Maryland · Nonprofit
BEL AIR DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE INC
BEL AIR DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $141,750 to it, the largest being THE DRESHER FOUNDATION INC ($79,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $564k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $142k
- Net assets
- $256k
What Bel Air Downtown Alliance Inc does
Mission
The bel air downtown alliance, inc. Is a non-profit community development organization whose mission is to mobilize stakeholders to invest in bel air's neighborhoods, economy, and quality of life.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The alliance sponsors community events in the town of bel air, md , serving to strengthen the economic base and sense of community for its businesses and residents. The events conducted were the movies in shamrock park, chocolate brew & wine tour, the belle aire market, christmas parade and other seasonal activities conducted by the alliance such as first fridays, winter wonderland and main street social.
$451,536 spent$291,738 earned by the program95% of program spendingThe bel air alliance continued with projects to increase tourism and civic pride through its town beautification and revitalization projects including the facade improvement projects, tourism grants to other local organizations, and bel air coworking arrangements. These new projets were funded via grants as well as from contributions from participants, sponsors and the town of bel air.
$24,342 spentof which $24,342 as grants5% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $475,878.
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 $223k to $350k (+57%).
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 23% · 2018 24% · 2019 14% · 2020 33% · 2021 59% · 2022 29% · 2023 31% · 2024 27%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
45% of BEL AIR DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% 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 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $10k → $8k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 BEL AIR DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE 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
BEL AIR DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 98% · 2019 35% · 2020 96% · 2021 100% · 2022 91% · 2023 72% — 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
80% of BEL AIR DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE 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. $16k 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
BEL AIR DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE INC's revenue grew 20% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding BEL AIR DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $150k on record.
- Grant$150k
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 BEL AIR DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE 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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BEL AIR DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE 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 BEL AIR DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE INC?
- BEL AIR DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $141,750 to it, the largest being THE DRESHER FOUNDATION INC ($79,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BEL AIR DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $141,750 in grants to BEL AIR DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BEL AIR DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE INC?
- THE DRESHER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $79,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BEL AIR DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE 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 6 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