Maryland Coalition of Families Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
522214361
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Columbia, MD, USA
Phone
4437418676
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Mental Health, Crisis Intervention N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,600,615
Expenses
$6,749,812
Assets
$2,064,004
Liabilities
$424,502

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARK LANCASTER (PRESIDENT)
  • LAURA KIMMEL (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • CHRISTINA GREEN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • KAREN DUFFY (DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHRISTINA GREEN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $195,395 total reported compensation
  • SWATI SHAH (CHIEF FINANCIAL & ADMINIST): $172,215 total reported compensation
  • KAREN DUFFY (DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $154,316 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Using our personal experience caring for loved ones with behavioral health needs, we connect, support, and empower Maryland's families and advocate to improve systems that impact individuals with behavioral health challenges.

What it reported doing in 2024

Maryland coalition of families (mcf) is a statewide nonprofit dedicated to providing support, guidance, and hope to families who have a loved one with mental health, substance use or problem gambling challenges. The organization advocates to improve services and systems that impact individuals with behavioral health disorders and to reduce stigma related to behavioral health. Mcf staff provides one-to-one support, resource connection and systems navigation at no cost to families.the impact of these programs in fy24 included: 4,690 families who have a loved one with mental health, substance use, or problem gambling challenges received family peer support. These families were connected with 19,424 community resources. Staff provided 216 support group sessions and 82 education workshops.mcf advocated for improving services in all systems of care for children, youth, adultsand families through system-level advocacy, and through participationon state-level, public policy committees.we conducted two family leadership programs designed to help parents and caregivers of school-aged children with mental health challenges improve their skills to advocate for their child, their family, and their community. 29 parents and caregivers graduated from the program and joined mcf's family leadership alumni group dedicated to bringing family voice into important conversations about children's behavioral health.the 22nd annual family day in annapolis was held to bring family members, mental health service providers and system partners to learn about important legislation and best practices to meet with legislators. Participants then engage in appointments with their legislators. In fy25 almost 200 family members, partners, and other key stakeholders from all over Maryland took part in the event. In summary, mcf provided family peer support to parents and other caregivers in all 24 jurisdictions of the state.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 98% 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 89
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.4%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 87.3%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $50.85 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.3%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.8%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.4% of revenue deployed · 87.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $195K · 11 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $183K reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.