Maryland Defense Counsel Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 521677764
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Columbia, SC, USA
- Phone
- 8033659367
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $16,418
- Expenses
- $38,261
- Assets
- $13,183
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SHERYL A TIROCCHI (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
- AMY E ASKEW (PRESIDENT)
- ZACHARY A MILLER (PRESIDENT ELECT)
People named in this filing
- SHERYL A TIROCCHI (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
- AMY E ASKEW (PRESIDENT)
- ZACHARY A MILLER (PRESIDENT ELECT)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The association is a Maryland non-stock corporation formed to bring together attorneys in the state of Maryland who devote the majority of their time to the defense of damage suits or other civil litigation on behalf of insurance companies or other defendants (not including subrogation cases). The association anticipates that bringing such persons into close association will promote the efficiency of the legal profession and serve the general interests of the public.the earnings of the association will not inure to the benefit of any member or members of the association, except that the association reimburses members for reasonable expenses incurred by the members on behalf of the association.
What it reported doing in 2024
Publishes and electronically delivers the newsletter, "the defense line," which is available to members and nonmembers and reports on matters of interest to defense attorneys in Maryland.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -133%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.34; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -7.7% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -4.2% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.