Aia Maryland Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 521687502
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Annapolis, MD, USA
- Phone
- 4102630916
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $355,375
- Expenses
- $310,186
- Assets
- $1,276,841
- Liabilities
- $482,176
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- M SCOTT BOWEN (PRESIDENT)
- ASH BELGI (PRESIDENT ELECT)
- BARTON ROSS (PAST PRESIDENT)
- JACLYN GARBARINO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- JACLYN GARBARINO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $85,914 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Aia Maryland is a state component of the american institute of architects. Incorporated in 1965 as a 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization, aia Maryland is managed by a board of directors elected from each of the three state chapters baltimore, chesapeake bay and potomac valley. With just under 2,000 members, aia Maryland represents architects, as well as interns, students and allied professionals. Its mission is to serve its members, advance their value, and improve the quality of the built environment and the practice of architecture in Maryland through legislative and governmental action. We promote architects and architecture through political activism, legislative activities and grassroots efforts and we guard the interests of architects with regard to regulations and law.
What it reported doing in 2024
In fulfilling the organization's exempt purposes, aia Maryland monitors the state legislature by monitoring and pursuing legislation to improve the practice of architecture on behalf of its 1,500+ architect members within the state of Maryland. The organization holds a professional and student architectural design competition which provides the opportunity for members and students to gain recognition for their work. The organization awards cash prizes to architectural students in the student award competition. Aia Maryland additionally promotes professional and student work by showcasing architectural exhibits in the organization's building front gallery space. Aia Maryland also started a disaster assistance committee to perform rapid building assessments in post-disaster situations.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 74% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 69
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 74.2%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: 83.7%; rating input score 84
- 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 12.7%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.12; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.38; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 27.7%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 74.2% of revenue deployed · 83.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $260K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $86K · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.