Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 521903732
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Baltimore, MD, USA
- Phone
- 4435242800
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Urban, Community Economic Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,799,243
- Expenses
- $3,675,027
- Assets
- $4,169,046
- Liabilities
- $373,382
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BRANDON LOCKETT (PRESIDENT/BOARD CHAIR)
- ANGELA MCCAULEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- ANGELA MCCAULEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $94,294 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Historic east baltimore community action coalition, inc. (hebcac), was formed on february 4, 1994, as a non-stock corporation in the state of Maryland in partnership with johns hopkins university, johns hopkins health system, the kennedy krieger institute, baltimore city, the state of Maryland and the community. Hebcac is supported by grants contributions, contracts and project fees.hebcac's stated mission is to promote economic growth that builds healthy, thriving neighborhoods and stable households in east baltimore. It carries out this mission through a set of specific program and project based activity.
What it reported doing in 2024
Dee's place and threshold to recovery: dee's place is open to anyone seeking to recover from drug and alcohol addiction. This recovery center is a supportive place where people can be among others in recovery and receive referrals to drug and alcohol treatment programs. Staff also make referrals for medical/mental health treatment, housing and employment assistance, and other services to help create a better life in recovery. Dee's place, located in the rear of 1212 n. Wolfe st., is open 24 hours, 7 days a week. Dee's place is also a key partner of the larger baltimore city program - threshold to recovery.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 81% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 77
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 87.5%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 77.8%; rating input score 78; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -31.3%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.13; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.6%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 87.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 9 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $94K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.