Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ.
See separate instructions.| (i) Name of supported organization |
(ii) EIN |
(iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 9 above or IRC section (see instructions)) |
(iv) Is the organization in col. (i) listed in your governing document? |
(v) Did you notify the organization in col. (i) of your support? |
(vi) Is the organization in col. (i) organized in the U.S.? |
(vii) Amount of support? |
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American Bar Association |
360723150 | 501c6 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 0 | |||
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| Calendar year(or fiscal year beginning in) | (a) 2006 | (b) 2007 | (c) 2008 | (d) 2009 | (e) 2010 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") .... | ||||||
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf....... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3.. | ||||||
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f).. | ||||||
| 6 | Public Support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | ||||||
| Calendar year(or fiscal year beginning in) | (a) 2006 | (b) 2007 | (c) 2008 | (d) 2009 | (e) 2010 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | ||||||
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. (Explain in Part IV.) Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets.. | ||||||
| 11 | Total support (Add lines 7 through 10). | ||||||






| Calendar year(or fiscal year beginning in) | (a) 2006 | (b) 2007 | (c) 2008 | (d) 2009 | (e) 2010 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose...... | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513.. | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5. | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons... | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public Support (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
| Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) | (a) 2006 | (b) 2007 | (c) 2008 | (d) 2009 | (e) 2010 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part IV.) | ||||||
| 13 | Total support (Add lines 9, 10c, 11 and 12.). | ||||||




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| Software ID: | 10000149 |
| Software Version: | 2010.2.15 |
Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.| Identifier | Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Form 990 Part III | 4a | continued from Part III, 4a In Asia, ROLI has been focusing on the modernization of courts, including small claims courts that relieve judicial backlogs, trafficking in persons, legal education reform, anti-corruption efforts and legal assistance to victims of gender-based violence. In Europe and Eurasia, ROLIs activities include promoting access to justice through free legal clinics and travelling lawyer programs legal and civic education judicial and legal profession training and reform and womens rights, criminal law and human rights programming that also address trafficking and anti-corruption. In the Middle East, ROLI focuses on judicial and legal profession reform, legal education reform and civic education, promoting womens rights and combating corruption. In Latin America and the Caribbean, ROLI has been focusing on assisting local partners in the transition to a modern criminal justice system, including training judges, attorneys, police, and law students. ROLI has also focused on building a culture of lawfulness and promoting legal education reform. More information about the Rule of Law Initiatives work is available at www.abarol.org |
| Form 990 Part III | 4b | 3 Partnering with Casey Family Programs, the Center used that support for four nationally important projects a A Legal Center for Foster Care and Education that produces information on federal laws increasing educational opportunities for older youth in foster care and checklists to help states implement educational provisions of the new Federal Fostering Connections Act b The Bar-Youth Empowerment Project that examines all dependency laws and court rules to determine whether a child is considered a party, is entitled to notice of proceedings, and has a right to be present during proceedings. It advocates for youth voices to be heard in court. c A Grandfamilies State Law and Policy Resource Center www.grandfamilies.org. The project supports a website with user-friendly state and federal statutory information related to kinship care 4 The Centers Child and Adolescent Health Law Initiative has hosted meetings to better address these issues. It has developed several Practice and Policy issue briefs on such topics as the use of psychotropic medication for children in foster care. 5 The Center continued its Closed Circuit Television and Video Recording Technology Project to aid child victims of crime in describing their victimization with the least degree of trauma. |
