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← THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SCHOOL OF LAW FOUNDATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SCHOOL OF LAW FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,716,511
Total expenses
$2,108,748
Contributions and grants received
$2,452,202
Grants paid
$589,244
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$264,309
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$11,803,671
Total liabilities, end of year
$429,118
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,374,553
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,024,291
Management and general expenses
$40,482
Fundraising expenses
$43,975
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,024,291

Program services were 96.0% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $212,470

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,239,732

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $224,450 · excluded $224,450

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $175,965

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

    securities $136,106

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $39,859

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $39,859 · excluded $39,859

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $589,244 · program services $589,244

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $679,103 · program services $679,103

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $285,520 · program services $285,520

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $51,951 · program services $51,951

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,000 · management and general $6,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $25,975 · management and general $25,975

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $42,773 · fundraising $42,773

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,507 · management and general $8,507

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $418,473 · program services $418,473

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $1,202 · fundraising $1,202

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $292,012 · end of year $577,728

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,971,125 · end of year $3,071,601

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,191,677 · end of year $2,662,782

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,330 · end of year $5,851

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $185,517

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $185,517

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $5,252,788 · end of year $5,485,709

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $140,196 · end of year $429,118

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $608,684 · end of year $708,308

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,963,052 · end of year $10,666,245

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE LAW SCHOOL IN ITS MISSION TO INCREASE ACCESS TO LEGAL EDUCATION TO THOSE FROM GROUPS UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE PROFESSION AND TO PREPARE ITS GRADUATES FOR PUBLIC INTEREST AND PUBLIC SERVICE PRACTICE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SUPPORT THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF CUNY LAW SCHOOL

  • THE COST OF A LAW SCHOOL EDUCATION IS A MATTER OF GREAT CONCERN FOR THOSE ATTENDING CUNY LAW. THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ADMITTED ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT WITH A STUDENT BODY THAT IS LOW-INCOME, FIRST-GENERATION, NON-TRADITIONAL, AND MORE THAN 50% PEOPLE OF COLOR. WHILE TUITION AND FEES POSITION CUNY LAW AS ONE OF THE MOST AFFORDABLE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN THE NATION, IT HAS HAD LIMITED FUNDS AND NEEDS TO INCREASE FUNDING AVAILABLE TO AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS, PUBLIC INTEREST SUMMER GRANTS, AND GRANTS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS WHEN THEY ARE STUDYING FOR THE BAR EXAM.

    Expenses $478,744 · Grants $478,744

  • WITH A FACULTY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE PRACTITIONERS AND A 2ND RANKED CLINICAL PROGRAM IN THE NATION (US NEWS & WORLD REPORT), GRANTS ARE INVESTED TO ADVANCE: COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENDER JUSTICE, AND IMMIGRATION AND NON-CITIZEN RIGHTS. SINCE 2009, CREATING LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY & RESPONSIBILITY (CLEAR) HAS OFFERED FREE LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND CONSULTATION, KNOW-YOUR-RIGHTS WORKSHOPS, AND SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZING FOCUSED ON MUSLIM, ARAB, SOUTH ASIAN, AND OTHER COMMUNITIES IN NEW YORK CITY.

    Expenses $1,545,547 · Grants $110,500

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jorge F Gomez

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Muhammad U Faridi

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Denise A Holzka

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Shyka Scotland

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Randy Yang

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Martha S Jones

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Hon James C Francis IV

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Carolyn Geisel

    DIRECTOR (EX-OFFICIO)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Anthony P Gentile

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Laura Gentile

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Joey Lipton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Steven B Rosenfeld

    DIRECTOR (EMERITUS)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Sudha Setty

    DIRECTOR (EX-OFFICIO)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jason Stevens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Hon Rebecca Seawright

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Merrick Rossein

    FACULTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Miyoko Brunner Ex-Officio

    INTERIM EX. DIRECTOR (TO DEC 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Hera Javaid Ex-Officio

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (BEG FEB 2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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.

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

FORM 990, PART VII, SECTION A, LINE 5
THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBERS ARE COMPENSATED BY CUNY SCHOOL OF LAW, AN UNRELATED ORGANIZATION. A PORTION OF THE COMPENSATION EXPENSE IS ALLOCATED TO THE FOUNDATION, AS FOLLOWS: CAROLYN GEISEL $2,200 MIYOKO BRUNNER $66,681

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
2023
Filed
10 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541199349300229

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