Louisiana State Bar Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 726000727
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- New Orleans, LA, USA
- Phone
- 5045661600
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $9,534,956
- Expenses
- $8,771,254
- Assets
- $21,959,535
- Liabilities
- $3,817,553
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
32 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PATRICK A TALLEY JR (PRESIDENT)
- EDWARD J WALTERS JR (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
- SHAYNA L SONNIER (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
- LORETTA LARSEN CONQUES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- LORETTA LARSEN CONQUES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $258,850 total reported compensation
- CHERI COTOGNO GRODSKY (DIRECTOR OF PROFESSIONAL P): $211,283 total reported compensation
- MICHELLE LAROSE (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & MEMB): $153,211 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the Louisiana state bar association is to assist its members in the practice of law, assure access to and aid in the administration of justice, assist the supreme court in the regulation of the practice of law, uphold the honor of the courts and the profession, promote the professional competence of attorneys, increase public understanding of and respect for the law, and encourage collegiality among its members.
What it reported doing in 2024
The access to justice program works to assure that every Louisiana citizen has access to competent civil legal representation by promoting and supporting a broad-based and effective justice community through collaboration between the Louisiana state bar association, the Louisiana bar foundation, Louisiana law schools, private practitioners, local bar associations, pro bono programs and legal aid providers. Attorney and non-attorney volunteers throughout Louisiana strengthen an integrated delivery network by supporting all those who deliver legal services to the poor.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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: 84
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 99.1%; rating input score 99; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- 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: 8%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.5; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 13.9%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $259K · 32 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 12 of 13 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 7 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.