State Bar of South Dakota
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 460193830
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Pierre, SD, USA
- Phone
- 6052247554
- Rating
- 68
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,353,524
- Expenses
- $1,164,842
- Assets
- $1,848,505
- Liabilities
- $179,074
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
18 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARK W HAIGH (PRESIDENT EL)
- JOHN T RICHTER (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- PAUL CREMER (EXECUTIVE DI): $148,383 total reported compensation
- DENISE LANGLEY (A2J EXEC DIR): $115,651 total reported compensation
- REBECCA PORTER (ATTORNEY): $102,593 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The purpose of the state bar of sd is to obtain the cooperation of all the practicing lawyers in the state in the better administration of justice, and in maintaining a high standard of professional conduct at the bar.
What it reported doing in 2024
Purpose of the bar is to obtain cooperation of practicing lawyers in South Dakota for the better administration of justice; to maintain a high standard of professional conduct; to provide a legal entity through which the judgement of its members can be determined and made available to the courts and the legislature; to uphold the honor of the profession of the law; and to encourage adequate preperation for its practice.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 34
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 36.4%; rating input score 36
- Program expense ratio: 40.5%; rating input score 41
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 13.9%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.59; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 21.5%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 36.4% of revenue deployed · 40.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $148K · 18 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
- 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 36/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 41/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.