Sarita and Claire Wright Lucas Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 474686627
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Boston, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6176993833
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $95,183
- Expenses
- $62,109
- Assets
- $151,327
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- WANDA GEER (PRESIDENT)
- ANTONIO LUCAS (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- NINA WRIGHT ADJETEY (DIRECTOR)
- MATTHEW FRAWLEY (DIRECTOR)
- JOANNE HILFERTY (DIRECTOR)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Primary exempt purpose the sarita and claire wright lucas foundation (scwlf) was created in 2015 to honor sarita wright lucas and her daughter, claire. The foundation, in recognition of sarita's integrity and passion for justice, supports african-american female law students who are committed to serving the public and pursuing careers in prosecution.
What it reported doing in 2024
The fellowship program, in partnership with the suffolk and middlesex county district attorney's offices in Massachusetts established a paid summer internshipprogram called "the sarita and claire wright lucas fellowship". The scwlf fellowships include supervision, skills development, and building one's professional network. The program aims to ensure that rising 3l african-american female law students from all backgrounds are able to gain substantive work and meaningful experience in departments of justice. Each fellow receives a stipend for the summer fellowship. The fellowship program has three components: paid summer fellowship with the suffolk or middlesex county district attorney's offices, mentorship, and outreach.fellowship/internship: in our summer fellowship program, we will support african-american female law students who have completed the second year or are in their third year of law school. Fellows will work in the courts alongside prosecutors gaining real world experience and an understanding of how they can make adifference. Preference for fellowships will be given to students from the suffolk law school. Fellowships will be open to students from other area law schools aspartnerships are developed. Mentorship: the scwlf fellows will receive mentorship in the district attorney offices where they intern for the summer. Mentors will support the law students during their internships, check in with them on a regular basis asthey assist as interns in the courts, answer questions, address concerns and provide career guidance. Outreach/public education: the foundation will undertake a public education campaign to inform the law student community at area colleges of theimportant role that prosecutors play in supporting a fair criminal justice.foundation staff will disseminate research reports, articles, and other information about prosecution and post these materials on their website. In addition, thefoundation will arrange for speakers for at least three events to talk with students in their first, second, or third years of law school about prosecutors' roles andresponsibilities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 56
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 75
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 47%; rating input score 47
- Program expense ratio: 70.8%; rating input score 71
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 34.7%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.44; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 23.3% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 47% of revenue deployed · 70.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $44K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 47/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.