Gann Legal Education Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
264338394
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2019
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2019
Location
Newark, NJ, USA
Phone
9732681200
Rating
38
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$117,431
Expenses
$4,279
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL PROTZEL (PRESIDENT)
  • HOWARD DUBNER (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MICHAEL PROTZEL (PRESIDENT)
  • HOWARD DUBNER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • LAWRENCE CZAPLEWSKI (SECRETARY)

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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The corporation is organized exclusively for the purpose of providing continuing legal education, in the form of publications (print and electronic), seminars, and webinars (i.e., internet or web-based seminars), to New Jersey lawyers.

What it reported doing in 2019

The foundation is committed to providing continuing legal education, primarily in the form of live seminars. These seminars are on a wide range of topics concerning New Jersey law, including but not limited to criminal law, zoning and land use law, court rules, rules of evidence, attorney ethics, corporate law, condominium law, products liability law, public employees law, auto insurance law, claims against public entities and tax law. The seminars are conducted by leading experts in each respective field of law. The seminars are attended by attorneys licensed to practice law in the state of New Jersey.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 96.4%; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -27.6% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -10.9% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2011 to 2019
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.