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← THE LAW FOUNDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE LAW FOUNDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,000,114
Total expenses
$1,171,591
Contributions and grants received
$1,314,102
Grants paid
$692,614
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,684,329
Other revenue
$1,683
Total assets, end of year
$17,134,408
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$17,134,408
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$901,543
Management and general expenses
$175,597
Fundraising expenses
$94,451
Program service expenses (Part III)
$901,543

Program services were 77.0% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $52,001

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,262,101

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $410,331 · excluded $410,331

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $8,109,748

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

    securities $6,835,750

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,273,998

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,273,998 · excluded $1,273,998

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $44,019

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

    $52,001

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $71,813

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$27,794 · excluded -$27,794

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $29,477 · excluded $29,477

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $29,477

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $692,614 · program services $692,614

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $33,500 · program services $33,500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $36,170 · management and general $36,170

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $12,500 · management and general $12,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $41,460 · program services $24,469 · management and general $8,803 · fundraising $8,188

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,951 · management and general $2,951

  • 24a · Other expenses: STUDENT PROGRAMS

    total $104,518 · program services $104,518

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK SERVICE CHARGES

    total $87,129 · management and general $87,129

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER FUNDRAISING

    total $74,035 · management and general $5,180 · fundraising $68,855

  • 24d · Other expenses: ALUMNI EVENT, CORRESPON

    total $46,949 · program services $19,740 · management and general $12,060 · fundraising $15,149

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $39,765 · program services $26,702 · management and general $10,804 · fundraising $2,259

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year -$25,474 · end of year -$9,425

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,117,926 · end of year $1,549,299

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $13,459,334 · end of year $15,594,534

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,765,555 · end of year $1,967,247

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,786,231 · end of year $15,167,161

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SUPPORT OF UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - KANSAS CITY LAW SCHOOL

Activities or mission (Part I)

SUPPORT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - KANSAS CITY LAW SCHOOL

  • SCHOLARSHIPS AND DIRECT STUDENT SUPPORTTHE UMKC LAW FOUNDATION PROVIDES DIRECT SUPPORT TO UMKC SCHOOL OF LAW STUDENTS IN THE FORM OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS TO HELP REDUCE STUDENT DEBT. SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS ARE DETERMINED USING A VARIETY OF FACTORS WHICH CAN INCLUDE MERIT, FINANCIAL NEED, AREAS OF LEGAL PRACTICE INTEREST AND TALENT, ETC.

    Expenses $607,398 · Grants $607,398

  • LAW SCHOOL PROGRAM SUPPORTTHE UMKC LAW FOUNDATION PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS OF THE UMKC SCHOOL OF LAW, THE LEON E. BLOCH LAW LIBRARY, LAW SCHOOL BUILDING RENOVATIONS, AND EMERGENT AREAS OF GREATEST NEED FOR THE UMKC SCHOOL OF LAW. ACADEMIC PROGRAM SUPPORT INCLUDES INVESTMENT IN FACULTY, STUDENT COMPETITION TEAMS, STUDENT BAR PREPARATION FUNDING, ETC.

    Expenses $249,935 · Grants $85,215

  • ALUMNI RELATIONSTHE UMKC LAW FOUNDATION SUPPORTS ALUMNI RELATIONS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES ON BEHALF OF THE UMKC SCHOOL OF LAW. THROUGH NETWORKING EVENTS, AN ANNUAL ALUMNI MAGAZINE, AND SUPPORT OF ALUMNI VOLUNTEERS, THE UMKC LAW FOUNDATION KEEPS LAW ALUMNI ENGAGED TO HELP SUSTAIN A STRONG COMMUNITY OF ALUMNI AND FRIENDS.

    Expenses $44,210

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Scott Aripoli

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Brennan Delaney

    VP - LAW ALUMNI ASSOC BOARD PRES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Hon S Margene Burnett

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gary Gose

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Christine Albano

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ashley Atwell-Soler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jack Bangert

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Debbie Brooks

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Charnissa Holliday Scott

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Julie Cheslik

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Hon Lajuana Counts

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Athena Dickson

    VP - SPECIAL PROJECT FUNDING

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Hon Brian Gaddy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Blake Heath

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tom Jones

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Julia Kitsmiller

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Erlene Krigel

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Grace Colato Martinez

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Mayer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mira Mdivani

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lee Moore

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kip Robertson III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Anne Schiavone

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Skeens

    VP - INVESTMENT POLICY REVIEW

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • David Yost

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Scott Bethune

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRES & VP - DEANS COUNCIL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Marie Dispenza

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $33,500
    From this org
    $33,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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.

Grants on this return

  • UMKC SCHOOL OF LAW

    $692,614

    GENERAL SUPPORT TO THE UMKC SCHOOL OF LAW BY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE FOR STUDENTS THROUGH SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS TO HELP REDUCE STUDENT DEBT. ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED TO THE LAW SCHOOL PROGRAM THORUGH ASSISTANCE WITH BUILDING RENOVATIONS AND INVESTMENT IN FACULTY, STUDENT COMPETITION TEAMS, ETC. FINALLY, ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED FOR ALUMNI RELATIONS THROUGH NETWORKING EVENTS, ANNUAL SLUMNI MAGAZINE AND SUPPORT OF ALUMNI VOLUNTEERS.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • UMKC SCHOOL OF LAW

    501(C)(3) · EDUCATION · MO

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
28 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202611209349301426

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