The Florida Bar Foundation Inc: CEO salary, finances and where donations go
“Funding, promotion and support of greater access to justice.”
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Methodology by Amir Arani, CPA, CA · Updated
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No reported asset diversions, no insider transactions, no fundraisers keeping most of the money, and the governance policies we check for are in place.
For each dollar donated, The Florida Bar Foundation spent 0¢ on fundraising.
Fundraising ÷ $258.6M contributions · Form 990 Parts VIII, IXThe charity's own description of its largest programs, with what each cost.
Improvements in the administration of justice: In 2024-2025, approved grant awards included continued funding for the florida innocence project, which works to exonerate floridians for crimes they did not commit, to florida's children first, which works to improve the child welfare system, and to caba pro bono legal services to assist neurodivergent persons with legal matters.
Law student assistance: The foundation continued to provide funding to florida state university college of law for a clinic eliminating economic barriers for immigrant and farmworkers. Grants were also approved to fund 14 civil legal aid summer fellows from seven law schools.
Pro bono partnerships:"pro bono" roughly translates to "for the good of the public and generally encompasses lawyers representing, at no charge, persons who cannot otherwise afford to hire an attorney. The foundation works to be a hub and connector between law firms, law schools, the judiciary, legal aid programs and other stakeholders to increase awareness of and create pro bono opportunities.the florida bar foundation supports the florida pro bono coordinators association to expand pro bono efforts and opportunities and create further partnerships. The foundation continues to fund and run…
Net assets at each fiscal year end, 2013 to 2025.
Reportable pay in FY ending Jun 2025, from the charity and related organizations.
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Dominic C Mackenzie, Executive Director/CEO, received $220,984 in reportable compensation in FY ending Jun 2025, 0.2% of The Florida Bar Foundation's $97.7M in spending.
Form 990 (FY ending Jun 2025), Part VIIThe Florida Bar Foundation reported 97.5% of FY ending Jun 2025 spending as programs, 0.2% as fundraising and 2.3% as management.
Form 990 (FY ending Jun 2025), Part IXNet assets were $521.7M at the end of FY ending Jun 2025, about 64.1 months of spending.
Form 990 (FY ending Jun 2025), Part XIts latest Form 990 triggered none of our twelve screening rules, which cover reported asset diversions, insider transactions, fundraiser costs, governance policies and spending patterns.
Form 990 (FY ending Jun 2025)Amir Arani, “The Florida Bar Foundation: CEO salary, finances and where your dollar goes,” Charity Math, updated 2026-11-07. https://charitymath.com/charities/the-florida-bar-foundation/