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Nonprofit · EIN 36-6110299

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION FUND FOR JUSTICE AND EDUCATION

Tax-exempt · CHICAGO, IL 60654

Financials

$124.6M$124.2M2022$117.7M$118.2M2023$102.4M$100.9M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION FUND FOR JUSTICE AND EDUCATION by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
August 31, 2025990$102,362,062$100,893,315$1,468,747$42,375,983$9,837,985$32,537,998
August 31, 2024990$117,698,507$118,229,012-$530,505$51,330,410$15,956,160$35,374,250
August 31, 2023990$124,607,300$124,208,879$398,421$47,427,488$14,014,979$33,412,509
Financial details: 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$93,208,750
of which government grants
$84,564,330
Program service revenue
$2,553,481
Investment income
$6,547,374
Royalties
$52,457
Net gain from sales of assets
$6,515,918
Other revenue
$52,457

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$16,241,827
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$714,489
Other salaries and wages
$41,970,473
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$56,368,017
Professional fundraising fees
$110,157
Legal fees
$262,070
Occupancy
$4,376,304
Travel
$3,688,910
Program services (functional)
$80,467,409
Management and general (functional)
$19,423,906
Fundraising (functional)
$1,002,000

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$51,330,410
Total assets, end of year
$42,375,983
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,837,985
Net assets, end of year
$32,537,998
Publicly traded securities
$21,028,843
Net assets without donor restrictions
$11,285,006
Net assets with donor restrictions
$21,252,992
Gross receipts
$109,268,636
Employees
745
Volunteers
20,000
Year formed
1961
State of legal domicile
IL

