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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SCHOOL OF LAW FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,002,617
Total expenses
$1,806,547
Contributions and grants received
$715,307
Grants paid
$1,395,708
Program service revenue
$1,121
Investment income
$361,127
Other revenue
-$74,938
Total assets, end of year
$11,574,597
Total liabilities, end of year
$366,363
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,208,234
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,679,770
Management and general expenses
$117,180
Fundraising expenses
$9,597
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,679,770

Program services were 93.0% 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

    $86,730

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $628,577

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Other Revenue

    total $1,121 · related or exempt $1,121

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $361,127 · excluded $361,127

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $15,660

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

    $86,730

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $90,598

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$74,938 · excluded -$74,938

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,395,708 · program services $1,395,708

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,459 · management and general $13,459

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $97,661 · management and general $97,661

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $20,217 · program services $19,106 · fundraising $1,111

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,829 · program services $11,829

  • 17 · Travel

    total $19,291 · program services $19,291

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $139,523 · program services $138,736 · management and general $787

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,532 · management and general $4,532

  • 24a · Other expenses: Consultants

    total $6,200 · program services $1,200 · fundraising $5,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: Contributions

    total $14,888 · program services $14,888

  • 24c · Other expenses: Clinic Exp

    total $5,684 · program services $5,684

  • 24d · Other expenses: Bank & Brokerage

    total $4,227 · management and general $741 · fundraising $3,486

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $73,328 · program services $73,328

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $277,581 · end of year $199,770

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $64,564 · end of year $63,972

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,532 · end of year $4,698

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $11,842,734 · end of year $11,306,157

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $874,255 · end of year $366,363

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $693,752 · end of year $689,703

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,621,404 · end of year $10,518,531

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

The Foundation provides financial support to the students,faculty and programs of the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law (Formerly DC School of Law) in order to promote excellence in public legal education in the District of Columbia.

  • SCHOLARSHIPS: During academic year 2022-23, the Foundation provided $469,907 to fund scholarships for 88 UDC Law students, including $73,952 for commercial bar course scholarships. Scholarships were awarded by UDC Law in varied amounts based on academic merit, personal accomplishments, and financial need. Scholarships benefit students by easing the financial burden of law school, allowing them to devote more time to their studies and, by reducing educational debt, increasing their future employment options. Scholarships benefit UDC Law by helping it to recruit and retain talented and public interest-oriented students. In turn, in addition to graduating effective and ethical future attorneys, UDC Laws emphasis on recruiting and enrolling students who belong to groups underrepresented at the bar benefits the legal profession by increasing its diversity.

    Expenses $469,907 · Grants $469,907

  • SUMMER FELLOWSHIPS: In 2023, the Foundation provided $397,500 to fund fellowships for 53 UDC Law students participating in the Schools Summer Public Interest Fellowship Program. Fellows spend the summer semester in a not-for-profit public interest, governmental or judicial office, performing law-related work under the supervision of an attorney. In essays, students reflect on their experiences as a means of fostering their professional development. Through their summer placements, students build substantive expertise and commitment, make valuable professional contacts, and provide legal services to individuals, organizations and communities who otherwise could not afford a lawyer.

    Expenses $397,500 · Grants $397,500

  • BAR STUDY GRANTS: During fiscal year 2023, the Foundation provided $262,000 to fund bar study grants for 30 graduating UDC Law students participating in a structured bar study program. The bar study grant program serves to ease financial stressors and employment-related time commitments during the critical study period prior to the bar exam, combined with ongoing access to the academic guidance and structure necessary to maintain a successful study regimen.

    Expenses $262,000 · Grants $262,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Johnine Barnes

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Claude Bailey

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Suzanne Rauh Davis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Leslie Thornton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Inez Smith Reid

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Abid Qureshi

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Daniel Solomon

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Jon Bouker

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • William Robinson

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Shelly Broderick

    Development Officer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Robert P Newman

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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
2022
Filed
13 March 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202420739349301452

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