Nami Metropolitan Baltimore Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521301154
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Phone
4104352600
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Mental Health Association

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,144,118
Expenses
$1,225,609
Assets
$742,501
Liabilities
$85,208

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TOYJA E KELLEY (PRESIDENT)
  • GINA RICHMOND (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KERRY GRAVES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KERRY GRAVES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $126,725 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Nami metropolitan baltimore is a 501(c)3 organization that improves the lives of individuals living with mental illness, their families, and communities through education, support, and advocacy all education and support programs are provided free of charge to the public.

What it reported doing in 2024

Nami metropolitan baltimore, inc. Provides free, evidence-based education, support groups and advocacy for individuals living with mental health conditions and family members and caregivers. Classes and support groups are led by trained volunteers with lived experience. Education sessions focus on navigating the mental healthcare system, living well in recovery, and accessing local resources. Nami metropolitan contracts with local hospitals to provide presentations for in-patient peer support. Anti-stigma presentations are delivered throughout the community for youth, corporations, faith leaders and providers. All presentations feature trained volunteers with lived experience who share their personal mental health journeys. Youth programming includes ending the silence, an evidence-based workshop for middle and high school aged youth, parents and caregivers and school staff designed to recognize signs and symptoms of mental health conditions, connect participants with resources, and initiate difficult conversations surrounding mental health. Programming continues with i will listena comprehensive weeklong anti-stigma campaign for college students. Nami metropolitan runs a helpline that offers information and referral services for mental health, legal, and housing needs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 87% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.8%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 81%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.13 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: -7.1%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.3%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.8% of revenue deployed · 81% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $992K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $127K · 19 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.