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationFrom related orgsOther / benefits
Alpha M BradyExecutive Director
Officer
10$0$774,253$32,917
William K PhelanSr Assoc. Executive Director and CFO
Officer
4$0$385,545$43,646
Scott N CarlsonAssoc Exec Director-Global Programs
Key employee
20$348,125$0$56,783
Annaliese FlemingSr Assoc Exec Dir and General Counsel
Key employee
5$0$338,120$50,804
Amy B EggertSr Assoc Exec Dir and Chief of Staff
Key employee
2$0$362,639$24,817
Daniel D AndresenABA ROLI Chief Operating Officer Global Programs
Key employee
20$234,071$0$75,509
Beverly PendowskiChief Financial Officer
Officer
5$0$202,442$77,310
Meredith A LinskyDirector Chief Counsel
Highest-paid employee
38$224,390$0$54,795
Vladimir GurinDirector Finance DC
Highest-paid employee
50$219,297$0$56,391
Christopher BoederSr Division Dir-Business Strategy-Development CGP
Highest-paid employee
38$231,108$0$27,924
Robert E MorinChief of Party 1
Highest-paid employee
38$243,047$0$15,910
Amy E Horton-NewellDirector-Public Interest Law
Highest-paid employee
8$0$248,850$4,823
William R BayPresident
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$50,000$0
Michelle A BehnkePresident-Elect
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0$0
Jonathan ColeChair, House of Delegates
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0$0
41 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Marvin SC DangSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
Frank H LangrockTreasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
Mary L SmithImmediate Past President
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
Thomas W Lyons IIIBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Thomas C RombachBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Thomas Hoff ProlBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Tracy A GilesBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Thomas C GrellaBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Samuel Lester Tate IIIBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Aurora AustriacoBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Jo Ann EngelhardtBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Sheena R HamiltonBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
James S HillBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
M Joe Crosthwait JrBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Frank X Neuner JrBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Carlos A Rodriguez-VidalBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Ann McMahon RomanskayaBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Vincent Ted ChangBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Cynthia E NanceBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Erik Anthony ChristiansenBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Daniel A SchwartzBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Beverly A CarrollBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Denise R AvantBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Victor M MarquezBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Juan Raudrick ThomasBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Katherine Maureen Larkin-WongBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Eileen SullivanBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Linda Strite MurnaneBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Loandria DahmerBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Pamela C EnslenBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Michael W MutekBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Anita M VentrelliBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Theodore H Davis JrBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Lucian T PeraBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Linda L RandellBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Gregory G BrookerBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Pauline WeaverBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Gail Golman HoltzmanBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Paula C MartucciBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Christopher Steven JennisonBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
Abre' ConnerBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended August 31, 2024: 55 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationFrom related orgsOther / benefits
Jack L RivesExecutive Director Former
Former
1$0$1,000,477$7,184
Alpha M BradyExecutive Director
Officer
8$0$557,881$32,323
William K PhelanSr Assoc. Executive Director and CFO
Officer
5$0$471,307$77,908
Scott N CarlsonAssoc Exec Dir-Global Programs
Key employee
38$343,102$0$51,252
Annaliese FlemingSr Assoc Exec Dir and General Counsel
Key employee
13$0$312,593$56,031
Amy B EggertSr Assoc Exec Dir and Chief of Staff
Key employee
1$0$325,308$24,211
Daniel D AndresenABA ROLI Chief Operating Officer Global Programs
Key employee
30$226,038$0$74,681
Meredith A LinskyDirector Chief Counsel
Highest-paid employee
38$220,715$0$54,001
Vladimir GurinFinance Director DC
Highest-paid employee
60$202,699$0$54,877
Christopher BoederSr Division Director-Business Strategy-Development CGP
Highest-paid employee
38$217,000$0$27,151
Robert E MorinABA ROLI Country Director
Highest-paid employee
38$203,070$0$31,443
Laura Flores BachmanDeputy Director Legal Programs and Operations
Highest-paid employee
38$206,019$0$4,880
Mary L SmithPresident
Trustee or director, Officer
10$0$100,000$0
Deborah Enix-RossImmediate Past President
Trustee or director, Officer
3$0$50,000$0
William R BayPresident-Elect
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0$0
Palmer G Vance IIChair, House of Delegates
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0$0
Marvin SC DangSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0$0
Frank H LangrockTreasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0$0
Thomas W Lyons IIIBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Thomas C RombachBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Thomas G Wilkinson JrBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Tracy A GilesBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Jennifer BusbyBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Samuel Lester Tate IIIBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Aurora Abella-AustriacoBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Jo Ann EngelhardtBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Grant C KilloranBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
James S HillBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
M Joe Crosthwait JrBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Frank X Neuner JrBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Carlos A Rodriguez-VidalBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Elizabeth Kelly MeyersBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Seymour Wesley James JrBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
John Preston BaileyBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Michael OthsBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Daniel A SchwartzBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Beverly A CarrollBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
James E LockemyBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Brian PlautBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Leonard H GilbertBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Richard M LiptonBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Maureen O RourkeBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Pamela C EnslenBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Michael W MutekBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Anita M VentrelliBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Theodore H Davis JrBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Lucian T PeraBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Linda L RandellBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Victor M MarquezBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Denise R AvantBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Amy Lin MeyersonBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Katherine Larkin-WongBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Eileen SullivanBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Jamie DavisBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Christopher Steven JennisonBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
990 for the year ended August 31, 2023: 57 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationFrom related orgsOther / benefits
Jack L RivesExecutive Director and Chief Operating Officer
Officer
1$0$1,374,690$26,353
William K PhelanSr Assoc. Executive Director and CFO
Officer
10$0$441,744$56,960
Alpha M BradyExecutive Director and Chief Operating Officer
Officer
8$0$378,611$18,935
Annaliese FlemingSr Assoc Exec Dir and General Counsel
Key employee
1$0$289,042$48,233
Scott N CarlsonABA ROLI Chief Operating Officer Global Programs
Key employee
40$280,047$0$43,879
Amy B EggertSr Assoc Exec Dir and Chief of Staff
Key employee
1$0$303,074$18,881
Daniel D AndresenABA ROLI Chief Operating Officer Global Programs
Key employee
35$224,877$0$48,477
Alberto MoraAssoc Exec Dir-Global Programs
Key employee
38$229,970$0$30,901
Christopher BoederSr Division Director-Business Strategy-Development CGP
Highest-paid employee
38$201,461$0$26,167
Pedro WindsorAssociate Executive Director-Public Services Group
Highest-paid employee
55$177,386$0$45,959
Vladimir GurinDirector Finance DC
Highest-paid employee
55$174,816$0$40,615
Meredith A LinskyDirector Chief Counsel
Highest-paid employee
38$178,027$0$37,340
Robert E MorinABA ROLI Country Director
Highest-paid employee
38$189,590$0$22,838
Deborah Enix-RossPresident
Trustee or director, Officer
3$0$50,000$0
Mary L SmithPresident-Elect
Trustee or director, Officer
3$0$50,000$0
Reginald M Turner JrImmediate Past President
Trustee or director, Officer
3$0$2,848$0
Palmer G Vance IIChair, House of Delegates
Trustee or director, Officer
3$0$0$0
Pauline A WeaverSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0$0
Kevin L ShepherdTreasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
3$0$0$0
Frank H LangrockTreasurer-Elect
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0$0
Russell F HilliardBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Mary K RyanBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Thomas G Wilkinson JrBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
John C CrudenBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Jennifer BusbyBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Pamila J BrownBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Aurora Abella-AustriacoBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Jo Ann EngelhardtBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Grant C KilloranBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
James S HillBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
M Joe Crosthwait JrBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Linda S ParksBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Carlos A Rodriguez-VidalBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Elizabeth Kelly MeyersBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Seymour Wesley James JrBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
John Preston BaileyBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Michael OthsBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Daniel A SchwartzBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Andrew M SchpakBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
James E LockemyBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Mussab AliBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Koji F FukumuraBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Sheila Slocum HollisBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Pamela C EnslenBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Anita M VentrelliBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Lucian E DervanBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Leonard H GilbertBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Richard M LiptonBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Maureen ORourkeBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Michael W MutekBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Shayda LeBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Jamie DavisBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Denise R AvantBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Marvin S C DangBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Amy Lin MeyersonBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Vickie GlissonBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
Katherine Maureen Larkin-WongBoard of Governors
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
321 N CLARK STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60654-4714
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
Alpha M Brady, 321 N Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60654
Signed the 990
Alpha M Brady, Executive Director
Phone
(312) 988-5000

