Maryland C0mmunity Connection

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
260039920
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Lanham, MD, USA
Phone
3015830358
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,971,802
Expenses
$4,844,752
Assets
$3,554,217
Liabilities
$270,406

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JESSE L HARVEY (PRESIDENT)
  • WILLIAM KITCHINGS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ANDRE BURNO COATES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ANDRE BURNO COATES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $231,000 total reported compensation
  • KIMBLYN SYNDER (DEPUTY DIRECTOR): $168,000 total reported compensation
  • ANGELA GRAHAM (PROGRAM): $109,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities with community and employment services.

What it reported doing in 2023

Children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities are provided with employment placement, training, support services, personal supports, basic needs, and low intetsity support services. Maryland commuinty connection, with its unique experiences, commitment, andstrong partnerships, serves and provides emotional support, training, employment opportunities and access to resouces on a case-by-case basis to children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities who want to achieve greater social and economic independence, and to be fully integrated into the community. Supported employment - job placement, training, transportation, and retention for community-based independent paid employment, personal, family and individual support services. Services to improve independence with medical appointments, community activities, etc. Low intensity support services (liss)-serving individuals in prince georges, montgomery, charles, calvert, and st. Marys counties. Services include assistive technology, camp, daucare, health services, housing adaptations, personal care, respite, advocacy, etc. Basic needs - assistance with food, rent, utilities, uninsured medical expenses to provide economic support and resources. Summer youth employment - opportunities for students with disabilities in prince georges county schools summer jobs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 69
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.5%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 87.8%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 18.9%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.73; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.5%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.5% of revenue deployed · 87.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $231K · 13 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D expense reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.