American Tort Reform Association
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What it says it does
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- Income
- $5.5 million
- Spending
- $4.9 million
- Employees
- 10
- Volunteers
- 25
- Highest pay
- $638,889, president
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- TO ENHANCE THE FAIRNESS, EFFICIENCY, AND PREDICTABILITY OF THE TORT SYSTEM THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION AND LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENTS. ATRA ACCOMPLISHES ITS LEGISLATIVE AFENDA BY WORKING WITH STATE TORT REFORM COALITIONS. IT IS A CLEARING-HOUSE FOR INFORMATION FROM APPROXIMATELY 40 STATE TORT REFORM COALITIONS. EACH FALL, ATRA HOSTS A PLANNING CONFERENCE AT WHICH COALITION LEADERS MEET TO DISCUSS PAST SUCCESSES AND FUTURE STRATEGIES. ATRA ALSO PREPARES EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS WHICH CARRY ITS MESAGE DIRECTLY TO THE PUBIC. ATRA HAS DEVELOPED A COMMUNICATIONS "TOOL KIT" FOR USE BY LOCAL GRASSROOTS COALITIONS INTERESTED IN FIGHTING LAWSUIT ABUSE. EACH JUNE AND DECEMBER, ATRA PUBLISHES "THE TORT REFORM RECORD" TO RECORD THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE LATEST LEGISLATIVE YEAR. IT INCLUDES A TWO-PAGE, STATE-BY-STATE SUMMARY OF THE ATRA-SUPPORTED REFORMS ENACTED BY THE STATES SINCE 1986.
- TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES OF LEGISLATIVE COALITIONS IN EACH STATE BY KEEPING THEIR MEMBERS INFORMED, MOBILIZING THEM FOR ACTION AND KEEPING MEDIA ATTENTION FOCUSED ON THE NEED FOR CIVIL JUSTICE REFORM. ATRA'S WEEKLY "LEGISLATIVE WATCH", AVAILABLE ONLINE, VIA FAX AND E-MAIL, KEEPS MEMBERS ABREAST OF TORT REFORM AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL. ATRA'S "REFORMER" NEWSLETTER IS A QUARTERLY UPDATE OF ATRA ACTIVITIES AND CIVIL JUSTICE ISSUES. ATRA HAS ALSO PUBLISHED A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO CIVIL JUSTICE REFORM LAWS IN ALL 50 STATES.
- TO SERVE AS THE NATION'S VOICE ON LAWSUIT ABUSE AND THE NEED FOR CIVIL JUSTICE REFORM. ATRA'S MEDIA RELATIONS PROGRAM ENSURES THAT THE MEDIA HEARS BOTH SIDES OF THE LEGAL REFORM DEBATE. ATRA EDITORIALS HAVE APPEARED IN SUCH NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS AS USA TODAY, AND REGIONAL DAILIES NATIONWIDE. IN ADDITION, ATRA EXPERTS HAVE APPEARED IN NBC NEWS, THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, THE WASHINGTON POST AND MANY OTHERS. ATRA ALSO PUBLISHES A LEGAL REFORM CHAMPIONS LIST TO RECOGNIZE AND PUBLICIZE THE EFFORTS OF LEGAL REFORMERS THROUGHOUT THE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMUNITY.
- THE "JUDICIAL HELLHOLES" PROGRAM WILL MONITOR PROBLEMATIC JURISDICTIONS, AS DOCUMENTED IN ATRA'S REPORT "BRINGING JUSTICE TO JUDICIAL HELLHOLES", AND THE JUDGES THAT PRESIDE OVER THEM. "JUDICIAL HELLHOLES" ARE CITIES, COUNTIES, OR JUDICIAL DISTRICTS THAT ATTRACT LAWSUITS FROM AROUND THE NATION OR THE REGION BECAUSE THEY ARE CORRECTLY PERCEIVED AS VERY PLAINTIFF-FRIENDLY JURISDICTIONS. THEY ARE PLACES WHERE THE LAW IS NOT APPLIED EVEN-HANDEDLY TO ALL LITIGANTS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(6) business league.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(6) business league as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 1986.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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