Alabama Pattern Jury Instructions Committee-civil Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237433833
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Birmingham, AL, USA
Phone
2053282200
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$15,734
Expenses
$13,509
Assets
$85,723
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

People named in this filing

  • LEILA H WATSON (CHAIRMAN)
  • H HAROLD STEPHENS (CO-CHAIRMAN)

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 write pattern jury instructions to be given to juries in civil trials, by the judge presiding over the trial and to be used by attorneys to eliminate the necessity of numerous written requested charges and to clarify and update the civil laws of Alabama. An original volume and second edition book were published to achieve the foregoing purposes.

What it reported doing in 2024

Alabama pattern jury writes pattern jury instructions to be given to juries in civil trials by the judge presiding over the trials. The pattern jury instructions are also used by the attorneys to eliminate the necessity of numberous written requested charges and to clarify and update the civil laws of Alabama. An original volume and a second edition of the book were published to achieve the foregoing purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 93% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 72
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.8%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.1%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.35; rating input score 87; 87th 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: -6.6% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -42.2% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.5% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $14K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.