Maryland Family Network
Legal name: Maryland Family Network Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 521486702
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Baltimore, MD, USA
- Phone
- (410) 659-7701
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Family Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $36,366,985
- Expenses
- $35,286,631
- Assets
- $17,136,990
- Liabilities
- $9,755,594
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
27 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- R MICHAEL GILL JR (PRESIDENT)
- KESHA-SIMONE JONES (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
- ALEXANDER COSTOS (FIRST VICE PRESIDENT)
- MONIQUE COHEN PHD (SECOND VICE PRESIDENT)
- J MICHAEL RILEY (PRESIDENT EMERITUS)
- LAURA WEELDREYER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- LAURA WEELDREYER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $268,267 total reported compensation
- TIERA T CHIN (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $145,667 total reported compensation
- JENNIFER ANDIORIO (DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT): $145,497 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Maryland Family Network advocates for the development of a strong system of quality child care, early education, and family support.
What it reported doing in 2024
A champion for their interests- with strong advocacy and public policy presence at the local, state, and federal levels, mfn leads thecharge for very young children and all those concerned with their well-being. After years of work, Maryland became the tenth state (plus the district of columbia) to establish paid family and medical leave through the "time to care act of 2022; this will provide partial wage replacement for families taking time away from their jobs to care for loved ones. Another eight pieces of legislation that focused on the needs of young children, their families, and childcare providers also won passage in 2022.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 91% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 79% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.9%; rating input score 92
- Program expense ratio: 94.7%; rating input score 95
- Fundraising efficiency: $2,530.61 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: 3%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.57; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.9%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 91.9% of revenue deployed · 94.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $33.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $268K · 27 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.3M reported
- Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 42 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 38 filed related-organization links
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.