Pulaski County Bar Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 710536704
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020
- Location
- Little Rock, AR, USA
- Phone
- 5013249929
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $174,441
- Expenses
- $214,057
- Assets
- $178,814
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- WILL JAMES (PRESIDENT EL)
- MEGAN WELLS (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- CARA BUTLER (DIRECTOR)
- KAYCE CHANEY (DIRECTOR)
- CHARLES T COLEMAN (EX OFFICIO)
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 objectives and purposes of the association are to advance the administration of justice according to law; to aid the courts in carrying on the administration of justice; to foster and maintain on the part of those engaged in the practice of law high ideals of integrity, learning, competence and public service and high standards of conduct; to encourage cordial relations among lawyers; to provide a forum for the discussion of subjects pertaining to the practice of law and related subjects.
What it reported doing in 2024
To provide an outlet of support, continuing education, and professional publications for attorneys in the state of Arkansas.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 67
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 87
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 80.6%; rating input score 81
- Program expense ratio: 65.4%; rating input score 65
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -22.7%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 80.6% of revenue deployed · 65.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 16 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $140K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.