Native American Bar Association Of Arizona

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
260895934
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Phone
4803625400
Rating
44
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Improvement, Capacity Building N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$13,634
Expenses
$43,299
Assets
$72,651

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kevin Pooley (Vice President)
  • Meredith Gaylord (President)

People named in this filing

  • Pilar Thomas (Director)
  • Jason Croxton (Director)
  • Bartley Harris (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

The purposes of the association are to represent and to advocate the interest of Native American Attorneys and their communities, to foster fellowship between the members of the association and other members of the legal profession; to encourage and promote the professional growth and development and good standing of the members of the association; to advance and improve the practice of Indian law; to develop and encourage fellowship and cooperation with other organizations of minority attorneys; to conduct activities and programs that expand the educational, employment and other opportunities available to Native Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Alaska Native attorneys in Arizona; to grant educational scholarships to Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native students interested in pursuing the study of law at educational institutions located in Arizona; to promote tribal sovereignty; and to engage in any other activity not otherwise prohibited to it by law or regulation.

What it reported doing in 2024

Scholarship and Events

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
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 82
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 23.7%; rating input score 24
  • Program expense ratio: 7.5%; rating input score 7

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -217.6%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.68; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.4% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 23.7% of revenue deployed · 7.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 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 24/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 7/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.