Maryland · Nonprofit
ACADEMY OF THE LOST ARTS INC
ACADEMY OF THE LOST ARTS INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $900,000 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($900,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $900k
- Net assets
- $787k
What Academy of the Lost Arts Inc does
Mission
Academy of the Lost Arts Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering a deep connection between individuals and the natural world through immersive, nature-based education and experiences. Our year-round, nature-based preschool will serve as a space for children to develop curiosity, creativity, and environmental stewardship through outdoor, play-based learning. In addition, our retreat center will provide a serene environment for individuals and groups to pause, reflect, and rejuvenate. Through these educational and community-focused activities, we aim to cultivate a future generation that values and protects the environment, while also offering a restorative space for people of all ages to connect with nature.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Nature-Based Preschool: This program will eventually provide year-round early childhood education using outdoor, nature-immersive, and play-based learning. 2025 Accomplishments: In 2025, the organization purchased the real estate that will become the future home of the nature-based preschool. It also engaged an architect to design the main Learning Center building, maintained the property, and paid all associated taxes and fees related to the property acquisition and planning process.
$0 spent0% of program spendingRetreat Facility: This program will eventually operate as a weekend retreat facility focused on nature connection, wellness, and environmental education for adults and families. It will offer workshops, seasonal gatherings, and overnight retreats on the same site as the nature-based preschool. 2025 Accomplishments: In 2025, the organization purchased and maintained the real estate that will host both the preschool and the retreat facility. It began architectural planning for shared-use spaces, and paid property-related taxes and fees. These activities laid the groundwork for dual use of the site for educational and retreat programming. No expenses are shown because all expenses are shared under the Nature-Based Preschool)
$41,664 spent$11,971 earned by the program100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $41,664.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $821k to $787k (−4%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
0% of ACADEMY OF THE LOST ARTS INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ACADEMY OF THE LOST ARTS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of ACADEMY OF THE LOST ARTS INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $900k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ACADEMY OF THE LOST ARTS INC is better cushioned than half of the 9,787 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,787 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like ACADEMY OF THE LOST ARTS INC
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In Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ACADEMY OF THE LOST ARTS INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ACADEMY OF THE LOST ARTS INC?
- ACADEMY OF THE LOST ARTS INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $900,000 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($900,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ACADEMY OF THE LOST ARTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $900,000 in grants to ACADEMY OF THE LOST ARTS INC.
- Who is the largest funder of ACADEMY OF THE LOST ARTS INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $900,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ACADEMY OF THE LOST ARTS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing