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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION FUND FOR JUSTICE AND EDUCATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$102,362,062
Total expenses
$100,893,315
Contributions and grants received
$93,208,750
Grants paid
$16,241,827
Program service revenue
$2,553,481
Investment income
$6,547,374
Other revenue
$52,457
Total assets, end of year
$42,375,983
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,837,985
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$32,537,998
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$80,467,409
Management and general expenses
$19,423,906
Fundraising expenses
$1,002,000
Program service expenses (Part III)
$80,467,409

Program services were 79.8% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $3,835,000

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $84,564,330

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,809,420

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $3,899

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Meeting Fees

    total $1,292,155 · related or exempt $1,292,155

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Admin Service Fees

    total $704,494 · related or exempt $704,494

  • 2c · Program service revenue: AccreditationFees

    total $361,689 · related or exempt $361,689

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Publication Revenue

    total $68,294 · related or exempt $68,294

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $126,849 · related or exempt $126,849

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $31,456 · excluded $31,456

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $52,457 · excluded $52,457

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $13,422,492

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $6,906,574

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $6,515,918

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $6,515,918 · excluded $6,515,918

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $7,584,175 · program services $7,584,175

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $418,433 · program services $418,433

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $8,239,219 · program services $8,239,219

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $714,489 · program services $571,591 · management and general $71,449 · fundraising $71,449

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $41,970,473 · program services $30,638,445 · management and general $10,912,323 · fundraising $419,705

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $263,701 · program services $192,502 · management and general $68,562 · fundraising $2,637

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $10,106,297 · program services $7,377,597 · management and general $2,627,637 · fundraising $101,063

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $3,313,057 · program services $3,275,528 · fundraising $37,529

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $10,508 · program services $10,508

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $262,070 · program services $262,070

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $110,157 · fundraising $110,157

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $74,887 · management and general $74,887

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $13,170,685 · program services $9,614,600 · management and general $3,496,082 · fundraising $60,003

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $352,714 · program services $284,189 · fundraising $68,525

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,293,860 · program services $2,404,517 · management and general $856,404 · fundraising $32,939

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $256,150 · program services $240,326 · fundraising $15,824

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $3,319 · program services $3,319

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,376,304 · program services $3,194,702 · management and general $1,137,839 · fundraising $43,763

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,688,910 · program services $3,655,575 · management and general $18,891 · fundraising $14,444

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,408,335 · program services $2,380,141 · management and general $4,232 · fundraising $23,962

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $119,972 · program services $119,972

  • 24a · Other expenses: Bad Debt Expense

    total $155,600 · management and general $155,600

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $823,356 · end of year $841,622

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $26,993,820 · end of year $19,433,569

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $651,232 · end of year $492,514

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,576 · end of year $706

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,845,189 · end of year $578,729

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $20,015,237 · end of year $21,028,843

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,825,760 · end of year $1,188,153

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $3,946,676 · end of year $2,849,154

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $9,183,724 · end of year $5,800,678

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $17,851,020 · end of year $11,285,006

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $17,523,230 · end of year $21,252,992

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The Fund for Justice Education FJE was created to support the American Bar Associations ABA law-related and public services education programs.

  • Now entering its fourth decade of operations, ABA ROLI implements legal technical assistance programs in roughly 50 countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East and North Africa, as well as non-region specific Global Programs. Over the course of a given year, ABA ROLI typically implements over 100 distinct programs, often more than one in a given country, most of which are concentrated in one or more of nine subject matter areas 1 Access to Justice 2 Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity 3 Criminal Justice and Transnational Organized Crime 4 Judicial System Strengthening 5 Legal Education 6 Legal Profession Development 7 Gender and Social Inclusion 8 Commercial Law and 9 Human Rights. As a matter of best practice, the mixture of subject matter areas involved in a particular country Continued on Schedule O

    Expenses $32,108,134 · Grants $5,108,877 · Revenue $11,243

  • Since 1983, the ABA has prioritized immigration law and policy as one of its core public service efforts. The ABA Commission on Immigration COI directs the Associations efforts to ensure fair treatment and full due process rights for immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers within the United States. The Commission manages six core operational activities 1 Commission and Advisory Committee member activities, 2 Detention Information Hotline, 3 direct legal services through the South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project ProBAR in Harlingen, Texas, and Houston, Texas, 4 direct legal services through the Immigration Justice Project IJP in San Diego, California, 5 training and technical legal assistance through the Childrens Immigration Law Academy CILA in Houston, Texas and, 6 the Commissions national policy, advocacy, training, and pro bono work. Continued on Schedule O

    Expenses $28,452,981 · Grants $447,697

  • The ABA Center on Children and the Laws mission is to promote access to justice for children and families. Our staff of 21 legal and core professionals work on grant-funded projects across the country that are unified by two complementary goals, to improve legal representation and to improve the legal systems that impact children and families lives. We achieve our mission and goals through a three-tiered approach. First, the Center works in individual communities across the country where it partners with local stakeholders-including courts, child welfare agencies, lawyers, tribes, schools, and legislators-to build the capacity of legal practices and systems that serve children well and to help change those that do not. Continued on Schedule O

