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BALTIMORE ROCK OPERA SOCIETY INC

BALTIMORE ROCK OPERA SOCIETY INC (Maryland) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $221,206 to it, the largest being ROBERT W DEUTSCH FOUNDATION ($110,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$244k
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$221k
Net assets
$160k
8/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 21%
01What it does

What Baltimore Rock Opera Society Inc does

Mission

To develop a community of appreciation for drama and musical arts by producing live, original rock musical theater.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. The baltimore rock opera society is a passionate community of artists who create unforgettable experiences through live original rock theater. Bros was founded in 2007 by a small group of friends sitting in a basement dreaming of an impossibly enormous story that would be told through the awesome power of rock. The company is now composed of a diverse group of wildly talented artists from around baltimore who join forces to create massive original shows. This highly energetic group of actors, writers, designers, builders, musicians, and crafters bring forth incredible and unique live performances unlike anything in the region. Every year thousands of fans flock to shows to witness the city s most collaborative, creative production troupe.

    $156,025 spent$137,430 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $156,025.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($181k) Expenses 100 ($122k) Net assets 100 ($166k)2019 Revenue 84 ($151k) Expenses 133 ($163k) Net assets 88 ($146k)2020 Revenue 72 ($131k) Expenses 108 ($133k) Net assets 88 ($146k)2021 Revenue 104 ($188k) Expenses 166 ($204k) Net assets 78 ($130k)2022 Revenue 127 ($230k) Expenses 195 ($239k) Net assets 74 ($123k)2023 Revenue 109 ($197k) Expenses 162 ($199k) Net assets 72 ($120k)2024 Revenue 122 ($222k) Expenses 171 ($209k) Net assets 80 ($133k)2025 Revenue 134 ($244k) Expenses 169 ($207k) Net assets 96 ($160k)
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Revenue (134)Expenses (169)Net assets (96)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 2024 to 2025, from $138k to $160k (+16%).

$166k
$146k
$146k
$130k
$130k
$131k
$138k
$160k
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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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2022 18% · 2023 24% · 2024 24% · 2025 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

44% of BALTIMORE ROCK OPERA SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,618 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$59k
’18
−$12k
’19
−$1k
’20
−$16k
’21
−$9k
’22
−$2k
’23
$12k
’24
$36k
’25
5.3
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

Patrick Stasso

Executive director

Board chair

Naomi Davidoff

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024, and between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.

2022202320242025
Listed8667
Joined·+0+1+5
No longer listed·214
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $32k → $42k.

4 of 10 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 ROCK OPERA SOCIETY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 9 of 10 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 ROCK OPERA SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

50%
largest funder
74%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 90% · 2018 57% · 2019 50% · 2020 61% · 2021 61% · 2022 94% · 2023 59% — 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

43% of BALTIMORE ROCK OPERA SOCIETY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 80% give in more than one year at all.

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

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

82% of BALTIMORE ROCK OPERA SOCIETY INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.

PA
MD
NC

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

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’23
Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $43k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 ROCK OPERA SOCIETY INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin15% · above the median
Months of reserve5.3mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like BALTIMORE ROCK OPERA SOCIETY INC

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

75% of spending goes to programs.

Program 75%Management 18%Fundraising 7%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

MD

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Questions and answers

Who funds BALTIMORE ROCK OPERA SOCIETY INC?
BALTIMORE ROCK OPERA SOCIETY INC (Maryland) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $221,206 to it, the largest being ROBERT W DEUTSCH FOUNDATION ($110,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BALTIMORE ROCK OPERA SOCIETY INC have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $221,206 in grants to BALTIMORE ROCK OPERA SOCIETY INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BALTIMORE ROCK OPERA SOCIETY INC?
ROBERT W DEUTSCH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $110,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BALTIMORE ROCK OPERA SOCIETY 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 10 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