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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by APPELLATE PROJECT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$833,434
Total expenses
$554,419
Contributions and grants received
$833,414
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$20
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,230,432
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,954
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,220,478
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$332,653
Management and general expenses
$55,445
Fundraising expenses
$166,321
Program service expenses (Part III)
$332,653

Program services were 60.0% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $833,414

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $20 · related or exempt $20

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $340,659 · program services $204,395 · management and general $34,066 · fundraising $102,198

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $27,075 · program services $16,245 · management and general $2,708 · fundraising $8,122

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,295 · program services $5,577 · management and general $930 · fundraising $2,788

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $74,211 · program services $44,527 · management and general $7,421 · fundraising $22,263

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,511 · program services $3,307 · management and general $551 · fundraising $1,653

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,708 · program services $1,025 · management and general $171 · fundraising $512

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $16,976 · program services $10,186 · management and general $1,698 · fundraising $5,092

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,665 · program services $9,999 · management and general $1,667 · fundraising $4,999

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,158 · program services $3,695 · management and general $616 · fundraising $1,847

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $658 · program services $395 · management and general $66 · fundraising $197

  • 24a · Other expenses: Recruiting Expenses

    total $32,810 · program services $19,686 · management and general $3,281 · fundraising $9,843

  • 24b · Other expenses: Printing and Publications

    total $9,290 · program services $5,574 · management and general $929 · fundraising $2,787

  • 24c · Other expenses: Professional Development

    total $3,298 · program services $1,979 · management and general $330 · fundraising $989

  • 24d · Other expenses: Fundraising Expenses

    total $2,849 · program services $1,709 · management and general $285 · fundraising $855

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $7,256 · program services $4,354 · management and general $726 · fundraising $2,176

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $688,846 · end of year $811,383

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $100,020

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $157,250 · end of year $316,750

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,913 · end of year $2,279

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,547 · end of year $9,954

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $941,463 · end of year $1,220,478

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The Appellate Project is the first and only organization focused on ensuring our highest courts reflect our communities. Since launching, we have provided over 600 law students with the resources, training, and encouragement they need to become the next generation of attorneys and judges in our highest courts.

  • The Appellate Project (TAP) has continued to make significant strides over the past year. In 2023, we have: (1) Launched the third year of our flagship Mentorship Program, which created meaningful networking and mentorship opportunities hundreds of law students with some of the most prolific Supreme Court and appellate litigators around the country. TAP students have already obtained highly competitive appellate internships, fellowships, and clerkships. Read more about the impact of the Mentorship Program at theappellateproject.org/testimonials. (2) Continued to grow our staff with critical hires; (3) Expanded our Board of Directors; (4) Developed partnerships with leading appellate organizations and racial justice organizations in the legal field and appellate groups around the country; (5) Received extensive coverage in national media outlets.

    Expenses $332,653

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Juvaria Khan

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $146,707
    From this org
    $146,707
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    65
  • James Queen

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • King Adjel-Frimpong

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Afshan Paarlberg

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Yiyang Wu

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amir Ali Outgoing

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dori Bernstein Outgoing

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Ian Courts

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Briaunna Buckner Durhal Incoming

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Justin Lam

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
11 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443169349303779

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