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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by APPELLATE PROJECT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$687,079
Total expenses
$389,933
Contributions and grants received
$686,629
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$450
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$948,010
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,547
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$941,463
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$311,947
Management and general expenses
$38,998
Fundraising expenses
$38,988
Program service expenses (Part III)
$311,947

Program services were 80.0% 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

    $686,629

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Speaker Fees

    total $450 · related or exempt $450

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

  • 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 $100,000 · program services $80,000 · management and general $10,000 · fundraising $10,000

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $111,074 · program services $88,859 · management and general $11,108 · fundraising $11,107

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $17,461 · program services $13,969 · management and general $1,746 · fundraising $1,746

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,054 · program services $8,043 · management and general $1,006 · fundraising $1,005

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $98,528 · program services $78,822 · management and general $9,854 · fundraising $9,852

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,060 · program services $4,048 · management and general $506 · fundraising $506

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $330 · program services $264 · management and general $33 · fundraising $33

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $13,888 · program services $11,110 · management and general $1,389 · fundraising $1,389

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,396 · program services $9,117 · management and general $1,140 · fundraising $1,139

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,075 · program services $860 · management and general $108 · fundraising $107

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $617 · program services $494 · management and general $62 · fundraising $61

  • 24a · Other expenses: Fundraising Expenses

    total $5,439 · program services $4,351 · management and general $544 · fundraising $544

  • 24b · Other expenses: Professional Development

    total $3,876 · program services $3,101 · management and general $388 · fundraising $387

  • 24c · Other expenses: Postage and Shipping

    total $3,734 · program services $2,987 · management and general $374 · fundraising $373

  • 24d · Other expenses: Payment Processing Fees

    total $1,795 · program services $1,436 · management and general $180 · fundraising $179

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,606 · program services $4,486 · management and general $560 · fundraising $560

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $547,887 · end of year $688,846

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $100,000

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $104,700 · end of year $157,250

  • 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 $1,823 · end of year $1,913

  • 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

    end of year $1

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $10,093 · end of year $6,547

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $644,317 · end of year $941,463

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Our mission is to empower law students of color to thrive in the appellate field.

  • In 2022, The Appellate Project (TAP) accomplished the following: (1) Launched the third year of our flagship Mentorship Program, which provides law students of color interested in appellate practice with the mentorship, access, and encouragement they need to pursue this important area of legal practice. In the past year, 138 law students of color from 46 law schools went through this program. Many of them obtained highly competitive federal appellate and state supreme court clerkships, appellate advocacy fellowships, and appellate positions in law firms, public defenders' offices, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies. Ninety percent of them said they felt more empowered to pursue clerkships and appellate work. You can read more about our impact at https://theappellateproject.org/our-students. (2) Launched a pilot program that pairs TAP alums with additional mentors focused on our graduates' developing professional needs. (3) Held over 25 innovative and impactful events for students, alums, and mentors participating in the Mentorship Program, designed specifically to empower our students to pursue appellate work; (4) Represented TAP and discussed the importance of a racially diverse appellate baron panels and conferences around the country. (5) Developed partnerships with leading appellate nonprofit organizations, law schools, and racial justice organizations in the legal field and appellate groups around the country. (6) Received extensive coverage in media outlets, such as the Washington Post, Associated Press News, USA Today, and more. (See theappellateproject.org/news).

    Expenses $311,947 · Revenue $450

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Juvaria Khan

    Excutive Director

    Total calculated
    $100,000
    From this org
    $100,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    60
  • Juvaria Khan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Briaunna Buckner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Queen

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amir Ali

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dori Bernstein

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ian Courts

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Justin Lam

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2022
Filed
27 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323009349301037

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