Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
520909351
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Columbia, MD, USA
Phone
4105316006
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$19,132,607
Expenses
$18,125,507
Assets
$10,936,442
Liabilities
$3,002,088

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

Leadership & pay

24 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KRISTINE HARSHAW (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • CHITRA RAGHU (BOARD VICE-PRESIDENT THRU 10/2024)
  • MARIANA IZRAELSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARIANA IZRAELSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $187,486 total reported compensation
  • SWEETIE H DOYCHINOV (NURSE PRACTITIONER): $153,607 total reported compensation
  • NANCY L CAMPBELL (SR. DIR. OF OPERATIONS & CORP. COMPLIANCE): $126,395 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Provide 24-hour access to quality behavioral health, crisis intervention and homeless services to individual and family consumers in need.

What it reported doing in 2024

Other program services: the day resource center located in jessup, Maryland, serves the homeless population living outside in howard county. Last year the program served 1,371 individuals. Emergency motel program serves up to ten families per day in area motels, while a case manager works with them to resolve their homeless situation. In fy2024 the program served 160 people. The emergency rental assistance program provides emergency rental and utility assistance to households in howard county that are low- and moderate-income, have been financially impacted by the coronavirus, and are at imminent risk of homelessness. The cold weather shelter provides additional beds during the winter months through a partnership with the faith community. Each participating congregation hosts the shelter for one or two weeks and grassroots provide staffing and management of the program. In fy2024 the program served 73 homeless individuals including 14 families and 21 children. In fy 2024, the code blue shelter served 92 clients and provided 277 bed nights. In fy2025, new and expanded services: day resource center (drc): the drc served a record-setting 1,553 clients. A new service was added: dedicated case management hours to help individuals obtain birth certificates, ids, and social security cards to achieve housing. Code blue shelter: this program saw a significant increase in use, serving 258 clients in fy2025, compared to 92 in the prior year. The emergency motel program served 86 clients in fy2025, a decrease from the 160 people served in the previous year.

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 97% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.3%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 89%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $90.82 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.3%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.6; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.7%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.7% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.3% of revenue deployed · 89% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $16.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $187K · 24 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.6M reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Document-retention policy not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.