New Jersey State Bar Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 210723663
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- New Brunswick, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 7322495000
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $10,580,492
- Expenses
- $10,653,971
- Assets
- $10,747,282
- Liabilities
- $4,971,098
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
55 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ANGELA C SCHECK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- CHRISTINE A AMALFE (president)
- G Glennon Troublefield (first vice president)
- Norberto A Garcia President-Elect (PRESIDENT - ELECT)
- William H Mergner Jr (immediate past PRESIDENT)
- Diana C Manning (second vice president)
Highest reported compensation
- ANGELA C SCHECK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $311,553 total reported compensation
- SHARON BALSAMO (ASST EXEC DIR/GENERAL COUNSEL): $223,042 total reported compensation
- Robert Spangler (ASST EXEC DIR/IT & OPERATION): $215,188 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To serve, protect, foster and promote the personal and professional interests of its members. To serve as the voice of New Jersey attorneys to other organizations, governmental entities and the public with regard to the law, legal profession and legal system. To promote access to the justice system, fairness in its administration, and the independence and integrity of the judicial branch.to encourage participation in voluntary pro bono activities. To foster professionalism and pride in the profession and the njsba. To provide educational opportunities to New Jersey attorneys to enhance the quality of legal services and the practice of law. To provide education to the New Jersey public to enhance awareness of the legal profession and legal system.
What it reported doing in 2024
Continuing legal education in all areas of law for New Jersey licensed attorneys, who are required to satisfy an annual mandatory number of education credits on a biannual basis. Programs are held live, in-person, as on-demand downloadable videos, and as webinars.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 92% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 89
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.7%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.01; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.46; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.4%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 49 of 49 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $312K · 55 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $113K reported
- Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.