The Massachusetts Lgbtq Bar Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
043014093
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Boston, MA, USA
Phone
6175269675
Rating
52
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$38,039
Expenses
$19,014
Assets
$98,322

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • EVA JELLISON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MATTHEW BARISON (DIRECTOR)
  • EVA JELLISON (PRESIDENT)
  • RACHEL HUTCHINSON (CLERK)

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 Massachusetts lgbtq bar association (mass lgbtq bar) is a voluntary state-wide professional association of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer lawyers and our allies, providing a visible lgbtq presence within the Massachusetts legal community.

What it reported doing in 2025

Our work focuses around the following themes: justice - mass lgbtq bar promotes the administration of justice throughout Massachusetts for all persons without regard to their sexual orientation or gender identity or expression. Education - mass lgbtq bar educates the Massachusetts legal community about legal issues impacting the lgbtq community, monitors emerging legal trends and participates in legislative hearings and judicial proceedings effecting members of our community. Support - mass lgbtq bar promotes full and equal participation in the legal profession by lesbians, gay men, and bisexual and transgender people, and actively supports the appointment of qualified members of the lgbtq community to the judiciary. Through our mentoring program, alec gray scholarship, and social events, we provide a professional and social support network for lgbtq members of the Massachusetts legal community in all areas of professional practice. Leadership - mass lgbtq bar provides an established, non-partisan, and vocal lgbtq presence within the Massachusetts legal community; and encourages opportunities for leadership by lgbtq lawyers in Massachusetts.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 66% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 10
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 15.9%; rating input score 16
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 50%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.17; rating input score 84; 84th 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: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 15.9% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2014 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 16/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.