Women Legislators of Maryland Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 208050197
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Annapolis, MD, USA
- Phone
- 4439940842
- Rating
- 60
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Support N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $53,136
- Expenses
- $44,717
- Assets
- $136,185
- Liabilities
- $26,052
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- HON GLORIA G LAWLAH (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- HON GLORIA G LAWLAH (PRESIDENT)
- KAREN GOODEN (VICE PRESIDE)
- LISA NISSLEY (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide funding to the women legislators of the Maryland general assembly, inc., and to assist that organization in the achievement of its educational and charitable purposes; to provide an avenue to support and address community and public awareness of, and participation in, programs involving equal rights for women and children primarily in connection with employment, economics and social opportunties; to promote and coordinate private sector involvement with and support for the women legislators of the Maryland general assembly, inc., and to accept, raise, invest and distribute funds.
What it reported doing in 2025
The foundation raised revenue to keep the womens' caucus going in order to accomplish the mission of the caucus which is: to improve public policy that affects womens' lives and increase the number of women elected and appointed to public office in Maryland.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 46
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 62
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 43.3%; rating input score 43
- Program expense ratio: 51.4%; rating input score 51
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 15.8%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.05; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -9.3% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 43.3% of revenue deployed · 51.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $23K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 43/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 51/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.