Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 953785249
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Phone
- 3233599591
- Rating
- 45
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $100,435
- Expenses
- $96,546
- Assets
- $425,180
- Liabilities
- $35
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SHERRY PATTERSON (President)
- HEATHER HORN (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- SHERRY PATTERSON (President)
- HEATHER HORN (Vice President)
- CRYSTAL HAYES HILL (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
The organization provides legal assistance and community support for the Los Angeles community. This includes pro bono clinics, student liaisons, education assistance and donations to legal clinics. The general purpose of this organization is to improve and promote administration of justice by increasing opportunities for the participation of Black women at all levels, to promote ethical standards in the profession through continuing legal education, to promote the cause of civil and human rights, to cooperate with local, state and national organizations which concern the legal welfare of the poor and minorities, and to advocate for fair treatment of African Americans and other minorities.
What it reported doing in 2024
Hosted various professional development, legal education, and community service programs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 9
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 63
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 8.8%; rating input score 9
- Program expense ratio: 9.2%; rating input score 9
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.9%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.4; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 8.8% of revenue deployed · 9.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $9K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 9/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 9/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 53/100.