The Foundation of the Association of Legal Administrators

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
363156864
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
8472671372
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$60,815
Expenses
$51,770
Assets
$132,120
Liabilities
$12,500

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KRISTIE MANNING (PRESIDENT)
  • KIRA L HANSEN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ERYN CARTER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • KRISTIE MANNING (PRESIDENT)
  • KIRA L HANSEN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MONIQUE M MAHLER (SECRETARY)

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

Our mission is to help educate, mentor and inspire current and future legal management professionals in inclusive ways that foster the development and increase awareness of the profession within the legal industry and our communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Other educational events and materials demonstrate the value of professional law office management to the legal community by developing and presenting seminars and continuing education programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 45% for direct work, and 55% for grants.

The verdict

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.4%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 89.8%; rating input score 90

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: 14.9%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.55; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.4% of revenue deployed · 89.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $47K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 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 — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.