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← INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BARRISTERS FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BARRISTERS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$95,776
Total expenses
$94,057
Contributions and grants received
$79,549
Grants paid
$90,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$16,227
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$567,765
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$567,765
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$90,000
Management and general expenses
$4,057
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$90,000

Program services were 95.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $79,549

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $16,227 · excluded $16,227

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $90,000 · program services $90,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,490 · management and general $2,490

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $200 · management and general $200

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $707 · management and general $707

  • 24b · Other expenses: LICENSES AND FEES

    total $415 · management and general $415

  • 24c · Other expenses: EXCISE TAXES

    total $245 · management and general $245

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $23,283 · end of year $6,410

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $541,763 · end of year $561,355

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,250

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $567,296 · end of year $567,765

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BARRISTERS FOUNDATION MAKES GRANTS IN SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING GENERAL PURPOSES: (1) TO ENCOURAGE, BY EXAMPLE AND OTHERWISE, THE ENTRY OF YOUNGER LAWYERS INTO THE SPECIALTY OF ADVOCACY; (2) TO ENCOURAGE THE CONTINUATION OF ADVOCACY UNDER THE ADVERSARY SYSTEM; (3) TO ASSIST ADVOCATES IN THE PERFECTION OF THE TECHNIQUES OF ADVOCACY; (4) TO ENCOURAGE THE RETENTION OF TRIAL BY JURY IN LITIGATED MATTERS AND TO RESIST USURPATION BY LAY ARBITRATORS AND GOVERNMENT TRIBUNALS WHICH FAIL TO GUARANTEE THE BASIC RIGHTS OF CITIZENS; (5) TO IMPROVE OR TO SUPPORT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM OR ANY OF ITS COMPONENTS; AND (6) TO ENCOURAGE ETHICAL PRACTICE AND PROFESSIONALISM IN THE ADVERSARY SYSTEM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BARRISTERS FOUNDATION EXISTS TO PROMOTE HARMONY BETWEEN VARIOUS SEGMENTS OF THE TRIAL BAR AND TO SUPPORT TRIAL BY JURY.

  • NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TRIAL ADVOCACY - GRANT FUNDING PROVIDED FOR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE LAWYERS AND LAWYERS EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL NEED TO RECEIVE TRIAL SKILLS TRAINING.

    Expenses $50,000 · Grants $50,000

  • THE CENTER FOR DEATH PENALTY LITIGATION - GRANT FUNDING TO PROVIDE REPRESENTATION TO THOSE ON DEATH ROW AS WELL AS PROVIDING CONSULTING, RESEARCH AND TRAINING SERVICES TO ATTORNEYS.

    Expenses $35,000 · Grants $35,000

  • TO PROMOTE OPEN EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AND THE CONTINUING PRACTICE OF DEMOCRACY.

    Expenses $5,000 · Grants $5,000

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Stephen M Bruckner

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Kelly G Hamer

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Jim M Perdue Jr

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Donald H Kidd

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Leslie Packer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • James J Ormiston

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Karen E Terry

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Brandon Thompson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Collin Cox

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Bernard Amyot

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Mel Orchard

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • T Carey Wicker III

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Robert L Jaskulski

    BOARD MEMBER THROUGH 3/7/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Carin O'Donnell

    BOARD MEMBER THROUGH 3/7/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 0.25 related

  • William R Sieben

    BOARD MEMBER THROUGH 3/7/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • William B Smith

    BOARD MEMBER THROUGH 3/7/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Timothy Tomasik

    BOARD MEMBER THROUGH 3/7/25

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1

  • Donald H Beskind

    EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $90,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $90,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 20 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.

Grants on this return

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
15 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611359349302381

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