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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by AMERICAN ACADEMY OF APPELLATE LAWYERS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$419,051
Total expenses
$436,505
Contributions and grants received
$605
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$418,034
Investment income
$412
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$511,078
Total liabilities, end of year
$162,452
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$348,626
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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $605

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEETINGS

    total $250,624 · related or exempt $250,624

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $167,410 · related or exempt $167,410

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $412 · excluded $412

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $154,298

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,196

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $18,085

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $21,532

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,481

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $194,260

  • 24a · Other expenses: STRATEGIC PLANNING

    total $14,510

  • 24b · Other expenses: ATTRITION

    total $4,662

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRIZES

    total $4,481

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $483,901 · end of year $411,016

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $270 · end of year $10,398

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $30,206 · end of year $13,700

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $75,964

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $717 · end of year $1,732

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $147,580 · end of year $160,720

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $335,217 · end of year $317,578

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $30,863 · end of year $31,048

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF APPELLATE LAWYERS (AAAL) HAS COMMITTED ITSELF TO ADVANCING THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AND PROMOTING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONALISM AND ADVOCACY IN APPELLATE COURTS.

  • THE SPRING MEETING AND THE FALL MEETING WERE BOTH HELD IN PERSON FOR 2022.

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Daniel Polsenberg

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Warren Harris

    PRESIDENT - ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gregory Dyekman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Deanne Maynard

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kevin Dubose

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robert Stumpf

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Edward Guedes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amy Levin Weill

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joel Bertocchi

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Fleming

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wallace Jefferson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • S'Neta Benefield

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

The filer's explanations (Part III)

990 PAGE 8 LINE 5
S'NETA BENEFIELD IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR AAAL AND RECEIVES COMPENSATION FROM MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS PLUS, AN UNRELATED MANAGEMENT COMPANY PAID BY THE ORGANIZATION.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
28 February 2023
IRS schema version
2022v4.1
Source object
202300609349300405

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