Episcopal Community Services of Maryland

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
520591564
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2016
Forms available
Form 990 2016
Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Phone
4104671264
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$721,585
Expenses
$969,735
Assets
$977,951
Liabilities
$112,413

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Rev Dr Angela Shephard (Director)
  • Joel Davis (Secretary)
  • Charles Barton (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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Guided by our faith and commitment to social justice, and in collaboration with other, episcopal community services of Maryland strives to address the injustice of sever poverty, which is embedded in communities and disempowers individuals.

What it reported doing in 2016

The Club at Collington Square is an Out-Of-School Time (OST) program that provides academic support and enrichment activities to youth in kindergarten through fourth grade at Collington Square Elementary/Middle School in East Baltimore. The Club's programming is dedicated to positive youth development through age-appropriate education and enrichment activities. Research hows that engaging young students outside the home decreases their likelihood for truancy and involvement in risky and criminal behaviors. The Club is open Monday through Thursday from 3:30 to 6:30 when school is in session and from noon to 4PM during the summer. Children enrolled at The Club are encouraged in the use of peaceful approaches. Conflict resolution through positive behavior incentives, club community services, mentoring and reflection time. Children engage in parent conferences and personal accountability for their actions. These practices building positive relationships among students, their families and Club staff and volunteers, and the larger community. The students served by The Club have been identified as being in need of additional resources to afford them the opportunity to be more successful in their education and social development. Each school day, Club students receive homework assistance from staff and volunteers. Club staff works directly with school administrators and teachers to review grade-level reading and math objectives and share students' academic progress. Technical and arts exploration shape The Club's programs. The Club's stem (Science Technology Engineering mathematics) instruction provides real-world applications for complex math and science concepts throughhands-on projects and experiments. Arts programming opens students' eyes to the diversity of artistic expressions in the world around them. Both programs offer a chance for the children to develop cultural awareness of the concerns facing their community and proposing insightful resolutions to these issues. The Club also provides students with increased knowledge and awareness of healthy foods, nutrition and physical activity. Students at The Club receive a healthy afternoon snack and meal while in the program. Students also learn how to prepare inexpensive, healthy snacks and meals. Each Child at The Club has a plan for safe travel home, provided by the student's family. The Club communicates directly with the school to address school attendance, behavioral and academic concerns. Additionally, the chool and family is notified if a student is absent from the program for more than two consecutive days.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 24
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 73.7%; rating input score 74
  • 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • 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: -34.4%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.01; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -24.5% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -14.2% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -10.4% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99% of revenue deployed · 73.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 7 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $714K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2009 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.