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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LEXISNEXIS RULE OF LAW FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$620,925
Total expenses
$808,434
Contributions and grants received
$620,925
Grants paid
$210,500
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$891,970
Total liabilities, end of year
$99,122
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$792,848
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$443,684
Management and general expenses
$340,002
Fundraising expenses
$24,748
Program service expenses (Part III)
$443,684

Program services were 54.9% 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

    $423,246

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $197,679

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $397,901

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $175,000 · program services $175,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $35,500 · program services $35,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $352,901 · program services $67,071 · management and general $261,082 · fundraising $24,748

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $45,000 · management and general $45,000

  • 17 · Travel

    total $27,583 · program services $25,547 · management and general $2,036

  • 24a · Other expenses: TEMPORARY LABOR

    total $72,169 · program services $72,169

  • 24b · Other expenses: INTERNAL CONTRACTUAL SE

    total $67,561 · program services $67,561

  • 24c · Other expenses: TRANSLATION SERVICES

    total $19,371 · management and general $19,371

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $12,513 · management and general $12,513

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $836 · program services $836

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $424,118 · end of year $505,111

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $576,275 · end of year $386,859

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $20,036 · end of year $99,122

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $76,697 · end of year $173,559

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $903,660 · end of year $619,289

Mission and programs · 2023

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

  • IN 2023, FUNDING WAS PROVIDED TO LNROLF TO PROVIDE TAX LAW TRANSPARENCY IN ETHIOPIA; TRANSLATIONS TO SUPPORT THE COURT CASE OF A FORMER-HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIM IN SPAIN; PROVIDE RULE OF LAW PROGRAMMING AND COLORING BOOKS TO A SCHOOL IN LIBERIA, AN ORPHANAGE IN KENYA, AND THE FAMILY COURTS IN UGANDA; PROVIDE TRAINING ON HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION IN UKRAINE; PROVIDE AN ANALYSIS OF SURVEYS ON THE GLOBAL REACTION TO RUSSIA'S INVASION OF THE UKRAINE; ANALYZE A U.S. NATIONAL SURVEY ON PUBLIC TRUST IN THE COURTS; UPDATE A MOBILE APP TO INCLUDE WORKERS' RIGHTS LAWS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND TANNERY INDUSTRIES IN BANGLADESH; BEGIN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A JUDGMENT WRITING TOOL IN UGANDA, AND DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR A UGANDA LAW TO PREVENT HUMAN SACRIFICE.

    Expenses $443,684 · Grants $210,500

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ian P McDougall

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $304,800
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $304,800
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $304,800 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $304,800 related

  • Teresa L Jennings

    VICE PRESIDENT & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $227,481
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $193,108
    Other
    $34,373
    Hours/week
    36

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $193,108 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $34,373 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $227,481 related

  • Nigel H Roberts

    VICE PRESIDENT & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    13

  • Kermit Lowery

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    11

  • Carmen Pombo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

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

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
2023
Filed
16 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202432919349301263

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