Springfield Metropolitan Bar Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
300069328
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Springfield, MO, USA
Phone
4178312783
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Legal Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$72,488
Expenses
$65,549
Assets
$342,586
Liabilities
$1,934

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL MILLER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • KURT LARSEN (DIRECTOR)
  • NATHAN DUNVILLE (SECRETARY)
  • GINGER GOOCH (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

The springfield metropolitan bar foundation is a charitable and educational organization committed to improving the legal profession and bettering the community through service, education and volunteerism. The purpose for which the foundation was formed is to protect civil liberties, to enhance public understanding and respect for the rule of law, to provide public service, and to provide equal access to the legal system.

What it reported doing in 2024

Improving the legal profession and bettering the community through service, education and volunteerism. The foundation strives to protect civil liberties, to enhance public understanding and respect for the rule of law, to provide public service, and to provide equal access to the legal system through its programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 65% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.6%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 87.7%; rating input score 88

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: 9.6%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.23; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 45.8%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.2% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.6% of revenue deployed · 87.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $58K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.