Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia
Legal name: Womens Bar Association of the District of Columbia
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 526044321
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Alexandria, VA, USA
- Phone
- 202-639-8880
- Rating
- 54
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $154,564
- Expenses
- $197,550
- Assets
- $945,117
- Liabilities
- $36,485
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
22 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Mary Blatch (President)
- Jennifer Mammen (President-Elect)
- Kandis Gibson (Immediate Past President)
People named in this filing
- Mary Blatch (President)
- Jennifer Mammen (President-Elect)
- Emily Lagan (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Maintaining the honor and integrity of the profession; promoting the administration of justice; advancing and protecting the interests of women lawyers; promoting their mutual improvement; and encouraging a spirit of friendship.
What it reported doing in 2024
Executive & judicial endorsements: the wbas principal goal in endorsing candidates for judgeships is to ensure the appointment of qualified judges to both local and federal courts in the district of columbia. Consistent with that goal, we also seek to increase the number of women occupying judgeships in the district of columbia and federal courts. We endorse candidates who have demonstrated a commitment to equality of all litigants before the courts and who have been responsive to womens needs and concerns.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 10
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 14.5%; rating input score 14
- Program expense ratio: 6.1%; rating input score 6
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -27.8%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.78; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -16% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 14.5% of revenue deployed · 6.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $12K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 22 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $164K reported
- Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 6/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.