Orange County Bar Association
To enhance the system of justice, the lawyers who serve it and the community served by it.
Orange County Bar Association at a glance
In short: Orange County Bar Association reported $12K in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Grants paid (2025)
- $11,500 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
- +53.3% vs 2024
- Total assets
- $8,513,392
- +5.2% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $3,693,875
- +17.6% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $201,731
- +78.8% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $3,028,665
- +5.9% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.
Who Orange County Bar Association funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
4 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 4 grants of 4 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
How Orange County Bar Association gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2021 to 2024 (+0%). Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $8K (2020) to $13K (2019). In 2025 it reported $12K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Public Law Center Santa Ana, CA | Public Law Center Annual Dinner Donation | $7,500 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $8,513,392 | $3,693,875 | $3,028,665 | $11,500 | Total only | $201,731 |
| 2024 | $8,093,295 | $3,140,417 | $2,860,514 | $7,500 | 1 | $112,856 |
| 2023 | $7,749,246 | $2,995,137 | $2,812,959 | $7,500 | 1 | $81,411 |
| 2022 | $7,546,827 | $2,916,840 | $2,467,296 | $7,500 | 1 | $42,119 |
| 2021 | $7,525,273 | $2,697,916 | $2,155,656 | $7,500 | 1 | $109,426 |
| 2020 | $7,089,601 | $2,948,714 | $2,355,102 | $7,500 | 1 | $127,788 |
| 2019 | $6,799,187 | $3,166,769 | $2,889,629 | $12,500 | 1 | $48,733 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Orange County Bar Association
Based on IRS filings
Orange County Bar Association is a public charity, based in Newport Beach, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $8.5M in total assets. In 2025, it reported $12K in grants paid as a total on its IRS filing, without an itemized list. Net investment income was $202K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Orange County Bar Association is led by Dennis Slaughter, CEO & Executive Director since 2024 (on filings since 2019); 3 of 28 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Dennis Slaughter
CEO & Executive Director
Director of It & Facilitie → COO, 2023
COO → CEO & Executive Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
39 hrs/week
$121K (2019) → $232K (2025)
Mei Tsang
President
Treasurer → President Elect, 2024
President Elect → President, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael S. Leboff
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Casey R. Johnson
Director
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Caroline R. Djang
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Howard M. Privette
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer L. Waier
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John P. Glowacki
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Alexander C. Payne
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eric J. Sather
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Justin W. Fong
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lesley D. Young
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Nicole Whyte
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sara C. Nakada
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
William C. O'Neill
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Annie Nicholson
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Arjun Sivakumar
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Christy G. Lea
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eemaan Jalili
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lisa D. Ramirez
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rebekah F. Thomas
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ryan S. Dean
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Aaron Calderon
Controller
On filings since 2023
39 hrs/week
$89K (2023) → $153K (2025)
Rebecca Mannara
Associate Executive Director
New on the 2025 filing
37 hrs/week
$129K (2025)
Christina M. Zabat-Fran
Immediate Past President
President Elect → President, 2024
President → Immediate Past President, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Shirin Forootan
President-Elect
Secretary → Treasurer, 2024
Treasurer → President-Elect, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eric V. Traut
Treasurer
Director → Secretary, 2024
Secretary → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sharon Oh-Kubisch
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (43)
- Former: Darrell P. White (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Kelly L. Galligan (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Michael A. Gregg (2019–2024) — Immediate Past President
- Former: Thomas A. Pistone (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Trudy Levindofske (2019–2024) — CEO & Executive Director
- Former: H. Josh Ji (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: John S. Cowhig (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Suzanne Burke Spencer (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: James Y. Pack (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Kate Corrigan (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Mary-Christine Sungaila (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Tracy A. Miller (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Eve A. Brackmann (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Christine Wilbur (2023) — Associate Executive Director
- Former: Dan Robinson (2023) — Immediate Past President
- Former: Sean Lobb (2023) — Director
- Former: Antoinette N. Balta (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Carole Martinez (2019–2022) — Associate Executive Director
- Former: Daniel S. Robinson (2019–2022) — President
- Former: Larisa M. Dinsmoor (2019–2022) — Immediate Past President
- Former: Shannon Pearsall (2019–2022) — Controller
- Former: John K. Beckley (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Melissa A. Petrofsky (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Teresa A. McQueen (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Brian A. Bayati (2022) — Director
- Former: Kelly G. Dunn (2022) — Director
- Former: Nico Mamone (2022) — Director
- Former: Adrianne E. Marshack (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: John S. Gibson (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Scott B. Garner (2019–2021) — Immediate Past President
- Former: Yolanda V. Torres (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Jared De Jong (2021) — Director
- Former: Tricia Halstead (2021) — Director
- Former: Alex W. Avery (2020) — Director
- Former: Deidre M. Kelley (2020) — Immediate Past President
- Former: Josh Ji (2020) — Director
- Former: Deirdre M. Kelly (2019) — President
- Former: Jennifer L. Tennant (2019) — Director
- Former: Kristin Garcia Gomez (2019) — Director
- Former: Michael L. Fell (2019) — Director
- Former: Nikki P. Miliband (2019) — Immediate Past President
- Former: Richard J. McNeil (2019) — Director
- Former: Thomas F. Newmeyer (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $232K, to Dennis Slaughter (CEO / Executive Director). 3 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Orange County Bar Association
How much does Orange County Bar Association give each year?
Orange County Bar Association reported $12K in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants. In 2024 it gave $8K across 1 grant.
How large is Orange County Bar Association?
Orange County Bar Association reported $8.5M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $3.7M.
Where does Orange County Bar Association operate?
Orange County Bar Association has awarded grants in California.
What is Orange County Bar Association's EIN?
Orange County Bar Association's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 95-2395855. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 27, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS September 30, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS July 28, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS August 5, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS September 17, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 27, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 27, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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