Community Law Group

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
844079928
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Chambersburg, PA, USA
Phone
7172082896
Rating
34
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Legal Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$73,739
Expenses
$78,979
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Theresa Yaukey (Attorney/Executive Director)
  • Ann Rotz (Board of Directors President)
  • Ticorra Kulikowski (Board of Directors Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Theresa Yaukey (Attorney/Executive Director)
  • Ann Rotz (Board of Directors President)
  • Curtis Twigg (Board of directors Secetary/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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Law firm providing free or reduced-rate legal services to serve abused and neglected children and low-income marginalized citizens in Franklin and Fulton Counties. The firm represents the County in abuse and neglect cases at a reduced rate, in termination of parental rights cases, foster care cases, and abuse cases. The firm also represents, at a reduced rate, juveniles who have been accused of a crime and cannot afford to hire an attorney. The firm represents adoptive families of special needs children at a reduces, subsidized rate, and represents and gives advice to low income and the poor at reduced rate or no fee arrangements in domestic violence and custody matters.

What it reported doing in 2023

Represented local child protected services agency in more than 100 hearings regarding dependent, abused, or neglected children. The citizens of Franklin County benefitted from the legal representation. Also provided free advice to 12 low income individuals in areas of family law, housing, and unemployment issues. The only expenses incurred were salary expenses for the executive director/attorney running the non-profit and providing the legal services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 17
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.1%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 86.1%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -150% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -13.7% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -78.6% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2023
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.