Harford Friends School Inc Dba Friends School of Harford

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
061712382
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Baldwin, MD, USA
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Primary, Elementary Schools

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$136,345
Expenses
$74,509
Assets
$271,281
Liabilities
$5,400

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

People named in this filing

  • BETH BABIKOW (CHAIR)
  • ANDREW CHABALOWSKI (TRUSTEE)
  • JO ANN CHASON (TRUSTEE)

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

Harford friends school will provide agriculture based, intergenerational instruction and related activities where participants build skills for healthy, environmentally conscious lives and to be good stewards of the land. The program will be guided by principles of simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship.

What it reported doing in 2024

Due to a significant drop in funding sources, harford friends school suspended instructional services as of june 30, 2018. Since then, the board has explored opportunities to implement an agriculture based instruction program based on core values of simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship. The board explored land use management strategies to develop the falls creek property into an agricultural education center.

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 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 - 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: 36
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 82
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 29%; rating input score 29
  • Program expense ratio: 47.6%; rating input score 48

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: 45.4%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.64; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 32.9% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -15.8% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 29% of revenue deployed · 47.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $35K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.