Ramsey County Bar Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
416024778
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
St Paul, MN, USA
Phone
6512220846
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$459,989
Expenses
$366,220
Assets
$620,356
Liabilities
$302,791

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HON VICTORIA ELSMORE (PAST-PRESIDENT)
  • ANDREW RORVIG (PRESIDENT)
  • MAYA MISSAGHI (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • RACEY RODNE (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • CHERYL DALBY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • HON VICTORIA ELSMORE (PAST-PRESIDENT)
  • ANDREW RORVIG (PRESIDENT)
  • MAYA MISSAGHI (PRESIDENT-ELECT)

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

To provide legal education to its members and the public - to enhance members' professional lives - to promote professional excellence - to work to improve the quality of justice - to promote the ideal of the professional through service to the community

What it reported doing in 2024

The ramsey county bar association is Minnesota's oldest bar association. Since 1884, our association has been committed to supporting and informing our members and the community. We provide our 2,700 members with a wide variety of opportunities including continuing legal education, networking and social events, leadership opportunities, and opportunities to give back to the community. We help the public find qualified lawyers and resolve disputes.Minnesota lawyer referal service - a service to assist the public in finding legal representation with over 2,000 member attorneys.continuing legal education - providing continuing legal education seminars for attorney members at little or no cost.barrister - the barrister is a weekly online newsletter and went out to approximately 2,000 members.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 75% 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: 71
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 20

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: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20.4%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.69; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.49; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 22 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.