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← MINNESOTA CHAPTER FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MINNESOTA CHAPTER FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$176,319
Total expenses
$199,117
Contributions and grants received
$73,724
Grants paid
$7,370
Program service revenue
$113,060
Investment income
$188
Other revenue
-$10,653
Total assets, end of year
$169,506
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$169,506
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $39,874

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $33,850

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $2,624

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM RECEIPTS

    total $82,324 · related or exempt $82,324

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP REBATES

    total $28,236 · related or exempt $28,236

  • 2c · Program service revenue: SPONSORSHIPS

    total $2,500 · related or exempt $2,500

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $188 · excluded $188

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $58,450

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $39,874

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $69,103

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$10,653 · excluded -$10,653

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,370

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $6,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $7,185

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $87,754

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $90

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $132

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $84,586

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,445

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER BUSINESS EXPENSES

    total $3,789

  • 24b · Other expenses: REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

    total $2,751

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $99,735 · end of year $116,717

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $91,496 · end of year $52,789

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $191,231 · end of year $169,506

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE ASSOCIATION IS TO STRENGTHEN THE FEDERAL LEGAL SYSTEM AND ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE BY SERVING THE INTERESTS AND THE NEEDS OF THE FEDERAL PRACTITIONER, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY AND THE PUBLIC THEY SERVE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO STRENGTHEN THE FEDERAL LEGAL SYSTEM AND ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.

  • MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS - THE MN CHAPTER OF THE FBA HOSTED EIGHT MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS FROM SEPTEMBER 1, 2024 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2025. THESE MEETINGS EACH INCLUDED A DIFFERENT SPEAKER, OR PANEL OF SPEAKERS, WHO DISCUSSED A TOPIC RELEVANT TO THE MEMBERSHIP AND PROVIDED CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION CREDIT FOR THOSE WHO ATTENDED.

  • PRO SE PROJECT - THE PRO SE PROJECT IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE MINNESOTA DISTRICT COURT AND THE MINNESOTA CHAPTER OF THE FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO JUSTICE IN OUR FEDERAL COURTS AND TO ADDRESS THE GROWING CHALLENGES CIVIL PRO SE LITIGANTS POSE TO OUR FEDERAL JUDICIAL SYSTEM. THE GOAL OF THE PRO SE PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE CIVIL PRO SE LITIGANTS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL CONSULTATION WITH A VOLUNTEER LAWYER. THE PRO SE PROJECT MATCHED ALL WILLING AND ELIGIBLE LITIGANTS WITH VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS FOR CASES RANGING FROM EMPLOYMENT DISPUTES TO CIVIL RIGHTS.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Honorable Elizabeth Cowan Wright

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Honorable Elsa Bullard

    PRESIDENT ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Justman

    DIRECTOR & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Mc Scheibel

    DIRECTOR & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Abou Amara

    DIRECTOR & VP - LEGAL EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Becker

    DIRECTOR & VP - SPECIAL EVENTS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Honorable John Docherty

    VP - DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelly Fermoyle

    DIRECTOR & VP - MONTHLY MEETINGS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Aaron Knoll

    DIRECTOR & VP - DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kyle Kroll

    DIRECTOR, NATIONAL COUNCIL DELEGATE AND CHAIR, NAT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barry Landy

    DIRECTOR, VP - MEMBERSHIP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nathan Louwagie

    VP - SPECIAL EVENTS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily McAdam

    DIRECTOR & VP - MEMBERSHIP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bibeane Metsche- Garcia

    VP - MONTHLY MEETINGS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Honorable Doug Micko

    VP - MONTHLY MEETINGS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Donna Reuter

    VP - LEGAL EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Honorable Eric Tostrud

    VP - LEGAL EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Natasha Townes Robinson

    DIRECTOR & VP - DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alia Abdi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Manny Atwal

    DIRECTOR & CHAIR - WHITE-COLLAR CRIME PRACTICE GRO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph Balthazor

    CHAIR - NEWER LAWYERS COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katherine Barrett Wiik

    PAST PRESIDENT - LONG-RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kate Baxter-Kauf

    CHAIR - MASS TORTS, MULTI-DISTRICT LITIGATION, AND

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeanette Bazis

    CHAIR - NATIONAL CONVENTION COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Honorable Elizabeth Bentley

    DIRECTOR & CHAIR - JUSTICE & DEMOCRACY CENTERS COM

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shannon Bjorkland

    DIRECTOR & CHAIR - JUSTICE & DEMOCRACY CENTERS COM

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Arthur Boylan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph Cassioppi

    DIRECTOR & CHAIR - LONG-RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rory Collins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amy Conners

    DIRECTOR & CHAIR, WHITE-COLLAR CRIME PRACTICE GROU

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nathan Converse

    CHAIR, DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tracey Donesky

    CHAIR, GOLF TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Devin Driscoll

    DIRECTOR & CHAIR - BAR TALK COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Honorable William Fisher

    CHAIR - COMMUNITY OUTREACH COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Honorable Dulce Foster

    PRO SE PROJECT COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Honorable Donovan Frank

    LONG-RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Goodwin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Timothy Griffin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adam Hansen

    LONG-RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Hedlund

    CHAIR - LONG-RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Megan Helstrom

    LAW SCHOOL OUTREACH LIASON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Holley Horrell

    CHAIR - ANTITRUST PRACTICE GROUP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gene Hummel

    CHAIR - MASS TORTS, MULTI-DISTRICT LITIGATION, AND

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cassandra Jacobsen

    DIRECTOR & ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christine Jordan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Honorable Tony Leung

    LONG-RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michelle Looby

    CHAIR, ANTITRUST PRACTICE GROUP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Honorable Jane Maschka

    CHAIR, CIVIL DISCOVERY PRACTICE GROUP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter McElligott

    CHAIR - GOLF TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Zac McFarland

    LAW SCHOOL OUTREACH LIASON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Courtland Merrill

    CHAIR - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PRACTICE GROUP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amanda Mills

    CHAIR - MENTORSHIP COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adine Momoh

    DIRECTOR & STRATEGIC INITIATIVES COORDINATOR- CHAI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ann Motl

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sheila Niaz

    CHAIR - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PRACTICE GROUP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Nikolai

    CHAIR, BAR TALK COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Megan Odom

    DIRECTOR & AFFINITY BAR LIASON COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christopher Pham

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gabriel Ramirez-Hernandez

    CHAIR, COMMUNITY OUTREACH COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristen Rau

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brittany Resch

    DIRECTOR, PRO SE PROJECT CO-CHAIR, CIVIL DISCOVERY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Honorable Susan Richard Nelson

    LONG-RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sharon Roberg Perez PhD

    CHAIR - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PRACTICE GROUP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Rowe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Surya Saxena

    DIRECTOR & LONG-RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alyssa Schaefer

    CHAIR - BAR TALK COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nicholas Scheiner

    CHAIR, DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stacey Slaughter

    CHAIR - MASS TORTS, MULTI-DISTRICT LITIGATION, AND

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anthony Stauber

    CHAIR, DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vanessa Szalapski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vildan Teske

    LONG-RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gina Tonn

    CHAIR - BAR TALK COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charles Toomajian

    CHAIR - MENTORSHIP COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Tweeten

    CHAIR - CIVIL DISCOVERY PRACTICE GROUP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chelsea Walcker

    CHAIR - WHITE-COLLAR CRIME PRACTICE GROUP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Samuel Walling

    CHAIR - COMMUNITY OUTREACH COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Greta Wiessner

    CHAIR - NEWER LAWYERS COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rachel Zimmerman Scobie

    DIRECTOR

    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
2024
Filed
14 July 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202631959349301668

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