The Maryland 4-H Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
526056016
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
College Park, MD, USA
Phone
3013147835
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development - Agricultural

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,423,367
Expenses
$762,274
Assets
$9,525,789
Liabilities
$282,839

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

Leadership & pay

33 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GAIL YEISER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • GAIL YEISER (PRESIDENT)
  • JOHN TORRES (VICE PRESIDE)
  • ANN SHERRARD (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the Maryland 4-h foundation, inc. Is to build and manage the financial resources to support Maryland youth in reaching their fullest potential as competent, caring, responsible, individuals through 4-h.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Maryland 4-h foundation, inc. Provides critical support for 4-h programs, 4-h scholarships, and facilities such as the Maryland 4-h center and the thendara 4-h center (camp). Through our partnership with the Maryland 4-h youth development program of the university of Maryland we serve over 68,000 children and youth in the state of Maryland in program areas such as the human sciences, animal sciences, multi-curricula programs, nutrition education, environmental sciences and camping.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 54% for direct work, and 46% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 87
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.5%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 72.8%; rating input score 73
  • Fundraising efficiency: $51.27 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 72.6%; rating input score 73; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 46.4%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 12.5; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.4% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.5% of revenue deployed · 72.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $555K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 33 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 58/100.