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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE.

Totals

Total revenue
$49,926,462
Total expenses
$44,264,308
Contributions and grants received
$44,568,286
Grants paid
$1,395,438
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$36,933,473
Management and general expenses
$4,031,020
Fundraising expenses
$3,299,815
Program service expenses (Part III)
$36,933,473

Program services were 83.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • SCOTT G BULLOCK

    PRESIDENT AND CHIEF COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $812,459
    From this org
    $756,875
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,584
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $575,762
    Bonus
    $180,000
    Other
    $1,113
    Deferred
    $42,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,884
    Filer's total
    $812,459

  • WILLIAM MELLOR

    CHAIRMAN AND FOUNDING GEN. COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $63,815
    From this org
    $45,974
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,841
    Hours/week
    40

  • ARTHUR DANTCHIK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BOB GELFOND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KENNETH N LEVY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JIM LINTOTT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHEN MODZELEWSKI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDREW D PRINS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY E STIEFEL

    OUTGOING DIRECTOR (UNTIL 12/31/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANIEL KNEPPER

    CFO AND GEN. COUNSEL/SEC. AND TREAS.

    Total calculated
    $589,430
    From this org
    $533,334
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,096
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $432,946
    Bonus
    $100,000
    Other
    $388
    Deferred
    $41,550
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,546
    Filer's total
    $589,430

  • BETH STEVENS

    VP FOR DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $404,707
    From this org
    $344,694
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,013
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $302,931
    Bonus
    $40,500
    Other
    $1,263
    Deferred
    $42,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,313
    Filer's total
    $404,707

  • DANA BERLINER

    SENIOR VP AND LITIGATION DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $681,626
    From this org
    $636,741
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,885
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $503,553
    Bonus
    $132,000
    Other
    $1,188
    Deferred
    $42,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,185
    Filer's total
    $681,626

  • DEBORAH SIMPSON

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $509,790
    From this org
    $441,674
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $68,116
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $370,556
    Bonus
    $70,000
    Other
    $1,118
    Deferred
    $42,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,416
    Filer's total
    $509,790

  • JOHN KRAMER

    VP FOR STRATEGIC RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $521,610
    From this org
    $447,359
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $74,251
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $371,246
    Bonus
    $75,000
    Other
    $1,113
    Deferred
    $42,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,551
    Filer's total
    $521,610

  • MICHAEL BINDAS

    SENIOR ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $327,845
    From this org
    $261,652
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $66,193
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $235,476
    Bonus
    $25,500
    Other
    $676
    Deferred
    $27,846
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,347
    Filer's total
    $327,845

  • ROBERT GALL

    MANAGING VP AND SENIOR ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $451,503
    From this org
    $386,307
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $65,196
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $315,712
    Bonus
    $70,000
    Other
    $595
    Deferred
    $42,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,496
    Filer's total
    $451,503

  • ROBERT JOHNSON

    SENIOR ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $344,711
    From this org
    $286,273
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,438
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $260,479
    Bonus
    $25,500
    Other
    $294
    Deferred
    $39,279
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,159
    Filer's total
    $344,711

  • ROBERT MCNAMARA

    DEPUTY LITIGATION DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $415,953
    From this org
    $350,986
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $64,967
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $318,207
    Bonus
    $32,500
    Other
    $279
    Deferred
    $42,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,267
    Filer's total
    $415,953

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 — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE DETERMINES, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THE BONUSES TO BE AWARDED TO SIX SENIOR IJ EMPLOYEES: (I) PRESIDENT/CHIEF COUNSEL, (II) SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND LITIGATION DIRECTOR, (III) CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, (IV) MANAGING VP AND SENIOR ATTORNEY, (V) VICE PRESIDENT FOR STRATEGIC RELATIONS, AND(VI) CFO AND GENERAL COUNSEL/SECRETARY AND TREASURER. FOR ALL OTHERS, BONUSES ARE DETERMINED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. ALL BONUSES ARE BASED ON A BOARD APPROVED BUDGET.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
3 December 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413399349300701

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