Maryland · Public charity
Tourism Council of Frederick County Inc
The tourism council of frederick county is a public-private partnership dedicated to enhancing the economic benefit of tourism for frederick county's businesses, attractions, local governments, and residents.
- $897k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $18,649
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $238,854
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations Tourism Council of Frederick County Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 22 | $867k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $666k | 6% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $617k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $532k | 41% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $273k | 46% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $439k | 47% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $316k | 73% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $42k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown Frederick Partnership Inc | $1,161,671 | 8 | 11% |
| Main Street Middletown Md Inc | $380,081 | 7 | 58% |
| City of Frederick | $297,448 | 7 | n/a |
| Brunswick Main Street Inc | $281,792 | 7 | 30% |
| Seton Heritage Ministries Inc | $202,320 | 6 | n/a |
| Thurmont First Inc | $177,927 | 4 | n/a |
| Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area Inc | $145,278 | 7 | 13% |
| National Museum of Civil War Medicine I | $140,128 | 5 | 4% |
| Catoctin Furnace Historical Society Inc | $111,670 | 5 | 12% |
| The Great Frederick Fair Inc | $82,506 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 40 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown Frederick Partnership Inc | $1,161,671 | 8 | 11% |
| Main Street Middletown Md Inc | $380,081 | 7 | 58% |
| City of Frederick | $297,448 | 7 | n/a |
| Brunswick Main Street Inc | $281,792 | 7 | 30% |
| Seton Heritage Ministries Inc | $202,320 | 6 | n/a |
| Thurmont First Inc | $177,927 | 4 | n/a |
| Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area Inc | $145,278 | 7 | 13% |
| National Museum of Civil War Medicine I | $140,128 | 5 | 4% |
| Catoctin Furnace Historical Society Inc | $111,670 | 5 | 12% |
| The Great Frederick Fair Inc | $82,506 | 2 | 1% |
| Friends of Lamprey Health Care Inc | $74,006 | 3 | 13% |
| The Harps Foundation | $73,434 | 6 | 5% |
| The Delaplaine Arts Center Inc | $63,372 | 4 | 2% |
| Mount Saint Mary's University Inc | $45,067 | 4 | 0% |
| Town of Emmitsburg | $38,430 | 2 | n/a |
| The African American Resources-Cultural and Heritage Society Inc | $37,500 | 3 | 6% |
| Maryland Ensemble Theatre Inc | $35,040 | 1 | 4% |
| The Historical Society of Frederick County Inc | $22,299 | 3 | 4% |
| Libertytown Volunteer Fire Department | $21,690 | 2 | 3% |
| Town of New Market | $21,513 | 1 | n/a |
| Fly Fishers International | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Community Arts Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Literacy Council of Frederick County Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Friends of Cunningham Falls State Park and Gambrill State Park | $13,130 | 2 | n/a |
| National Museum of Civil War Medicine Inc | $10,980 | 1 | n/a |
| Frederick County Fire and Rescue Museum and Preservation Society In | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Frederick Health Inc | $9,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Treasurer of Frederick County | $9,032 | 1 | n/a |
| American Junior Golf Association Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Town of Thurmont | $7,788 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Baker Park | $7,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Carroll Creek Urban Park Inc | $7,670 | 1 | n/a |
| Catoctin Forest Alliance Inc | $6,700 | 1 | n/a |
| The Frederick Center Inc | $6,700 | 1 | 1% |
| C Burr Artz Trust | $5,808 | 1 | n/a |
| Student Homelessness Initiative Partnership of Frederick Countyinc | $5,575 | 1 | n/a |
| New Spire Arts Inc | $5,200 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Cunningham Falls and Gambrill | $5,040 | 1 | 14% |
| Rotary Club of Carroll Creek | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brunswick-Potomac Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($208k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Tourism Council of Frederick County Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Frederick County Maryland Inc · Ausherman Family Trust · Delaplaine Foundation Inc · Ausherman Family Foundation · Joseph D Baker Fund Inc · Dr Henry P & M Page Durkee Laughlin Foundation Inc · William E Cross Foundation Inc · G Frank Thomas Fdn Inc Main · The Helen J Serini Foundation Inc · United Way of Frederick County Inc · Nora Roberts Foundation · The George L Shields Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Tourism Council of Frederick County Inc
- How much does Tourism Council of Frederick County Inc give?
- Tourism Council of Frederick County Inc reported 23 grants totaling $896,637 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Tourism Council of Frederick County Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (54%), Arts & Culture (29%), Religion (5%).
- Who are Tourism Council of Frederick County Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Downtown Frederick Partnership Inc ($1.2M), Main Street Middletown Md Inc ($380k), City of Frederick ($297k).
- Does Tourism Council of Frederick County Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Tourism Council of Frederick County Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Frederick County Maryland Inc, Ausherman Family Trust, Delaplaine Foundation Inc.
- Where is Tourism Council of Frederick County Inc based?
- Tourism Council of Frederick County Inc is based in MD.
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