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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by TEXANS FOR LAWSUIT REFORM.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,039,216
Total expenses
$3,495,494
Contributions and grants received
$3,985,469
Grants paid
$180,649
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$53,747
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$8,959,011
Total liabilities, end of year
$75,540
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,883,471
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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,985,469

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $78,471 · excluded $78,471

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $322,945

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

    securities $347,669

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$24,724

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$24,724 · excluded -$24,724

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $180,649

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $833,559

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $745,873

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $12,938

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $72,517

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $98,429

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $27,788

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,225

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $157,289

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $116,671

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $6,936

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $207,828

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $31,592

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $80,575

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $73,893

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $303,547

  • 17 · Travel

    total $102,724

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $230,052

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,812

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $31,617

  • 24a · Other expenses: Dues & subscriptions

    total $74,025

  • 24b · Other expenses: Equipment rental & main

    total $46,589

  • 24c · Other expenses: Printing & publication

    total $25,763

  • 24d · Other expenses: Other expenses

    total $1,603

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $950,918 · end of year $1,057,063

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,642,906 · end of year $5,096,019

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,309,960

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $284,179

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $25,403 · end of year $1,025,781

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,759,441 · end of year $1,776,648

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,500 · end of year $3,500

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $43,528 · end of year $75,540

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $8,338,640 · end of year $8,883,471

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2022

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.

  • Texans for Lawsuit Reform (TLR) engages in broad education of elected officials and the public about the Texas civil justice system including dispute resolution processes and the judiciary, and engages in legislative advocacy to improve the Texas civil justice system and, sometimes, other core governmental issues such as public education, regulations, criminal justice and administrative processes. Since TLR's formation in 1994, TLR has increased public awareness of key issues and advocated for changes in legislation that benefit all citizens. Numerous legal reforms advocated by TLR have been enacted and TLR has engaged in public debate concerning legal issues, having gained recognition as an organization that is a major contributor to public policy discussion, formation and implementation in Texas.

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Richard W Weekley

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30 + 2 related

  • Richard J Trabulsi Jr

    Sr. Chairman

    Total calculated
    $300,000
    From this org
    $267,000
    From related orgs
    $33,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    45 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $267,000 + $33,000 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $267,000 + $33,000 related

  • Fred Heldenfels IV

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Hugh Rice Kelly

    Senior Gen Couns/Dir

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • E Lee Parsley

    General Counsel

    Total calculated
    $329,228
    From this org
    $300,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,228
    Hours/week
    47 + 3 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $300,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,228
    Filer's total
    $329,228

  • Mary Tipps

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $244,831
    From this org
    $203,500
    From related orgs
    $16,500
    Other
    $24,831
    Hours/week
    45 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,500 + $16,500 related
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,831
    Filer's total
    $228,331 + $16,500 related

  • Alan Hassenflu

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Frederick Rowe

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marc Watts

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Weekley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Denis Calabrese

    Chief Strategist

    Total calculated
    $205,194
    From this org
    $157,800
    From related orgs
    $22,000
    Other
    $25,394
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,800 + $22,000 related
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,664
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,730
    Filer's total
    $183,194 + $22,000 related

  • Lucy Nashed

    Communications Director

    Total calculated
    $158,058
    From this org
    $123,120
    From related orgs
    $22,000
    Other
    $12,938
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $115,120 + $22,000 related
    Bonus
    $8,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,753
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,185
    Filer's total
    $136,058 + $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

  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

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

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

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
2022
Filed
10 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323149349305847

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