Maryland Leadership Seminar Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521269293
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Rockville, MD, USA
Phone
2408883473
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$116,408
Expenses
$132,643
Assets
$223,659
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AARON BERNSTEIN (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • SYDNEY KING (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ROBERT MAY (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CAROL APPLEGATE (TRUSTEE)
  • AARON BERNSTEIN (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • BRANDON HOUSE (DIRECTOR OF IT)

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

To host an annual 4 day seminar for 200+ sophomores and 100+ volunteer/staff, including 3 service projects; speakers and hands-on activities overnight on a university campus. The goal of which is to develop future leaders from the community students. We are an all-volunteer organization with no employees.

What it reported doing in 2024

Annual 3 day virtual seminar for 200+ sophomores and 35 volunteer/staff. Clew leadership seminar meetings provide opportunties for students to interact with peers in diverse groups to further their personal leadership growth. We are an all-volunteer organization with no employees.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -13.9%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.69; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $133K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.