Maryland · Nonprofit
BALTIMORE HERITAGE AREA ASSOCIATION INC
BALTIMORE HERITAGE AREA ASSOCIATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,093,777 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ($1,093,746). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $272k
What Baltimore Heritage Area Association Inc does
Mission
Promoting, preserving, and enhancing baltimore's historic and cultural legacy and natural resources for current and future generations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Promote heritage, cultural, and recreational tourism in baltimore through educational and cultural programs for visitors and the general public, including managing and assisting with three grant programs: small cap grant program, the maryland hertiage areas authority project grant program, and the heritage investment grant program. The bnha small cap grant program is funded through city general obligation bond money ($100,000) and the heritage investment grant program is funded using federal dollars. The heritage area also coordinates the submission of grant applications to the state (mhaa) through a local review and ranking process. The purpose of all three grant programs is to target investment in the preservation and development of key heritage tourism sites within the heritage area's boundry.
$1,072,469 spentof which $302,261 as grants$164,199 earned by the program85% of program spendingPlanned and organized educational programs for children in baltimore, including kids in kayaks and every kid in a national park.
$172,576 spent14% of program spendingOther miscellaneous program activities and walking tours - provided guided tours for heritage walk, mt. Vernon cultural walk, pennsylvania avenue and fell's point. The walking tours expose numerous museums (many small and considered to be hidden gems) to the public.
$20,409 spent$20,619 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,265,454.
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 2021 to 2022, from $376k to $781k (+108%).
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 83% · 2018 80% · 2019 78% · 2020 77% · 2021 93% · 2022 86% · 2023 78% · 2024 83% · 2025 75%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of BALTIMORE HERITAGE AREA ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Shauntee Daniels
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $97k → $74k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 HERITAGE AREA ASSOCIATION 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
BALTIMORE HERITAGE AREA ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 HERITAGE AREA ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
BALTIMORE HERITAGE AREA ASSOCIATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31 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
BALTIMORE HERITAGE AREA ASSOCIATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding BALTIMORE HERITAGE AREA ASSOCIATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.0M on record — $3.8M federal, $1.2M state.
- Department of the Interior$3.8M
- Grant$1.2M
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 BALTIMORE HERITAGE AREA ASSOCIATION 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
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 BALTIMORE HERITAGE AREA ASSOCIATION 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 BALTIMORE HERITAGE AREA ASSOCIATION INC?
- BALTIMORE HERITAGE AREA ASSOCIATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,093,777 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ($1,093,746). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BALTIMORE HERITAGE AREA ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,093,777 in grants to BALTIMORE HERITAGE AREA ASSOCIATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BALTIMORE HERITAGE AREA ASSOCIATION INC?
- NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,093,746 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BALTIMORE HERITAGE AREA ASSOCIATION 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 2 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