Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
954401835
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Culver City, CA, USA
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$83,124
Expenses
$47,000
Assets
$165,534

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Alma Howard Graham (President)
  • Beth Jones (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Alma Howard Graham (President)
  • Beth Jones (Vice President)
  • Crystal D Crawford (Treasurer)

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

Charitable fundraising to provide support for law students and recent law school graduates in need of financial assistance community service organizations and organizations advancing the legal profession.

What it reported doing in 2024

Fundraising for scholarships grants to law students and recent law school graduates in need of financial support.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and 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: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 71
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 54.1%; rating input score 54
  • Program expense ratio: 95.7%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 43.5%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.52; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 54.1% of revenue deployed · 95.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $45K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.