Mission

The Fund for Justice Education FJE was created to support the American Bar Associations ABA law-related and public services education programs.

990 for the year ended August 31, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • Now entering its fourth decade of operations, ABA ROLI implements legal technical assistance programs in roughly 50 countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East and North Africa, as well as non-region specific Global Programs. Over the course of a given year, ABA ROLI typically implements over 100 distinct programs, often more than one in a given country, most of which are concentrated in one or more of nine subject matter areas 1 Access to Justice 2 Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity 3 Criminal Justice and Transnational Organized Crime 4 Judicial System Strengthening 5 Legal Education 6 Legal Profession Development 7 Gender and Social Inclusion 8 Commercial Law and 9 Human Rights. As a matter of best practice, the mixture of subject matter areas involved in a particular country Continued on Schedule O
    Expenses $32,108,134 · grants $5,108,877 · revenue $11,243
  • Since 1983, the ABA has prioritized immigration law and policy as one of its core public service efforts. The ABA Commission on Immigration COI directs the Associations efforts to ensure fair treatment and full due process rights for immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers within the United States. The Commission manages six core operational activities 1 Commission and Advisory Committee member activities, 2 Detention Information Hotline, 3 direct legal services through the South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project ProBAR in Harlingen, Texas, and Houston, Texas, 4 direct legal services through the Immigration Justice Project IJP in San Diego, California, 5 training and technical legal assistance through the Childrens Immigration Law Academy CILA in Houston, Texas and, 6 the Commissions national policy, advocacy, training, and pro bono work. Continued on Schedule O
    Expenses $28,452,981 · grants $447,697
  • The ABA Center on Children and the Laws mission is to promote access to justice for children and families. Our staff of 21 legal and core professionals work on grant-funded projects across the country that are unified by two complementary goals, to improve legal representation and to improve the legal systems that impact children and families lives. We achieve our mission and goals through a three-tiered approach. First, the Center works in individual communities across the country where it partners with local stakeholders-including courts, child welfare agencies, lawyers, tribes, schools, and legislators-to build the capacity of legal practices and systems that serve children well and to help change those that do not. Continued on Schedule O
    Expenses $5,917,377 · grants $1,864,806 · revenue $82,286

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in August, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025August 31, 2026January 15, 2027Not due yet
2024August 31, 2025January 15, 2026990 on file
2023August 31, 2024January 15, 2025990 on file

IRS record

EIN
36-6110299
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Supporting organization (509(a)(3))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Supporting organization of unknown type
Exempt since
1963
Accounting year ends
August
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$42,375,983
Income (IRS master file)
$109,268,636

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990August 2025$102,362,062$100,893,315$42,375,983XML
990August 2024$117,698,507$118,229,012$51,330,410IRS
990August 2023$124,607,300$124,208,879$47,427,488XML
990August 2022$103,281,938$101,751,410$49,347,833IRS
990August 2021–––IRS
990August 2020–––IRS
990August 2019–––IRS
990August 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 36-6110299).

Questions about AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION FUND FOR JUSTICE AND EDUCATION

What is the EIN of AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION FUND FOR JUSTICE AND EDUCATION?
The employer identification number (EIN) of AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION FUND FOR JUSTICE AND EDUCATION is 36-6110299.
Is AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION FUND FOR JUSTICE AND EDUCATION tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1963.
Are donations to AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION FUND FOR JUSTICE AND EDUCATION tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Supporting organization of unknown type).
Which annual return does AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION FUND FOR JUSTICE AND EDUCATION file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION FUND FOR JUSTICE AND EDUCATION due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending August 31, 2026) is due January 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION FUND FOR JUSTICE AND EDUCATION last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended August 2025.
Who is the principal officer of AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION FUND FOR JUSTICE AND EDUCATION?
The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 names Alpha M Brady.
Who are the officers and directors of AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION FUND FOR JUSTICE AND EDUCATION?
The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 lists 56 people; 6 received compensation from the organization.
How much revenue does AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION FUND FOR JUSTICE AND EDUCATION have?
On its 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $102,362,062, expenses of $100,893,315 and total assets of $42,375,983 at year end.

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