Maryland Public Interest Research Group Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 521103818
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2013
- Location
- College Park, MD, USA
- Phone
- 2402694404
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $0
- Assets
- $829
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
People named in this filing
- Sophia D'Alonzo (Chair)
- Vagmi Luhar (Vice Chair (until 1/6/25))
- Miguel Macaso (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
The purposes for which the Corporation is formed and the objects to be carried on and performed by it are as follows: (1) In general to advocate and participate in projects and activities promoting the public interest, said project and activities to be representative of the goals and concerns of the students of participating colleges and universities in Maryland as determined on a priority basis by a Student Board of Directors; (2) To employ through the Student Board a staff of full and part-time professionals to carry out projects and activities with significant impact on the public well-being; (3) To engage in research, studies, preparation, and submission of written reports, representation, litigation, lobbying, public education, and similar efforts to advocate the public interest in such areas (by way of illustration, not limitation) as governmental responsibility, environmental preservation, equal rights, consumer protection, and corporate responsibility.
What it reported doing in 2024
Public education and outreach services: recruiting volunteers, distributing educational literature, conducting surveys, and discussing issues with the public and University of Maryland students on the following issues: environmental protection, consumer protection, and hunger and homelessness.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
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: 55
- Sustainability: 8
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: -69.4% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -37.4% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -34.6% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 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.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Series filing activity did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.