Dc Defense Lawyers Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 812029814
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 2029719410
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $86,327
- Expenses
- $95,532
- Assets
- $14,308
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MATT BERKOWITZ (PRESIDENT UNTIL OCTOBER)
People named in this filing
- MATT BERKOWITZ (PRESIDENT UNTIL OCTOBER)
- PAUL E KNUPP III (VICE PRES. UNTIL OCT. THEN PRES.)
- GORDON WOODWARD (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To establish and maintain as a group, lawyers who devote a substantial amount of their professional time to the trial of civil cases in the courts of the district of columbia and whose representation in such cases is primarily for the defense; to provide for the exchange among its members of such information, techniques of procedure and court rulings relating to the trial of civil litigation as are calculated to enhance the knowledge and improve the skills of defense lawyers; to elevate the standards of trial practice in this area; to support and work for the improvement of the adversary system of jurisprudence in our courts; to work for the elimination of court congestion and delays in civil litigation; and in general to promote improvements in the administration of justice; and to increase the quality of service and contribution which the legal profession renders to the community.
What it reported doing in 2024
Dcdla holds an annual ethics cle dinner, an annual convention, and other dinners, banquets and meetings to provide for the exchange among its members of information to enhance the knowledge and improve the skills of defense lawyers.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 85% 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.
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: 82
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -10.7%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 14; 14th 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: Limited
- Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -14.4% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 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 — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.