Chesapeake Multicultural Resource Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
460893377
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Easton, MD, USA
Phone
8777729832
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Student Services, Organizations of Students

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,210,782
Expenses
$989,909
Assets
$1,539,674
Liabilities
$109,584

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALBERTO GAMEZ (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ROBERT KELLY (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • HILARY DEUTSCH (DIRECTOR)
  • ALBERTO GAMEZ (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ROSALEE POTTER (DIRECTOR)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

By coordinating services and informational programs, the chesapeake multicultural resource center empowers people from different cultures to become successful and engaged members of our community. Through education we strive to breakdown cultural barriers that arise from differences in language, appearance, or ethnic traditions. We envision a community that partners to embrace diversity.

What it reported doing in 2024

The resource center provides a one-stop information and referral service to help people from different cultures adapt to their new community. Anyone can access the center for general assistance, help with translations, completing documents, and referrals to service providers. The most frequent requests are for help in immigration law, obtaining driver's licenses, payment of income taxes, education and training, general legal aid, and family support. This activity is funded primarily through unrestricted donor contributions.chesmrc is an accredited organization through the department of justice and can represent clients before us citizenship & immigration services (uscis) without the need of an attorney and affords legal services at little or no cost to qualifying candidates. The center also offers citizenship classes and workshops to help prepare clients with taking the formal citizenship tests.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 60% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - 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 some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 67
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.5%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 91.8%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: $116.3 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 19th 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: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 18.2%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.56; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.5% of revenue deployed · 91.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $909K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.