Totals
- Total revenue
- $735,035
- Total expenses
- $785,697
- Contributions and grants received
- $726,115
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $20
- Other revenue
- $8,900
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,169,886
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $70
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,169,816
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $628,557
- Management and general expenses
- $78,570
- Fundraising expenses
- $78,570
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $628,557
Program services were 80.0% 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.
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$726,115
-
3 · Investment income
total $20 · related or exempt $20
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11a · Other revenue: Anniversary Conference
total $8,400 · related or exempt $8,400
-
11b · Other revenue: Honorarium Fees
total $500 · related or exempt $500
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$8,900
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $180,000 · program services $144,000 · management and general $18,000 · fundraising $18,000
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $198,418 · program services $158,734 · management and general $19,842 · fundraising $19,842
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $32,924 · program services $26,339 · management and general $3,293 · fundraising $3,292
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $9,685 · program services $7,748 · management and general $969 · fundraising $968
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $191,686 · program services $153,348 · management and general $19,171 · fundraising $19,167
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $11,964 · program services $9,571 · management and general $1,197 · fundraising $1,196
-
13 · Office expenses
total $0
-
14 · Information technology
total $45,287 · program services $36,230 · management and general $4,529 · fundraising $4,528
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $860 · program services $688 · management and general $86 · fundraising $86
-
17 · Travel
total $37,910 · program services $30,328 · management and general $3,791 · fundraising $3,791
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $46,357 · program services $37,086 · management and general $4,636 · fundraising $4,635
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $794 · program services $635 · management and general $80 · fundraising $79
-
24a · Other expenses: Professional Development
total $12,695 · program services $10,156 · management and general $1,270 · fundraising $1,269
-
24b · Other expenses: Printing and Publications
total $11,551 · program services $9,241 · management and general $1,155 · fundraising $1,155
-
24c · Other expenses: Materials & Supplies
total $3,363 · program services $2,690 · management and general $337 · fundraising $336
-
24d · Other expenses: Postage and Shipping
total $1,078 · program services $862 · management and general $108 · fundraising $108
-
24e · All other expenses
total $1,125 · program services $901 · management and general $106 · fundraising $118
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
-
1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $811,383 · end of year $909,528
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $100,020 · end of year $100,040
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $316,750 · end of year $158,000
-
4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $2,279 · end of year $2,318
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
end of year $0
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $9,954 · end of year $70
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,220,478 · end of year $1,169,816
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Our mission is to foster emerging leaders as they build a more just and representative appellate field.
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In 2024, The Appellate Project (TAP) concluded the fourth year of its flagship Mentorship Program, supporting over a hundred new law students and providing continued resources to our alumni pursuing appellate careers. Through individualized guidance, professional development support, and targeted networking events, TAP students and alumni secured competitive appellate internships, fellowships, and clerkships at leading law firms and across federal and state courts. We also launched our first formal strategic planning process, engaging hundreds of community members including students, alumni, mentors, legal professionals, and funders. Through surveys, interviews, and facilitated sessions, we assessed our first four years of programming and laid the groundwork for future initiatives aimed at long-term sustainability, deeper impact, and expanded access to the appellate field. Throughout 2024, we strengthened partnerships with law firms, bar associations, and judicial institutions. Key collaborations included conversations with judges from federal and state courts; visits to the U.S. Supreme Court, California Supreme Court, D.C. Circuit, and D.C. Solicitor General's Office; and career-development programs featuring leaders in the appellate space, such as our webinar on Pathways to Appellate Public Defense with public defenders from California, Illinois, and New York. TAP also fostered community through alumni gatherings and networking events, and partnered with organizations like Salesforce, the Minnesota State Bar Association, Black Women in Law, the Public Defender Service for D.C., and the National Foundation for Judicial Excellence to expand our reach and impact. Our impact was recognized by the American Bar Association through its Alexander Rising Star Award, honoring our efforts to increase representation in appellate law and expand opportunities for law students. We also celebrated our Four-Year Anniversary with the TAP community and were featured in Washington Lawyer, Law360, and Legal Talk Network's Sidebar podcast. These milestones underscore TAP's continued role as a trusted, nonpartisan force advancing equity, access, and excellence in appellate law.
Expenses $628,557
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
Juvaria Khan
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $180,000
- From this org
- $180,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 65
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $180,000
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $180,000
-
Ian Courts
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Briaunna Buckner Durhal
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
King Adjel-Frimpong
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Afshan Paarlberg
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Paul Watford
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Justin Lam
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Yiyang Wu
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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
- 12 August 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202502249349301430
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