Butler County Bar Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
310939386
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Middletown, OH, USA
Phone
5138966671
Rating
36
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Law, Jurisprudence

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$111,674
Expenses
$94,803
Assets
$48,520
Liabilities
$18,710

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRISTOPHER PAGAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • HANNA HADDAD (PRESIDENT)
  • HON KELLY HEILE (SECOND VICE PRESIDENT)
  • STEPHEN BERNAT (FIRST VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MELYNDA COOK (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CHRISTOPHER PAGAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • HANNA HADDAD (PRESIDENT)
  • HON KELLY HEILE (SECOND VICE PRESIDENT)

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

Preserve dignity and high standing of pr

What it reported doing in 2024

The purpose of the bar association is to preserve the dignity and high standing of the legal profession and to maintain the high ideals and standards, and to enforce ethics

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 70% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 1
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0.9%; rating input score 1
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.1%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.39; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.4% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0.9% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 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 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.