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CIVIC WORKS INC

CIVIC WORKS INC (Maryland) receives grants from 73 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,869,086 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($7,000,000). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$21M
Funders on record
73
Grants received
$41M
Net assets
$21M
43/73 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 51%
01What it does

What Civic Works Inc does

Mission

Strengthening baltimore's communities through education, skills development and community service.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Center for sustainable careers - civic works teaches job skills for sustainable careers, provides on-the-job training by installing solar on low income homes and provides job placement upon completion, training in solar, roofing, and utility infrastructure.

    $6,872,473 spent$7,708,583 earned by the program
    47% of program spending
  2. Elder services - civic works provides the facilitation of aging-in-place through fall prevention, case management and connection to services.

    $2,325,116 spentof which $272,500 as grants$4,757,694 earned by the program
    16% of program spending
  3. Clean corps is a multi-agency initiative, led by the baltimore city department of planning and operated in close collaboration with baltimore-based nonprofits: civic works and bon secours community works. Funded primarily by the american rescue plan (arpa), clean corps works in partnership with community leaders in 42 underinvested neighborhoods to tackle issues of illegal dumping, litter, overgrown grass and weeds across the city. Our clean corps program provides jobs to under and unemployed residents to clean and maintain community-selected vacant lots, alleys, sidewalks, tree pits, public trash cans and more.as a workforce development program, clean corps also provides holistic support for employees to stabilize their lives and facilitate the steps needed for a successful career.

    $3,219,583 spentof which $4,773 as grants$3,274,482 earned by the program
    22% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $2,072,969 spentof which $9,206 as grants
    14% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,490,141.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($12M) Expenses 100 ($12M) Net assets 100 ($5.9M)2018 Revenue 107 ($13M) Expenses 100 ($12M) Net assets 112 ($6.6M)2019 Revenue 89 ($11M) Expenses 88 ($11M) Net assets 112 ($6.6M)2020 Revenue 75 ($9.1M) Expenses 75 ($9.2M) Net assets 108 ($6.4M)2021 Revenue 105 ($13M) Expenses 83 ($10M) Net assets 160 ($9.5M)2022 Revenue 107 ($13M) Expenses 85 ($11M) Net assets 204 ($12M)2023 Revenue 161 ($20M) Expenses 113 ($14M) Net assets 300 ($18M)2024 Revenue 145 ($18M) Expenses 143 ($18M) Net assets 307 ($18M)2025 Revenue 171 ($21M) Expenses 144 ($18M) Net assets 357 ($21M)
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Revenue (171)Expenses (144)Net assets (357)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 2022 to 2023, from $15M to $22M (+43%).

$11M
$11M
$12M
$10M
$12M
$15M
$22M
$24M
$27M
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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.

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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 58% · 2018 53% · 2019 61% · 2020 62% · 2021 38% · 2022 48% · 2023 46% · 2024 69% · 2025 55%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

83% of CIVIC WORKS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,251 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$200k
’17
$680k
’18
$6k
’19
−$108k
’20
$2.5M
’21
$2.6M
’22
$5.7M
’23
−$38k
’24
$2.9M
’25
1.3
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

Dana Stein

Executive director

Board chair

Howard Feldman

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed344235353035363831
Joined·+41+9+32+2+5+2+7+3
No longer listed·331632701510
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 19 funders to 30 funders, grant income rose $3.0M → $10M.

10 of 73 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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 CIVIC WORKS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 73 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

CIVIC WORKS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left

61% 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 CIVIC WORKS INC.

17%
largest funder
45%
top three
~10
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 30% · 2018 33% · 2019 40% · 2020 27% · 2021 20% · 2022 55% · 2023 70% — growing more concentrated.

“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

56% of CIVIC WORKS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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 CIVIC WORKS INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.

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

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Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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

CIVIC WORKS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin14% · top quartile
Months of reserve1.3mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025

Government funding CIVIC WORKS INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $44.3M on record — $16.0M federal, $28.3M state.

Federal$16.0M
grants $16.0Mcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of Labor$11.9M
  • Department of Agriculture$3.0M
  • Environmental Protection Agency$1.1M
State$28.3M
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Top programs
  • Grant$25.3M
  • Loan$2.9M

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

81% of spending goes to programs.

Program 81%Management 16%Fundraising 3%

Governance

25
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

82%

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

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Reach of Baltimore Inc · exempt
  • Clifton Mansion Manager LLC · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds CIVIC WORKS INC?
CIVIC WORKS INC (Maryland) receives grants from 73 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,869,086 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($7,000,000). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CIVIC WORKS INC have?
IRS filings report 73 organizations giving $40,869,086 in grants to CIVIC WORKS INC, 43 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CIVIC WORKS INC?
The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $7,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CIVIC WORKS 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 73 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