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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by IOWA CIVIL JUSTICE FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$157,676
Total expenses
$93,570
Contributions and grants received
$135,159
Grants paid
$2,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$5,100
Other revenue
$17,417
Total assets, end of year
$1,534,537
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,534,537
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$62,000
Management and general expenses
$31,570
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$62,000

Program services were 66.3% 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

    $135,159

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,100 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $5,100

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $24,305

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $16,407

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $7,898 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $7,898

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $10,520

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $1,001

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $9,519 · excluded $9,519

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $2,000 · program services $2,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,500 · program services $0 · management and general $1,500 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $6,759 · program services $0 · management and general $6,759 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES

    total $80,000 · program services $60,000 · management and general $20,000 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $3,311 · program services $0 · management and general $3,311 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $56,287 · end of year $48,139

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $65,700 · end of year $72,113

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,210,884 · end of year $1,414,285

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $1,332,871 · end of year $1,534,537

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES THAT INFORM AND EDUCATE ABOUT AMERICAS JUSTICE SYSTEM

  • THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES FUNDING FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES TO ENHANCE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM; TRAIN TRIAL LAWYERS THROUGH CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION; AND PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND FINANCIAL WELLBEING OF IOWA FAMILIES.

    Expenses $60,000

  • THE BYARD AND MARCIA BRALEY SCHOLARSHIP FUND PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO INJURED WORKERS, OR FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE INJURED WORKERS, WHO HAVE BEEN SET BACK BY A WORKPLACE INJURY AND ARE IN PURSUIT OF FURTHER EDUCATION.

    Expenses $2,000

  • THE SAFE CYCLING PROJECT (IN COLLABORATION WITH THE IOWA BICYCLE COALITION) WAS LAUNCHED IN 2010, WITH THE INTENTION OF OUTFITTING CHILDREN WITH BICYCLE HELMETS TO HELP PREVENT OR REDUCE INJURIES AND SAVE LIVES.

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Thomas Wertz

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Janece Valentine

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tim Semelroth

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Bair

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Saffin Parrish-Sams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jamie Cook

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Anthony Bribriesco

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jenna Cruise

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rob Conklin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Brooke Timmer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Madison Fiedler-Carlson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Danny Cornell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Andrew Mertens

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $122,488
    From this org
    $101,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,588
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations 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
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503219349310450

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