Masonic Charities of Maryland Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 521470411
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Cockeysville, MD, USA
- Phone
- 4105270600
- Rating
- 66
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fraternal Societies
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,112,240
- Expenses
- $319,525
- Assets
- $3,721,568
- Liabilities
- $40,788
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RICHARD E THURFIELD JR (PRESIDENT (AS OF 01/2025))
- ROBERT W REYNOLDS (VICE-PRESIDENT)
- W MILES COLE (TRUSTEE, VICE PRESIDENT(UNTIL 01/25))
Highest reported compensation
- THOMAS W FOSTER (GRAND SECRETARY (AS OF 01/2025)): $90,183 total reported compensation
- KENNETH R TAYLOR (GRAND SECRETARY (UNTIL 11/2024)): $30,159 total reported compensation
- T SCOTT CUSHING SR (GRAND TREASURER): $17,901 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Masonic charities of Maryland ("mcm") is a health and human services organization with particular emphasis on providing services and programs to the youth of Maryland. Mcm focuses its efforts through two programs, the student assistance program ("sap") and a high school scholarship program. The mcm pinoeered the institution in Maryland of the sap, which is a drug, alcohol, and abuse intervention and education program that operates in primary and secondary public schools throughout the state. Mcm established the initial training and has provided significant funding for the sap since the program's inception. Through the sap, which is operated by the Maryland department of education, school employees, such as teachers, nurses, counselors, and administrators, form committees and coordinate to detect and identify behavior and characteristics that signify potential problems a student may be encountering.
What it reported doing in 2024
Grant to the Maryland student assistance program to support Maryland schools in drug/ alcohol intervention as well as support related training programs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 86% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 55
- Transparency & Controls: 75
- Accountability: 60
- Sustainability: 81
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 42.9%; rating input score 43
- Program expense ratio: 94.3%; rating input score 94
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 39.5%; rating input score 39; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 84.6%; rating input score 85; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 71.3%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 11.65; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 42.9% of revenue deployed · 94.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 13 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $301K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $90K · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 7 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 43/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 39/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.