The Martin Pollak Project Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521171384
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Phone
4106852525
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Foster Care

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,398,506
Expenses
$2,553,778
Assets
$1,458,070
Liabilities
$539,807

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TOM POLLAK (PRESIDENT)
  • LINDA LAMPKIN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • RICHARD NORMAN (SECRETARY/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • RICHARD NORMAN (SECRETARY/CEO): $119,341 total reported compensation
  • JANET OLAJIDE (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $102,152 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Community, family, child and transitional age youth centered treatment and development programs to ameliorate effects of trauma and support wellbeing, resiliency and psychosocial success of those served in the Baltimore metropolitan area. Participation with residents and professionals in building collaborative community capacity to respond with prevention and intervention services is our goal. Foster parents, unpaid tutors' mentors, full time agency staff, multi-disciplinary interns participate in our agency efforts to provide services and support to youth and families.

What it reported doing in 2023

Independent Living The Martin Pollak Project, Inc. (MPP} Independent Living Program (ILP) serves youth in foster care from 17 to 21 years of age. The average census was 22 and all received individualized life skills training, hands on support in community supporting youth's educational, vocational, and social objectives. Providing each youth an single apartment enables the program emphasis of living on your own. Each youth is given a strength based psychiatric evaluation and medication management at admission. Each participant is offered and referred for mental health services as needed. Individualized health promotion and self-care psycho-educational processes, embedded psychotherapeutic mental health services, formal policy driven support for LGBTQIA+ young adults, academic advocacy/ repair and facilitation of community based vocational rehabilitation services are among program services. ILP provided 3 community-based events, i.e. bowling party, picnic, and a sports event outing. All events included invitations to the participants' families. A evidence based S.E.L.F. Group Curriculum is employed with the ILP Young Adults. This psychoeducational group continues to get very positive responses from program participants. The addresses Safety, Emotions, Loss, and Future, these topics mirror and resonate with the trauma impacted developmental, social and emotional needs of the youth. MPP ILP Young Adults had the following success numbers 100% life skills training, 50% of youth gained and maintained employment for a year. 3 matriculated to college and 3 aged out with employment and stable housing. MPP ILP female youth continue to participate with Women in Transition Program working toward entry level tech jobs with a major company upon successful completion. in MPP TFC & ILP has (0) maltreatment incidents. MPP TFC social work staff exemplifying employment of Trauma-Informed Responsive service have by provision of TF-CBT, and Safety, Emotion Loss and Future (SELF) Therapeutic arts program, as well as annual seasonal outing and events for children, youths and resource and biological families as possible. MPP ILP female youth continue to participate with Women in Transition Program working toward entry level tech jobs with a major company upon successful completion.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 100% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 69% for direct work, and 31% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.7%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 73.9%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $577.09 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6.5%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.57; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.37; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.7%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.1% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.9% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.7% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.7% of revenue deployed · 73.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $119K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 32 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.