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Tourism Council of Frederick County Inc at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$239k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Community Improvement$2.1MArts & Culture$1.1MReligion$202kPublic Benefit$110kHealth$84kFood & Nutrition$83kRecreation & Sports$67kEducation$66kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $50k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $267k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $564k
$18,649
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DOWNTOWN FREDERICK PARTNERSHIP$238,854
WEINBERG CENTER FOR THE ARTS$89,189
BRUNSWICK MAIN STREET$66,522
NATIONAL SHRINE OF SAINT ELIZABETH ANN SETON$58,140
MAIN STREET MIDDLETOWN$56,703
THURMONT MAIN STREET$54,278
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CIVIL WAR MEDICINE INC$49,078
THE GREAT FREDERICK FAIR$40,800
CATOCTIN FURNACE HISTORICAL SOCIETY$38,221
MARYLAND ENSEMBLE THEATRE$35,040
DELAPLAINE ARTS CENTER$26,570
GREENSPRING FOUNDATION$18,649
NEW MARKET MAIN STREET$17,516
NATIONAL SHRINE GROTTO ON THE CAMPUS OF MOUNT ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY$15,296
THE COMMUNITY FDN OF FREDERICK CO MD INC$13,750
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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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%STUDENT HOMELESSNESS INITIATIVE PARTNERSHIP (SHIP) OF FREDERICK COUNTY: $6k → 6%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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.5M · 22 repeat orgs$285k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
19

Total granted

$3.5M
$212k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+37%

Still filing today

68%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $73k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementEducationHealthHuman ServicesOther
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

  • DF
    DOWNTOWN FREDERICK PARTNERSHIP INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +115%
  • MS
    MAIN STREET MIDDLETOWN MD INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $380k · revenue +121% · 58% of their budget
  • HO
    HEART OF THE CIVIL WAR HERITAGE AREA INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $145k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • CO
    CITY OF BRUNSWICK
    one grant, 2020 · $22k
  • TO
    TOWN OF NEW MARKET
    one grant, 2022 · $22k
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
Fredericksburg Area Museum & Cultural Center

The mission of the fredericksburg area museum and cultural center (famcc) is to collect, interpret and present the history and culture of the fredericksburg area. it is a learning center that seeks to educate students and the visiting…

Arts & Culture
2
Washington Heritage Museums

The mission of washington heritage museums is to preserve, promote and maintain its five 18th century properties in fredericksburg, virginia and develop dynamic educational resources and programs to engage and inspire the intrest of…

Arts & Culture
3
The Frostburg Museum Assn Inc

The purpose of the association shall be to acquire, document catalogue, preserve, and display artifacts and other items related to the history of frostburg, maryland, its people and its environs, and

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4
The Frederick Arts Council Inc

The organization is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to supporting existing and developing arts organizations by providing various grants, technical assistance, scholarships, and advocacy, in the promotion of local arts,…

Arts & Culture
5
Frederick County Landmarks Foundation Inc

Promote the preservation of historic sites, structures, natural landmarks, and communities of Frederick County MD, and strive to increase knowledge and appreciation of them. Share the knowledge of historical places in Frederick.

Arts & Culture
6
Historical Society Harford Cou

Preserve the history of Harford County, Maryland

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7
Franklin County Historical Society- Kittochtinny

The objective of the franklin county historical society - kittochtinny shall be to foster increased knowledge of the history of franklin county and the cumberland valley through a museum and library, to publish papers of the corporation at…

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8
Fells Point Main Street Inc

The mission of Fell's Point Main Street is to promote and encourage economic development while strengthening and revitalizing the greater Fell's Point business district in ways that meet the needs of businesses, residents, and visitors…

Community Improvement
9
Friends of Fort Towson Inc
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10
The Chamber of Commerce of Frederick County Inc

Connecting businesses and the community through leadership, advocacy and education.

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11
Celebrate Frederick Inc

To plan and implement special events and activities to offer the community a shared cultural experience.

Arts & Culture
12
Chesterfield Historical Society

The society serves as the center for chesterfield county history. our mission is to collect, preserve, interpret and promote the countys unique past for the education and enjoyment of present and future generations

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Delaplaine Arts Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Brunswick-Potomac Foundation 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