    Expenses $5,917,377 · Grants $1,864,806 · Revenue $82,286

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Alpha M Brady

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $807,170
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $774,253
    Other
    $32,917
    Hours/week
    10 + 45 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $700,689 related
    Bonus
    not reported + $70,000 related
    Other
    not reported + $3,564 related
    Deferred
    not reported + $20,117 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $14,132 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $808,502 related

  • William K Phelan

    Sr Assoc. Executive Director and CFO

    Total calculated
    $429,191
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $385,545
    Other
    $43,646
    Hours/week
    4 + 36 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $345,543 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported + $40,002 related
    Deferred
    not reported + $24,154 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $20,208 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $429,907 related

  • Scott N Carlson

    Assoc Exec Director-Global Programs

    Total calculated
    $404,908
    From this org
    $348,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,783
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $345,655
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $2,470
    Deferred
    $28,997
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,276
    Filer's total
    $405,398

  • Annaliese Fleming

    Sr Assoc Exec Dir and General Counsel

    Total calculated
    $388,924
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $338,120
    Other
    $50,804
    Hours/week
    5 + 33 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $337,275 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported + $845 related
    Deferred
    not reported + $24,817 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $27,670 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $390,607 related

  • Amy B Eggert

    Sr Assoc Exec Dir and Chief of Staff

    Total calculated
    $387,456
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $362,639
    Other
    $24,817
    Hours/week
    2 + 55 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $360,224 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported + $2,415 related
    Deferred
    not reported + $17,078 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $8,222 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $387,939 related

  • Daniel D Andresen

    ABA ROLI Chief Operating Officer Global Programs

    Total calculated
    $309,580
    From this org
    $234,071
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $75,509
    Hours/week
    20 + 25 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $233,523
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $548
    Deferred
    $36,243
    Nontaxable benefits
    $41,164
    Filer's total
    $311,478

  • Beverly Pendowski

    Chief Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $279,752
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $202,442
    Other
    $77,310
    Hours/week
    5 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $201,676 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported + $766 related
    Deferred
    not reported + $34,844 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $42,817 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $280,103 related

  • Meredith A Linsky

    Director Chief Counsel

    Total calculated
    $279,185
    From this org
    $224,390
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $54,795
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,419
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $971
    Deferred
    $25,108
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,075
    Filer's total
    $280,573

  • Vladimir Gurin

    Director Finance DC

    Total calculated
    $275,688
    From this org
    $219,297
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,391
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $218,958
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $339
    Deferred
    $26,205
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,266
    Filer's total
    $281,768

  • Christopher Boeder

    Sr Division Dir-Business Strategy-Development CGP

    Total calculated
    $259,032
    From this org
    $231,108
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,924
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $230,589
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $519
    Deferred
    $15,123
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,189
    Filer's total
    $259,420

  • Robert E Morin

    Chief of Party 1

    Total calculated
    $258,957
    From this org
    $243,047
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,910
    Hours/week
    38

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $242,038
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $1,009
    Deferred
    $6,731
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,493
    Filer's total
    $259,271

  • Amy E Horton-Newell

    Director-Public Interest Law

    Total calculated
    $253,673
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $248,850
    Other
    $4,823
    Hours/week
    8 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $248,288 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported + $562 related
    Deferred
    not reported + $4,627 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $597 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $254,074 related

  • William R Bay

    President

    Total calculated
    $50,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $50,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 60 related

  • Michelle A Behnke

    President-Elect

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 35 related

  • Jonathan Cole

    Chair, House of Delegates

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 35 related

  • Marvin SC Dang

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 20 related

  • Frank H Langrock

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related

  • Mary L Smith

    Immediate Past President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 30 related

  • Thomas W Lyons III

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Thomas C Rombach

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 10 related

  • Thomas Hoff Prol

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 8 related

  • Tracy A Giles

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Thomas C Grella

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 10 related

  • Samuel Lester Tate III

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Aurora Austriaco

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 7 related

  • Jo Ann Engelhardt

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Sheena R Hamilton

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 3 related

  • James S Hill

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • M Joe Crosthwait Jr

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 12 related

  • Frank X Neuner Jr

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Carlos A Rodriguez-Vidal

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related

  • Ann McMahon Romanskaya

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Vincent Ted Chang

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Cynthia E Nance

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Erik Anthony Christiansen

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 9 related

  • Daniel A Schwartz

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 8 related

  • Beverly A Carroll

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • Denise R Avant

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 4 related

  • Victor M Marquez

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 4 related

  • Juan Raudrick Thomas

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Katherine Maureen Larkin-Wong

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related

  • Eileen Sullivan

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Linda Strite Murnane

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 10 related

  • Loandria Dahmer

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Pamela C Enslen

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Michael W Mutek

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 6 related

  • Anita M Ventrelli

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 4 related

  • Theodore H Davis Jr

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Lucian T Pera

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 3 related

  • Linda L Randell

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Gregory G Brooker

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Pauline Weaver

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 4 related

  • Gail Golman Holtzman

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Paula C Martucci

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 4 related

  • Christopher Steven Jennison

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 3 related

  • Abre' Conner

    Board of Governors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

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 · 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

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • ABA Retirement Funds

    C Corp · Benefit Plans · IL

  • American Lawyers Insurance Plans Inc

    C Corp · Insurance · IL

    Directly controlled by ABE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202611079349301401

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