Maryland · Nonprofit
BALTIMORE OFFICE OF PROMOTION AND THE ARTS INC
BALTIMORE OFFICE OF PROMOTION AND THE ARTS INC (Maryland) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,184,769 to it, the largest being MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION OF BALTIMORE INC ($342,750). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.8M
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts Inc does
Mission
The baltimore office of promotion & the arts (bopa) was created in 2002 with a mission to make baltimore a more vibrant and creative city. Bopa serves as baltimore city's designated arts council and film office and coordinates a wide variety of arts programming for the benefit of all people in baltimore. Bopa is responsible for producing special events and promotions throughout baltimore as well as managing several city landmarks and attractions.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Arts and cultural promotion - as baltimore city's arts council, the baltimore office of promotion & the arts provides resources and opportunities to artists and artist organizations to enhance arts and culture programming for the benefit of all people in baltimore.
$1,647,825 spentof which $537,411 as grants$10,793 earned by the program51% of program spendingAttractions - the baltimore office of promotion & the arts manages several venues that attract both tourists and local residents of baltimore city.
$769,067 spent$270,101 earned by the program24% of program spendingEvents - the baltimore office of promotion & the arts produces high-quality special events that stimulate baltimore communities economically, artistically and culturally.
$785,415 spent$222,024 earned by the program25% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,202,307.
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 2018 to 2019, from $4.1M to $6.6M (+62%).
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 53% · 2018 55% · 2019 72% · 2020 81% · 2021 82% · 2022 79% · 2023 74% · 2024 71%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
77% of BALTIMORE OFFICE OF PROMOTION AND THE ARTS 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 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $110k → $160k.
3 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 OFFICE OF PROMOTION AND THE ARTS 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 OFFICE OF PROMOTION AND THE ARTS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% 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
60% 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 OFFICE OF PROMOTION AND THE ARTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 47% · 2019 40% · 2020 25% · 2021 34% · 2022 31% · 2023 34% — 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
40% of BALTIMORE OFFICE OF PROMOTION AND THE ARTS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
93% of BALTIMORE OFFICE OF PROMOTION AND THE ARTS 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. $228k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
BALTIMORE OFFICE OF PROMOTION AND THE ARTS INC's funding base is broadening — from 4 funders to 9 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding BALTIMORE OFFICE OF PROMOTION AND THE ARTS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.7M on record.
- Grant$1.7M
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 OFFICE OF PROMOTION AND THE ARTS 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
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Baltimore Festival of the Arts · exempt
- Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower LLC · partnership
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BALTIMORE OFFICE OF PROMOTION AND THE ARTS 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 OFFICE OF PROMOTION AND THE ARTS INC?
- BALTIMORE OFFICE OF PROMOTION AND THE ARTS INC (Maryland) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,184,769 to it, the largest being MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION OF BALTIMORE INC ($342,750). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BALTIMORE OFFICE OF PROMOTION AND THE ARTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $1,184,769 in grants to BALTIMORE OFFICE OF PROMOTION AND THE ARTS INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BALTIMORE OFFICE OF PROMOTION AND THE ARTS INC?
- MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION OF BALTIMORE INC is the largest funder on record, with $342,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BALTIMORE OFFICE OF PROMOTION AND THE ARTS 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 20 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