Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| KRISTIN JOHNSON | EXITING PRES Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JEFFERY YOUNG JR | APPOINTED ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PAUL LORISTON | RECORDING SE Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| SHUAIYB NEWTON | APPOINTMENT Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| COURTNEY RICHARDSON | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| BRITTANY STOKES | ELECTED MEMB Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NICOLE STOKES | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| KARIMA YELVERTON | APPOINTED ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended August 31, 2024: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANWAR ABDUL-RAHMAN | VP OF FINANC Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| SIERRA APPLEGATE | ELECTED MEMB Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NIKIA CLARK | RECORDING SE Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| KRISTEN CUMMINGS | INCOMING VP Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| NATASHA FELDER | ELECTED MEMB Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SAMANTHA FITZPATRICK | CORRESPONDIN Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| DAVID IDOKOGI | APPOINTED ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KRISTIN JOHNSON | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | – | $0 |
| SALENA JONES | VP ADMINISTR Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| JEFFERY YOUNG JR | APPOINTED ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PAUL LORISTON | APPOINTED ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| COURTNEY RICHARDSON | PRESIDENT - Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| NICOLE STOKES | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
990-EZ for the year ended August 31, 2023: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| COURTNEY RICHARDSON | PRESIDENT-EL | 5 | $0 |
| SALENA JONES | VP ADMINISTR | 3 | $0 |
| ANWAR ABDUR-RAHMAN | VP FINANCE | 3 | $0 |
| KRISTIN JOHNSON | PRESIDENT | 5 | $0 |
| NICOLE STOKES | TREASURER | 3 | $0 |
| NIKIA CLARK | RECORDING SE | 3 | $0 |
| SAMANTHA J FITZPATRICK | CORRESPONDIN | 1 | $0 |
| NATASHA FELDER | ELECTED MEMB | 1 | $0 |
| SIERRA APPLEGATE | ELECTED MEMB | 1 | $0 |
| PAUL LORISTON | APPOINTED ME | 1 | $0 |
| JEFFREY YOUNG JR | APPOINTED ME | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID IDOKOGI | APPOINTED ME | 1 | $0 |
| JAHLEE HATCHETT | PRESIDENT | 5 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1735 MARKET STREET SUITE A234, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103-7501
- In care of
- % DOMINIQUE WARD
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- COURTNEY RICHARDSON, 1735 MARKET STREET, SUITE A234, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103
- Signed the 990
- ANWAR ABDUR-RAHMAN, VP OF FINANCE
- Phone
- (215) 525-3593
- Website
- WWW.PHILLYBARRISTERS.COM
- Return prepared by
- JTGOLDSTEIN
Mission
ESTABLISHED IN 1950, THE BARRISTERS' ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA, INC.'S PURPOSE, THEN AND NOW, HAS BEEN TO ADDRESS THE PROFESSIONAL NEEDS AND DEVELOPMENT OF BLACK LAWYERS IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA THROUGH PROGRAMS SUCH AS SEMINARS, CULTURAL EVENTS AND PUBLICATIONS. THE WORK OF THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUES YEARS LATER WITH ONGOING EFFORTS TO SUPPORT ITS MISSION. SINCE THE EARLY YEARS OF ITS ESTABLISHMENT, THE BARRISTERS' ASSOCIATION HAS ALSO RECOGNIZED THE NEED, AND IT'S OBLIGATION, TO BE A PRO-ACTIVE ADVOCATE FOR THE CAUSE AGAINST INJUSTICE. IN 1973, MEMBERS OF THE BARRISTERS' ASSOCIATION SERVED ON THE LIACOURAS COMMISSION, WHICH INVESTIGATED WAYS TO ELIMINATE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN BAR ADMISSION PROCEDURES. IN 1978, THE BARRISTERS' ASSOCIATION JOINED OTHER CONCERNED GROUPS IN FILING AN ACTION AGAINST THE PHILADELPHIA REGISTRATION COMMISSION WHICH RESULTED IN THE ADDITION OF 50,000 PHILADELPHIANS TO THE VOTER REGISTRATION POOLS. IN 1983, THE BARRISTERS' ASSOCIATION PROVIDED TESTIMON
Program accomplishments
- HELD BREAKFAST TO HONOR LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING AND AN ANNUAL GALA BY RECOGNIZING ATTORNEYS, LAW STUDENTS, AND LAW FIRMS WHO UPLIFT OTHERS.
- AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS TO DESERVING LAW SCHOOL STUDENTS.Expenses $53,000 · grants $53,000
- HELD NETWORKING AND OTHER VARIOUS EVENTS CELEBRATING COMMUNITY LAWYERS.Expenses $66,424
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in August, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | August 31, 2026 | January 15, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | August 31, 2025 | January 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | August 31, 2024 | January 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 23-2205936
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(6): Business league or chamber of commerce
- Donations deductible
- No
- Exempt since
- 2019
- Accounting year ends
- August
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Community improvement and capacity building (S41)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $90,571
- Income (IRS master file)
- $316,415
Revocation and reinstatement
- Exemption revoked
- January 15, 2016
- Posted by the IRS
- April 11, 2016
- Reinstated
- Effective January 15, 2016
From the IRS automatic revocation list: organizations that did not file a required return or e-Postcard for three consecutive years.
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | August 2025 | $101,296 | $133,192 | $90,571 | XML |
| 990 | August 2024 | $87,665 | $131,999 | $122,467 | XML |
| 990-EZ | August 2023 | $11,564 | $40,053 | $97,290 | XML |
| 990-EZ | August 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | August 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | August 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | August 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 23-2205936).
Questions about THE BARRISTERS ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA INC
- What is the EIN of THE BARRISTERS ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of THE BARRISTERS ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA INC is 23-2205936.
- Is THE BARRISTERS ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS revoked its exemption on January 15, 2016 and reinstated it effective January 15, 2016.
- Are donations to THE BARRISTERS ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA INC tax-deductible?
- No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
- Which annual return does THE BARRISTERS ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of THE BARRISTERS ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending August 31, 2026) is due January 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did THE BARRISTERS ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended August 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of THE BARRISTERS ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA INC?
- The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 names COURTNEY RICHARDSON.
- Who are the officers and directors of THE BARRISTERS ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA INC?
- The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 lists 13 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does THE BARRISTERS ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $101,296, expenses of $133,192 and total assets of $90,571 at year end.
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