Miles White Beneficial Society of Balto City

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
520794615
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Phone
4435788225
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$54,918
Expenses
$241,856
Assets
$3,852,185
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALEXANDRA BELL (PRESIDENT)
  • MADELINE DOLL (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • ALEXANDRA BELL (PRESIDENT)
  • MADELINE DOLL (Vice President)
  • CLINTON PETTUS (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We seek to advance social justice in the city of baltimore.

What it reported doing in 2024

WE AWARD GRANTS OF UP TO $5,000 TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROMOTE SOCIAL JUSTICE IN BALTIMORE CITY. WE FOCUS ON TWO PRIMARY AVENUES TO PROMOTE SOCIAL JUSTICE--EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN BALTIMORE CITY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND IN THE SUMMER MONTHS, AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE BASIC HUMAN SERVICES THAT ARE NOT BEING MET BY THE CURRENT SYSTEM. We also award scholarships of up to $5,000 to students who show interest in helping society meet health and human service needs. Financial need is considered when two or more students are otherwise rated as similar.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
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. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 66
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 85.9%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 24.6%; rating input score 25; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -340.4%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 15.93; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 85.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $208K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 16 of 17 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 25/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.