Maryland State Bar Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 520815403
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Baltimore, MD, USA
- Phone
- 4106857878
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,345,644
- Expenses
- $5,309,031
- Assets
- $4,417,504
- Liabilities
- $2,841,867
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
65 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RAPHAEL SANTINI (PRESIDENT)
- MARISA TRASATTI (PRESIDENT ELECT)
- JASON DELOACH (IMM PAST PRESIDENT)
- ANNA S SHOLL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- ANNA S SHOLL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $226,280 total reported compensation
- REENA SHAH (EXEC. DIR. A2J): $179,906 total reported compensation
- PATRICIA STOCKLAND (CHIEF CONTENT OFFICER): $179,400 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 organization's mission is to effectively represent Maryland's lawyers, to provide member services and to promote professionalism, diversity in the legal profession, access to justice, service to the public, and respect for the rule of law.
What it reported doing in 2024
Msba develops and publishes legal content to educate and support members in their practice. Content includes, but is not limited to, continuing legal education (cles), coursebooks and treatises, electronic newsletters, blogs and articles, and the Maryland bar journal. Msba hosts approximately 80 live (in-person or virtual) cles per year, publishes 8-12 new or updated coursebooks or treatises, and distributes a weekly electronic newsletter containing 8-10 blogs and articles. The Maryland bar journal is msba's premier legal content publication, published and printed 3-4 times per year.through the access to justice commission, the msba works with the judiciary, civil legal aid organizations, and other community organizations to improve access to the judicial system.msba also hosts an electronic member directory, a comprehensive directory of members, court information, and government agencies.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 91% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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: 93
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 40
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: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.7%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.83; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.64; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 18.6%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 56 of 56 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $226K · 65 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $510K reported
- Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 3 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.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.