Lewis County Bar Legal Aid

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
911443673
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2017
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2017
Location
Chehalis, WA, USA
Phone
3607489884
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Legal Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$81,440
Expenses
$95,201
Assets
$2,603
Liabilities
$20,641

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHANE O'ROURKE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • EMILY LAZ (PRESIDENT)
  • CAROLYN HIPPS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • SHANE O'ROURKE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • EMILY LAZ (PRESIDENT)
  • ROBERTA CHURCH (TREASURER)

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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The agency provides legal services at reduced or no cost to economically disadvantaged residents of lewis county and conducts educational activities relating to legal topics for the general population of lewis county.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 13
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.5%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 62%; rating input score 62

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -16.9%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.03; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 7.93; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 37.5%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.1% per year; rating input score 0; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -67.9% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.5% of revenue deployed · 62% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $59K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2014 to 2017
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.