Maryland · Nonprofit
Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc
Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,660,874 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ($332,654). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $11M
What Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc does
Mission
The Alice Ferguson Foundation's mission is to inspire environmental stewardship by giving people the tools to understand, appreciate, and protect nature.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education Programs - The Alice Ferguson Foundation fosters environmental stewardship through three core initiatives: the Hard Bargain Farm Environmental Center programs, Bridging the Watershed, and Adventure Camps. These programs provide PreK-12 students and the broader community with hands-on, standards-based field studies across the Potomac River Watershed and regional National Parks. A key component of this outreach is the Trash Free Potomac and Trash Free Schools programs, which engage both students and community members through education and action focused on litter reduction and watershed health. By integrating STEM programming, agricultural education, sensory exploration, and strategic partnerships, the Foundation empowers individuals to understand their place in the natural world and take an active role in protecting their local environment.
$1,155,317 spent$338,921 earned by the program70% of program spendingFarm and Facilities/ Capital Projects: In 2025, the Alice Ferguson Foundation completed a comprehensive series of capital projects to ensure the safety, preservation, and operational efficiency of its historic campus. Key safety upgrades included the replacement of fire detection systems across the campus facilities, alongside significant electrical panels and power restoration for other key spaces. Structural integrity and climate resilience were prioritized through attic and basement insulation in the Farmhouse to improve energy efficiency. Further enhancements to the student and visitor experience included flooring replacements in the cabin, a redesigned fire circle for educational gatherings, and the installation of high-efficiency climate control (mini-splits) in the student accommodations. These investments preserve the Foundation's unique infrastructure, ensuring a safe and sustainable environment for hands-on environmental and agricultural programming.
$483,604 spent30% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,638,921.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2019 to 2020, from $11M to $10M (−9%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 70% · 2018 52% · 2019 86% · 2020 73% · 2021 74% · 2022 79% · 2023 59% · 2024 47% · 2025 37%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
68% of Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Theresa Cullen
Executive Director
Board chair
Stephen Kim
Board President
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $108k → $157k.
4 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 Alice Ferguson Foundation 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.
How concentrated its funding is
Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
56% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 32% · 2018 30% · 2019 47% · 2020 30% · 2021 26% · 2022 35% · 2023 22% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
36% of Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc draws 65% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $219k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states 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
Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc's funding base is broadening — from 7 funders to 11 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,074 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $7.1M on record — $4.6M federal, $2.6M state.
- Department of the Interior$4.4M
- Department of Commerce$176k
- Grant$2.6M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Alice Ferguson Foundation 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 Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc?
- Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,660,874 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ($332,654). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $1,660,874 in grants to Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc?
- NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $332,654 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Alice Ferguson Foundation 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 30 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