Ruritan National Group

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521686304
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Sudlersville, MD, USA
Phone
4104902390
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$43,052
Expenses
$44,968
Assets
$83,187

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jay Walls (President)
  • Tom Jackson (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Jay Walls (President)
  • Tom Jackson (Vice President)
  • Amanda Ceci (Secretary)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Purpose is to create a better understanding between people and through volunteer community service make their area a better place to live and work through fellowship, goodwill and community service. Provide community service through charity support, scholarship awards, Boy Scout Troop support, local food bank support and installation of access ramps.

What it reported doing in 2025

Ramp construction on homes for community individuals in need.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 39
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 39.9%; rating input score 40
  • Program expense ratio: 38.2%; rating input score 38

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.5%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.85; rating input score 64; 64th 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: 27.4% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 39.9% of revenue deployed · 38.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $17K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 40/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 38/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.