Nwi Volunteer Lawyers Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
352127740
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2019
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2019
Location
Hobart, IN, USA
Phone
2199423404
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Legal Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$99,178
Expenses
$105,737
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

People named in this filing

  • JUDGE JOHN POTTER (CHAIR)
  • JOHN M SEDIA (GUEST)
  • REBECCA WYATT (VICE CHAIR)

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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide volunteer free legal services to indigent persons.

What it reported doing in 2019

192 individuals received civil legal representation from 119 volunteer attorneys from our four service counties, jasper, lake, newton, and porter. The attorneys volunteered 2,023 hours of their time. In addition, 400 individuals received legal advice and support on their issues. Our staff reviewed 535 new requests for services. Additionally, approximately 143 individuals received brief information and advice from 74 volunteer attorneys who provided 148 hours at our annual walk-in talk to a lawyer today event on the martin luther king holiday. Finally, 7 newly trained guardian ad litems agreed to speak for children or incapacitated adults for 21 cases, for free. Each of these cases take at minimum 25 hours.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 17
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 90%; rating input score 90

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6.6%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 52%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96% of revenue deployed · 90% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $95K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 22 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2011 to 2019
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.