Maryland · Nonprofit
ASSOCIATED BLACK CHARITIES INC
ASSOCIATED BLACK CHARITIES INC (Maryland) receives grants from 59 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,497,131 to it, the largest being THE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC ($1,431,083). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 59
- Grants received
- $5.5M
- Net assets
- $2.5M
What Associated Black Charities Inc does
Mission
Associated black charities abc is a racial equity organization that works as an educator advocate supporter and convener to address and eliminate the barriers created by structural racism and to advance long-term solutions that create new opportunities for black people to thrive. As a catalyst for racial and economic equity abc empowers black communities by addressing systemic barriers to opportunity. Through advocacy education leadership development and strategic partnerships abc strives to eliminate disparities in access to resources.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
ABC Academy: Our leadership development program designed to empower individuals with tools and training focused on racial equity leadership and professional growth. The Academy has been instrumental in training Black leaders to drive change in their families workplace and communities.
$633,109 spent75% of program spendingTeen Financial Literacy Summit: Designed to equip Black youth with the financial knowledge and skills needed for long-term success this summit is a critical part of our work in empowering the next generation.
$92,901 spent11% of program spendingEquity in Action Conference: This annual event convenes community leaders policymakers and advocates to discuss strategies for embedding equity in all areas of public life. It is a cornerstone of our work in Baltimore offering actionable insights and tools for change.
$52,801 spent6% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$70,741 spent8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $849,552.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $5.8M to $2.9M (−50%).
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 90% · 2018 85% · 2019 86% · 2020 91% · 2021 88% · 2022 73% · 2023 28% · 2024 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Chris Thornton
President and CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $598k → $698k.
12 of 59 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 ASSOCIATED BLACK CHARITIES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 59 funders by total. 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
ASSOCIATED BLACK CHARITIES INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
51% 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 ASSOCIATED BLACK CHARITIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 35% · 2018 50% · 2019 55% · 2020 22% · 2021 33% · 2022 27% · 2023 21% — 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
39% of ASSOCIATED BLACK CHARITIES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
92% of ASSOCIATED BLACK CHARITIES INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $617k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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.
Government funding ASSOCIATED BLACK CHARITIES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $589k on record.
- Grant$589k
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 ASSOCIATED BLACK CHARITIES 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
48% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ASSOCIATED BLACK CHARITIES 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 ASSOCIATED BLACK CHARITIES INC?
- ASSOCIATED BLACK CHARITIES INC (Maryland) receives grants from 59 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,497,131 to it, the largest being THE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC ($1,431,083). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASSOCIATED BLACK CHARITIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 59 organizations giving $5,497,131 in grants to ASSOCIATED BLACK CHARITIES INC, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASSOCIATED BLACK CHARITIES INC?
- THE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,431,083 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASSOCIATED BLACK CHARITIES 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 59 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing