Brooklyn Law School: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 23-7227990)

David Meyer’s $621K as President & Dean is at the 94th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3683 $10–100M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
David Meyer	$621,061	$312,832	—	—	—	—
Laurie H Newitz	—	—	—	—	—	$523,911
Michael T Cahill	$518,689	$454,270	—	—	—	—
Nicholas W Allard	—	—	—	—	—	$502,667
Michael T Cahill President	—	—	$454,920	$426,370	$438,561	$229,256
Aaron Twerski	—	$276,358	$305,215	$324,223	$345,365	$353,237
Michael Gerber Assoc Dean for	—	—	$350,921	$260,670	—	—
Todd Bristol	$350,800	$61,452	—	—	—	—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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1 program · $67.3M · in their own filed words · FY2019

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The education of students in preparation for the legal profession. In the fall of academic year 2019/2020, enrollment was approximately 1,096.

$67.3Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid

Grants received · FY2025

The Ayco Charitable FoundationFY2025$10K

Herman & Margaret Gottfried Crut Success 901-012145205275FY2025$6K

Fein Ross Family FoundationFY2025$500

Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$17K

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Grants paid · 27 grants · $5.5M · 2019–2024

Unitemized GrantFY2024$198,750

Unitemized GrantFY2024$133,963

Unitemized GrantFY2024$86,825

Unitemized GrantFY2024$43,901

Unitemized GrantFY2024$25,035

Unitemized GrantFY2023$232,680

Unitemized GrantFY2023$150,038

Unitemized GrantFY2023$133,763

Unitemized GrantFY2023$106,519

Unitemized GrantFY2023$47,080

Unitemized GrantFY2022$942,486

Unitemized GrantFY2022$218,045

Unitemized GrantFY2022$152,243

Unitemized GrantFY2022$48,888

Unitemized GrantFY2022$48,410

Unitemized GrantFY2021$850,851

Unitemized GrantFY2021$133,073

Unitemized GrantFY2021$72,297

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By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$65.2M

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$57.7M

Other incomeLn 4–11$4.1M

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.1M

Money outPt IX

$82.4M

Ln 25

Programscol B$67.3M

Managementcol C$12.6M

Fundraisingcol D$2.5M

Owns and owesPt X

$248.0M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$11.0M

Total assetsLn 16$328.0M

LiabilitiesLn 26$80.0M

PeoplePt VI, VII

38

listed · VII A

PaidVII A17

Voting boardVI 1a18

IndependentVI 1b18

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.1M

Government grantsLn 1e$6K

Noncash giftsLn 1g$132K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$57.7M

Investment incomeLn 3$385K

Other incomeLn 4–11$4.1M

Gains on assetsLn 7−$3.7M

Total revenueLn 12$65.2M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$2K

SavingsLn 2$11.0M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$11.0M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$215.0M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$94.0M

Other assetsLn 15$4.9M

Total assetsLn 16$328.0M

LiabilitiesLn 26$80.0M

Net assetsLn 32$248.0M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 5934

VolunteersI 6117

Fiscal year endsHeaderJune

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$9.3M	$11.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$218.5M	$215.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$99.5M	$94.0M
Total assetsLn 16	$334.8M	$328.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$74.6M	$80.0M
Net assetsLn 32	$260.2M	$248.0M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$29.4M	$29.4M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$3.5M	$1.5M	$1.4M	$601K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$24.1M	$20.5M	$2.6M	$953K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$1.9M	$1.6M	$203K	$73K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$4.8M	$4.1M	$528K	$191K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$2.0M	$1.7M	$221K	$80K
Legal feesLn 11b	$210K	$15K	$194K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$156K		$156K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$244K		$244K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$451K	$318K	$109K	$24K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$171K	$150K	$10K	$12K
Office expensesLn 13	$803K	$227K	$417K	$159K
Information technologyLn 14	$834K	$580K	$184K	$70K
OccupancyLn 16	$4.6M	$140K	$4.4M
TravelLn 17	$280K	$254K	$10K	$16K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$701K	$477K	$67K	$157K
InterestLn 20	$1.7M	$1.4M	$274K	$52K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$4.2M	$3.4M	$671K	$127K
InsuranceLn 23	$368K	$38K	$330K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$1.3M	$1.0M	$319K	$13K
All other expensesLn 24e	$605K	$320K	$269K	$16K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$82.4M	$67.3M	$12.6M	$2.5M

