National Legal Advocacy Network Dba Glow
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 823524198
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Chicago, IL, USA
- Phone
- 2672892917
- Rating
- 53
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Legal Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $726,595
- Expenses
- $350,484
- Assets
- $773,308
- Liabilities
- $15,450
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Charlotte Noss (President)
Highest reported compensation
- Sheila R Maddali (Executive Dir.): $120,000 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 National Legal Advocacy Network d/b/a Grassroots Law & Organizing for Workers is a legal non-profit organization dedicated to using legal strategies as a tool to build power for marginalized workers and create systemic change through deep partnerships with work centers and other base-building organizations.
What it reported doing in 2024
1) Built Worker Center BarTo enhance the capacity of the low-wage worker movement, GLOW increased the legal support available to worker centers and their members throughout the country by establishing a Worker Center Bar. To this end, GLOW engaged the support of 35 private attorneys who agreed to provide pro bono legal support to worker centers serving low income communities. GLOW provided training and support for these volunteers on the Worker Center Bar and hosted monthly meetings. In addition, GLOW sponsored 18 law school interns to gain hands on experience of providing legal support to worker centers. 2) Engaging in Law & Organizing PartnershipsTo ensure that legal resources are being leveraged in support of the low-wage workers, GLOW partnered with 25 non-profit worker centers throughout the country to support their ability to defend the workplace rights of their constituencies. GLOW held trainings on workplace rights for the members of 15 organizations. In addition, GLOW held trainings and monthly office hours for the staff of 30 organizations to answer legal questions and provide support. 3)Enforcement of Workplace RightsGLOW assisted over 1,000 low income workers in filing complaints about illegal workplace practices, including wage theft, discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation for engaging in legally protected activity. GLOW has assisted low-income workers in recovering $11M in 2024. In addition, GLOW assisted 36 workers to bring challenges from unlawful actions by their employer to federal, state and local government agencies around the country.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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 revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 56
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 0
- Sustainability: 71
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 45.1%; rating input score 45
- Program expense ratio: 93.4%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 51.8%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.21; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 34.2%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 45.1% of revenue deployed · 93.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 8 board members independent · 0 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $327K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $120K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 45/100.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.