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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE JAMES WILSON INSTITUTE FOR NATURAL RIGHTS AND THE AMERICAN FO.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,723,317
Total expenses
$592,166
Contributions and grants received
$1,726,732
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,791
Investment income
$6,384
Other revenue
-$11,590
Total assets, end of year
$1,577,779
Total liabilities, end of year
$135,924
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,441,855
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$445,169
Management and general expenses
$101,517
Fundraising expenses
$45,480
Program service expenses (Part III)
$445,169

Program services were 75.2% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $25,602

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,701,130

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $10,866

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PUBLICATIONS

    total $1,791 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,384 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $6,384

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $3,515

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $25,602

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $15,160

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$11,645 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$11,645

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $55 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $55

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $55

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $170,800 · program services $127,075 · management and general $37,895 · fundraising $5,830

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $164,999 · program services $129,458 · management and general $9,833 · fundraising $25,708

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $9,901 · program services $7,768 · management and general $590 · fundraising $1,543

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $16,829 · program services $10,955 · management and general $3,487 · fundraising $2,387

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,516 · program services $0 · management and general $17,516 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $11,756 · program services $11,256 · management and general $500 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $25 · program services $0 · management and general $25 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $18,296 · program services $5,236 · management and general $11,206 · fundraising $1,854

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $57,509 · program services $37,435 · management and general $11,916 · fundraising $8,158

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,843 · program services $4,672 · management and general $1,171 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $118,692 · program services $111,314 · management and general $7,378 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $189,196 · end of year $349,779

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $139,256 · end of year $156,485

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $1,002,750

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $153 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $6,921

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $6,397 · end of year $61,844

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $13,555 · end of year $71,114

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $64,810

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $321,447 · end of year $439,105

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $1,002,750

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE JAMES WILSON INSTITUTES MISSION IS TO RESTORE TO A NEW GENERATION OF LAWYERS, JUDGES, AND CITIZENS THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE AMERICAN FOUNDERS ABOUT THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF OUR LAW AND MORAL GROUNDS OF THEIR OWN RIGHTS.

  • THE JAMES WILSON INSTITUTE HOSTED A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND SPEAKING SYMPOSIUMS IN 2023 FOR AUDIENCES OF LAWYERS, JUDGES, SCHOLARS, AND INTERESTED CITIZENS. THE JAMES WILSON FELLOWSHIP IS ONE OF THE CORE PROGRAMS OF THE INSTITUTE, IN WHICH A GROUP OF LAWYERS IS SELECTED FROM A SELECTIVE APPLICATION PROCESS TO SPEND A WEEK IN WASHINGTON, DC LEARNING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY AND LAW. ANOTHER CORE PROGRAM IS THE JAMES WILSON SENIOR SEMINAR, A SEMI-ANNUAL GATHERING OF JUDGES, SCHOLARS AND LAWYERS WHO WISH TO MAINTAIN A FIRM GRASP ON THE MORAL FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN JURISPRUDENCE. FINALLY, THE INSTITUTE HOSTED 18 OTHER PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ON SUBJECTS CONNECTED TO AMERICAN JURISPRUDENCE AND THE RESTORATION OF A MORE MORALLY COHERENT CIVIC CULTURE.

    Expenses $445,169

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Douglas C Neff

    CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael A Petrino

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael C Maibach

    SECRETARY (NON-VOTING)

    Total calculated
    $58,300
    From this org
    $55,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,300
    Hours/week
    25

  • Hadley Arkes

    TRUSTEE (NON-VOTING)

    Total calculated
    $78,000
    From this org
    $78,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Gerard Bradley

    TRUSTEE (NON-VOTING)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Mary Ellen Bork

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Janice Rogers Brown

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Crofton

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joseph Nesler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
27 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202412839349302006

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