American Justice Partnership

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 202222409
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2014–2014
Forms available: Form 990 2013, Form 990-EZ 2014
Location: Lansing, MI, USA
Phone: 5173717276
Rating: 81
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Professional Societies, Associations

Reported finances

Revenue: $275
Expenses: $601,159
Assets: $0
Liabilities: $0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

DAN PERO (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

DAN PERO (PRESIDENT)
RICHARD MCCLELLAN (DIRECTOR)
CLIFFORD TAYLOR (DIRECTOR)

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 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Ajp works to promote the rule of law in america. Our focus is primarily on educating the public about how the philosophical construct of the courts impact our daily lives and public policy, the judicial selection process and the financing of judicial elections at the state level.

What it reported doing in 2014

The primary purpose of ajp is to promote the rule of law in america, focusing primarily on educating the public about judicial selection and financing of judicial elections.

Operating model

Revenue model: Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 97
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 0
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: 92.7%; rating input score 93

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

Operating margin: -218,503.3%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 83.4%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: -128% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -88.8% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 92.7% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $557K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.