Assn of Fundraising Professionals-Maryland Chapter

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521600646
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Dundalk, MD, USA
Phone
4438602500
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$48,052
Expenses
$46,202
Assets
$88,451
Liabilities
$129

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TODD TROESTER (PRESIDENT)
  • CAITLIN CHRIST CFRE (PRESIDENT-ELECT AND COMMUNICATIONS)
  • EMILY HAMSHER KINDRED CFRE (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • TODD TROESTER (PRESIDENT)
  • CAITLIN CHRIST CFRE (PRESIDENT-ELECT AND COMMUNICATIONS)
  • CHELSEA BROWN (VP, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To nbsp; advance nbsp; philanthropy nbsp; by nbsp; enabling nbsp; people nbsp; and nbsp; organizations nbsp; to nbsp; practice nbsp; ethical nbsp; and nbsp; effective nbsp; fundraising nbsp; through nbsp; education nbsp; training nbsp; mentoring nbsp; encouraging nbsp; giving nbsp; and nbsp; volunteering nbsp; and nbsp; to nbsp; promote nbsp; ethics nbsp; and nbsp; sound nbsp; non-profit nbsp; management nbsp; in nbsp; Maryland

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization encouraged volunteering for local nonprofits and for community projects as well as supporting raising money for charities through donations of goods and services and awarding scholarships for outstanding donors and volunteers.

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

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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.4%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 75.2%; rating input score 75
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 14th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.8%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.91; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.5% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.4% of revenue deployed · 75.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 18 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 18 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.