Chief Defenders Association of New York
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 611739608
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Clifton Park, NY, USA
- Phone
- 5184432000
- Rating
- 41
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $50,300
- Expenses
- $34,611
- Assets
- $84,921
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JAMES MCGAHAN (PRESIDENT)
- STAN GERMAN (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
People named in this filing
- JAMES MCGAHAN (PRESIDENT)
- STAN GERMAN (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
- TINA SODHI (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 chief defenders association of New York (cdany) is a vibrant organization uniting the leadership of New York state's providers of the right to counsel. Cdany was founded to advocate for people facing loss of liberty, family separation and related consequences in the legal system. We do this by: stregthening the effectiveness of our members and their staff, collaborating on best practices for the provision of high quality and effective legal representation, seeking to increase resources for our offices and programs to best serve our clients, advocating for legislation and policies to ensure fairness and justice in our legal systems, and engaging with the communities we serve. The goal of the chief defenders association of New York is to unite those who administer organizations providing mandated legal representation in the state and enhance their effectiveness and that of their organizations.
What it reported doing in 2024
Government affairs - addresses public officials and New York communities concerning mandated legal representation in the state and promotes policies and legislation beneficial to the chief defenders' clients and their organizations.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- 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 revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 7
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 74
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 5.5%; rating input score 6
- Program expense ratio: 8.1%; rating input score 8
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 31.2%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.45; rating input score 70; 70th 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: -141.3% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -12.3% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 20.4% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 5.5% of revenue deployed · 8.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 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 6/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 8/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.