Filipino American Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271274164
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Bergenfield, NJ, USA
Phone
2016600155
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Legal Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$14,250
Expenses
$1,788
Assets
$13,004
Liabilities
$250

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • J T S MALLONGA ESQ (PRESIDENT)
  • LICELLE COBRADOR ESQ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • ROBERT C RIVAS ESQ (CHAIRMAN)
  • J T S MALLONGA ESQ (PRESIDENT)
  • LICELLE COBRADOR ESQ (EXECUTIVE 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

Filipino american legal defense & education fund inc (faldef) is dedicated to providing pro bono legal aid to such filipino-american nationals who are suffering legal injustices by reason of their immigrant origins and status and unable to employ and engage legal aid and assistance on account of poverty. Faldef is dedicated to providing a forum for education, advocacy and scholarship aimed at educating and advancing the interests of the filipino american community on issues and matters pertinent to immigrant and civil rights.

What it reported doing in 2024

The representatives throughout the year promoted awareness to the services available to filipino american nationals who are unable to employ and engage legal aid and assistance and at the same time educating those concerned on issues pertinent to immigrant and civil rights ; november 16, 2024 - know your rights series: know your immigrant rights

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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: 82
  • Growth: 60

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: 87.5%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.27; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 171.5% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -20.6% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd 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 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.