Consumer Attorneys of California
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 941602859
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Sacramento, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9164426902
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,602,407
- Expenses
- $5,707,244
- Assets
- $2,777,895
- Liabilities
- $2,293,162
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
76 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KATHRYN STEBNER (PRESIDENT)
- GEOFFREY S WELLS (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
- DOUGLAS S SAELTZER (VICE PRESIDENT 1)
- CASEY R JOHNSON (VICE PRESIDENT 2)
- PAUL MATIASIC (VICE PRESIDENT 3)
- ABBAS KAZEROUNIAN (VICE PRESIDENT 4)
Highest reported compensation
- NANCY DRABBLE (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $423,300 total reported compensation
- NANCY PEVERINI (LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR): $317,428 total reported compensation
- LAURIE KLIMCHOCK (CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER): $243,788 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To advance the science of jurisprudence; to establish a closer relationship of the members with the state bar association of California; to promote the administration of justice and the uniformity of legislation and judicial decisions; to apply the knowledge and experience of members in the field of law to the promotion of the public good; to maintain the honor and dignity of the law; to cultivate social intercourse among its members.
What it reported doing in 2024
Served as the leading voice for plaintiff attorneys, their clients, and consumers statewide. Held seminars and other educational activities to support this cause.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 65% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 67
- Accountability: 91
- Sustainability: 19
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 28.8%; rating input score 29; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1.9%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.83; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 30.5%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 69 of 69 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $423K · 76 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $337K reported
- Consistency: 13 of 14 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 29/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.