Montgomery County Muslim Foundation

Overview

Mission

Undertake initiatives and programs to feed the hungry and homeless, help the needy among us to live a better life, take care of the needs of senior citizens and youth, and interact with other communities and faiths to promote a congenial living environment for all. Home. For the last several years, MCMF has participated in a Feed the Homeless Program run by the Interfaith Works Women Center of Rockville that provides temporary shelter to women and then helps them to lift themselves from poverty and hopelessness through prevention, stabilization and empowerment programs. MCMF has been serving breakfast, lunch and dinner for 28 days for 36 residents. Residents are served with dinners of different ethnic varieties and served by MCMF volunteers. On average, it costs MCMF approximately $13.5 per head per day for feeding the residents of the Center. In addition on an average 4-6 volunteers...

Operating model

Revenue model

Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.

Distribution model

Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 81% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

MIXED - 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: 26
• Transparency & Controls: 64
• Accountability: 70
• Sustainability: 27
• Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site
• Where the money goes: 29.8% of revenue deployed · 28% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported · 0 of 6 affiliation controls reported
• Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $94K in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
• Consistency: 19 of 20 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
• Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
• Filing history: 10 filing years from 2010 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
• 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 30/100.
• High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 28/100.
• High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
• High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
• High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
• High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
• High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
• High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
• Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.