Massachusetts Municipal Lawyers Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463086922
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Hingham, MA, USA
Phone
6172854561
Rating
52
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Boards of Trade

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$82,187
Expenses
$65,279
Assets
$120,133
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAMES B LAMPKE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & SECRETARY)
  • IVRIA GLASS FRIED (PRESIDENT, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KARIS L NORTH (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • SHAWN A WILLIAMS (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JAMES B LAMPKE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & SECRETARY)
  • CHRISTOPHER L BROWN (DIRECTOR)
  • CHRISTINE M GRIFFIN (DIRECTOR)

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

Bar association services to local government attorneys; training - monthly and special meetings on various municipal law topics; provide speakers and co-sponsorships of other related programs; publications; website on local government legal issues and general assistance to members who are local government attorneys.

What it reported doing in 2024

Hosting informational meetings on government update issues and informational publications.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 77% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 22
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 20.5%; rating input score 20
  • Program expense ratio: 25.8%; rating input score 26

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20.6%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.84; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.8% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 20.5% of revenue deployed · 25.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $17K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 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 20/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 26/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.