California Academy of Appellate Lawyers C/o Robin Meadow
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 943024469
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Phone
- 3108597811
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $99,183
- Expenses
- $140,420
- Assets
- $111,422
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOSEPH MASCOVICH (PRESIDENT)
- SEAN M SELEGUE (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JOSEPH MASCOVICH (PRESIDENT)
- SEAN M SELEGUE (VICE PRESIDENT)
- BENJAMIN SHATZ (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
The California academy of appellate lawyers is a state-wide organization of lawyers who specialize in appellate litigation. Retired justices of the California supreme court and the court of appeals are also invited to become members. The organization holds an annual weekend-long conference, to which a limited number of sitting appellate justices are invited, at the organization's expense. They are invited in order to exchange ideas regarding the administration of justice in the appellate courts. The organization also holds two one-day conferences, typically in the fall and winter, that include business meetings and open meetings similar to those at the annual conference.
What it reported doing in 2024
The academy provides a forum, at its three annual meetings, for appellate judges, justices, and practitioners to interact with and to learn from each other. It files amicus curiae briefs in the California supreme court and appellate courts, in cases involving important issues of appellate practice, and it promotes reforms in appellate procedure designed to ensure effective representation of appellate litigants and more efficient administration of justice at the appellate level.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 94.6%; rating input score 95
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -41.6%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $133K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.