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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by NATIONAL STUDENT LEGAL DEFENSE NETWORK.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,633,698
Total expenses
$1,822,416
Contributions and grants received
$1,292,503
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$328,000
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$13,195
Total assets, end of year
$885,190
Total liabilities, end of year
$34,545
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$850,645
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,658,042
Management and general expenses
$136,769
Fundraising expenses
$27,605
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,658,042

Program services were 91.0% 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

    $1,292,503

  • 2a · Program service revenue: OTHER PROFESSIONAL SER

    total $328,000 · related or exempt $328,000

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER

    total $13,195 · related or exempt $13,195

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $13,195

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $486,866 · program services $441,916 · management and general $35,629 · fundraising $9,321

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $696,194 · program services $631,917 · management and general $50,948 · fundraising $13,329

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $18,833 · program services $16,933 · management and general $1,502 · fundraising $398

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $88,718 · program services $81,823 · management and general $5,307 · fundraising $1,588

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $80,648 · program services $74,458 · management and general $4,940 · fundraising $1,250

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,051 · program services $1,051

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,554 · management and general $21,554

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $208,993 · program services $198,665 · management and general $10,328

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,301 · program services $4,026 · management and general $221 · fundraising $54

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,054 · program services $1,922 · management and general $106 · fundraising $26

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $10,273 · program services $9,615 · management and general $529 · fundraising $129

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $63,300 · program services $59,247 · management and general $3,258 · fundraising $795

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,939 · program services $15,854 · management and general $872 · fundraising $213

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,239 · program services $13,327 · management and general $733 · fundraising $179

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS

    total $49,315 · program services $49,315

  • 24b · Other expenses: FILING FEES

    total $17,153 · program services $17,153

  • 24c · Other expenses: IT CYBER SECURITY

    total $12,900 · program services $12,074 · management and general $664 · fundraising $162

  • 24d · Other expenses: LEGAL RESEARCH

    total $10,734 · program services $10,734

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $18,351 · program services $18,012 · management and general $178 · fundraising $161

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $383,211 · end of year $693,688

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $629,413 · end of year $171,415

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $11,980 · end of year $3,195

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $22,006 · end of year $16,892

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $13,800 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $21,047 · end of year $34,545

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,039,363 · end of year $850,645

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE NATIONAL STUDENT LEGAL DEFENSE NETWORK IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZED TO ADVANCE STUDENTS' RIGHTS TO EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY AND SUPPORTING STUDENT' ECONOMIC MOBILITY BY USING IMPACT LITIGATION AND ADVOCACY TO PROTECT STUDENTS FROM PREDATORY LENDING AND ABUSIVE PRACTICES. OUR FOCUS SPANS THE ENTIRE STUDENT LIFECYCLE,FROM RECRUITMENT AND SUPPORTING STUDENTS' BASIC NEEDS TO EDUCATIONAL QUALITY TO COMPLETE STUDENT LOAN PAYMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WORKING TO ADVANCE STUDENTS RIGHTS TO EDUCATION.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $1,658,042 · Revenue $341,195

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jacek Pruski

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.9

  • Saba Bireda

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.9

  • John Robinson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.9

  • Mohamed Abdel Kader

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.9

  • Joy Silvern

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.9

  • Aaron Ament

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $246,364
    From this org
    $216,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,364
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $216,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,450
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,914
    Filer's total
    $246,364

  • Daniel Zibel

    CHIEF COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $240,502
    From this org
    $216,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,502
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $216,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,450
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,052
    Filer's total
    $240,502

  • Alex Elson

    SENIOR COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $181,773
    From this org
    $166,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,773
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,950
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,823
    Filer's total
    $181,773

  • Eric Rothschild

    LITIGATION DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $190,645
    From this org
    $171,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,645
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,545
    Filer's total
    $190,645

  • Olivia Webster

    SENIOR COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $143,696
    From this org
    $116,727
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,969
    Hours/week
    40

  • Emily Goldman

    ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $114,556
    From this org
    $101,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,556
    Hours/week
    40

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 · 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
10 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313149349301946

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