A Baltimore City nonprofit that received $1 million in federal pandemic funding reported more than $427,000 in salaries and wages while listing zero employees on its federal tax filing, according to Chris Papst, lead investigator for FOX45's Project Baltimore.
Papst has tracked nonprofit KEYS Empowers since FBI agents raided the nonprofit linked to a Baltimore City school board member who abruptly resigned.
KEYS Empowers' latest Form 990 filing, covering 2024, reported $2,001,754 in revenue, with $427,201 paid out in salaries and wages. But as Papst noted, the filing lists no employees.
Papst added more color to KEYS Empowers' filing:
- $2,001,754 in revenue
- $427,201 in salaries and wages
- $79,701 in travel expenses
- $242,288 for conferences, conventions, and meetings
- Zero employees
At the center of KEYS Empowers is Mujahid Muhammad, who resigned as a member of the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners after the FBI raided his nonprofit.
"I'm extremely concerned," said Torrey Snow, a contributing member of the Baltimore Sun's editorial board.
Snow continued, "Maryland taxpayers are heavily subsidizing the work in Baltimore Ci
