Suffolk County Bar Pro Bono Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
113008388
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Hauppauge, NY, USA
Phone
6312345511
Rating
45
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Interest Law

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,151
Expenses
$4,285
Assets
$201,713

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Hon Isabel E Buse (Director)
  • Hon John J Leo (Asst Man. Dir.)
  • Edward J Gutleber Esq (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

To provide legal services for the poor

What it reported doing in 2024

To provide legal services to the poor through the pro bono legal service program. Also, to provide support to the poor through self-help training for indigent pro se litigants program. To support programs which may be expected to facilitate, promote and improve the administration of justice through the public awareness program concerning availability of legal services for the poor.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 15
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 9.9%; rating input score 10
  • Program expense ratio: 23.4%; rating input score 23

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 57.8%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 47.07; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -12% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.4% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 9.9% of revenue deployed · 23.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 10/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.