Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Chesapeake Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
520631265
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2016
Forms available
Form 990 2016
Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Phone
4102434000
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,699,012
Expenses
$1,720,290
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MR TERRY F HICKEY ESQ (FORMER PRESIDENT & CEO)
  • MS KERA RITTER (PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • MS KERA RITTER (PRESIDENT & CEO): $126,640 total reported compensation
  • MR TERRY F HICKEY ESQ (FORMER PRESIDENT & CEO): $41,960 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To help children reach their fullest potential through professionally supported, one-to-one mentoring relationships and a full range of youth mentoring programs with measurable impact.

What it reported doing in 2016

Bbbsgc is the oldest and largest mentoring organization in the state of Maryland with over 60 years of experience. We help children and youth reach their fullest potential by building safe and enduring mentoring relationships based on best practices, quality standards and professional support. We serve central Maryland, southern Maryland and the eastern shore. Our community mentoring program is the proven "gold standard" in youth mentoring for vulnerable children and youth. Mentors and mentees meet in the community 2-3 times a month for at least one year to build strong relationships. Bbbsgc case managers provide support, supervision, and guidance. We offer special community events for our mentor-mentee pairs that are donated by local companies and organizations. In addition, we provide school-based and workplace site programs. We also work with young people who have been involved with the juvenile justice system. Bbbsgc ceased operating the community mentoring program on june 30, 2017.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 72% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.8%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 72.5%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.99 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: -1.3%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.8%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -12.5% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -22.8% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.8% of revenue deployed · 72.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $127K · 25 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2011 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 19/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.