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$97.7M	$95.1M	$2.6M	$323.7M	990 PDF
FY2024	$90.4M	$95.3M	−$4.9M	$301.2M	990 PDF
FY2023	$91.7M	$94.6M	−$3.0M	$282.1M	990 PDF
FY2022	$83.4M	$87.4M	−$4.0M	$260.6M	990 PDF
FY2021	$73.6M	$81.7M	−$8.1M	$291.7M	990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing	$65.2M	$82.4M	−$17.2M	$248.0M	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $65,236,818 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $4,052,231$3,066,613

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $49,970,695$57,653,246

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $15,851,585$384,961

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $4,105,837$4,131,998

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $73,980,348$65,236,818

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $26,988,636$29,449,148

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $34,688,532$36,267,127

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $19,123,264$16,685,650

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $80,800,432$82,401,925

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$6,820,084−$17,165,107

Part VI · Governance 18 of 18 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body18

VI-1b Independent voting members18

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $65,236,818 across 10 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $19,651 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1e Government grants$6,125

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,060,488

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$131,823

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,066,613

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $57,653,246$57,653,246

VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business −$230,469 · Excluded from tax $4,269,829$4,039,360

VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $3,922,093$3,922,093

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$3,654,399−$3,654,399

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $190,254$190,254

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $57,863,151 · Unrelated business −$230,469 · Excluded from tax $4,537,523$65,236,818

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $82,401,925 across 21 lines filed

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $29,449,148$29,449,148

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $1,500,746 · Management $1,361,471 · Fundraising $601,412$3,463,629

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $20,504,166 · Management $2,627,940 · Fundraising $952,672$24,084,778

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,581,667 · Management $202,716 · Fundraising $73,488$1,857,871

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $4,116,108 · Management $527,546 · Fundraising $191,244$4,834,898

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,724,759 · Management $221,056 · Fundraising $80,136$2,025,951

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $15,298 · Management $194,346$209,644

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $155,901$155,901

IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $243,925$243,925

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $317,541 · Management $109,380 · Fundraising $24,217$451,138

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $149,589 · Management $9,541 · Fundraising $12,289$171,419

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $226,999 · Management $417,073 · Fundraising $158,828$802,900

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $580,061 · Management $183,831 · Fundraising $70,486$834,378

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $140,252 · Management $4,410,470$4,550,722

IX-17 TravelPrograms $253,971 · Management $9,741 · Fundraising $16,134$279,846

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $477,347 · Management $66,705 · Fundraising $156,932$700,984

IX-20 InterestPrograms $1,407,816 · Management $274,179 · Fundraising $51,785$1,733,780

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $3,443,629 · Management $670,663 · Fundraising $126,671$4,240,963

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $37,982 · Management $329,645$367,627

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,005,940 · Management $318,820 · Fundraising $13,083$1,337,843

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $319,712 · Management $268,587 · Fundraising $16,281$604,580

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $67,252,731 · Management $12,603,536 · Fundraising $2,545,658$82,401,925

Part X · Balance sheet $327,973,230 assets, 19 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,600$1,600

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $9,258,246$10,961,913

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $2,580,428$1,796,121

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $750,097$839,521

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $827,558$503,644

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $99,524,468$93,990,872

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $161,117,120$158,595,688

X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $57,336,339$56,429,855

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $3,391,882$4,854,016

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $334,787,738$327,973,230

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $10,233,823$8,639,084

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,330,213$871,906

X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $37,788,301$37,565,418

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $7,277,710$8,385,471

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $74,630,047$79,961,879

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $216,351,759$203,343,095

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $43,805,932$44,668,256

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $260,157,691$248,011,351

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $334,787,738$327,973,230

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $248,011,351 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$65,236,818

XI-2 Total expenses$82,401,925

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$17,165,107

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$260,157,691

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$5,446,350

XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$427,583

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$248,011,351

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