New Orleans Bar Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
721518466
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2013
Location
New Orleans, LA, USA
Phone
5045257453
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Law, Jurisprudence

Reported finances

Revenue
$30,728
Expenses
$29,123
Assets
$107,393

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHARONDA R WILLIAMS (President)
  • MONICA MANZELLA (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • JAN M HAYDEN (Past Presidnet)
  • SHARONDA R WILLIAMS (President)
  • MONICA MANZELLA (Vice President)

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

Advancing the Administration of Justice and an Understanding of the Law through Philanthropy, Education and Service.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization made contributions to a not for profit organization that provides legal services to indigent clients.

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
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.7%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 90.4%; rating input score 90

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.2%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.69; rating input score 79; 79th 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: -10.7% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.9% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.7% of revenue deployed · 90.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $26K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.