American Criminal Justice Association-lambda Alpha Epsilon
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 946129964
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Montgomery, TX, USA
- Phone
- 9367775427
- Rating
- 36
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Recreational l Clubs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $141,430
- Expenses
- $104,666
- Assets
- $128,946
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TROY COCHRAN (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- TROY COCHRAN (PRESIDENT)
- LESLIE PALMER (VICE PRESIDE)
- KRISTEN BOWERS (REGION 2 PRE)
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
1. Improve criminal justice through educational activities. 2. Foster professionalism in law enforcement personnel and agencies. 3. Promote professional, academic, and public awareness of criminal justice issues. 4. Encourage the establishment and expansion of higher education and professional training in criminal justice. 5. Provide a unified voice for professionals in, and students of, criminal justice. 6. Promote high standards of ethical conduct, professional training, and higher education within the criminal justice field
What it reported doing in 2024
Conferences & competitive events the organization conducts annual national and regional conferences that provide members with opportunities for professional development, academic enrichment, and practical skill-building in the field of criminal justice. These conferences include educational workshops, networking opportunities, and competitive events designed to enhance knowledge, leadership, and career readiness. Activities are primarily supported through member registration fees and related program revenues.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 68% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 1
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 59
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0.5%; rating input score 1
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 26%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.23; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 10.5%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 0.5% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 1/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.