Donations to the ABI Endowment Fund provide resources for leading edge research and education that benefits the bankruptcy and insolvency community.

Your tax deductible gift is put to work by supporting:

Scholarly but Practical Research

  • Coalition for Consumer Debtor Education;
  • Funding of a comprehensive national study of professional fees;
  • Funding a study of the impact of claims trading on the outcome of chapter 11 cases;
  • Sponsoring the first non-creditor-financed study of the repayment capacity of Chapter 7 debtors (already a landmark study referred to by Congress and others);
  • Funding a study on the use of substantive consolidation in large public company bankruptcy proceedings.

Education & Scholarship

  • Financial assistance for the annual Conrad B. Duberstein National Moot Court Competition;
  • Funding tuition for a student in the St. John’s University Bankruptcy LL.M. program;
  • Support for the activities of the ABI Resident Scholar;
  • Financial aid for the annual Corporate Restructuring Competition held at the Kellogg School of Management.


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