Bar Association of Metropolitan St Louis

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
430605907
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
St Louis, MO, USA
Phone
3144214134
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,651,336
Expenses
$1,779,562
Assets
$3,523,033
Liabilities
$1,467,760

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

34 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • UNTRESS TREZ QUINN (PRESIDENT)
  • AMY REBECCA JOHNSON (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • M GRAHAM DOBBS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KEVIN GUNN (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • SUSAN MCCOURT BALTZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • DANIEL GORDON BARNETT-FOSTER (ASSITANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • SUSAN MCCOURT BALTZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $279,471 total reported compensation
  • DANIEL GORDON BARNETT-FOSTER (ASSITANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $127,372 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The bar association of metropolitan st. Louis (bamsl) seeks to maintain the highest professional standards among attorneys and to enhance their professional competence, to improve the administration of justice and promote the rule of law, to serve the needs of members, and to provide law-related services and education to the public.

What it reported doing in 2025

Dues, partnership, general operations, sustain approximately 5,402 members. The association organizes relevant events to foster its goals. There are groups, such as the women in the legal profession and the young lawyers division, which provide opportunities for mentoring and networking with peers as well as with others in the legal community. The association also strives to keep members informed through its publication, the st. Louis law journal magazine. We continue to offer both in-person and virtual options for our events and meetings; although virtual meetings remain very popular.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 83% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.8%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.98; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.42; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.9%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 31 of 31 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $279K · 34 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.