Family League of Baltimore City Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521734848
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Phone
4106625500
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$25,305,590
Expenses
$24,398,162
Assets
$15,709,983
Liabilities
$10,477,819

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEMAUNE MILLARD (PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • DEMAUNE MILLARD (PRESIDENT & CEO): $231,178 total reported compensation
  • KEIANNA THOMPSON (CFO): $140,520 total reported compensation
  • JOHNATHAN CARTER (CHIEF OF STAFF): $130,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

FAMILY LEAGUE OF BALTIMORE SERVES AS AN ARCHITECT OF CHANGE IN BALTIMORE BY PROMOTING DATA DRIVEN, COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVES AND ALIGNING RESOURCES TO CREATE LASTING OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. THIS PAST YEAR REFLECTS OUR ORGANIZATION'S CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO FISCAL INTEGRITY, OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, AND TRANSFORMATIVE COMMUNITY IMPACT AS WE ADVANCE OUR MISSION TO DISMANTLE SYSTEMIC BARRIERS LIMITING POSSIBILITIES FOR BALTIMORE'S CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES.Mission Impact & Program ReachIn FY2025, Family League invested $21.6 million in total program services, supporting 84 funded partners and positively impacting over 14,000 lives across Baltimore City. This level of investment reflects our strategic approach to resource stewardship and our commitment to maximizing community impact through data-informed, collaborative solutions.Among our most significant FY2025 accomplishments: our Out-of-School time (OST) programs served more than 8,000 youth averaging e

What it reported doing in 2024

School age and high school programs - the community schools partnership-based strategy and model focuses on student acheivement and family and community well-being.its integrated focus on academics, enrichment, health and social supports, youth and community development and family engagement leads to student success, strong families and healthy communities. Anchored by a community school coordinator, the partnerships allow schools to become resources to the community and offer programs and opportuniteis that are open to all. Out of school time - i.e. After school programming- is aligned with every community school to extend and enrich the educational experience of every student at 52 community schools.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 99% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 86% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 68
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.3%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 88.4%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 95.8%; rating input score 96; 25th 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: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.6%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.64; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.67; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.3% of revenue deployed · 88.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $21.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $231K · 19 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $539K reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 65 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 59 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.