Essex County Bar Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 226033682
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Newark, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 9736226207
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $646,008
- Expenses
- $627,254
- Assets
- $561,094
- Liabilities
- $91,693
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
23 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CARMEN DIAZ (PRESIDENT)
- MARY TOSCANO (VICE PRESIDENT)
- MAURO TUCCI JR (PRESIDENT ELECT)
- JAMES DIGIULIO (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
- G GLENNON TROUBLEFIELD (OUTGOING IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
- HEATHER N JENQUINE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- HEATHER N JENQUINE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $109,109 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission and purpose of this association are to uphold and defend the constitutions of the united states and the state of New Jersey; to preserve and improve jurisprudence; to facilitate and improve the administration of justice; to promote the welfare of the bar and its capacity for public service; to maintain and improve professional standards of skill, honor, integrity and mutual respect; and to further the trust and confidence in the practice of the law and the judiciary. In order to accomplish these objects and purposes this association intends that its board of trustees be drawn from and reflect the broad and diverse membership of the essex county legal community.
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization has implemented programs and embraced positions to meet the needs and concerns of the essex county legal community and the community-at-large. The organization serves as an important professional resource for our members and nonmembers alike given our location in the courthouse and our upgraded technological resources (which continue to improve). We provide business development opportunities; substantive support by way of specialized committees and sections to support lawyers in their practice areas and to serve as resources; a professionalism committee which takes referrals from the bench and bar alike and provides a first stop intervention-type process which deals with demeanor and professional issues that do not rise to the level of an ethics issue or which may develop into such an issue. Additionally, the organization works closely with the court administration to address such issues of facilities and access issues for clients and lawyers, court resources and judicial staffing which directly impacts on access to justice and fair administration of justice and to represent the interest of the legal community to the local court administration and county government. The lawyer referral service allows members to sign up to accept cases from clients on a reduced fee basis (limited initial consultation of $25). Attorneys select various areas of specialty and a geographic area and the lrs administrator refers clients accordingly. Given that the bar offices are in the courthouse and our staff is bilingual, the lrs administrator speaks to upwards of 150 individuals each week. Some get referred to our panel members but others may be referred to any number of other pro-bono and low-bono service providers and to the court's ombudsman.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 99% 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: 88
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.9%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.89; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 17.4%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $109K · 23 people listed
- Consistency: 10 of 11 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.