Blue Collar Project Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
874103208
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Jefferson, MD, USA
Phone
2403676304
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards

Reported finances

Revenue
$113,375
Expenses
$40,014
Assets
$98,834
Liabilities
$1,605

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KEITH DODSON (President)
  • Glenn Hain (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • KEITH DODSON (President)
  • Glenn Hain (Vice President)
  • Mary Jo Dodson (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

Promoting and providing training and employment awareness to youths who are looking for a future in manual labor trades. Prvovide scholarships and economic assistance to youth seeking education in the trade fields.

What it reported doing in 2025

Blue collar project is an organization that provides educational awareness, scholarships and assistance to youths interested in the various trade fields.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 88% 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 and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 37
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Sustainability: 82
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 21.9%; rating input score 22
  • Program expense ratio: 62%; rating input score 62

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 64.7%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.47; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 141.1% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 73.6% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 80.7% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 21.9% of revenue deployed · 62% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 22/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.