Maryland · Nonprofit
BALTIMORE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC
BALTIMORE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $173,452 to it, the largest being JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ($76,205). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $814k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $173k
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Baltimore Leadership Development Organization Inc does
Mission
The mission of the leadership (baltimore leadership development organization, inc.) is to develop, engage, and connect baltimore's most talented individuals to become more effective civic leaders individually and collectively in the baltimore region by focusing on 1) exploring baltimore's history, challenges, assets, and people, 2) developing civic leadership competencies, and 3) forging substantive relationships amongst participants. Programming is designed for individuals in organizations in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. Immersive field-based learning opportunities, small and large group discussions, retreats, competency building activities, and interactions with a broad spectrum of baltimore's most influential individuals and organizations creates a transformative development experience for program participants. We also provide learning and networking opportunities for over 2,000 alumni.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Leadership development - baltimore area leaders from varied backgrounds in business, not-for-profit and government come together to participate in seminars, meetinges and other activities.
$600,257 spent$677,462 earned by the program86% of program spendingLeadership association - alumni association for graduates of the leadership series enables graduates to stay informed about issues affecting the baltimore region.
$98,227 spent$12,264 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $698,484.
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 2017 to 2018, from $2.6M to $2.2M (−15%).
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: 2020 16% · 2021 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
David Sachs
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $400 → $111k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $324k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Baltimore Community Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money BALTIMORE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of BALTIMORE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 4 of 5 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 LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 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 BALTIMORE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2023 55% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of BALTIMORE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION 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. $12k 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.
Organizations like BALTIMORE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION 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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
54%
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 LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION 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 LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC?
- BALTIMORE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $173,452 to it, the largest being JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ($76,205). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BALTIMORE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $173,452 in grants to BALTIMORE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BALTIMORE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INC?
- JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY is the largest funder on record, with $76,205 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BALTIMORE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION 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.
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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 5 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