Mecu Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 261113703
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Baltimore, MD, USA
- Rating
- 57
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $66,519
- Expenses
- $40,500
- Assets
- $126,190
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
People named in this filing
- Roman Clark (Director and Chair)
- Pat Roberts (Director and Vice Chair)
- Michael Solomon (Director and 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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
See Schedule O
What it reported doing in 2025
Youth of Diaspora - Provides education and study abroad opportunities for the youth of Baltimore that are accessible relatable and affordable.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 35
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 27.8%; rating input score 28
- Program expense ratio: 45.7%; rating input score 46
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 39.1%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.12; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -8% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 27.8% of revenue deployed · 45.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 12 filed program accomplishments · $18K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 28/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 46/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.