Pennsylvania Coalition for Civil Justice Reform
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 812975445
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Harrisburg, PA, USA
- Phone
- 7175587827
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $459,592
- Expenses
- $484,920
- Assets
- $588,322
- Liabilities
- $6,315
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
18 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CURT SCHRODER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- CURT SCHRODER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $225,371 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Advocate for a civil justice system that treats all parties fairly and discourages lawsuit abuse
What it reported doing in 2025
Members of pccjr will analyze every piece of legislation introduced in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to determine its impact on civil liability and the justice system. In addition, pccjr will attend meetings with legislators, committee meetings and hearings, providing testimony and written reports where requested or where deemed desirable by the organization. By significant involvement with the legislative process, pccjr will educate legislators, the governor and the general public on civil litigation matters and will pursue more sensible consumer protection laws and class action reform while advocating for better access to alternative dispute resolution.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 79% 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: 84
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 100
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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -5.5%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.21; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 46.5%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 199.7% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $225K · 18 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.