Alabama Lawyers Assistance Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 631259637
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Montgomery, AL, USA
- Phone
- 3342691515
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alcohol, Drug and Substance Abuse, Dependency Prevention and Treatment
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $60,454
- Expenses
- $56,883
- Assets
- $306,625
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Shannon Knight (ALAF Director and President)
- Chip Schwartz (ALAF Director and Vice President)
- Terri B Lovell (ALAF Director and ASB Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Shannon Knight (ALAF Director and President)
- Chip Schwartz (ALAF Director and Vice President)
- Kim Davidson (ALAF Director and Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To identify and assist lawyers and judges impaired by alcohol substance abuse addiction and other mental health conditions Additionally to provide related education and awareness initiatives
What it reported doing in 2024
Education and awareness initiatives provided to Alabama State Bar members regarding alcoholism addiction and other mental health issues
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 85% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 66
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.3%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 89.1%; rating input score 89
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5.9%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.39; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 86.3% of revenue deployed · 89.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $51K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.