| Form 990 Part III | 4b | The Center provides on-site technical assistance and training in the areas of using closed-circuit television and recording technology to help reduce child victim system trauma. 6 The Center also continued work on several other grant-funded projects. These included a working to enhance identification, location and positive involvement of non-custodial fathers in cases where their children are in foster care, including producing materials on engaging non-resident fathers in the court process and b writing materials, and convening local/state task forces, to better inform attorneys and judges on the protection of, and needed services to, LGBTQ youth in foster care. 7 The Center continued to publish its monthly ABA Child Law Practice, a preeminent journal for pediatric law practitioners. This publication is being converted to CLP Online, to make it an even more valuable resource for lawyers, judges, and others involved with childrens cases. The Center also continued as a co-editor of the Childrens Legal Rights Journal in partnership with Loyola Chicago Law Schools Child Law Program. 8 The Center also provided staff support to the ABA Commission on Youth at Risk in its fifth year, and aided in both policy and program discussions and events, including both a policy resolution and an instructional program on the topic of child trafficking. |
| Form 990 Part III | 4c | CLEO also offers programs for secondary school, college and law students. Lawyers and Leaders In Training LLIT is designed to inform low-income and ethnically diverse secondary school students about the many professional opportunities available to members of the legal profession and motivate them to pursue a legal career. This program is conducted in partnership with other national organizations such as the National Association of Women Judges, which coordinates the Color of Justice Program in Anchorage, AK Just the Beginning Foundation, which sponsors law camps around the country for interested students and the Marshall Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project. The LLIT reached over 443 students across the country in 2011. Undergraduate students benefit from the CLEO College Scholars Program which is designed to prepare them to be successful law school applicants. During their freshman year, students in six regions of the country are invited to participate in a one-day seminar designed to inform them about the types of classes and activities that will enhance their law school application. As sophomores, students are introduced to inductive and deductive reasoning and the benefits of enrolling in logic, philosophy, and other classes that challenge them to become more analytical. Juniors are given a three-hour law school admission test LSAT and suggestions for improving their scores. In 2011, the CLEO College Scholars programs reached 526 students in six cities across the country. |
| Form 990 Part III | 4c | College students are also invited to participated in three other more intensive programs Sophomore Summer Institute, a four-week residential program LSAT Drills, an online program to help students increase their understanding of the law school admission test and Achieving Success in the Application Process ASAP, a week-end program to help juniors and seniors be more competitive in the application process. In 2011, 63 students participated in the three Sophomore Summer Institutes co-sponsored by CLEO at the University of North Carolina School of Law Chapel Hill, Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law, and Northern Illinois University College of Law. In addition, 160 students attended the ASAP programs in Atlanta, Georgia and Los Angeles, California, and were able to interact with CLEO students who were recently admitted to law school. |
| Form 990 Part III | 4c | Attitude Is Essential AIE, a weekend program designed to provide incoming first-year law students with a rigorous orientation to the law school process, was held simultaneously with ASAP to provide an opportunity for student-to-students peer counseling. One hundred sixty-two students participated in AIE in 2011. After entering law school, CLEO students benefit from a series of academic and professional development programs, including the Mid-Winter Academic Enhancement and Bar Preparation seminars, Mid-Summer Professional Development, Academic Intervention, and numerous online and smaller networking opportunities. One hundred forty-three first-year law students attended the Mid-Winter Academic Enhancement Seminar, which was held in January 2011 in the Washington, DC area. The seminar is intended to help students, who have experienced one semester of law school better understand and |
| Form 990 Part III | 4d | Program Service Accomplishment 4 FJE conducts several other programs including an accreditation program. The Council and the Accreditation Committee of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar are recognized by the U.S. Department of Education DOE as the national accrediting agency for programs that lead to the first professional degree in law. The law school accreditation process protects clients, the public and the courts by ensuring a sound legal education that prepares law students for admission to the Bar. |
| Form 990 Part VI | 6 | The Fund for Justice and Education FJE is a fund of the American Bar Association. The Board and Officers of the FJE are the Board and Officers of the American Bar Association and its membership is the same as that of the ABA. The ABA House of Delegates elects the Board of Governors, the Officers, and the Chair of the House. The House is designed to be representative of the legal profession in the United States. Members of the Association who register for the annual meeting elect six delegates-at-large. ABA members of each state elect state delegates ABA members who belong to state and qualifying local bar associations also elect delegates, the number being dependent upon the number of ABA members and lawyers in the respective state or local Association. Association members of ABA sections, divisions, and judicial conferences elect section/division delegates. |
