Pta Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers Benfield Pta

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237031075
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2019
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2019
Location
Severna Park, MD, USA
Phone
4102226555
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Parent/Teacher Group

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$62,687
Expenses
$109,590
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LISA CRISLIP (PRESIDENT)
  • MARCI FLYNN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LISA CRISLIP (PRESIDENT)
  • AMY GILBERT (TREASURER)
  • MIKE MURRAY (VP OF ADMINI)

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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To support excellence in education, strong relationships between parents, teachers, and students, and active volunteerism, fostering a sense of school spirit, education enrichment, leadership and the joy of learning.

What it reported doing in 2019

Teacher wishlists - the pta provides each teacher resources at the beginning of the year for classroom needs, and then each month teachers can submit requests for purchases of classroom needs

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 60% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 61% for direct work, and 39% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 12
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.5%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 42.6%; rating input score 43

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -74.8%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.5% of revenue deployed · 42.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $47K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2011 to 2019
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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: Program expense ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.