Macomb County Bar Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
383025411
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Mt Clemens, MI, USA
Phone
5864682940
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$43,813
Expenses
$34,142
Assets
$219,863

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHERRIE DETZLER (PRESIDENT)
  • CHRISTOPHER MATRY (PRESIDENT EL)

People named in this filing

  • SHERRIE DETZLER (PRESIDENT)
  • CHRISTOPHER MATRY (PRESIDENT EL)
  • TANYA GRILLO (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

To identify, initiate and support law related education projects and programs for the betterment of the community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Made grants to exempt organizations related to law related education and local conflict resolution (law day, legally speaking, law book club) and law related education scholarships.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 63% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 67
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.4%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 22.1%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.44; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $34K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.