Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SCHOOL OF LAW FOUNDATION INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $11,751,758
- Total expenses
- $2,251,257
- Contributions and grants received
- $11,417,032
- Grants paid
- $457,146
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $334,726
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $21,191,493
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $92,693
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $21,098,800
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $2,177,644
- Management and general expenses
- $37,317
- Fundraising expenses
- $36,296
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,177,644
Program services were 96.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$202,470
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$11,214,562
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3 · Investment income
total $255,885 · excluded $255,885
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $180,793
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $101,952
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $78,841
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $78,841 · excluded $78,841
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $457,146 · program services $457,146
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $964,356 · program services $964,356
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $238,606 · program services $238,606
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $80,618 · program services $80,618
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11b · Fees: legal
total $6,000 · management and general $6,000
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11g · Fees: other
total $22,000 · management and general $22,000
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $33,577 · fundraising $33,577
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23 · Insurance
total $9,317 · management and general $9,317
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24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES
total $420,068 · program services $420,068
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24b · Other expenses: BAD DEBT
total $16,850 · program services $16,850
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24c · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES
total $2,719 · fundraising $2,719
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $577,728 · end of year $520,196
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $3,071,601 · end of year $12,745,115
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $2,662,782 · end of year $1,677,961
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $5,851 · end of year $459,347
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$185,517
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$185,517
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $5,485,709 · end of year $5,788,874
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $429,118 · end of year $92,693
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $708,308 · end of year $788,173
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $10,666,245 · end of year $20,310,627
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE LAW SCHOOL IN ITS MISSION TO INCREASE ACCESS TO LEGAL EDUCATION TO THOSE FROM GROUPS UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE PROFESSION AND TO PREPARE ITS GRADUATES FOR PUBLIC INTEREST AND PUBLIC SERVICE PRACTICE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
SUPPORT THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF CUNY LAW SCHOOL
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THE COST OF A LAW SCHOOL EDUCATION IS A MATTER OF GREAT CONCERN FOR THOSE ATTENDING CUNY LAW. THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ADMITTED ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT WITH A STUDENT BODY THAT IS LOW-INCOME, FIRST-GENERATION, NON-TRADITIONAL, AND SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE IDENTIFYING AS PEOPLE OF COLOR. WHILE TUITION AND FEES POSITION CUNY LAW AS ONE OF THE MOST AFFORDABLE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN THE NATION, IT HAS HAD LIMITED FUNDS AND NEEDS TO INCREASE FUNDING AVAILABLE TO AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS, PUBLIC INTEREST SUMMER GRANTS, AND GRANTS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS WHEN THEY ARE STUDYING FOR THE BAR EXAM.
Expenses $401,896 · Grants $401,896
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WITH A FACULTY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE PRACTITIONERS AND A TOP FOUR NATIONALLY CLINICAL PROGRAM IN THE NATION (US NEWS & WORLD REPORT), GRANTS ARE INVESTED TO ADVANCE: COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENDER JUSTICE, AND IMMIGRATION AND NON-CITIZEN RIGHTS. SINCE 2009, CREATING LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY & RESPONSIBILITY (CLEAR) HAS OFFERED FREE LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND CONSULTATION, KNOW-YOUR-RIGHTS WORKSHOPS, AND SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZING FOCUSED ON MUSLIM, ARAB, SOUTH ASIAN, AND OTHER COMMUNITIES IN NEW YORK CITY.
Expenses $1,775,748 · Grants $55,250
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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JORGE F GOMEZ
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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LAURA GENTILE
VICE-CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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SHYKA SCOTLAND
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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JOEY LIPTON
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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MARTHA S JONES
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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HON JAMES C FRANCIS IV
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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BRADLEY GANO
DIRECTOR (EX-OFFICIO)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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TONY GENTILE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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DENISE A HOLZKA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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TAEJONG KIM
DIRECTOR (EX-OFFICIO)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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CAROLINA RIVADENEIRA
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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CLARISSA MRODRIGUEZ
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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STEVEN ROSENFIELD
DIRECTOR (EMERITUS)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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REBECCA SEAWRIGHT
DIRECTOR (EX-OFFICIO)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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SUDHA SETTY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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JASON STEVENS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
HERA JAVAID EX-OFFICIO
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Schedule J
Answered yes
None.
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- FORM 990, PART VII, SECTION A, LINE 5
- THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBERS ARE COMPENSATED BY CUNY SCHOOL OF LAW, AN UNRELATED ORGANIZATION. A PORTION OF THE COMPENSATION EXPENSE IS ALLOCATED TO THE FOUNDATION, AS FOLLOWS: BRADLEY GANO $13,877
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 12 March 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202600719349301465
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