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BALTIMORE CIVIC FUND INC

BALTIMORE CIVIC FUND INC (Maryland) receives grants from 94 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,692,825 to it, the largest being Annie E Casey Foundation Inc ($4,846,587). 51 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$18M
Funders on record
94
Grants received
$27M
Net assets
$13M
51/94 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 50%
01What it does

What Baltimore Civic Fund Inc does

Mission

The baltimore civic fund works to connect government and philanthropy to improve residents' quality of life. Our mission is to expand access to the critical assets, resources, and opportunities necessary to ensure the vitality of baltimore's residents and communities.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Baltimore city department of recreation & parks- afram city-wide cultural event; largest african american festival on the east coast; two-day festival draws over 300,000 attendees.

    $1,638,770 spent$1,543,912 earned by the program
    9% of program spending
  2. Department of planning- clean corps city-managed multi-agency initiative to address illegal dumping, litter, and overgrown grass and weeds in 42 underinvested neighborhoods; workforce development.

    $4,289,905 spent$4,289,905 earned by the program
    23% of program spending
  3. Mayor 's office of arts & culture- artscape city-wide cultural event; arts festival turning underutilized spaces into art spaces; two-day festival featurning local and national artists.

    $2,133,632 spent$1,555,480 earned by the program
    12% of program spending
  4. Various projects and programs that improve the general welfare of the citizens and city of baltimore.

    $10,313,083 spentof which $1,881,590 as grants
    56% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $18,375,390.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($6.4M) Expenses 100 ($5.7M) Net assets 100 ($7.6M)2018 Revenue 96 ($6.1M) Expenses 105 ($6.0M) Net assets 101 ($7.7M)2019 Revenue 81 ($5.2M) Expenses 91 ($5.2M) Net assets 100 ($7.6M)2021 Revenue 400 ($26M) Expenses 232 ($13M) Net assets 269 ($20M)2022 Revenue 299 ($19M) Expenses 488 ($28M) Net assets 116 ($8.8M)2023 Revenue 309 ($20M) Expenses 348 ($20M) Net assets 119 ($9.0M)2024 Revenue 379 ($24M) Expenses 362 ($21M) Net assets 182 ($14M)2025 Revenue 285 ($18M) Expenses 352 ($20M) Net assets 173 ($13M)
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Revenue (285)Expenses (352)Net assets (173)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $19M to $25M (+31%).

$7.9M
$8.8M
$9.1M
$21M
$18M
$19M
$25M
$24M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 10% · 2019 39% · 2021 68% · 2022 40% · 2023 42% · 2024 34% · 2025 64%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

98% of BALTIMORE CIVIC FUND INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (80% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 863 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$644k
’17
$88k
’18
−$69k
’19
$12M
’21
−$8.9M
’22
−$266k
’23
$3.4M
’24
−$2.0M
’25
6.2
months of
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

Hyesook Chung

CEO & board

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed985779910
Joined·+0+1·+0+3+4+1
No longer listed·14·0140
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $550k → $2.8M.

10 of 94 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 BALTIMORE CIVIC FUND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 94 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

BALTIMORE CIVIC FUND INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% 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

39% 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 BALTIMORE CIVIC FUND INC.

18%
largest funder
39%
top three
~13
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 37% · 2019 39% · 2020 27% · 2021 24% · 2022 39% · 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

25% of BALTIMORE CIVIC FUND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

62% of BALTIMORE CIVIC FUND INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.

IL
MI
NY
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
NC
DC
GA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’20
’21
’22
’23
Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BALTIMORE CIVIC FUND INC is better cushioned than half of the 452 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−11% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve6.2mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)14% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 452 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025

Organizations like BALTIMORE CIVIC FUND INC

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

91% of spending goes to programs.

Program 91%Management 9%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
86%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

97%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MD

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Baltimore Civic Fund Holdings LLC · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds BALTIMORE CIVIC FUND INC?
BALTIMORE CIVIC FUND INC (Maryland) receives grants from 94 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,692,825 to it, the largest being Annie E Casey Foundation Inc ($4,846,587). 51 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BALTIMORE CIVIC FUND INC have?
IRS filings report 94 organizations giving $26,692,825 in grants to BALTIMORE CIVIC FUND INC, 51 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BALTIMORE CIVIC FUND INC?
Annie E Casey Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $4,846,587 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BALTIMORE CIVIC FUND 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 94 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