Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
520640624
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Annapolis, MD, USA
Phone
4435348981
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$173,420
Expenses
$106,897
Assets
$135,887
Liabilities
$1,314

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CORY A VAN HORN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • LAURA ZIMMERMANN (CHAIR)
  • PAIGE TILGHMAN (VICE CHAIR)
  • CAROLINE BENSON (TREASURER)

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

Promotion of house tours to raise funds for the benefit of Maryland historic house and garden sites.

What it reported doing in 2024

House and garden tours - net proceeds awarded for historic preservation, restoration, and other charitable tax-exempt purposes in Maryland

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 76% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 62% for direct work, and 38% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 48.7%; rating input score 49
  • Program expense ratio: 79.1%; rating input score 79

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 38.4%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.27; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 48.7% of revenue deployed · 79.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $85K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2010 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.