The Center for Jurisprudence Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 364966072
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Albany, NY, USA
- Phone
- 5185125265
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $25,500
- Expenses
- $26,331
- Assets
- $31,351
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
People named in this filing
- THOMAS STEBBINS (TREASURER)
- MICHAEL ELMENDORF (SECRETARY)
- SETH LAMONT (CHAIRMAN)
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 center for jurisprudence crititcally reviews cases and potentially alerts businesses about potential cases and rulings that could affect their business, industry, or the economic environment as a whole. The center for jurisprudence is committed to ensuring that a single ruling does not adversely impact the entire state's economy.
What it reported doing in 2024
Critical review of court rulings and cases potentially alerts other, similar businesses about potential cases and rulings that could affect their business, industry, or the economic environment as a whole
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 67
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 67.5%; rating input score 68
- Program expense ratio: 65.4%; rating input score 65
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: -3.3%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.19; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 82.3% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 31.9% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 67.5% of revenue deployed · 65.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $17K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.