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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LEXISNEXIS RULE OF LAW FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$425,255
Total expenses
$592,642
Contributions and grants received
$425,255
Grants paid
$98,985
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$651,426
Total liabilities, end of year
$25,965
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$625,461
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$303,325
Management and general expenses
$265,252
Fundraising expenses
$24,065
Program service expenses (Part III)
$303,325

Program services were 51.2% 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

    $346,070

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $79,185

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $98,985 · program services $98,985

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $346,070 · program services $65,990 · management and general $256,015 · fundraising $24,065

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $182 · management and general $182

  • 17 · Travel

    total $167 · management and general $167

  • 24a · Other expenses: TEMPORARY LABOR

    total $82,670 · program services $82,670

  • 24b · Other expenses: INTERNAL CONTRACTUAL SE

    total $55,680 · program services $55,680

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $8,822 · management and general $8,822

  • 24d · Other expenses: TRANSLATION SERVICES

    total $66 · management and general $66

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $505,111 · end of year $451,426

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $386,859 · end of year $200,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $99,122 · end of year $25,965

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $173,559 · end of year $6,172

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

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

Mission and programs · 2024

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 2024, THE FOUNDATION HELD LAUNCH EVENTS WITH ETHIOPIA GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN ADDIS ABABA AND LONDON FOR ETHIOPIA TAX TRANSPARENCY PROJECT; THE VOTING RIGHTS TOOL QUALIFIED AS A FINALIST IN THE WORLD JUSTICE PROJECT CHALLENGE; REGULATIONS IN UGANDA ON THE FIRST LAW PREVENTING HUMAN SACRIFICE WERE WRITTEN; ANNOUNCED THE COLLABORATION WITH WORLD BANK TO TAKE OVER THE AFRICAN MINING LEGISLATIVE ATLAS DEVELOPED AND RUN BY WORLD BANK FOR TEN YEARS; FINISHED DEVELOPING THE UGANDA JUDGMENT WRITING TOOL AND WORKING TO ADD CONTENT TO IT; PARTNERED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION ON THEIR PUBLICATION OF STUDIES IN SIX COUNTRIES ANALYZING THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION (BRAZIL, NEPAL, MEXICO, UKRAINE, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TURKEY); SUPPORTED TRAINING AND A FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN JUDGES IN SOUTH AFRICA; OUR PARTNER LEGAL TEAM WHICH RECEIVED TRANSLATION HELP FROM THE FOUNDATION RECEIVED A FAVORABLE JUDGMENT IN SPANISH COURT RULING IN A PRECEDENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT WAY FOR A YOUNG HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIM; WITH THE ABA INTERNATIONAL SECTION, PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR LEGAL RESEARCH TRAINING FOR AFGHANI WOMEN REFUGEE LAWYERS.

    Expenses $303,325 · Grants $98,985

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ian P McDougall

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Teresa L Jennings

    VICE PRESIDENT & TREASURER (RET. IN 2025)

    Total calculated
    $220,650
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $192,354
    Other
    $28,296
    Hours/week
    36

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $192,354 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $28,296 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $220,650 related

  • Kermit Lowery

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    11

  • Alvaro Castellanos

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    11

  • Luz Nagel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    11

  • Afsoon McClellan

    VICE PRESIDENT & TREASURER (NEW IN 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    36

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

  • 3 · Written employment contract

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

No itemized grants to organizations 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
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523219349310252

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