| Form 990 Part VI | 6 | Each Section has a minimum of two delegates, with additional delegates depedent on the number of members in each section. The U.S. Virgin Islands Bar Association elects a delegate, and the bar associations of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands share one elected rotating delegate. State, local and territorial bar associations elect delegates according to their own rules. Affiliated legal organizations, a certain percentage of whose membership must be members of the ABA, also elect delegates to the House according to their own rules. Former ABA Presidents and Chairs of the House are lifetime delegates Former ABA Secretaries and Treasurers serve as delegates for three to five years following their term of office. |
| Form 990 Part VI | 6 | The ABA House of Delegates also includes the Attorney General of the United States and the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts or their designees. Current ABA Officers and current members of the Board of Governors also are delegates. Currently, the delegates in the House number 561. For purposes of election of the Board, the House is grouped into eighteen geographical districts. Governors serve staggered three year terms the House elects approximately one-third of the Board, and the President-Elect at each annual meeting. The Board of Governors consists of one member from each of the 18 geographical districts, six section members-at-large, one judicial member-at-large, two young lawyer members-at-large, two women members-at-large, two minority members-at-large, and one non-voting law student member-at-large. |
| Form 990 Part VI | 6 | The President, Chair of the House, President-Elect, Immediate Past President, Secretary and Treasurer of the ABA are ex officio members of the Board of Governors, and every third year the Treasurer-Elect and Secretary-Elect also are included on the Board of Governors. The House elects the Chair of the House for a two-year term in even-numbered years every third year the House elects the Treasurer and Secretary a year in advance for three-year terms. |
| Form 990 Part VI | 11b | Prior to filing the return with the IRS the return is reviewed by the organizations management and the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee includes members of the Board of Governors as well as members of of the ABA who are not members of the Board. The final Form 990 is emailed to all members of the FJE Board prior to filing the return with the IRS, sufficiently in advance of the due date to allow Board members the opportunity to raise questions or concerns, if any. |
| Form 990 Part VI | 12-14 | Given the relationship between the ABA and FJE, the ABAs Conflict of Interest, Whistleblower, and Document Retention policies apply to FJE and FJE employees. |
| Form 990 Part VI | 12c | Each Board member received the Conflict of Interest COI questionnaire this year. All responses were reviewed by the Accounting team at ABA. If a Board member discloses a conflict, the Board member must recuse themselves from any matter involving the disclosed conflict, and the recusal is noted in the minutes. Additionally, staff assigned to the Board of Governors, distribute COI forms to Board members prior to each Board meeting and collect the completed COI forms. If a Board members discloses a conflict, the Board member must recuse themselves from any matter involving the disclosed conflict, and the recusal is noted in the minutes. |
| Form 990 Part VI | 15a | FJE is a fund of the American Bar Association ABA, a related tax-exempt organization. The top management position of the FJE is the Executive Director of the ABA. FJE relies on the Compensation Committee of the ABA Board of Governors to review compensation information of comparable entities and the performance of the top management position and make a recommendation to the full ABA Board of Governors. The ABA Board of Governors must approve the final compensation. This process occurs every year and was last performed in calendar year 2010. |
| Form 990 Part VI | 15b | FJE relies on the Compensation Committee of the ABA Board to review compensation information of comparable entities and performance of other officer and key employees. When other officer and key employee positions become vacant the compensation is reviewed by the Associations Executive Director and Human Resources department based on the recommendation of the Compensation Committee. The ABA Board must approve the final compensation of the Exeuctive Director of the ABA. This process occurs every year and was last performed in calendar year 2010. The Association President and the President-Elect receive 100,000 and 50,000 respectively in compensation for their position. There has been a long-standing practice and written agreement that the compensation for the President and President-Elect is paid directly to their respective law firms. |
