Friends of Blackwater Incorporated
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 521535023
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Cambridge, MD, USA
- Phone
- 4102218586
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $113,438
- Expenses
- $103,234
- Assets
- $299,916
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CINDY BURNS (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- CINDY BURNS (PRESIDENT)
- SUE FISCHER (SECRETARY)
- JILL LEVIN (TREASURER)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
100% volunteer support group for blackwater wildlife national refuge
What it reported doing in 2024
Fob provides support for capital improvements and maintenance for the refuge including internet services, trail maintenance, pavillions, outhourses, planting programs, wildlife webcams, telescope
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.3%; rating input score 76
- Program expense ratio: 82.6%; rating input score 83
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 9%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.91; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 76.3% of revenue deployed · 82.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $85K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.