University of Maryland College Park Foundation
Legal name: University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 522197313
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Aug 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2011
- Location
- College Park, MD, US
- Phone
- 301.405.5134
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $187,927,589
- Expenses
- $106,485,062
- Assets
- $1,243,941,578
- Liabilities
- $10,155,646
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
73 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JIM HARRIS (PRESIDENT)
- CRAIG THOMPSON (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT,CHAIR NOMINATING COMMITTE)
Highest reported compensation
- JIM HARRIS (PRESIDENT): $559,786 total reported compensation
- CYNTHIA ALLEN (VP/CFO/TREASURER (TO SEPT): $282,185 total reported compensation
- AMY EICHHORST (SECRETARY (TO FEB '24)): $248,504 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Encourage and expand philanthropic support for university initiatives; oversee the investment and distribution of private gifts to the university; serve as advocates and ambassadors on behalf of the university within our communities; and leverage our knowledge, experience and networks to assist and advise university leadership.
What it reported doing in 2024
Athletics - program service expenses $8,558,092.06: grants andallocations $7,292,174.17: revenue $355,188.22 athletics - to provide support for theoperation of athletic programs and athletic related student activities at the university ofmaryland college park.research support - program service expenses $2,194,673.54: grantsand allocations $2,075,839.62: revenue $0 research support - to provide support for researchactivities and research facilities at the university of Maryland college park.student support - program service expenses $2,408,787.79: grants and allocations $2,036,896.34: revenue $5,050.00 student support - to provide support to students and student activities at the university of Maryland college park.facility - program service expenses $2,503,087,50: grants and allocations $690,745.73: revenue $0 facility - to provide support to the upkeep, repair, and construction of the buildings and grounds of the university of Maryland college park.public service - program service expenses $226,622.26: grants and allocations $211,588.01 revenue $0 public service support - to provide support for activities that are mutually beneficial to the university of Maryland college park and individuals and groups external to the institution including community service programs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 88% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 76
- Accountability: 91
- Sustainability: 94
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.5%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 98.5%; rating input score 98
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 43.3%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 11.68; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.2%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 85.5% of revenue deployed · 98.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 49 of 49 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $104.9M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $560K · 73 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $25.8M reported
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 3 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.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.