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Talbot County Arts Council Inc

Allocate government funds to art programs in talbot county, md and make sub-grants to eligible and deserving arts programs of non-profit and government-related organizations and schools.

$163k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$439kCommunity Improvement$14k
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $110,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $162,763 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $52,263 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $79k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $32k
$7,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$124k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ACADEMY ART MUSEUM INC$19,500
THE AVALON FOUNDATION INC$12,500
OXFORD COMMUNITY CENTER INC$9,000
CHESAPEAKE MUSIC$9,000
ALLEGRO ACADEMY$8,000
EASTON CHORAL ARTS$7,500
ST MICHAELS ART LEAGUE$7,000
BUILDING AFRICAN AMERICAN MINDS$7,000
CARPE DIEM ARTS$7,000
CRASHBOX THEATRE$6,500
MID-ATLANTIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC$6,000
BAY HUNDRED SENIOR CENTER$6,000
THE FACTORY$5,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%CARPE DIEM INC: $8k → 8%CARPE DIEM ARTS: $7k → 10%CARPE DIEM ARTS: $7k → 8%ACADEMY ART MUSEUM INC: $26k → 10%THE AVALON FOUNDATION INC: $21k → 10%THE AVALON FOUNDATION INC: $20k → 10%ACADEMY ART MUSEUM INC: $20k → 10%THE AVALON FOUNDATION INC: $20k → 10%THE AVALON FOUNDATION INC: $20k → 10%ACADEMY ART MUSEUM INC: $20k → 10%THE AVALON FOUNDATION INC: $18k → 10%ACADEMY ART MUSEM INC: $16k → 10%ACADEMY ART MUSEUM INC: $15k → 10%ACADEMY ART MUSEM INC: $13k → 10%THE AVALON FOUNDATION INC: $13k → 10%CHESAPEAKE MUSIC INC: $11k → 10%CHESAPEAKE MUSIC INC: $10k → 10%CHESAPEAKE MUSIC: $9k → 10%CHESAPEAKE MUSIC INC: $9k → 10%ALLEGRO ACADEMY: $8k → 10%ALLEGRO ACADEMY: $8k → 10%EASTON CHORAL ARTS: $8k → 10%EASTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP: $7k → 10%EASTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP: $7k → 10%BUILDING AFRICAN AMERICAN MINDS: $7k → 10%ALLEGRO ACADEMY: $7k → 10%BUILDING AFRICAN AMERICAN MINDS: $7k → 10%MID-ATLANTIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $7k → 10%CRASHBOX THEATRE: $7k → 10%ALLEGRO ACADEMY: $6k → 10%MID-ATLANTIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $6k → 10%CRASHBOX THEATRE: $6k → 10%MID-ATLANTIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $6k → 10%MID-ATLANTIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $6k → 10%THE FACTORY: $6k → 10%EASTON CHORAL ARTS SOCIETY INC: $5k → 10%EASTON CHORAL ARTS SOCIETY INC: $5k → 10%OXFORD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $9k → 10%OXFORD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $8k → 10%OXFORD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $7k → 10%OXFORD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $6k → 10%OXFORD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $6k → 10%ST MICHAELS ART LEAGUE: $7k → 10%ST MICHAELS ART LEAGUE: $7k → 10%BAY HUNDRED SENIOR CENTER: $6k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$442k · 12 repeat orgs$6k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
1

Total granted

$442k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+64%

Still filing today

83%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureCommunity ImprovementEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AF
    AVALON FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $110k · revenue +20%
  • CC
    CHESAPEAKE CHAMBER MUSIC INC T/A CHESAPEAKE MUSIC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $38k · revenue +21%
  • MA
    MID ATLANTIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $25k · revenue +77%

Funded once

  • YM
    YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHESAPEAKE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2025 · $6k · revenue +64%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Maryland Opera Inc

The mission of maryland opera, inc is (1) the promotion, production and performance in a variety of venues, of live opera experiences to audiences of all ages and backgrounds, (11) the creation and continuation of opera education and…

Philanthropy
2
Columbia Orchestra of Howard County Inc

Columbia Orchestra's mission is to foster lifelong appreciation of, enthusiasm for, and participation in music.

