MEBA Merchant Marine Memorial Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 522307014
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2015
- Location
- Easton, MD, USA
- Phone
- 410-822-9600
- Rating
- 35
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alumni Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $9,271
- Expenses
- $40,629
- Assets
- $397,646
- Liabilities
- $2,898
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- EDWARD HANLEY (VICE PRESIDENT)
- ADAM VOKAC (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- PHIL STRISSEL (CHAIRMAN)
- EDWARD HANLEY (VICE PRESIDENT)
- ROLAND REXHA (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 organization's mission is to support a memorial that pays tribute to fallen seafarers, their friends and families, and the maritime industry as a whole. The memorial provides an opportunity to honor the courageous men and women who form the heritage of the united states merchant marine.
What it reported doing in 2024
Support the calhoon meba engineering school with an emphasis on the enhancement of the campus facilities and educational programs and to maintain a memorial to honor deceased meba members.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 74% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -338.2%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.79; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -5% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -4.3% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 8 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.