Maryland Society of Surveyors Educational Trust
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 522203834
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2012, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Fairfax, VA, USA
- Phone
- 8003036770
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $14,502
- Expenses
- $17,963
- Assets
- $50,850
- Liabilities
- $250
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
People named in this filing
- Pat Simon (Chairman)
- Wayne Aubertin (Trustee)
- Shaun Lewis (Trustee)
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 improve, promote and facilitate the advancement of the land surveying profession and the continuing education of surveyors. Create scholarships and loans to assist qualified and deserving individuals in obtaining education for a career in surveying.
What it reported doing in 2024
Scholarships
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 69% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 77.6%; rating input score 78
- Program expense ratio: 62.6%; rating input score 63
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -23.9%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.83; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 77.6% of revenue deployed · 62.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $11K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.