The Gateway Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 431730693
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Saint Louis, MO, USA
- Phone
- 3146212939
- Rating
- 41
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $123,620
- Expenses
- $116,094
- Assets
- $126,508
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JESSIE FENTON (PRESIDENT)
- CASIE GALYZYNSKI (PRESIDENT ELECT)
- KRISTEN NOLL (VICE PRESIDENT)
- ALLISON WORLEY (PAST PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JESSIE FENTON (PRESIDENT)
- CASIE GALYZYNSKI (PRESIDENT ELECT)
- KRISTEN NOLL (VICE PRESIDENT)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The primary purpose of the organization is to improve the quality of management in legal service organizations, promote and enhance the competence and professionalism of legal administrators and all members of the management team, represent professional legal management and managers to the legal community and to the community at large, stimulate the exchange of information about all aspects of legal practice management, and educate the legal profession about the value and availability of legal administrators.
What it reported doing in 2025
Presented a broad range of educational programs, including monthly member meetings, programs for members and their managing partners, and programs to promote diversity.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 86% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 4
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 6.3%; rating input score 6
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.1%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.09; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 6.3% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 6/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.