| Form 990 Part VI | 19 | The FJE Constitution Bylaws, business conduct standards, and the audited financial statements are available upon request or on the ABA website www.abanet.org |
| Form 990 Part VII | 1A | All interested persons listed on Part VII of the return devote time to the American Bar Association, a related tax-exempt entity. The following interested persons devoted time to the James O. Broadhead Corporation, a related tax-exempt organization Stephen Zack, Wm T Robinson III, Alice E Richmond, Bernice B Donald, Jack Rives, Kathryn Shaw, and Albin Burkman. The following interested persons devoted time to the American Bar Foundation, a related tax-exempt organization Stephen Zack, Linda Klein, Bernice B Donald, Alice E Richmond. |
| Form 990 Part VII | 1A | The individuals reported in Part VII as Key Employees and the Five Highest Compensated employees are all paid by American Bar Association, a related tax-exempt organization. These individuals primarily perform services for FJE so their compensation is treated as though paid by the filing organization. |
| Form 990 Part VII | Though this return is reporting on fiscal year August 31, 2011 activities, the compensation reported in Part VII Column D is based on the Form W-2s filed with the IRS for calendar year 2010. | |
| Form 990 Part XI | 5 | Other Changes in Net Assets or Fund Balances Net Assets Released from Restrictions 2,114,227 Realized Gains on Sale of Investments 178,678 Pension Plan Allocation 1,489,542 Investment Income 513,600 Other Non-Operating Income 1,753 Temporarily Restricted Gifts/Pledges 1,176,035 Temporarily Restricted Investment Loss 407,437 Transfer 1,833,434 Permanently Restricted Gifts/Pledges 100. |
| Form 990 Part III Line 4a continued from Part III, 4a In Asia, ROLI has been focusing on the modernization of courts, including small claims courts that relieve judicial backlogs, trafficking in persons, legal education reform, anti-corruption efforts and legal assistance to victims of gender-based violence. In Europe and Eurasia, ROLIs activities include promoting access to justice through free legal clinics and travelling lawyer programs legal and civic education judicial and legal profession training and reform and womens rights, criminal law and human rights programming that also address trafficking and anti-corruption. In the Middle East, ROLI focuses on judicial and legal profession reform, legal education reform and civic education, promoting womens rights and combating corruption. In Latin America and the Caribbean, ROLI has been focusing on assisting local partners in the transition to a modern criminal justice system, including training judges, attorneys, police, and law students. ROLI has also focused on building a culture of lawfulness and promoting legal education reform. More information about the Rule of Law Initiatives work is available at www.abarol.org Form 990 Part III Line 4b 3 Partnering with Casey Family Programs, the Center used that support for four nationally important projects a A Legal Center for Foster Care and Education that produces information on federal laws increasing educational opportunities for older youth in foster care and checklists to help states implement educational provisions of the new Federal Fostering Connections Act b The Bar-Youth Empowerment Project that examines all dependency laws and court rules to determine whether a child is considered a party, is entitled to notice of proceedings, and has a right to be present during proceedings. It advocates for youth voices to be heard in court. c A Grandfamilies State Law and Policy Resource Center www.grandfamilies.org. The project supports a website with user-friendly state and federal statutory information related to kinship care 4 The Centers Child and Adolescent Health Law Initiative has hosted meetings to better address these issues. It has developed several Practice and Policy issue briefs on such topics as the use of psychotropic medication for children in foster care. 5 The Center continued its Closed Circuit Television and Video Recording Technology Project to aid child victims of crime in describing their victimization with the least degree of trauma. Form 990 Part III Line 4b The Center provides on-site technical assistance and training in the areas of using closed-circuit television and recording technology to help reduce child victim system trauma. 6 The Center also continued work on several other grant-funded projects. These included a working to enhance identification, location and positive involvement of non-custodial fathers in cases where their children are in foster care, including producing materials on engaging non-resident fathers in the court process and b writing materials, and convening local/state task forces, to better inform attorneys and judges on the protection of, and needed services to, LGBTQ youth in foster care. 7 The Center continued to publish its monthly ABA Child Law Practice, a preeminent journal for pediatric law practitioners. This publication is being converted to CLP Online, to make it an even more valuable resource for lawyers, judges, and others involved with childrens cases. The Center also continued as a co-editor of the Childrens Legal Rights Journal in partnership with Loyola Chicago Law Schools Child Law Program. 