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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF TRIAL LAWYERS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,639,571
Total expenses
$449,533
Contributions and grants received
$1,006,880
Grants paid
$295,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$632,691
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$10,306,374
Total liabilities, end of year
$19
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$10,306,355
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$295,000
Management and general expenses
$132,535
Fundraising expenses
$21,998
Program service expenses (Part III)
$295,000

Program services were 65.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,006,880

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $205,582 · excluded $205,582

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $7,275,651

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

    securities $6,848,542

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $427,109

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $427,109 · excluded $427,109

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $270,000 · program services $270,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $25,000 · program services $25,000

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $34,950 · management and general $31,157 · fundraising $3,793

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,700 · management and general $10,700

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $70,829 · management and general $70,829

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $17,400 · fundraising $17,400

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,760 · management and general $8,411 · fundraising $349

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,204 · management and general $3,748 · fundraising $456

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,910 · management and general $3,910

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,780 · management and general $3,780

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $166,009 · end of year $112,010

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $20,000 · end of year $82,800

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $7,949,343 · end of year $9,780,902

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $151,355 · end of year $310,462

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $28,600 · end of year $20,200

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $19

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,315,307 · end of year $10,306,355

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE FOUNDATION IS TO ENGAGE IN CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE LAW AND LEGAL EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES AND THROUGHOUT THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL COMMUNITY. IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS MISSION, THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND INITIATIVES FOCUSED ON:1. CULTIVATING THE RULE OF LAW AND THE SCIENCE OF JURISPRUDENCE2. PROMOTING REFORMS TO IMPROVE THE ADMINISTRATION AND QUALITY OF JUSTICE3. ELEVATING STANDARDS OF INTEGRITY, HONOR, AND PROFESSIONALISM WITHIN THE LEGAL PROFESSION4. PROMOTING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES PERFORMED BY LEGAL PROFESSIONALS IN PROTECTING AND PRESERVING LEGAL RIGHTS

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE REFORM IN LAW, FACILIATATE THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AND CULTIVATE THE SCIENCE OF JURISPRUDENCE.

  • PROMOTION OF PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION'S ROLE IN PROTECTING RIGHTS:THE FOUNDATION FUNDS INITIATIVES THROUGH GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT HIGHLIGHT THE LEGAL PROFESSION'S ESSENTIAL ROLE IN PROTECTING CIVIL LIBERTIES. THIS INCLUDES SUPPORT FOR ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS VECINA THAT PROVIDE PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS, AS WELL AS OTHER PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY INITIATIVES. BY EXPANDING ACCESS TO LEGAL RESOURCES AND REPRESENTATION, THESE PROGRAMS HELP ENSURE THAT VULNERABLE POPULATIONS RECEIVE PROTECTIONS GUARANTEED UNDER THE RULE OF LAW.

    Expenses $160,000 · Grants $160,000

  • PROMOTION OF REFORMS TO IMPROVE THE ADMINISTRATION AND QUALITY OF JUSTICE:THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THIS PROGRAM THROUGH GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROMOTE FAIR, EFFECTIVE, AND INDEPENDENT JUSTICE SYSTEMS. GRANT SUPPORT INCLUDES PROGRAMS FUNDED THROUGH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE NITA FOUNDATION, WHICH PROVIDE JUDICIAL AND TRIAL ADVOCACY EDUCATION FOCUSED ON ETHICAL DECISIONMAKING, PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE, AND THE EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. THE FOUNDATION ALSO SUPPORTS INITIATIVES ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC REFORM, INCLUDING EFFORTS FOCUSED ON WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS AND THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY, TO PROMOTE FAIRNESS AND PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.

    Expenses $80,000 · Grants $80,000

  • CULTIVATION OF THE RULE OF LAW AND THE SCIENCE OF JURISPRUDENCE:THE FOUNDATION FUNDS INITIATIVES THROUGH GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT STRENGTHEN LEGAL INSTITUTIONS AND ENHANCE TRIAL ADVOCACY WORLDWIDE. THIS INCLUDES JUDICIAL TRAINING PROGRAMS IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS UGANDA, WHERE JUDGES AND LAWYERS RECEIVE EDUCATION ON CASE MANAGEMENT, CIVIL PROCEDURE, AND ADVOCACY TECHNIQUES. THE FOUNDATION ALSO SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL LEGAL EXCHANGES, INCLUDING THE IRELAND PROGRAM, WHICH FOSTERS COLLABORATION BETWEEN U.S. AND IRISH TRIAL LAWYERS TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES IN COMMON LAW JURISDICTIONS.

    Expenses $55,000 · Grants $55,000

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Roman Silberfeld

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • A Clifford Edwards

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Jane Michaels

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Joseph Matthews

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Roy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 10 related

  • James Rogers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Bostwick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathleen Flynn Peterson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jan Little

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • William Whitehurst Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Janel Kuebker

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 35 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.

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
2025
Filed
13 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611349349304641

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