New York City Trial Lawyers Alliance Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 464943101
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 2125092009
- Rating
- 55
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $15,371
- Expenses
- $23,549
- Assets
- $208,283
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CAROLYN CACCESE (Vice President)
- THOMAS J MARONEY (President)
People named in this filing
- THOMAS J MCMANUS (Treasurer)
- D CARL LUSTIG III (Counsel)
- DAVID GODOSKY (Counsel)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The purpose of the corporation is to create, form and establish a local bar association of civil litigation attorneys; to promote, foster and advance the common interests and goals of civil litigation attorneys; to foster positive and productive working relationships for the advancement of the profession; to encourage, increase and further the business interests of its members and to promote their general welfare; to cement and solidify friendly relations, good fellowship and cooperation among its members; to maintain develop, improve and enhance the business standards, practices and ethics of civil litigation attorneys; to acquire, assemble, preserve and disseminate valuable business information essential for the adequate conduct of individuals involved in the legal profession and generally to aid, assist, cooperate and otherwise engage in concerted action with the private and governmental agencies, organizations and institutions on all issues and matters affecting civil litigation at
What it reported doing in 2024
For the 2024 tax year, the organization was able to continue to navigate through the fallout of the covid-19 pandemic and able to continue with our three annual events. Board members continued to be active and provided both their time and their expertise to students in regard to mentoring and providing professional advice. Our scholarship initiative has also continued and we were able to issue three awards to local universities in the amount of $2,500 each (New York law school, st. John's university, and the maurice deane school of law).
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 99% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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. 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: 36
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 57
- Sustainability: 46
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 46%; rating input score 46
- Program expense ratio: 30%; rating input score 30
- Fundraising efficiency: $0 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
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: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -53.2%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.84; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -6.8% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.4% per year; rating input score 0; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 46% of revenue deployed · 30% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 8 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $222K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2016 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 30/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 4/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.