Totals
- Total revenue
- $5,937,200
- Total expenses
- $5,201,014
- Contributions and grants received
- $5,502,173
- Grants paid
- $480,765
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $435,027
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $9,520,596
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $65,125
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $9,455,471
- 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$5,502,173
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3 · Investment income
total $435,027 · excluded $435,027
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $480,765
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $355,800
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,136,293
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $36,379
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $135,538
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $104,424
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11b · Fees: legal
total $122,793
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $42,060
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $96,192
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $175,000
-
11g · Fees: other
total $36,416
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $602,345
-
13 · Office expenses
total $71,866
-
14 · Information technology
total $175,155
-
16 · Occupancy
total $615,818
-
17 · Travel
total $76,485
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $28,335
-
20 · Interest
total $118
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $84,418
-
23 · Insurance
total $36,287
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24a · Other expenses: Other consulting svcs
total $616,939
-
24b · Other expenses: Equipment rental, maint
total $87,522
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24c · Other expenses: Dues & subscriptions
total $62,563
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24d · Other expenses: Printing & publication
total $21,503
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $699,458 · end of year $692,876
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $4,839,925 · end of year $5,451,164
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$1,086,863
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$408,789
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $705,016 · end of year $678,074
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $2,548,911 · end of year $2,694,982
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $3,500 · end of year $3,500
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $77,525 · end of year $65,125
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29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds
beginning of year $8,719,285 · end of year $9,455,471
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30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
See Schedule OTLR works to shape policy primarily in the Texas civil justice and court system through public education, legislative advocacy and building broad public support for a fair, competent and honest judiciary as well as a fair, balanced and predictable dispute resolution system. TLR is also sometimes involved in other public policy issues related to core governmental functions. TLR benefits all citizens by working to bring public attention to important government issues and working to address difficulties, deficiencies or abuses in the Texas civil justice system.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TLR works to shape policy on creating a fair and predictable Texas civil justice system.
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Texans for Lawsuit Reform (TLR) engages in education of elected officials and the public about the Texas civil justice system including dispute resolution processes and the judiciary. Having gained recognition as a major contributor to public policy discussion, formation, and implementation in Texas, TLR's engagement in public debate, particularly concerning legal issues, has been substantial and meaningful. It also engages in legislative advocacy to improve the Texas civil justice system and, sometimes, on other issues, such as criminal justice and administrative/regulatory processes. Numerous changes in law benefiting all Texans and advocated by TLR have been enacted since TLR's formation in 1994.
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
Richard W Weekley
Sr. Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40 + 5 related
-
Emerson Hankamer
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 2 related
-
Alan Hassenflu
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
-
Fred Heldenfels
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
Hugh Rice Kelly
Ex Officio
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
-
Steve Oden
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Joe Popolo
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Frederick Rowe
Director - Deceased
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jeff Shellebarger
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Danny Signorelli
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Marc Watts
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1.5
-
E Lee Parsley
President & General Counse
- Total calculated
- $414,935
- From this org
- $372,300
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $42,635
- Hours/week
- 40 + 3 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $340,000
- Bonus
- $32,300
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $19,500
- Nontaxable benefits
- $23,135
- Filer's total
- $414,935
-
Mary Tipps
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $276,702
- From this org
- $224,980
- From related orgs
- $16,500
- Other
- $35,222
- Hours/week
- 40 + 2 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $203,980 + $16,500 related
- Bonus
- $21,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $13,229
- Nontaxable benefits
- $21,993
- Filer's total
- $260,202 + $16,500 related
-
Denis Calabrese
Chief Strategist
- Total calculated
- $254,332
- From this org
- $189,250
- From related orgs
- $22,000
- Other
- $43,082
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $164,250 + $22,000 related
- Bonus
- $25,000
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $19,500
- Nontaxable benefits
- $23,582
- Filer's total
- $232,332 + $22,000 related
-
Lucy Nashed
Communications Director
- Total calculated
- $159,318
- From this org
- $122,054
- From related orgs
- $22,000
- Other
- $15,264
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $122,054 + $22,000 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $10,084
- Nontaxable benefits
- $5,180
- Filer's total
- $137,318 + $22,000 related
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
- 1a · First-class or charter travel
- 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Part I, Line 1a
- During the year E. Lee Parsley, President chartered a flight for a program related engagement. The cost was $2,400.
- Part I, Line 1b
- A majority of the TLR Board approved the trip based on time and cost constraints.
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
-
General support
-
$35,000
General support
-
$21,000
General support
-
Texas House Republican Caucus
$20,000
General support
-
$20,000
General support
-
General support
-
General support
-
General support
-
Texas Young Republican Federation
$12,500
General support
-
University of Texas
$10,000
General support
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
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.
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501(c)(3) · Educational research · TX
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Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC
527 · Political Action Committee · TX
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 16 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202543209349302224
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