Totals
- Total revenue
- $718,180
- Total expenses
- $837,697
- Contributions and grants received
- $652,500
- Grants paid
- $100,000
- Program service revenue
- $8,379
- Investment income
- $57,301
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,511,042
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $101,625
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,409,417
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $0
- Management and general expenses
- $0
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- not reported
Program services were 0.0% 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.
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1b · Membership dues
$652,500
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2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAMMATIC EVENT INCOME
total $8,379 · related or exempt $8,379
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3 · Investment income
total $43,876 · related or exempt $43,876
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $13,425
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities $13,425
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $13,425 · related or exempt $13,425
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $100,000
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $320,080
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $64,167
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $1,925
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $9,545
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $20,047
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11b · Fees: legal
total $110,000
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $445
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $105,040
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $6,590
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11g · Fees: other
total $14,964
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13 · Office expenses
total $1,447
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16 · Occupancy
total $3,715
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17 · Travel
total $8,403
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $70,652
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23 · Insurance
total $677
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $571,755 · end of year $343,382
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $16,515 · end of year $19,009
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $4,634 · end of year $4,634
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $985,818 · end of year $1,144,017
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $113,318 · end of year $101,625
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,465,404 · end of year $1,409,417
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
GEORGIANS FOR LAWSUIT REFORM WORKS TO ENSURE A FAIR, BALANCED, AND EFFICIENT CIVIL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN OUR STATE THROUGH EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY.
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IN 2024, GEORGIANS FOR LAWSUIT REFORM CONTINUED TO PURSUE ITS GOAL OF A FAIR AND EFFICIENT JUDICIAL SYSTEM FOR GEORGIA THROUGH ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION. THE ORGANIZATION CHAMPIONED PRO-BUSINESS LEGISLATION, RAISED AWARENESS REGARDING UNFAIR LITIGATION PRACTICES, AND EDUCATED GEORGIA CITIZENS AND LEGISLATORS ABOUT THE NEGATIVE TOLL OF FRIVOLOUS LITIGATION ON OUR ECONOMY.
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Will BarnetteWILL BARNETTE
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Keith BlackwellKEITH BLACKWELL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Tye DarlandTYE DARLAND
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Meagan HansonMEAGAN HANSON
EXECUTIVE DI
- Total calculated
- $305,217
- From this org
- $273,120
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $32,097
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $237,120
- Bonus
- $36,000
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $10,350
- Nontaxable benefits
- $21,747
- Filer's total
- $305,217
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Joel HowleJOEL HOWLE
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Ron JacksonRON JACKSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Dean ShufordDEAN SHUFORD
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Meg TaylorMEG TAYLOR
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Rocco TestaniROCCO TESTANI
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Mark TilkinMARK TILKIN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Cindi BerryCINDI BERRY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Allen RichardsonALLEN RICHARDSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Doug ScribnerDOUG SCRIBNER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Tracy BakerTRACY BAKER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Katie ChildersKATIE CHILDERS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Tish McDonaldTISH MCDONALD
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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. 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 · Written employment contract
- 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
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
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BALANCE THE SCALES GEORGIA INC
$100,000
PART IV
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 17 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202513219349307481
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