Connections Thru Life Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
874112051
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Owings Mills, MD, USA
Phone
3019780497
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$19,978,168
Expenses
$20,662,309
Assets
$2,118,532
Liabilities
$2,592,026

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANTAWAN ANDERSON (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MONET CROMWELL (ACCOUNTANT): $92,958 total reported compensation
  • ANTAWAN ANDERSON (PRESIDENT): $78,750 total reported compensation
  • CHARITY SCOTT (ACCOUNTANT): $52,864 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our organizations mission is to offer support and increase awareness among individuals and entities within the community, both socially and financially.

What it reported doing in 2024

Over the course of its partnership with the baltimore city health department, connections thru life (ctl) played a crucial role as a fiscal agent for the ryan white part a program. As part of this role, ctl provided comprehensive fiscal oversight for a total of 22 subrecipient organizations, which included managing and monitoring budgets, executing contracts, reviewing and disbursing invoices, and performing site visits to ensure proper use and accounting of funds. This effort allowed ctl to provide effective support for the program and ensure that all subrecipients were in compliance with applicable regulations and guidelines.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 100% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 97% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.4%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.22; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.4%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 43.4% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 42.6% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -27.6% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 1 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $20.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $93K · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 33 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 18 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.