NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR TRIAL ADVOCACY

Tax status: 501(c)(3) public charity, recognized by the IRS in 1973.

EIN: 23-7302195.

FY2024 Form 990: $8,726,436 total revenue, $8,980,025 total expenses, $4,413,203 total assets.

How Helpfund reads this organization

Public Activity — Solid

Published Content & Communications — Moderate Website content was successfully cataloged (mission, programs, links). We did not find a report linked from this organization's home page. We have not looked at the rest of the site, so this is not scored either way. No news or blog section was linked from the homepage. We only read the homepage, so this is not a finding about what they publish. No published posts in the last year.

Operating History & Continuity — Strong Granted tax-exempt status in 1973 — 53 years of operating history. Unbroken filing record across 3 years.

Web & Social Presence — Limited Website is reachable. No official social accounts found on this organization's website. No own posts in the last 30 days. No platform activity in the last year.

Regulatory & Legal Compliance — Strong Most recent 990 covers tax year 2024 — current. Latest filing includes the full functional-expense breakdown. Reports a written conflict-of-interest policy. Reports a whistleblower policy. Reports a document-retention policy. Uses an independent process to set executive compensation. 90% of voting board members are independent. Listed in IRS Publication 78 as an organization eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

Programs & Events — Strong 3 program service lines described on the latest 990. Program descriptions are substantive. Described programs account for 71% of reported expenses.

5 of 5 signals measured.

Sentiment — not yet scored

Independent Funder & Peer Validation — Strongly positive Received grants from 3 independent grantmakers, each recorded in that funder's own IRS filing rather than reported by this organization. 3 grantmakers funded it in the most recent filing years on record.

Media, Press & Legal, Social Chatter & Reach, Public Reviews & Community Voice: We have not collected this yet. That is a gap in our coverage, not a finding about this organization.

Third-Party Ratings & Watchdogs: The data exists but we are not licensed to publish it. This is a limit on us, not a finding about this organization.

1 of 5 signals measured.

Impact — not yet scored

Cost-Effectiveness, Impact Scale & Growth: We can measure this and choose not to publish it.

Outcome Measurability & Disclosure: We searched for this and found nothing to report.

Third-Party Impact Validation, Constituent-Verified Results: We have not collected this yet. That is a gap in our coverage, not a finding about this organization.

0 of 5 signals measured.

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Programs

PUBLIC/PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAMS - AS SET FORTH BY THE MISSION STATEMENT, NITA IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING ALL LAWYERS ACCESS TO THE HIGHEST QUALITY LEGAL SKILLS TRAINING. TRAINING FOCUSES ON THE LEARNING-BY-DOING METHODOLOGY, PIONEERED BY NITA. FUNDS AND RESOURCES ARE DEVOTED TO PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE SKILLS OF ATTORNEYS WHO REPRESENT UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. PUBLIC SERVICE PRO

CUSTOMIZED PROGRAMS - NITA'S CUSTOMIZED PROGRAMS PROVIDE A FIRM OR ORGANIZATION WITH A LEVEL OF FLEXIBILITY AND CUSTOMIZATION NOT AVAILABLE IN OTHER NITA OFFERINGS. THE LEARNING-BY-DOING METHODOLOGY STILL HOLDS TRUE BUT THE NITA EXPERT FACULTY HAS A CHANCE TO WORK WITH FIRM PARTNERS OR EACH ORGANIZATION'S MANAGEMENT TO ENSURE THE PROGRAM'S CURRICULUM IS CUSTOMIZED TO MEET EACH ORGANIZATION'S UNIQU

PUBLICATIONS - AUTHORED BY SOME OF THE BEST MINDS IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION, NITA'S WIDE VARIETY OF PUBLICATIONS FURTHER THE MISSION OF PROVIDING THE BEST LEGAL TRAINING AVAILABLE. REFERENCE BOOKS, TEXTS, CASE FILES, A/V AND OTHER ELECTRONIC MATERIALS MAKE NITA THE PREMIER PUBLISHER OF LEGAL RESOURCES AT LAW SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES AND LAW FIRMS. ANY NET REVENUE OVER EXPENSES GENERATED THROUGH PUBLICATIO

Leadership

WENDY MCCORMACK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · JENN SCHNEIDER, ASSOCIATE ED, OPERATIONS · CASSIE FAHRNEY, ASSOCIATE ED, FINANCE · AMY SHAPIRO, DIRECTOR OF SALES/MARKETING · RHANI CHOI, EDUCATION DIRECTOR · CHARLES RUSSELL, ASST. DIRECTOR OF SALES/MARKETING · MICHELLE ROGNESS, CLIENT SERVICES DIRECTOR · JASON AUGUSTINE, CLIENT RELATIONS MANAGER

Reported on the organization's IRS Form 990, Part VII.

Funding received

Received grants from 3 independent grantmakers, totalling $1,441,879, each recorded in that funder's own IRS filing rather than reported by this organization.

THE NITA FOUNDATION (2024)

INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF TRIAL LAWYERS (2024)

KANSAS BAR FOUNDATION (2024)

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Source: IRS Form 990 filings and other public records, republished by Helpfund. Placement is never sold.