South Florida Chapter Association of Legal Administrators Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
592062025
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Coral Gables, FL, USA
Phone
3054483939
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$273,089
Expenses
$293,187
Assets
$426,567
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • REGNIER ACOSTA (PRESIDENT)
  • NATASHA VERELLA (PRESIDENT ELECT)
  • JANETTE LISCHNER (PAST PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • LOURDES SANDER (DIRECTOR)
  • REGNIER ACOSTA (PRESIDENT)
  • NATASHA VERELLA (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Education of legal administrators related to law office management, financial, human resource issues, and office technology.

What it reported doing in 2025

The association's business partner program, including its annual business partner expo (expo), supports the professional education and operational development of its members while generating revenue used exclusively to advance the association's exempt purpose. The expo provides a structured forum where legal industry vendors, consultants, and service providers share emerging technologies, innovations, and best practices relevant to law firm management. Through educational demonstrations, guided discussions, and resource exhibits, attendees gain knowledge that improves efficiency, reduces costs, strengthens compliance, and supports the effective administration of their organizations.revenue from business partner participation, including expo proceeds, is used to enhance and expand the association's year-round educational offerings, leadership development programs, and member services. These funds support workshops, seminars, continuing education sessions, virtual learning platforms, speaker honorariums, scholarships, and the creation of new training resources that strengthen members' skills and professional competencies. The program is structured solely to further the association's educational mission and is not operated for the private benefit of business partners.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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: 65
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 60

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: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.4%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.45; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.