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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by LEXISNEXIS RULE OF LAW FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$594,696
Total expenses
$555,323
Contributions and grants received
$336,941
Grants paid
$190,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$257,755
Total assets, end of year
$1,000,393
Total liabilities, end of year
$20,036
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$980,357
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$277,608
Management and general expenses
$275,215
Fundraising expenses
$2,500
Program service expenses (Part III)
$277,608

Program services were 50.0% 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

    $336,941

  • 11a · Other revenue: IN-KIND SUPPORT

    total $257,755 · related or exempt $257,755

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $257,755

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $190,000 · program services $190,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $257,755 · management and general $255,255 · fundraising $2,500

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $15,000 · program services $15,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,965 · program services $4,965

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,424 · program services $6,424

  • 24a · Other expenses: DONATIONS

    total $44,500 · program services $44,500

  • 24b · Other expenses: TEMPORARY LABOR

    total $19,660 · management and general $19,660

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $12,305 · program services $12,305

  • 24d · Other expenses: TRANSLATION SERVICES

    total $4,414 · program services $4,414

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $300 · management and general $300

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $202,700 · end of year $424,118

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $808,284 · end of year $576,275

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $70,000 · end of year $20,036

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $75,200 · end of year $76,697

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $865,784 · end of year $903,660

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE PURPOSE OF THIS FOUNDATION IS TO INCREASE THE PUBLIC'SUNDERSTANDING OF THE RULE OF LAW BOTH IN THE US AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL TOOLS AND MATERIALS, FACILITATING ACCESS TO RESEARCH TOOLS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, PROVIDING HANDS ON EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTION, DEVELOPING NONPARTISAN ANALYSIS, IMPROVING ACCESS TO LAWS AND COURT RECORDS RELATING TO PROPERTY RIGHTS, AND SUPPORTING ADVANCEMENT OF THE RULE OF LAW.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO CREATE AND IMPLEMENT PROJECTS GLOBALLY WHICH ADVANCE ONE OR MORE OF THE FOUR KEY ELEMENTS OF THE RULE OF LAW: TRANSPARENCY OF THE LAW, ACCESS TO LEGAL REMEDY, EQUAL TREATMENT UNDER THE LAW, AND INDEPENDENT JUDICIARIES

  • ADVANCE THE RULE OF LAW GLOBALLY INCLUDING RE-DEVELOPMENT OF A HUMAN RIGHTS ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEVELOPMENT OF A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT CURRICULUM; PROMOTE TAX TRANSPARENCY IN ETHIOPIA; SUPPORT LAWYERS FROM UKRAINE IN SEARCHING FOR WORK, AND FUND THE TRANSLATION OF A HUMAN RIGHTS APP INTO UKRAINIAN TO PROVIDE UKRAINE WAR RELIEF.PROMOTE THE ROLE OF THE DEFENSE BAR IN INDONESIA THROUGH TRAINING AND SURVEYS OF LAW STUDENTS, CREATING AND IMPLEMENTING PROGRAMS WITH LAW SCHOOL STUDENTS TO END SYSTEMIC RACISM AND ADVANCE THE RULE OF LAW IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM.

    Expenses $277,608 · Grants $190,000

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ian P McDougall

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Teresa L Jennings

    VICE PRESIDENT & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $222,055
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $188,502
    Other
    $33,553
    Hours/week
    36

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $188,502 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $33,553 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $222,055 related

  • Nigel H Roberts

    VICE PRESIDENT & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    13

  • Kermit Lowery

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    11

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

None.

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

  • SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER

    $50,000

    SCHOLARSHIP

  • HOWARD UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL

    $40,000

    SCHOLARSHIP

  • DAVID A CLARKE LAW SCHOOL OF UNIVERSITY OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

    $30,000

    SCHOLARSHIP

  • THURGOOD MARSHALL TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL

    $20,000

    SCHOLARSHIP

  • FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL & MECHANICAL UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL

    $20,000

    SCHOLARSHIP

  • NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL

    $20,000

    SCHOLARSHIP

  • AMBROUS CREATIVE CONCEPTS LLC

    $10,000

    SCHOLARSHIP

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.

  • RELX INC

    C · PUBLISHING · MA

    Directly controlled by RELX US HOLDING CO

  • LEXIS NEXIS

    C · PUBLISHING · OH

    Directly controlled by RELX US HOLDING CO

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
9 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333149349300513

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