Bethlehem House Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
833047480
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Landover Hills, MD, USA
Phone
2409940603
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Roman Catholic
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,315
Expenses
$18,023
Assets
$32,874
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Dolores Wilson (President)
  • Barbara Bartlett (Vice President)
  • Margaret Kolm (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Dolores Wilson (President)
  • Barbara Bartlett (Vice President)
  • Kelly McCloskey (Treasurer)

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

Overview

Mission

Bethlehem House Foundation, Inc. provides spiritual supports and faith experiences for adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities who live in congregate residential settings in DC and Maryland. We have a partnership with a local Best Buddies organization who join us in our activities when school is in session during the fall and spring semesters. We host a Catholic Mass offered at a nearby venue followed by a dinner for the community---residents of the group homes, their direct support staff and the Best Buddies. The meal is offered for free. And the Foundation also organizes weekend events for our community, such as socials, going to movies, etc. This sometimes involves paying for transportation, food, and the cost of the event such as movie tickets. These residents and others with disabilities have very limited income, so the Foundation has hosted these events for free. Total cost of program expenses 2022: $8583

What it reported doing in 2025

We provided 30 weekly events- Mass and dinners- for 8-12 adults with disabilities along with another 15 others--staff, families, friends and student Best Buddies. This year, we began offering weekend events for our group plus about 6-10 adults with disabilities who prefer not to go out at night, for a total of 20 -25 attendees. We provided 20 of these additional events from September through December.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 55
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.8%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 40.1%; rating input score 40

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -59.3%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.82; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23.7%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -29.1% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -14.2% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63.8% of revenue deployed · 40.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $7K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.