Minnesota · Nonprofit
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF TRIAL LAWYERS
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF TRIAL LAWYERS (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being THE KRIST FOUNDATION ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $694k
What International Academy of Trial Lawyers does
Mission
The International Academy of Trial Lawyers exists to protect and promote the rule of law. Through its fellowship of distinguished trial lawyers from around the world, the academy advances legal excellence, judicial independence, and the pursuit of equal justice for all. Its mission is carried out through educational programs (meetings), international collaborations, and partnerships that strengthen legal systems and defend human rights worldwide.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Annual, mid-year, and international meetings: the academy's three primary meetings serve as vital forums for professional development, legal education, and fellowship among the world's top trial lawyers. These gatherings feature expert-led discussions and panels on emerging legal challenges, ethics, trial advocacy, and global reforms. By convening fellows in dynamic locations, the meetings foster mentorship, collaboration, and the exchange of best practices, strengthening the legal profession and advancing the rule of law worldwide.
International collaboratives: the academy actively partners with legal communities worldwide to promote the rule of law, strengthen legal systems, and support human rights. Fellows engage with international bar associations, judicial organizations, and legal practitioners to drive positive change. Notably, the ireland program brings irish barristers to the u.s. Annually to gain firsthand experience in the american legal system, reinforcing the academy's commitment to global legal education and cross-border cooperation.
Partnerships organizations advancing the rule of law: the academy collaborates with leading organizations dedicated to upholding justice and protecting vulnerable communities. Through its partnership with vecina, for example, the academy supports legal advocacy for asylum seekers, ensuring access to justice for those fleeing persecution. Additionally, its collaboration with the national judicial college helps protect judicial independence by providing high-quality judicial education, reinforcing the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary. These partnerships reflect the academy's enduring mission to safeguard justice, advocate for equal access to legal representation, and uphold the principles of democracy.
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $2.3M to $1.2M (−45%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Janel Kuebker
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
Left out of every figure on this page: $772k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest International Academy of Trial Lawyers Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF TRIAL LAWYERS raised.
From the IRS filings of INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF TRIAL LAWYERS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF TRIAL LAWYERS draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Minnesota, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
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In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- International Academy of Trial Lawyers Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF TRIAL LAWYERS: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF TRIAL LAWYERS?
- INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF TRIAL LAWYERS (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being THE KRIST FOUNDATION ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF TRIAL LAWYERS have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,000 in grants to INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF TRIAL LAWYERS.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF TRIAL LAWYERS?
- THE KRIST FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF TRIAL LAWYERS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing