West Annapolis Business Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 994965246
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Annapolis, MD, USA
- Phone
- 2022881824
- Rating
- 50
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community, Neighborhood Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $73,117
- Expenses
- $50,097
- Assets
- $44,620
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Mary Ostrowski (President)
People named in this filing
- Mary Ostrowski (President)
- Rebecca Fletcher (Director)
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
Sharing costs & through volunteer efforts of its members participate and work with and assist the West Annapolis Community in the City of Annapolis, MD, in facilitating the economic growth and development potential
What it reported doing in 2025
Hosted community events to drive foot traffic and increase revenue for local business; created digital campaigns, signs etc. spotlighting local shops to boost visibility; represented business interests in city planning and led beautification efforts to enhance customer experience and appeal.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Member-benefit provider. The nonprofit used 100% of its reported program spending for member benefits.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 27
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 58
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 23.3%; rating input score 23
- Program expense ratio: 34%; rating input score 34
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 31.5%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.89; rating input score 44; 44th 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: -32.6% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 69.5% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 23.3% of revenue deployed · 34% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $17K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 23/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 34/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.