Warren County Bar Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311082837
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Lebanon, OH, USA
Phone
5136951309
Rating
42
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$42,109
Expenses
$46,183
Assets
$16,597

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRUCE MCGARY (PRESIDENT)
  • MICHAEL D'AMICO (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • BRUCE MCGARY (PRESIDENT)
  • MICHAEL D'AMICO (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JAMES DEARIE (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

To assist in maintaining the integrity and competence of the legal profession in its duty to make legal counsel available, to assist in improving the legal system, to promote a better understanding of the legal system by the public, to undertake and promote charitable activities, and to promote honor, respect, courtesy and a spirit of fellowship among its members.

What it reported doing in 2024

Gathering of legal professionals at events duringthe year

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 79% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 83% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 14
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 14.3%; rating input score 14
  • Program expense ratio: 13%; rating input score 13

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -9.7%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.36; rating input score 24; 24th 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: -10.2% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 14.3% of revenue deployed · 13% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • 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 14/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.