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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AMERICAN ACADEMY OF APPELLATE LAWYERS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$335,509
Total expenses
$324,794
Contributions and grants received
$435
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$331,586
Investment income
$3,488
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$463,817
Total liabilities, end of year
$119,776
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$344,041
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

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

    $435

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $172,955 · related or exempt $172,955

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEETINGS

    total $158,631 · related or exempt $158,631

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,488 · excluded $3,488

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $148,900

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,600

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,297

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $9,562

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,859

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $123,486

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $15,090

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $411,016 · end of year $331,167

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $13,700 · end of year $18,400

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $75,964 · end of year $114,250

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $10,398 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $17,032 · end of year $1,046

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $160,720 · end of year $118,730

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $302,278 · end of year $312,558

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $31,048 · end of year $31,483

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF APPELLATE LAWYERS (AAAL) HAS COMMITTED ITSELF TO ADVANCING THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AND PROMOTING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONALISM AND ADVOCACY IN APPELLATE COURTS.

  • THE SPRING MEETING AND THE FALL MEETING WERE BOTH HELD IN PERSON FOR 2023.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Warren Harris

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gregory Dyekman

    PRESIDENT - ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Deanne Maynard

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Amy Levin Weill

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Daniel Polsenberg

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Elizabeth White

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Edward Guedes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adam Charnes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joel Bertocchi

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Fleming

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wallace Jefferson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • S'Neta Benefield

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

990 PAGE 8 LINE 5
THE BOARD IS A VOLUNTEER BOARD AND IS NOT COMPENSATED. THE ACADEMY HAS NO EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTS WITH A THIRD PARTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY TO PERFORM THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGERIAL FUNCTIONS TRADITIONALLY PERFORMED BY EMPLOYEES. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND IS ONLY COMPENSATED BY THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY AT ITS FULL DISCRETION. THE ACADEMY HAS NO CONTROL OVER THAT COMPENSATION. THE BOARD EVALUATES THE WORK OF THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND REVIEWS THE CONTRACT FEE PAID AT LEAST ANNUALLY.

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
2023
Filed
30 April 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202421219349300707

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