American Institute for Justice Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
640904164
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Oxford, MS, USA
Phone
6622590005
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Adult, Continuing Education

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$91,041
Expenses
$153,316
Assets
$499,882
Liabilities
$14,300

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Warren F Johnson (President/Treasurer)
  • Linda E Beasley (Chairman/Vice President/Secretary)

People named in this filing

  • Warren F Johnson (President/Treasurer)
  • Linda E Beasley (Chairman/Vice President/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 provide continuing educational courses to Judges, Attorneys, Court Clerks, and Bail Bondpersons in the State of Mississippi.

What it reported doing in 2024

The American Institute for Justice (AIJ) offered a 5-day continuing legal education (CLE) conference in Whitefish, Montana on September 15-20, 2024 titled Evidence. This course was designed to enhance the skills and knowledge of judges and attorneys in handling complex evidentiary issues in judicial proceedings. This conference provided specialized training to 25 legal professionals, focusing on topics to improve their understanding and application of evidence law. By offering in-depth education in evidence law, AIJ equipped participants with tools to administer justice more effectively, supporting its mission to uphold high standards of judicial practice and legal knowledge. This achievement aligns with AIJ's commitment to professional excellence and to improving the administration of justice through targeted educational programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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. 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: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 91%; rating input score 91

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -68.4%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.26; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 65.2%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $140K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.