Mlrc Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521555572
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2123370200
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$5,453
Assets
$141,462
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GEORGE FREEMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • GEORGE FREEMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • NABIHA SYED (TRUSTEE)
  • HEATHER DIETRICH (TRUSTEE)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The objects and purposes for which the mlrc institute is organized and operated are to support and benefit the charitable and educational purposes and programs of the media law resource center, inc. By providing support to the media law resource center, inc. And by conducting such programs directly. More specifically, the mlrc institute will sponsor and engage in research, sponsor and conduct conferences and public forums, educate journalists and other members of the public as to media law, engage in publishing activities, support or participate in litigation (including filing of amicus curiae briefs), and advance public education, all of the foregoing for the advancement of first amendment interests in libel and related fields.

What it reported doing in 2025

In late 2015 the board of the institute held a retreat where it determined to somewhat alter its execution of its mission. Responding to a public need, it decided to present a series of legal workshops for journalists aimed at independent reporters and photographers, such as bloggers, freelancers, etc., who do not have access to a corporate attorney but would be aided by a seminar given by media law experts. The institute organized such workshops in New York and other cities, and at national journalistic conferences.in 2025, the institute with support from a grant from knight foundation conducted a number of workshops, some in person and some webinar aimed at reporters, editors and photographers as well as independent bloggers, freelancers, etc. On legal issues pertinent to their journalistic careers, such as libel, privacy, newsgathering, etc.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 25.94; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10.8% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.