Feed St Marys Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
371945057
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Lexington Park, MD, USA
Phone
3014816657
Rating
55
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food Banks, Pantries

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$156,417
Expenses
$102,375
Assets
$411,937
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mr Douglas Frederick (BoD President)
  • Rev Greg Syler (BoD Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Mr Douglas Frederick (BoD President)
  • Rev Greg Syler (BoD Vice President)
  • Rev Greg Syler (BoD 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

Feed St, Mary's Inc. exists to alleviate food insecurity throughout St. Mary's County, MD with the objective of eventually making St. Mary's County free from hunger. Feed St. Mary's is a Food Bank, serving St. Mary's County, MD. During 2021, the Maryland Food Bank was able to subsidize most of the food distributed by the Maryland Food Bank to Feed St. Mary's on behalf of local food pantries and soup kitchens, which came from COVID relief grants. These grants covered Maryland Food Bank costs. Hence, the cost of food purchased by Feed St. Mary's was held to support, mostly supporting special needs and events as they arose. In 2024, Feed St. Mary's subsidized food purchases for non-Maryland Food Bank pantries to better reach the underserved areas of St. Mary's County. During 2025, with the government on shut down, SNAP benefits and other assistance was temporarily halted. These events caused a significant increase in the need for food assistance.

What it reported doing in 2025

Feed St. Mary's was initiated under the auspices of the Lexington park Rotary Foundation in 2019. It became an independent 501(c)3 in 2020, just about the time that COVID lockdowns took effect. At this time, Feed St. Mary's also became a partner with the Maryland Food Bank, allowing purchase of low-cost food through this vital entity. The Maryland Food bank, was, in turn, the recipient of COVID relief funds and, for the duration of the Fiscal Year, was able to offer food to its constituent members at no cost. As a result, Feed. St. Mary's was able to fully exercise its mission to stay on top of food demand in St. Mary's County, MD with minimal out of pocket expense to buy food directly in Fiscal Year 2020. During 2025, with the government on shut down, SNAP benefits and other assistance was temporarily halted. These events caused a significant increase in the need for food assistance. Feed St. Mary's worked with local food pantries to keep shelves stocked.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 85% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 16
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 12.9%; rating input score 13
  • Program expense ratio: 19.6%; rating input score 20

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 34.5%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.02; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 37.1%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -11.8% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 12.9% of revenue deployed · 19.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $20K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 13/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.