San Mateo County Bar Association
Promote the honor and dignity of the legal profession, to educate its members, to foster the highest professional standards, to encourage collegiality and to maintain cooperation between its members and the judiciary, to furnish excellent indigent criminal defense, to assist the public in accessing legal services, to provide and recognize public service as it relates to this mission, and to advance the fair and effective administration of justice for all.
San Mateo County Bar Association at a glance
In short: San Mateo County Bar Association reported $10K in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Grants paid (2025)
- $10,000 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
- -90.0% vs 2024
- Total assets
- $13,051,457
- +5.8% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $27,460,593
- +0.1% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $331,715
- +19.6% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $27,065,051
- -0.1% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.
How to apply to San Mateo County Bar Association
- Next open deadline
- January 5, 2027 (Corey, Luzaich, de Ghetaldi & Riddle Legacy Scholarship)
Open Grants
1 open opportunity from San Mateo County Bar Association
Who San Mateo County Bar Association funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
1 grant across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 1 grant of 1 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $10K (2022) to $100K (2024). In 2025 it reported $10K 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 |
|---|---|---|
| San Mateo Country Bar Foundation Redwood City, CA | General Support for Grantmaking Initiatives | $100,000 |
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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 | $13,051,457 | $27,460,593 | $27,065,051 | $10,000 | Total only | $331,715 |
| 2024 | $12,337,976 | $27,434,940 | $27,087,626 | $100,000 | 1 | $277,395 |
| 2023 | $13,521,015 | $24,478,626 | $23,918,526 | $11,416 | Total only | $26,408 |
| 2022 | $12,219,120 | $22,104,212 | $21,592,189 | $9,500 | Total only | $-25,231 |
| 2021 | $12,601,910 | $18,917,889 | $18,306,358 | $17,015 | Total only | $20,324 |
| 2020 | $8,877,251 | $21,288,167 | $20,135,022 | $10,500 | Total only | $-35,458 |
| 2019 | $6,868,426 | $20,731,370 | $20,864,243 | $12,500 | Total only | $67,853 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About San Mateo County Bar Association
Based on IRS filings
San Mateo County Bar Association is a public charity, based in Redwood City, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $13.1M in total assets. In 2025, it reported $10K in grants paid as a total on its IRS filing, without an itemized list. Net investment income was $332K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
San Mateo County Bar Association is led by Deborah Kemper, Executive Director on every filing since 2019; 13 of 26 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Deborah Kemper
Executive Director
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$163K (2019) → $218K (2025)
H. Yvonne Seeley
President
Secretary → Vice President & President, 2024
Vice President & President → President, 2025
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kenneth R. Linthicum
Vice President & President
Treasurer → Treasurer & Vice President, 2024
Treasurer & Vice President → Vice President & President, 2025
On filings since 2020
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eric Liberman
Director
Managing Attorney Adult → Assistant Chief Defender, 2022
Assistant Chief Defender → Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
$204K (2019) → $79K (2025)
Paul A. Wilkins
Director
Treasurer → President, 2023
President → Director, 2025
On filings since 2020
3 hrs/week
$145K (2020) → $301K (2025)
Sherrie Friedman
Director
On filings since 2021
3 hrs/week
$228K (2021) → $176K (2025)
Eric Hove
Director
New on the 2025 filing
3 hrs/week
$384K (2025)
Gabriela Guraiib
Director
New on the 2025 filing
3 hrs/week
$432K (2025)
Constantine P. Tsagaris
Director
On filings since 2022
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jamay Lee
Director
On filings since 2022
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joanna M. Wald
Director
On filings since 2022
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Anderson Lam
Director
New on the 2025 filing
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ilya D. Frangos
Director
New on the 2025 filing
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mallory Bar
Director
New on the 2025 filing
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Renee G. Chantler
Director
New on the 2025 filing
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Shivadev Shastri
Director
New on the 2025 filing
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Maguire
Chief Defender of the Pdp
Assistant Public Defender → Chief Defender & Executive Director of Pdp, 2020
Chief Defender & Executive Director of Pdp → Chief Defender of the Pdp, 2022
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$215K (2019) → $355K (2025)
Ron Rayes
Managing Attorney - Pdp Juv.
Managing Attorney Juvenile → Managing Attorney - Pdp Juv., 2022
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$227K (2021) → $287K (2025)
Mitri Hanania
Managing Attorney
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$232K (2024) → $266K (2025)
Tanya Montano
Managing Attorney
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$227K (2024) → $265K (2025)
Carla Gomez
Crim-Immigration Attorney
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$228K (2025)
Jessica Agnich
Managing Attorney
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$221K (2025)
John Elworth
Assistant Chief Defender
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$313K (2025)
Robert Cashen
Treasurer & Vice President
Secretary → Secretary & Treasurer, 2024
Secretary & Treasurer → Treasurer & Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2021
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Angelica Ayar
Secretary & Treasurer
Director → Secretary, 2024
Secretary → Secretary & Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2022
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Irene Fujii
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2022
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (29)
- Former: Chantel L. Fitting (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Justin T. Berger (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Loren Sherman (2022–2024) — Managing Attorney - Pdp Adu.
- Former: Brooke Murphy (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Rachel K. Leff-Kich (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Nicole Lambros (2024) — Managing Attorney
- Former: Omar Rodrigo Barraza (2024) — Head of Investigations
- Former: Laura M. Mazza (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Monical Castillo (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Susanna Guevara (2019–2023) — Officer Manager & Exc. Ast. to Ast. Cd
- Former: Jeffrey R. Loew (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Alma Robles (2021–2023) — Assc. Executive Director
- Former: Lana Kreidie (2022–2023) — Assistant Managing Attorney
- Former: Kathleen A. Durrans (2019–2022) — Immediate Past President
- Former: Michael T. Carney (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Chinhayi Cadet (2019–2021) — Vice President
- Former: Nicole S. Healy (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Cristina Fanucio (2021) — Senior Accountant
- Former: Lauren Sherman (2021) — Managing Attorney - Pdp Adult
- Former: Lisa Maguire (2021) — Chief Defender & Executive Director of Pdp
- Former: David Silberman (2019–2020) — Immediate Past President
- Former: James Allen (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: John Maness (2019–2020) — Chief Investigator
- Former: Myra Weiher (2019–2020) — Chief Defender
- Former: Richard Halpern (2019–2020) — Managing Attorney Juvenile
- Former: B. Douglas Robbins (2019) — Board of Director
- Former: Melissa Karlsten (2019) — Board of Director
- Former: Peter Goldscheider (2019) — Immediate Past President
- Former: Yvonne Quigtar (2019) — Controller
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 $432K, to Gabriela Guraiib (Director). 13 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about San Mateo County Bar Association
How much does San Mateo County Bar Association give each year?
San Mateo County Bar Association reported $10K in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants. In 2024 it gave $100K across 1 grant.
How large is San Mateo County Bar Association?
San Mateo County Bar Association reported $13.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $27.5M.
Where does San Mateo County Bar Association operate?
San Mateo County Bar Association has awarded grants in California.
What is San Mateo County Bar Association's EIN?
San Mateo County Bar Association's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 94-1638934. 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 2024 (received by the IRS May 5, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 15, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 7, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 13, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 10, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 15, 2024)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 28, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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