Intersection Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
452123506
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Phone
4107063875
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$42,282
Expenses
$50,371
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

People named in this filing

  • ELLEN BARNARD (Chairman)
  • HARRY BOSK (Chairman)
  • JARED SOLOMON (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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The intersection is a non-profit organization dedicated to shifting expectations for baltimore's young people. We transform high school students from under serviced areas into leaders with the skills to go to and through college, to engage in civic action, and articulate and solve challenges facing themselves and their communities.

What it reported doing in 2020

The intersection program consists of leadership training, student-led projects, and college counseling. For the first few weeks, students undergo leadership training that focuses on civil rights, power and privilege, as well as past and current strategies used to organize communities. We introduce the students to local community leaders, activists and city officials who engage our students in dialogue about the issues affecting our communities and city. Then, the program focus shifts from dialogue to community engagement. Community based projects are created by students that focus on social issues affecting their daily lives. Examples of past projects include a student-led mayoral forumn, a photo journalism exhibition exposing the environmental disparities between different baltimore neighborhoods, an audio documentary and student-led community conversation about the physical state of public school buildings, and community advocacy campaigns. The other part of the program is college and career counseling to help the intersections' students access the resources and tools they need to create a path after high school. Components of the college and career program include individual meeting with students to create personalized plans, workshops focusing on sat preparation, how to strengthen your admission essay, how to file your fasfa, as well as information on accessing scholarships and grants.

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
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. 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: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 15
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 54.7%; rating input score 55
  • Program expense ratio: 45.9%; rating input score 46

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -19.1%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 78.6%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -12.8% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -12.7% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 54.7% of revenue deployed · 45.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $23K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2013 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 55/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 46/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.