Education Law Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 480789929
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Phone
- 8333521954
- Rating
- 69
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Legal Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $197,374
- Expenses
- $189,532
- Assets
- $140,611
- Liabilities
- $3,118
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ELISABETH KRIMBILL (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- TRACI BALLARD (DIRECTOR)
- REGINA BIGGS (DIRECTOR)
- KEVIN BRADY (PAST PRESIDE)
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 mission of the education law association is to be the premier association for practical knowledge, scholarship, and interdisciplinary dialogue about legal and policy issues affecting all levels of education. The education law association works to improve education by developing connections between education law, the study of education law, and the application of education law in the field while promoting diversity, equity, inclusivity, and excellence in all levels of education.
What it reported doing in 2024
Conference and meeting information is distributed to attendees/members regarding current legal issues and topics by promoting interest in and understanding of u.s. School law. Continuing creits are available for those who attend. It is also a forum for presentation of papers and research related to law topics. The education law association publishes books, pamphlets, blogs, news articles, and scholarly studies on education law to support research and litigation. Its newsletters also provide a forum for professional vetting on current issues by members and scholars. The organization's website, twitter, and facebook accounts are maintainted for ongoing discourse amoung academicians, attorneys, scholars, school administrators, and other mebmers. Purchase of research materials and books can be made through the website bookstore. Also available is a searchable database to assist members with access to current case law, digests, and current education law decisions by the courts. Member information and administration options for registration for meeting are available through this website.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 69% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 68
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66.2%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 71%; rating input score 71
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.74; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -7.4% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2.9% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 66.2% of revenue deployed · 71% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $135K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.