The Volunteer Lawyer Network Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 260270183
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2019
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2019
- Location
- South Bend, IN, USA
- Phone
- 5742770075
- Rating
- 94
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Management & Technical Assistance
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $134,506
- Expenses
- $153,463
- Assets
- $973
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHRIS SPATARO (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- SHAWNDA J MOORE (ADM ASST)
- LISA PLENCNER (SECRETARY/TR)
- CHRIS SPATARO (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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To facilitate the provision of free legal assistance and representation from community lawyers to low-income individuals located in the 2nd judicial district of Indiana.
What it reported doing in 2019
Hosted or sponsored 11 events, including continuing legal education sessions and ask-a-lawyer events. Assisted 903 applicants, and administered volunteer representation in 389 cases.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 5
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
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: -14.1%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 68.6%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -6.9% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $153K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2010 to 2019
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.