Harry R Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 522242594
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Queenstown, MD, USA
- Phone
- 4108276202
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Agricultural Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,610
- Assets
- $89,670
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
19 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Thomas Mac Middleton (President)
- Ernie Shea (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Benjamin Beale (Director)
- Dr Craig Beyrouty (Director)
- Brett Grohsgal (Director)
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
The Center brings together diverse interests from the agricultural, forestry, and environmental communities for the purpose of retaining Maryland's working landscapes and the industries they support while protecting and improving the health of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
What it reported doing in 2024
The Center's 24-25 major accomplishments include funding 4 research projects for $404,791. The research projects address the topics of urban agriculture, saltwater intrusion, and oyster aquaculture. In addition, the Center is leading Maryland's efforts to produce a Climate Smart plan for the state's agriculture. The final report will be released in Fall 2025.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: NotEnoughData
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -12.7% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 19 people listed
- Consistency: 2 of 2 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2014 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.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.