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THE NITA FOUNDATION

EIN 30-0212513 LOUISVILLE, CO

Revenue 2025
$975,694
Expenses 2025
$750,545

Program services were 98.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
I11
Classification
1000
Street
357 MCCASLIN BLVD STE 200

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

7 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 200). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE NITA FOUNDATION, A QUALIFIED CHARITY, IS DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF AND TO CARRY OUT THE CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR TRIAL ADVOCACY CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O(NITA) WHICH IS ALSO A QUALIFIED CHARITY. IN THE FURTHERANCE OF ITS MISSION, THE NITA FOUNDATION SHALL PROMOTE AND SUPPORT ACTIVITIES AIMED AT IMPROVING AND ASSISTING THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN THE COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES THROUGH EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF LAWYERS, PROFESSORS OF LAW, AND LAW STUDENTS. IN PARTICULAR, THE NITA FOUNDATION HELPS FURTHER THE MISSION OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR TRIAL ADVOCACY (NITA) THROUGH THE FOUNDATION'S SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AND SUPPORT OF PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CARRY OUT THE CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR TRIAL ADVOCACY.

  • PROGRAM SERVICES:THE NITA FOUNDATION SUPPORTS A VARIETY OF PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAMS THAT ARE OFFERED FREE OR FOR A REDUCED FEE TO LAWYERS WORKING IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS; CHILD ADVOCACY, DEATH PENALTY DEFENSE, TRIBAL ADVOCACY, LEGAL SERVICES, AND INTERNATIONAL RULE OF LAW. THE FOUNDATION PROVIDED A NUMBER OF SCHOLARHIPS FOR TUITION ASSISTANCE TO ATTORNEYS WORKING IN THE AREA OF CHILD ADVOCACY AS WELL AS TO THOSE ATTORNEYS WORKING IN DEVELOPING NATIONS TO ADVANCE THE RULE OF LAW. IN ADDITION, BOOKS ARE DONATED TO NEED-BASED LAWYERS AND ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $483,003 · Grants $483,003

  • SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM: THE NITA FOUNDATION PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS TO DEFRAY THE COST OF TUITION ASSOCIATED WITH ATTENDING A NITA PROGRAM. THE FOUNDATION PROVIDED TUITION ASSISTANCE TO ATTORNEYS WHO COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD TO ATTEND A NITA PROGRAM THROUGH SIGNIFICANTLY DISCOUNTED TUITION RATES; MISSION AND NEED-BASED SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR MOST PUBLIC PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $253,375 · Grants $253,375

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

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Michael Ginsberg

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $8,250
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $8,250
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • Linwood C Wright Jr

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Hon Ann C Williams

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Jo Barr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $8,750
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $8,750
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hon Mark Drummond

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $50,394
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $50,394
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hon Lee Edmon

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Zelda B Harris

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $3,325
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $3,325
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Edwin John U

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Angela Vigil

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Wendy McCormack

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $298,853
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $254,194
    Other
    $44,659
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $234,046 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $20,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $148 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,638 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $30,021 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $298,853 related

  • Cassie Fahrney

    ASSOCIATE ED, FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $208,955
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $181,567
    Other
    $27,388
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $167,919 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $13,500 related
    Other
    $0 + $148 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $9,724 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $17,664 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $208,955 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. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $975,694
    Expenses
    $750,545
    Contributions
    $949,373
    Grants paid
    $736,378
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,045,614
    Expenses
    $534,932
    Contributions
    $1,032,706
    Grants paid
    $502,462
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,611,835
    Expenses
    $407,601
    Contributions
    $1,310,783
    Grants paid
    $349,102

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,700,491
    Expenses
    $271,262
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,478,835

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $319,314
    Expenses
    $329,800
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,505,023

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $292,676
    Expenses
    $354,771
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,479,220

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $395,675
    Expenses
    $336,017
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,816,463

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $414,199
    Expenses
    $297,101
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,396,560

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $301,963
    Expenses
    $219,169
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,588,251

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $400,273
    Expenses
    $270,163
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,388,868

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $254,447
    Expenses
    $202,066
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,526,367

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $238,257
    Expenses
    $278,448
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,513,017

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $301,816
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,178,783

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2025 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility SOUNK.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.