Law Library Association of Greater New York
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 133229511
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 2127328720
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $114,607
- Expenses
- $181,800
- Assets
- $399,689
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHRISTINE BOWERSOX (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- CHRISTINE BOWERSOX (PRESIDENT)
- JIM CURRIE (VICE-PRESIDE)
- KATHLEEN DARVIL (IMMEDIATE PA)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Educational/to promote use of law library
What it reported doing in 2024
1. Presented educational programs & meetings to law library members to further their professional development, inclusive of: a. Spring fling and sponsor showcase-annual event held for all members - 4/24/25. B. Sponsor winter meeting-for all members-1/16/25 c. Sponsor business meeting and june dinner for all members - 6/12/25 d. Sponsor fall soiree reception for all new members & colleagues- 10/8/24. 2. Held an event-for law library members-llagny graphic novel book club to discuss "messy roots: graphic memoir of a wuhanese american" by laura gao -9/19/24. 3. Held an event-for law library members-llagny book club to discuss murder at the 42nd library - 10/22/24. 4. Held an event for law library members - llagny graphic novel book club presents a discussion- "150 years retold" by kateri akiwenzie-damm-10/17/24 5. Held an event for law library members - llagny book club presents "the paris library" by jaet s. Charles - 12/9/24. 6. Held an event for law library members- llagny graphic novel book club presents "eight billion genies" by charles soule/ryan browne -11/21/24 7. Held an event for law library members -llagny graphic novel book club presents "einstein in kafkaland" by ken krimstein-1/23/25 8. Held an event for law library members - llagy book club presents "how to be happy" by eleanor davis - 2/20/25 9. Held an event for law library members- llagy graphic novel book club presents "botticelli's apprentice" by ursula murray husted- 03/20/25 10. Held an event for law library members - llagny graphic novel book club presents "lies my teacher told me" by james w. Loewen - 4/24/25. 11. Held an event for law library members - llagny graphic novel book club - "star wars: the original trilogy" by alessandro ferrari -5/15/25.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 94.6%; rating input score 95
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -58.6%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.2; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 45.3% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.8% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $172K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 16 of 17 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes grants
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.