California Dui Lawyers Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
263729641
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
San Diego, CA, USA
Phone
9253258455
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Reported finances

Revenue
$146,425
Expenses
$158,767
Assets
$30,696

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LARA GRESSLEY (Vice President)
  • RICHARD MIDDLEBROOK (President)

People named in this filing

  • ROGER ANDERSON (Executive Dir.)
  • LARA GRESSLEY (Vice President)
  • RYAN WILBUR (Director)

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 purpose of the cdla is to promote the common interests of attorneys and other professionals engaged in profession of defending persons charged with impaired driving. Among other activities, the cdla provides and sponsors educational programs for the benefit of its members, seeks the improvement of laws and procedures governing the prosecution of impaired drivers, provides opportunities for members to exchange ideas, and serves as a reliable source of information for the media.

What it reported doing in 2024

Held educational dinner meetings in various regions throughout California for attorneys and other professionals involved in the defense of motorists charged with impaired driving

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

SUPPORTED - 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: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 15
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 57%; rating input score 57
  • Program expense ratio: 52.6%; rating input score 53

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.4%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.19; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 26.6%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 57% of revenue deployed · 52.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $83K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 57/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 53/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.