Kentucky Assoc of Criminal Defense
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 611127616
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Hebron, KY, USA
- Phone
- 5025941375
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $74,954
- Expenses
- $61,811
- Assets
- $137,056
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Abe Mashni (President)
People named in this filing
- Alex Rowaday (Chairman of Board & Financ)
- Whitney True Lawson (Directro Ex Officio, Immed)
- Donna Brown (Managing Executive Directo)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To preserve the adversary system of justice; to maintain and foster independent and able criminal defense lawyers; and to ensure justice and due process of law for those persons accused of crime within the Commonwealth of Kentucky.To promote study and research in the field of criminal defense law and the related arts in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. To disseminate by lecture, seminars, forums and publications the advancement of the knowledge of the law as it relates to the field of criminal defense practice in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. To promote the proper administration of criminal justice throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky. To foster, maintain and encourage the integrity, independence and expertise of the defense lawyer in criminal cases throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky.To foster periodic meetings of the criminal defense lawyers in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and to provide a forum for the material exchange of information regarding the administrati
What it reported doing in 2025
Improvement of Criminal Defense Outcomes in Kentucky
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 78% 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: 82
- Sustainability: 67
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 17.5%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.22; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 47th 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 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.