Houston Trial Lawyers Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

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

84 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Educate the public regarding consumer rights.

Big league bash - event to recognize members of the judiciary and to promote goodwill between the legal profession and the judiciary.

Revenue model: Earned-program. 70% 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 available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: Limited
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: 95.2%; rating input score 95; 55th percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Operating margin: 10.5%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.74; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 4.3%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 14.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 83 of 83 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments
Leadership: top reported pay $18K · 84 people listed
Consistency: 11 of 12 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants
Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
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.

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.