Essex County Bar Association Advocates Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042699175
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Gloucester, MA, USA
Phone
9787447092
Rating
49
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Legal Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$164,192
Expenses
$157,214
Assets
$90,339
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN SLATTERY (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • KIRK BRANSFIELD (DIRECTOR)
  • CHRISTOPHER BURKE (DIRECTOR/TREASURY)
  • RONALD RANTA (DIRECTOR)

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

Manage the recruiting, training & scheduling of bar advocates to the various courts in essex county, ma

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 3
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 2.6%; rating input score 3
  • Program expense ratio: 2.8%; rating input score 3

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.2%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.57; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 46%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 38.8% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 2.6% of revenue deployed · 2.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • 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 3/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 3/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.