27 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. 27 of the 48 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
17/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DOWNTOWN FREDERICK PARTNERSHIP INC: $1,161,671 · Community ImprovementDOWNTOWN FREDERICK PARTNERSHIP INCMAIN STREET MIDDLETOWN MD INC: $380,081 · Community ImprovementMAIN STREET MIDDLETOWN MD INCBRUNSWICK MAIN STREET INC: $281,792 · Community ImprovementBRUNSWICK MAIN STREET INCCITY OF FREDERICK: $297,448 · OtherCITY OF FREDERICKSETON HERITAGE MINISTRIES INC: $202,320 · OtherSETON HERITAGE MINISTRIES INCTHURMONT FIRST INC: $177,927 · OtherTHURMONT FIRST INCCATOCTIN FURNACE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $111,670 · OtherCATOCTIN FURNACE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN…TOWN OF THURMONT MD: $84,222 · OtherTOWN OF THURMONT MDTHE GREAT FREDERICK FAIR INC: $82,506 · OtherTHE GREAT FREDERICK FAIR INC+23 more: $328,817 · Other+23 moreHEART OF THE CIVIL WAR HERITAGE AREA INC: $145,278 · Arts & CultureHEART OF THE C…NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CIVIL WAR MEDICINE I: $140,128 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL MUSEU…THE HARPS FOUNDATION: $73,434 · Arts & CultureTHE HARPS FOUN…THE DELAPLAINE ARTS CENTER INC: $63,372 · Arts & CultureTHE DELAPLAINE…THE AFRICAN AMERICAN RESOURCES-CULTURAL AND HERITAGE SOCIETY INC: $37,500 · Arts & CultureTHE AFRICAN AM…THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $22,299 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureFriends of Lamprey Health Care Inc: $74,006 · HealthFrederick Health Inc: $9,600 · HealthMOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY INC: $45,067 · EducationMARYLAND ENSEMBLE THEATRE INC: $35,040 · EducationFLY FISHERS INTERNATIONAL: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsAmerican Junior Golf Association Inc: $8,000 · Recreation & SportsFRIENDS OF CARROLL CREEK URBAN PARK INC: $7,670 · Recreation & SportsFriends of Cunningham Falls and Gambrill: $5,040 · Recreation & SportsTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY MARYLAND INC: $24,720 · Philanthropy
Community Improvement$1,823,544Other$1,284,910Arts & Culture$487,011Health$83,606Education$80,107Recreation & Sports$35,710Philanthropy$24,720

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDOWNTOWN FREDERICK PARTNERSHIP INC: $1,161,671 over 8y, 11% of budgetMAIN STREET MIDDLETOWN MD INC: $380,081 over 7y, 58% of budgetBRUNSWICK MAIN STREET INC: $281,792 over 7y, 30% of budgetHEART OF THE CIVIL WAR HERITAGE AREA INC: $145,278 over 7y, 13% of budgetNATIONAL MUSEUM OF CIVIL WAR MEDICINE I: $140,128 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetCATOCTIN FURNACE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $111,670 over 5y, 12% of budgetTHE GREAT FREDERICK FAIR INC: $82,506 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFriends of Lamprey Health Care Inc: $74,006 over 3y, 13% of budgetTHE HARPS FOUNDATION: $73,434 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetTHE DELAPLAINE ARTS CENTER INC: $63,372 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetMOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY INC: $45,067 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AFRICAN AMERICAN RESOURCES-CULTURAL AND HERITAGE SOCIETY INC: $37,500 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetMARYLAND ENSEMBLE THEATRE INC: $35,040 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY MARYLAND INC: $24,720 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $22,299 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetLIBERTYTOWN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $21,690 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetFLY FISHERS INTERNATIONAL: $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetLITERACY COUNCIL OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $15,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetFrederick Health Inc: $9,600 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Junior Golf Association Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FREDERICK CENTER INC: $6,700 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNEW SPIRE ARTS INC: $5,200 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFriends of Cunningham Falls and Gambrill: $5,040 over 1y, 14% 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.

  • Who funds DOWNTOWN FREDERICK PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds MAIN STREET MIDDLETOWN MD INC ↗
  • Who funds BRUNSWICK MAIN STREET INC ↗
  • Who funds HEART OF THE CIVIL WAR HERITAGE AREA INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CIVIL WAR MEDICINE I ↗
  • Who funds CATOCTIN FURNACE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GREAT FREDERICK FAIR INC ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Lamprey Health Care Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE HARPS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE DELAPLAINE ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE AFRICAN AMERICAN RESOURCES-CULTURAL AND HERITAGE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds MARYLAND ENSEMBLE THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY MARYLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds LIBERTYTOWN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ↗
  • Who funds FLY FISHERS INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY COUNCIL OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Frederick Health Inc ↗
  • Who funds American Junior Golf Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF CARROLL CREEK URBAN PARK INC ↗

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.

The Community Foundat…Ausherman Family TrustDelaplaine Foundation…Ausherman Family Foun…Joseph D Baker Fund I…Dr Henry P & M Page D…William E Cross Found…G Frank Thomas Fdn In…The Helen J Serini Fo…United Way of Frederi…Nora Roberts Foundati…The George L Shields …
The Community Foundation of Frederick County Maryland IncMD38.4× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Tourism Council of Frederick County Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tourism Council of Frederick County Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • The African American Resources-Cultural and Heritage Society Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Brunswick Main Street Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Main Street Middletown Md Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Maryland Ensemble Theatre Inc: 5% of income from government
  • The Delaplaine Arts Center Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Downtown Frederick Partnership Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Mount Saint Mary's University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 48 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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