Washington Dc Chapter of American Immigration Lawyers Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
911911195
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Falls Church, VA, USA
Phone
7035603500
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$170,863
Expenses
$241,834
Assets
$162,732

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • EILEEN P BLESSINGER (CHAIR-ELECT)
  • BRIAN P CASSON (CHAIR)
  • KELLY C WHITE (VICE CHAIR)

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

American immigration lawyers association (aila) - dc chapter promotes and facilitates the practice and teaching of immigration law in the district of columbia, Maryland and Virginia.

What it reported doing in 2024

The aila dc chapter holds an annual immigration law conference for members every fall. The aila dc chapter holds monthly meetings for its membership, to discuss issues affecting district of columbia, Maryland and Virginia immigration lawyers and their clients. The aila dc chapter holds annual citizenship day clinics in various locations throughout dc, md and va, at which members provide pro bono services to the public. The aila dc chapter produces and distributes newsletters and provides website access with up- to-date information concerning immigration matters for dc, md and va immigration lawyers. The aila dc chapter has members that serve as liaisons between membership and various immigration related entities including united states citizenship and immigation service (uscis), department of labor (dol), executive office for immigration review (eoir), department of state (dos), immigration and customs enforcement (ice) and customs and border protection (cbp).

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 70% 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 93%; rating input score 93

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -41.5%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.67; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 93% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $225K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.