National Habeas Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832508020
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2022
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Silver Spring, MD, USA
Phone
2023780284
Rating
52
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Legal Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$22,525
Expenses
$17,537
Assets
$39,222
Liabilities
$17,537

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Christina Mathieson (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Christina Mathieson (Executive Director)
  • Robin Konrad (Chairperson and Treasurer)
  • Madeline Cohen (Vice Chairperson and 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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The National Habeas Institute was founded (1) to identify and affect change in problematic areas of the American legal system through education, litigation, and creative systemic reform; and (2) to do and all lawful acts that may be necessary, useful, suitable, or proper for the furtherance or accomplishment of the purpose of the Corporation.

What it reported doing in 2022

From Classroom To Courtroom: Essential Elements of Advocacy Webinar Series -- NHI launched a webinar series in the third quarter of the year to provide online education for lawyers, investigators, and other people who wished to learn more about the nuances of habeas corpus.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 75% for direct work, and 25% for grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 18
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 15.9%; rating input score 16
  • Program expense ratio: 20.1%; rating input score 20

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 22.1%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.24; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.45; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -41.8% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -29.3% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -17.8% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 15.9% of revenue deployed · 20.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $4K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2019 to 2022
  • 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 16/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.