St Andrew Legal Clinic

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
930739368
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
5032811500
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Legal Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,151,118
Expenses
$1,085,025
Assets
$792,460
Liabilities
$298,150

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • THOMAS PURCELL (PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR)
  • BRITTANY BERKEY (VICE PRESIDENT & DIRECTOR)
  • MAXINE TUAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MAXINE TUAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $100,560 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

St. Andrew legal clinic provides affordable legal services to low-income individuals and families facing family law issues. The clinic believes that everyone should have access to legal help when they need it, regardless of income. Many people in family law matters do not qualify for free legal aid yet cannot afford a private attorney at standard market rates. The clinic fills this critical gap by offering high-quality legal representation on a sliding-scale basis, ensuring that clients contribute based on their financial resources.this approach upholds client dignity, promotes personal investment in resolving legal matters, and strengthens community well-being. St. Andrew legal clinic is a community-based charitable organization dedicated to ensuring that families in crisis receive compassionate, effective legal assistance when it matters most.

What it reported doing in 2024

During 2024, st. Andrew legal clinic ("salc") continued to serve low-income families in the greater portland metropolitan area, including multnomah, Washington, clackamas, columbia and yamhill counties. In 2023, salc provided consultations, legal advice, and/or direct representation to more than 1,500 individuals. Women continued to make up more thn 70% of salc's client population, with more than 40% of clients belonging to racial or linguistic minorities.

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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.3%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 79.5%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.55 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.7%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.73; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.38; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.3%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.3% of revenue deployed · 79.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $863K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $101K · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 20/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 39/100.