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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PRO BONO INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,384,113
Total expenses
$2,190,234
Contributions and grants received
$1,757,312
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$382,861
Investment income
$340,088
Other revenue
-$96,148
Total assets, end of year
$7,382,215
Total liabilities, end of year
$870,453
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,511,762
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,811,357
Management and general expenses
$308,535
Fundraising expenses
$70,342
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,811,357

Program services were 82.7% 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

    $1,125,940

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $631,372

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $231,504 · related or exempt $231,504

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE

    total $148,357 · related or exempt $148,357

  • 2c · Program service revenue: CONSULTING

    total $3,000 · related or exempt $3,000

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

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

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $211,335 · excluded $211,335

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,260,550

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

    securities $1,131,797

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $128,753 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $128,753 · excluded $128,753

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $75,810

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

    $1,125,940

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $208,451

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$132,641 · excluded -$132,641

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $36,493 · excluded $36,493

  • 11d · All other revenue

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

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $36,493

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $422,824 · program services $318,655 · management and general $79,803 · fundraising $24,366

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $922,621 · program services $840,701 · management and general $50,875 · fundraising $31,045

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $36,660 · program services $31,652 · management and general $3,426 · fundraising $1,582

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $141,474 · program services $122,022 · management and general $13,393 · fundraising $6,059

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $93,281 · program services $80,999 · management and general $8,268 · fundraising $4,014

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $105,860 · management and general $105,860

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $9,025 · program services $8,398 · management and general $627 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,994 · program services $6,255 · management and general $739

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,829 · program services $2,357 · management and general $190 · fundraising $282

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $69,834 · program services $58,902 · management and general $10,932

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $86,052 · program services $75,789 · management and general $10,263

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,852 · program services $14,548 · management and general $304 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $236,122 · program services $236,122

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,978 · management and general $4,978

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,088 · program services $12,599 · management and general $1,489

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $4,770 · management and general $2,181 · fundraising $2,589

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK & CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $17,970 · program services $2,358 · management and general $15,207 · fundraising $405

  • 24e · All other expenses

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

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $439,115 · end of year $235,445

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $10,000 · end of year $5,000

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $142,701 · end of year $137,749

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

    $223,387

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

    $209,021

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $19,344 · end of year $14,366

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $6,057,422 · end of year $6,826,841

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $242,527 · end of year $162,814

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $52,315 · end of year $65,777

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $995,175 · end of year $669,284

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $203,181 · end of year $135,392

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,167,519 · end of year $6,002,918

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $492,919 · end of year $508,844

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

EXPLORE AND IDENTIFY NEW APPROACHES TO AND RESOURCES FOR THE PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES TO THE POOR, DISADVANTAGED, AND OTHERS UNABLE TO SECURE LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS CRITICAL LEGAL PROBLEMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE PURPOSE OF THE PRO BONO INSTITUTE IS TO EXPLORE AND IDENTIFY NEW APPROACHES TO AND RESOURCES FOR THE PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES TO THE POOR, DISADVANTAGED, AND OTHERS UNABLE TO SECURE LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS CRITICAL LEGAL PROBLEMS.

  • CORPORATE PRO BONO - THE CORPORATE PRO BONO PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF PRO BONO WORK PERFORMED BY IN-HOUSE COUNSEL AND TO ENHANCE THE PRO BONO CULTURE OF IN-HOUSE LEGAL DEPARTMENTS THROUGH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE IN-HOUSE COMMUNITY, TARGETED RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS, ONLINE INFORMATION AND SERVICES, AND OUTREACH AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING. ONE OF CORPORATE PRO BONO'S KEY FEATURES IS ITS WEBSITE, WWW.CPBO.ORG.

    Expenses $723,033 · Revenue $3,000

  • LAW FIRM PRO BONO PROJECT - THE LAW FIRM PROJECT WAS CREATED TO SUPPORT AND EXPAND THE PRO BONO PUBLIC ACTIVITIES OF LARGE LAW FIRMS. FUNDED BY MEMBER LAW FIRMS AND SPONSORS, THE PROJECT ASSISTS LAW FIRMS IN DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE PRO BONO PROGRAMS AND IN INTEGRATING THOSE PROGRAMS INTO THE PRACTICE, PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURE OF THE FIRMS.

    Expenses $644,102 · Revenue $231,504

  • CONFERENCE - THE PRO BONO INSTITUTE ANNUAL CONFERENCE IS THE LEGAL PROFESSION'S PREMIER GLOBAL PRO BONO EVENT AND THE ONLY CONFERENCE SPECIFICALLY TAILORED TO THE INTERESTS, NEEDS, RESOURCES, AND EMERGING AND EVOLVING ISSUES FACED BY LAW FIRMS AND CORPORATE IN-HOUSE LEADERS INVOLVED IN THE DIRECTION, OVERSIGHT, SUPPORT, AND ADMINISTRATION OF THEIR PRO BONO PROGRAMS. THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROVIDES AN IN-DEPTH, TIMELY, AND PRACTICAL ORIENTATION TO LEADING PRACTICES AND EMERGING ISSUES, TRENDS AND INNOVATIONS, CUTTING-EDGE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FAST-CHANGING WORLD OF LAW FIRMS AND CORPORATE IN-HOUSE PRO BONO, AND NEW AND COMPELLING PRO BONO OPPORTUNITIES IN PUBLIC INTEREST LAW.

    Expenses $327,716 · Revenue $148,357

  • PUBLIC INTEREST PROJECT

    Expenses $61,994

  • GLOBAL PRO BONO PROJECT

    Expenses $54,512

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • James W Jones

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David S Williams

    BOARD OF DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gregory B Jordan

    BOARD OF DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James J Sandman

    BOARD OF DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John J Conroy Jr

    BOARD OF DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonathan P Harmon

    BOARD OF DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura Stein

    BOARD OF DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Regina M Pisa

    BOARD OF DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eve Runyon

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $233,601
    From this org
    $210,484
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,117
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,484
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,315
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,802
    Filer's total
    $233,601
  • Kate Rice

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $200,715
    From this org
    $172,485
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,230
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,485
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,175
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,055
    Filer's total
    $200,715
  • Alyssa Saunders

    DIRECTOR, CORPORATE PRO BONO

    Total calculated
    $155,915
    From this org
    $150,346
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,569
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,346
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,510
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,059
    Filer's total
    $155,915
  • Danny Reed

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $172,515
    From this org
    $149,444
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,071
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,444
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,483
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,588
    Filer's total
    $172,515
  • Erik Swenson

    DIRECTOR, LAW FIRM PRO BONO

    Total calculated
    $169,042
    From this org
    $163,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,917
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,125
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,894
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,023
    Filer's total
    $169,042
  • Kim Kerker

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $144,837
    From this org
    $117,871
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,966
    Hours/week
    40

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
  • 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
2023
Filed
15 July 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501969349301325

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