Iam Assistance

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
462575531
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Upper Marlboro, MD, USA
Phone
3019674510
Rating
41
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Disaster Preparedness and Relief Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$403,198
Expenses
$20,162
Assets
$678,285
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JODY BENNETT (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • DORA CERVANTES (TREASURER): $459,975 total reported compensation
  • JODY BENNETT (PRESIDENT): $436,664 total reported compensation
  • PAUL KENDALL (SECRETARY): $370,738 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To engage in activities to improve the employability and job security of workers and assist unemployed workers transitioning into and coping with retirement by sponsoring education, counseling, employee assistance and training programs for unemployed, underemployed, at risk workers and retired workers and train and certify counselors and other personnel to address stress, mental illness, geriatic issues, dementia and drug and alcohol dependency and like by-products of workers displacement, in an effort to enhance the working lives and retirement of this group of workers.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provides financial assistance to iam members in times of natural disasters - such as floods, hurricanes, earthquakes and tornadoes - and to train individuals who can provide needs-assessment, relief and counseling to those who have suffered substantial losses during natural disasters. For 2025, 49 individuals received assistance payments from the organization.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

MIXED - 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 voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 29
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 14
  • Sustainability: 84
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 4%; rating input score 4
  • Program expense ratio: 80.8%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 95%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 33.64; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1,572.7%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -22.5% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.9% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 4% of revenue deployed · 80.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $16K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $460K · 3 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 4/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.