Suburban Maryland Transportation Allianc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 271216553
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2019
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2009
- Location
- Bethesda, MD, USA
- Phone
- 3015186944
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $151,219
- Expenses
- $155,762
- Assets
- $43,040
- Liabilities
- $30,914
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
People named in this filing
- JOHN M CLARK (DIRECTOR)
- TODD D BROWN (DIRECTOR)
- STEPHANIE GRAVES (VICE CHAIR)
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
Traffic relief education and advocacy
What it reported doing in 2019
Educating public and policy makers about the benefits of public/private partnerships and traffic relief.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 90
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 27
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.6%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 87.9%; rating input score 88
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -3%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.72; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 90.6% of revenue deployed · 87.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $137K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.