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AMERICAN BAR ENDOWMENT

EIN 36-2384321 CHICAGO, IL

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Revenue 2024
$30,399,177
Expenses 2024
$14,258,354

Program services were 78.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
I800
Classification
1000
Street
321 N CLARK STREET

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

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

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 · 2024

Mission

TO MAKE DISTRIBUTIONS TO 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING, IN PACT, TO ADVANCE LEGAL STUDY AND RESEARCH AND TO PROMOTE THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AND UNIFORMITY OF JUDICIAL DECISION THROUGHOUT THE U.S.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O FOR COMPLETE STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.THE ORGANIZATION IS ORGANIZED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL, LITERARY, RELIGIOUS, AND SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES INCLUDING, FOR SUCH PURPOSES, THE MAKING OF DISTRIBUTIONS TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT QUALIFY AS EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. WITHIN THE FOREGOING, THE CORPORATION'S PURPOSES IN PART ARE TO ADVANCE LEGAL STUDY AND RESEARCH AND TO PROMOTE THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AND UNIFORMITY OF JUDICIAL DECISION THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.

  • TO FURTHER ITS MISSION, THE ORGANIZATION MAKES GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT GRANTS TO 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALSO PUBLIC CHARITIES DESCRIBED IN EITHER 509(A)(1) OR 509(A)(2) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AND THAT GENERALLY SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEGAL STUDY AND RESEARCH OR PROMOTION OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUDICIAL DECISIONS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.

    Expenses $9,574,164 · Grants $9,417,795

  • TO RAISE FUNDS IN SUPPORT OF ITS MISSION, THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES GROUP INSURANCE PROGRAMS PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF WHICH PARTICIPANTS MAY AGREE TO ALLOW THE ORGANIZATION TO RETAIN THE DIVIDENDS, AFTER EXPENSES, TO USE FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

    Expenses $1,622,488

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Hon Lora J Livingston

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Howard H Vogel

    PRESIDENT UNTIL 8/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hilarie Bass

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin L Shepherd

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tommy D Preston Jr

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle A Behnke

    DIRECTOR UNTIL 8/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert M Carlson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deborah Enix-Ross

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michelle M Gallardo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tracy A Giles

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Roberta B Liebenberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Randall D Noel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patricia Lee Refo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Betty B Torres

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonathan Cole

    EX OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Frank H Langrock

    EX OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dana Hill

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $301,469
    From this org
    $263,139
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,330
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $262,891
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $248
    Deferred
    $4,642
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,688
    Filer's total
    $301,469

  • Daniel Wolterink

    DATA PROCESSING MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $114,766
    From this org
    $109,466
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,300
    Hours/week
    37.5

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $30,399,177
    Expenses
    $14,258,354
    Contributions
    $10,874,567
    Grants paid
    $9,417,795
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $16,632,847
    Expenses
    $12,381,629
    Contributions
    $8,904,419
    Grants paid
    $8,065,750
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $24,271,588
    Expenses
    $11,495,333
    Contributions
    $8,528,933
    Grants paid
    $7,710,731

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,335,082
    Expenses
    $12,412,427
    Assets (EOY)
    $178,419,268

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,205,058
    Expenses
    $10,933,181
    Assets (EOY)
    $194,396,463

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $14,075,146
    Expenses
    $11,603,095
    Assets (EOY)
    $158,330,258

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,954,428
    Expenses
    $11,285,594
    Assets (EOY)
    $157,016,269

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,131,062
    Expenses
    $11,325,069
    Assets (EOY)
    $152,599,343

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

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

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 as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • AMERICAN LAWYERS INSURANCE PLANS INC

    C · INSURANCE · IL · 100% owned · share of income $8,296 · share of assets $447,938 · controlled entity

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 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.