Coalition of Geriatric Services

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521786538
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Columbia, MD, USA
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Supportive Housing for Older Adults

Reported finances

Revenue
$52,022
Expenses
$48,293
Assets
$82,340
Liabilities
$20,085

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lauren Anderson (President)
  • Allison Tilman (Vice President)
  • Rebecca Sieck (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Lauren Anderson (President)
  • Allison Tilman (Vice President)
  • Sheila Baldeo (Secretary)

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

COGS supports a network of professionals serving older adults in Central Maryland Howard County

What it reported doing in 2025

Provide monthly 9 times per year membership meetings over 140 members focused on emerging trends and strategies to grow the members business and strengthen their brand. Provide networking opportunities during the sessions to share ideas and practices

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 74% for direct work, and 26% for grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 41
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 41.4%; rating input score 41
  • Program expense ratio: 42.2%; rating input score 42

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.2%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.71; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 46.3%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -11.2% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 41.4% of revenue deployed · 42.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $20K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2016 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: Mission deployment rate scored 41/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 42/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.