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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN BOARD OF TRIAL ADVOCATES.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,877,387
Total expenses
$2,020,376
Contributions and grants received
$1,502,083
Grants paid
$238,324
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,259,199
Management and general expenses
$593,394
Fundraising expenses
$167,783
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,259,199

Program services were 62.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • Frederick James

    President

    Total calculated
    $24,000
    From this org
    $24,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 1 related

  • Deborah Tropp-Thompson

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related

  • Lynn Leonard

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related

  • JD Smith

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related

  • Christopher Beeman

    Foundation Past President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 1 related

  • Luis Cardenas

    Foundation Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Jennifer Haltom Doan

    National President Elect

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 10 related

  • Andrea La'Verne Edney

    National President

    Total calculated
    $60,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $60,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 20 related

  • Corinne Hodak

    Foundation Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Yoshiaki Kubota

    Foundation Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Wayne Ritchie

    Foundation Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • William Shapiro

    National Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 10 related

  • Pamela Traut

    Foundation Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Brian Tyson

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $312,019
    From this org
    $51,700
    From related orgs
    $206,795
    Other
    $53,524
    Hours/week
    7.5 + 31 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $51,500 + $205,995 related
    Bonus
    $200 + $800 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,170 + $20,680 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,535 + $22,139 related
    Filer's total
    $62,405 + $249,614 related

  • Nichole Tabaska

    Finance Director

    Total calculated
    $78,705
    From this org
    $28,050
    From related orgs
    $42,075
    Other
    $8,580
    Hours/week
    15 + 22.5 related

  • Sarah Walhert-Kersh

    Nat'l Assoc Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $218,912
    From this org
    $18,260
    From related orgs
    $164,339
    Other
    $36,313
    Hours/week
    3.75 + 33.75 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $18,160 + $163,439 related
    Bonus
    $100 + $900 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,826 + $16,434 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,805 + $16,248 related
    Filer's total
    $21,891 + $197,021 related

  • Molly McDonald

    Fdn Assoc Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $197,756
    From this org
    $156,874
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,882
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,874
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,687
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,195
    Filer's total
    $197,756

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 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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, Schedule J, Part I, Line 3:
The performance of the Executive Director and Associate Executive Directors is reviewed annually, and salaries are compared to the National Association of Bar Executives' annual survey. The ABOTA Executive Committee reviews and approves compensation for these positions. Salaries and benefits are allocated between the American Board of Trial Advocates and the Foundation of the American Board of Trial Advocates.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
31 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513049349302131

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