Mission of Love Charities, Inc.
Legal name: Mission of Love Charities Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 521748577
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Capitol Heights, MD, United States
- Phone
- (301) 333-4440
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,685,969
- Expenses
- $1,212,367
- Assets
- $3,963,078
- Liabilities
- $2,588,411
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ADENIA M BRADLEY (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
People named in this filing
- GARY MICHAEL (CHAIRMAN)
- TONY PEREZ (VICE CHAIRMAN)
- CLEMENT TROUTMAN (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
Mission of Love Charities is dedicated to providing comprehensive, wrap-around services to homeless and low-income families and individuals. We recognize the severe health, economic, and social challenges faced by those living on the margins of society. Our commitment is to address these critical needs by alleviating food insecurity through essential food supplies, combating housing insecurity with rental assistance and deposit support, and fostering economic stability by offering vital workforce training and development. We empower individuals and families with the resources and support they need to not just survive but thrive. Values.
What it reported doing in 2024
Basic needs and crisis assistance-our organization helps individuals and families stretch their limited incomes by providing donated furniture, clothing and househol amenities. During intake, molc assesses the needs and makes necessary referrals to resources in the community. Our organization also partners with different organizations in order to provide hot meals and basic items to homeless individuals living on the street. Food pantry-the food pantry is open six days a week and provides free food for homeless and low income individuals below 150% of the federal poverty guideline. Food supplement outreach (snap) - molc offers utility, rental and security deposits assistance to homeless and low income individuals and families, under this program molc offers crisis assistance to prevent eviction and homelessness. Each case is reviewed and help is assessed based on need and the serverity of the case. Molc also works very closely with the department of soc services.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 80% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 46
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 94
- Sustainability: 73
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 36.9%; rating input score 37
- Program expense ratio: 51.1%; rating input score 51
- Fundraising efficiency: $55.88 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- 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: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 28.1%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.27; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.65; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 36.9% of revenue deployed · 51.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $620K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 37/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 51/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule G fundraiser detail did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.