Volunteer Lawyers for the Poor Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311033942
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Phone
5132419400
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$124,335
Expenses
$114,285
Assets
$316,301
Liabilities
$65,415

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ali Razzaghi (President)
  • Richard B Uhle (Immediate Past President / Trustee)

People named in this filing

  • Mary Asbury (Exec. Vice Pres/Acting Sec)
  • Cindy Resor (Assistant Treasurer)
  • Scott A Kane (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 mission and principal activities of Volunteer Lawyers for the Poor Foundation are to recruit and maintain lawyers to provide services to residents of Southwest Ohio who require legal services and whose income is determined to be inadequate to pay for such services.

What it reported doing in 2024

The foundation provided legal services for the poor. Approximately 152 lawyers volunteered to serve 3,718 individuals in 2024. The organization obtained and utilized $645,887 of donated services and facilities during the 2024 year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and total assets are large relative to annual expenses, but may not be spendable cash. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 57.5%; rating input score 57
  • Program expense ratio: 60.9%; rating input score 61

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: 8.1%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.77; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 57.5% of revenue deployed · 60.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $70K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.