York County Bar Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
231286576
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
York, PA, USA
Phone
7178548755
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$629,503
Expenses
$681,761
Assets
$1,894,222
Liabilities
$669

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JENNIFER GALLOWAY (PRESIDENT)
  • CRAIG MILSTEN (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • JUSTIN TOMEVI (PRESIDENT ELECT)
  • VICTORIA CONNOR (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • VICTORIA CONNOR (CEO): $217,650 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The york county bar association is a non-profit professional membership association of attorneys and judges. It exists to serve the needs of the lawyers, judges and public of york county. The association and its members have dedicated themselves to the following general purposes:*providing services and benefits to member attorneys to enable their successful practice of law; *promoting a legal and judicial system where the rights of all persons can be asserted, defined and protected; *rendering assistance to the various courts before which we practice, thereby helping to improve the quality of justice; *developing mutual trust and confidence among the members of the bar, between the bench and the bar, and between the bar and the community at large; *educating the public on legal matters; *striving for the highest standards of ethical conduct; *ensuring quality continuing legal programs for the members; *providing legal representation of the indigent.

What it reported doing in 2025

Lawyer referral service: a service set up to help individuals find an attorney with experience in the field of law needed. Client pays $50 for half hour consultation. There were 792 referrals made for legal services and 139 referrals for modest means as well as 26 pro bono referrals. Continuing legal education: program offers many courses where attorneys can receive the required education needed for license. During the year, 34 local cle courses with 1,142 attendees (includes bench bar conference) plus 11 estate planning section cles with 211 attendees.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 89% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.1%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 83.3%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.3%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.78; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 31.9%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.8% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7.1% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.1% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.1% of revenue deployed · 83.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $568K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $218K · 16 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.