8 The Center also provided staff support to the ABA Commission on Youth at Risk in its fifth year, and aided in both policy and program discussions and events, including both a policy resolution and an instructional program on the topic of child trafficking. Form 990 Part III Line 4c CLEO also offers programs for secondary school, college and law students. Lawyers and Leaders In Training LLIT is designed to inform low-income and ethnically diverse secondary school students about the many professional opportunities available to members of the legal profession and motivate them to pursue a legal career. This program is conducted in partnership with other national organizations such as the National Association of Women Judges, which coordinates the Color of Justice Program in Anchorage, AK Just the Beginning Foundation, which sponsors law camps around the country for interested students and the Marshall Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project. The LLIT reached over 443 students across the country in 2011. Undergraduate students benefit from the CLEO College Scholars Program which is designed to prepare them to be successful law school applicants. During their freshman year, students in six regions of the country are invited to participate in a one-day seminar designed to inform them about the types of classes and activities that will enhance their law school application. As sophomores, students are introduced to inductive and deductive reasoning and the benefits of enrolling in logic, philosophy, and other classes that challenge them to become more analytical. Juniors are given a three-hour law school admission test LSAT and suggestions for improving their scores. In 2011, the CLEO College Scholars programs reached 526 students in six cities across the country. Form 990 Part III Line 4c College students are also invited to participated in three other more intensive programs Sophomore Summer Institute, a four-week residential program LSAT Drills, an online program to help students increase their understanding of the law school admission test and Achieving Success in the Application Process ASAP, a week-end program to help juniors and seniors be more competitive in the application process. In 2011, 63 students participated in the three Sophomore Summer Institutes co-sponsored by CLEO at the University of North Carolina School of Law Chapel Hill, Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law, and Northern Illinois University College of Law. In addition, 160 students attended the ASAP programs in Atlanta, Georgia and Los Angeles, California, and were able to interact with CLEO students who were recently admitted to law school. Form 990 Part III Line 4c Attitude Is Essential AIE, a weekend program designed to provide incoming first-year law students with a rigorous orientation to the law school process, was held simultaneously with ASAP to provide an opportunity for student-to-students peer counseling. One hundred sixty-two students participated in AIE in 2011. After entering law school, CLEO students benefit from a series of academic and professional development programs, including the Mid-Winter Academic Enhancement and Bar Preparation seminars, Mid-Summer Professional Development, Academic Intervention, and numerous online and smaller networking opportunities. One hundred forty-three first-year law students attended the Mid-Winter Academic Enhancement Seminar, which was held in January 2011 in the Washington, DC area. The seminar is intended to help students, who have experienced one semester of law school better understand and Form 990 Part III Line 4d Program Service Accomplishment 4 FJE conducts several other programs including an accreditation program. The Council and the Accreditation Committee of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar are recognized by the U.S. Department of Education DOE as the national accrediting agency for programs that lead to the first professional degree in law. The law school accreditation process protects clients, the public and the courts by ensuring a sound legal education that prepares law students for admission to the Bar. Form 990 Part VI Section A Line 6 The Fund for Justice and Education FJE is a fund of the American Bar Association. The Board and Officers of the FJE are the Board and Officers of the American Bar Association and its membership is the same as that of the ABA. The ABA House of Delegates elects the Board of Governors, the Officers, and the Chair of the House. The House is designed to be representative of the legal profession in the United States. Members of the Association who register for the annual meeting elect six delegates-at-large. ABA members of each state elect state delegates ABA members who belong to state and qualifying local bar associations also elect delegates, the number being dependent upon the number of ABA members and lawyers in the respective state or local Association. Association members of ABA sections, divisions, and judicial conferences elect section/division delegates. Form 990 Part VI Section A Line 6 Each Section has a minimum of two delegates, with additional delegates depedent on the number of members in each section. The U.S. Virgin Islands Bar Association elects a delegate, and the bar associations of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands share one |
| Software ID: | 10000149 |
| Software Version: | 2010.2.15 |