Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by NATIONAL CRIMINAL DEFENSE COLLEGE INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,080,554
- Total expenses
- $948,366
- Contributions and grants received
- $83,297
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $920,437
- Investment income
- $62,873
- Other revenue
- $13,947
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,156,947
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $152,947
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,004,000
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $810,258
- Management and general expenses
- $138,108
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $810,258
Program services were 85.4% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$83,297
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2a · Program service revenue: ALUMNI NETWORK FEE
total $162 · related or exempt $162
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2b · Program service revenue: HOUSING INCOME
total $52,878 · related or exempt $52,878
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2c · Program service revenue: TUITION
total $867,397 · related or exempt $867,397
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3 · Investment income
total $19,412 · excluded $19,412
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $278,755
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $235,294
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $43,461
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $43,461 · excluded $43,461
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$7,608
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$7,573
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $35 · excluded $35
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11a · Other revenue: CREDIT CARD POINTS
total $13,912 · excluded $13,912
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11e · Other revenue, total
$13,912
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $65,000 · program services $52,000 · management and general $13,000
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $139,684 · program services $111,747 · management and general $27,937
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $29,333 · program services $18,668 · management and general $10,665
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $16,986 · program services $13,589 · management and general $3,397
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $403 · management and general $403
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $3,650 · management and general $3,650
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $7,512 · management and general $7,512
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11g · Fees: other
total $20,358 · program services $12,804 · management and general $7,554
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $4,858 · program services $4,858
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13 · Office expenses
total $7,575 · program services $7,575
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $8,060 · program services $3,500 · management and general $4,560
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17 · Travel
total $84,578 · program services $84,578
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $4,216 · management and general $4,216
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
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23 · Insurance
total $38,259 · management and general $38,259
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24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES
total $323,884 · program services $323,884
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24b · Other expenses: PERFORMANCE EXPENSES
total $93,391 · program services $93,391
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24c · Other expenses: HOUSING
total $36,435 · program services $36,435
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24d · Other expenses: PROGRAM MEALS
total $22,862 · program services $22,862
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24e · All other expenses
total $41,322 · program services $24,367 · management and general $16,955
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $211,188 · end of year $209,933
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $47,066 · end of year $191,771
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $7,260 · end of year $6,890
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $731,389 · end of year $748,353
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $10,000 · end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $4,525 · end of year $4,310
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $152,189 · end of year $148,637
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $850,189 · end of year $1,004,000
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Pursuing justice by delivering the highest standard of trial skills training, through a diverse faculty, to criminal defense attorneys across the United States to ensure that people accused of crimes are represented by client-centered, trial-focused, and zealous counsel.Pursuing justice by preparing defense counsel to recognize and confront racism and bias in the criminal legal system.Pursuing justice by inspiring and empowering a diverse community of criminal defense attorneys to transform the criminal legal system to ensure due process of law, effective assistance of counsel, freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures, and equal protection of law for all people.
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January 2025 Forensics Cross-Examination ProgramTaught 56 attorneys how to conduct effective Cross Examination with forensic expertsMarch 2025 Cross- Examination WorkshopTaught 56 Attorneys how to conduct effective Cross- Examination.June 2025 and July 2025 Trial Practice InstituteTaught 254 criminal defense practitioners how to conduct trials from beginning to end.
Expenses $810,258 · Revenue $920,437
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Karen SmolarKAREN SMOLAR
DEAN
- Total calculated
- $57,500
- From this org
- $57,500
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 25
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Natasha Perdew SilasNATASHA PERDEW SILAS
FORMER DEAN
- Total calculated
- $25,000
- From this org
- $25,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 25
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $25,000
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $25,000
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Ryan SwingleRYAN SWINGLE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Byron ConwayBYRON CONWAY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Melody BrannonMELODY BRANNON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Tara AllenTARA ALLEN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
La Mer Kyle-GriffithsLA MER KYLE-GRIFFITHS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Callie SteeleCALLIE STEELE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Juval ScottJUVAL SCOTT
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Andres GuevaraANDRES GUEVARA
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Latoya WilliamsLATOYA WILLIAMS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Norma AguilarNORMA AGUILAR
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Paul RudofPAUL RUDOF
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Deja VishnyDEJA VISHNY
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ron TylerRON TYLER
BOARD CHAIR
- 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. 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
None.
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 27 August 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202632519349301113
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