Maryland Community Connection

Analysis

Maryland Community Connection is a registered charity in United States, based in Lanham, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Maryland Community Connection reported income of $4.6m and spending of $4.1m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $4.7m to $4.6m (-0.8%), an average of -0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Maryland Community Connection sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 90th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Family Service Foundation of Houston ($4.6m), Marian House Inc ($4.6m) and Compassionate Care ALS Inc ($4.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $508k (12% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.4m. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $196k, net assets of $2.2m. It reported 116 employees.