Los Angeles Paralegal Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 953302452
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Phone
- 3237930593
- Rating
- 37
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $145,463
- Expenses
- $142,189
- Assets
- $102,116
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JONATHAN DANG (President)
- RAJA GONZALEZ (Vice President)
- ELIZABETH GARCIA (President)
People named in this filing
- DON ADOVE (Director)
- TRAVIS CHOW (EXEC VP)
- JEFFREY STEWART (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The los angeles paralegal association lapa is dedicated to developing, strengthening, and advancing the paralegal profession. Lapa was formed in 1972 by local paralegals in response to the growing need for an organized professional association throughout the greater los angeles metropolitan area. Lapa was incorporated in 1977 as a California non-profit corporation and is governed by an executive committe and a board of directors. Lapa provides networking opportunities, continuing legal education programs, and pro bono activities for paralegals and other members of the legal community. Lapa builds communication bridges with other paralegal associations and maintains a mutually beneficial working relationship with local and state bar associations, educational institutions, and businesses serving the legal community. Lapa also is an acive participant and advocate of the national association of legal assistants.
What it reported doing in 2024
Lapa's accomplishments for 2024 included, but were not limited to, continuing the tradition of offering a multitude of continuing legal education mcle seminars.lapa provides online legal education seminars. Topics included ethics, artificial intelligence, bankruptcy, entertainment law, probate law, intellectual property law, e-discovery, employment law, litigation, real estate law, evidence preservation, environmental law, criminal law, and a multitude of other topics throughout the year.additionally, lapa offered happy hours and professional development for paralegals. Lapa's annual activities included a spring career fair and an extremely successful october conference offering mcle classes along with opportunities for our members to network and meet exhibitors and vendors to advance their careers.there were several networking mixers that were offered in partnership with other paralegal associations in the state. Lapa showed its appreciation by awarding its volunteer of the year, sponsor of the year, law firm of the year, and lifetime achievement award winners with acknowledgement and gratitude. Lapa also awarded a paralegal student with a well-deserved scholarship award. There was a memorable paralegal day networking celebration that was held in conjuction with the national paralegal day. Lapa continues to reach its philanthropy goals. In 2024, lapa's pro bono & community services committee, several board members and supporters participated and raised funds for public counsel's run for justice 5k race event at dodger stadium. Public counsel is one of the nation's largest pro bono firms. There were also multiple opportunties to volunteer in the community at local food banks and rescue mission.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 2
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 2.6%; rating input score 3
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.3%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.72; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -2% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 2.6% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2013 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 3/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.