—
3
Baltimore Choral Arts Society Inc

The society was created to support a chorus, which performs public concerts of choral & orchestra music. the mission is to build a stronger, more connected, more inspired community by celebrating the joy of choral music through exceptional…

Arts & Culture
4
Chesapeake Choral Arts Society Inc

Arts, Culture, Education

Arts & Culture
5
Salt Marsh Opera Company

To stage the finest professional opera productions in Southeastern New England. To excite and build audiences for the enjoyment of a grand art form. To offer educational programs and creative community outreach events that expand the opera…

Arts & Culture
6
Annapolis Opera Company

The mission of the annapolis opera company is to be a cultural touchstone for the community, which delights audiences with musical storytelling engages new audiences with diverse programming that inspires curiosity for opera and attracts…

Arts & Culture
7
Baltimore Concert Opera Inc

Opera baltimore creates a thrilling, meaningful shared experience between our audience and our artists. our streamlined format focuses on the primary element of opera: the unamplified human voice. featuring top flight professional opera…

Arts & Culture
8
Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra Inc

To nuture a life-long love of music through imaginative and inspiring experiences for the listeners of today and tomorrow.

—
9
Delaware Symphony Association Inc

The delaware symphony orchestra is dedicated to enriching lives through inspiring musical experiences.

Arts & Culture
10
Roanoke Symphony Orchestra

The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra provides a professional symphony orchestra of artistic excellence and integrity to enrich lives, to educate, and to entertain diverse audiences in western Virginia with the highest quality instrumental and…

Arts & Culture
11
Sea Cliff Chamber Players Inc

Promotion and education for classical music arts.

Arts & Culture
12
Maryland Conservatory of Music Inc

Music education

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Academy Art Museum Inc; the most unlike its peers is Building African American Minds Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 14 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
7/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AVALON FOUNDATION INC: $110,429 · Arts & CultureAVALON FOUNDATION INCACADEMY ART MUSEUM INC: $109,640 · Arts & CultureACADEMY ART MUSEUM INCCHESAPEAKE CHAMBER MUSIC INC T/A CHESAPEAKE MUSIC: $38,410 · Arts & CultureCHESAPEAKE CHAMBER MUSIC INC T/A CHESAPEAKE MUSICOXFORD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $35,635 · Arts & CultureOXFORD COMMUNITY CENTER INCAllegro Academy Inc: $29,210 · Arts & CultureAllegro Academy IncMID ATLANTIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $24,750 · Arts & CultureMID ATLANTIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INCCARPE DIEM ARTS INC: $21,600 · Arts & CultureCARPE DIEM ARTS INCEASTON CHORAL ARTS SOCIETY INC: $17,900 · OtherEASTON CHORA…ST MICHAELS ART LEAGUE INC: $13,742 · OtherST MICHAELS …EASTON ROCKS AFTER SCHOOL INC: $12,500 · OtherEASTON ROCKS…YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHESAPEAKE INC: $6,000 · OtherYOUNG MENS C…EASTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP: $14,465 · Community ImprovementBUILDING AFRICAN AMERICAN MINDS INC: $13,800 · EducationMID SHORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,500 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$369,674Other$50,142Community Improvement$14,465Education$13,800Philanthropy$5,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAVALON FOUNDATION INC: $110,429 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetACADEMY ART MUSEUM INC: $109,640 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetCHESAPEAKE CHAMBER MUSIC INC T/A CHESAPEAKE MUSIC: $38,410 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetOXFORD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $35,635 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetAllegro Academy Inc: $29,210 over 4y, 10% of budgetMID ATLANTIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $24,750 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetCARPE DIEM ARTS INC: $21,600 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetEASTON CHORAL ARTS SOCIETY INC: $17,900 over 3y, 10% of budgetEASTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP: $14,465 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetBUILDING AFRICAN AMERICAN MINDS INC: $13,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMID SHORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Mid Shore Community F…Dock Street FoundationThe Llandaff Family T…Watson Stone Family F…T & M Mitchell Fdn Di…The Seip Family Found…Van Strum Foundation …Grayce B Kerr Fund IncTexas Instruments Fou…Ryan-Richtsmeier Char…Richard J and Ellen G…The Rosenfeld Rumford…
Mid Shore Community Foundation IncMD26.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc · Dock Street Foundation · The Llandaff Family Trust · Watson Stone Family Foundation Inc · T & M Mitchell Fdn Dima-Blrk · The Seip Family Foundation Limited Eevercore Trust CO C/O Ashley Ferriello · Van Strum Foundation 8833023 · Grayce B Kerr Fund Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · Ryan-Richtsmeier Charitable Foundation Inc · Richard J and Ellen G Bodorff Charitable Foundation Inc · The Rosenfeld Rumford Steckler Family Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Talbot County Arts Council Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Talbot County Arts Council Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Building African American Minds Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Avalon Foundation Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Academy Art Museum Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Chamber Music Inc T/a Chesapeake Music: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 14 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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