Fr Michael Mission Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
834253414
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-N 2019
Location
La Plata, MD, USA
Phone
2406012238
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Prison Alternatives

Reported finances

Revenue
$289,115
Expenses
$292,540
Assets
$72
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • FR MICHAEL BRIESE (PRESIDENT)
  • THOMAS SWANN (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • FR MICHAEL BRIESE (PRESIDENT): $10,113 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission is to serve the poor of southern Maryland with food, emergency shelter, winter coats and household personal items. Southern Maryland includes st. Marys, charles, and lower prince georges counties.

What it reported doing in 2023

Fr michael's mission (the mission) developed a cooprative ministry with food for the poor, inc., a christian relief and development organization. This organization provided tons of food, personal care items and seasonal clothing that the mission distributed to fifty other small catholic, christian, nondenominaltinal churches and one mosque for the needy of their communities. These items came from corporate donors such as procter and gamble, inc. The value of these goods as determined by the donors was $220,896.in 2023 fr michael's mission, inc successfully coordinated the purchases, distribution and deliveries of basic family foods, personal hygiene products, home cleaning products, and winter coats to hundreds of families and individuals living in charles, st mary's and southern prince georges counties: which together compose a large region of the more rural region of southern Maryland. The rural poverty of southern Maryland is severe, the resources needed to address these challenges are far fewer than say the urban communities. In addition, emergency temporary housing is provided but this is very limited since we use old motels and their prices have steadily increased in these past three years. In contrast, our annual financial donations are steady at roughly $68,000.00 per year. The bulk of our donations are charitable and in-kind donations from companies. Church related charities and individual churches, and a few individuals the very limited number of our most generous donors. We certainly appreciate and thank all of our donors since all donations are acts of generosity and kindness. We look forward to continuing this great interfaith ministry in the needy and rural parts of southern Maryland.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 53
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.8%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 90.7%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 8th 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: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.2%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.5%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -21.2% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -19.1% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -53.9% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.8% of revenue deployed · 90.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $265K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $10K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 18 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2020 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.