Columbia Journal of Transnational Law Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
132947415
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2128541604
Rating
96
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$25,299
Expenses
$22,295
Assets
$203,368
Liabilities
$9,398

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

People named in this filing

  • ANU BRADFORD (BOARD MEMBER)
  • CARLO-EDOARDO CARLON (BOARD MEMBER)
  • YEN CHU (BOARD MEMBER)

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

Publication of legal journal by students of columbia university law school with approximately 120 subscribers in more than 60 countries.

What it reported doing in 2024

The columbia journal of transnational law is run with the purpose of providing students of columbia university law school with the opportunity to participate in the scholary discussion of transnational law. Each year the journal presents the friedmann award to an individual who has contributed to the field of transnational law. The journal is published three times a year and incldues articles contributed by both academics and students of columbia university law school.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.9%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.12; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7.2% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $31K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.