Louisiana Clerks of Court Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 720989646
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Baton Rouge, LA, USA
- Phone
- 8002566660
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,238,330
- Expenses
- $1,212,826
- Assets
- $671,532
- Liabilities
- $15,910
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
21 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ANNETTE FONTANA (3RD VICE PRESIDENT)
- JEFF SKIDMORE (1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
- KIM TURLICH-VAUGHAN (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
- LOUIS PERRET (PRESIDENT)
- RANDY BRIGGS (2ND VICE PRESIDENT)
- DEBBIE D HUDNALL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- DEBBIE D HUDNALL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $252,500 total reported compensation
- CHRIS R KERSHAW (EMPLOYEE): $122,255 total reported compensation
- JEFF SKIDMORE (1ST VICE PRESIDENT): $1,100 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Providing the opportunity for clerks of court to exchange ideas on the operation of their offices, to evaluate the standards and offer ways and means to serve the public better, to encourage the passage of uniform laws pertaining to the administration of the duties of the clerks of court in the state of Louisiana, to exemplify the ideals of public service as an influence in business and civic life, to cultivate friendship among its members over the state of Louisiana, and to participate in the formulation of and to advance the official policies of association over the state of Louisiana.
What it reported doing in 2024
Encourage the passage of uniform laws pertaining to the administration of the duties of clerks of court in the state of Louisiana.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 68% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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: 77
- Accountability: 91
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th 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: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.1%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 32%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 15.3% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $252K · 21 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $252K reported
- Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 21 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.