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CONCERT ARTISTS OF BALTIMORE INC

CONCERT ARTISTS OF BALTIMORE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,262 to it, the largest being THE GEORGE L SHIELDS FOUNDATION INC ($17,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2017
$433k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$44k
Net assets
$-20083
1/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What Concert Artists of Baltimore Inc does

Mission

Music education and entertainment

As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.

Program

Production of classical music dedicated to preserving mostly non-repertory pieces. Open to the public and generally serving 250-400 people.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2018: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $28k → $16k.

2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 CONCERT ARTISTS OF BALTIMORE 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

CONCERT ARTISTS OF BALTIMORE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

27% 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 CONCERT ARTISTS OF BALTIMORE INC.

40%
largest funder
87%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 62% — 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.

Where its funders are

100% of CONCERT ARTISTS OF BALTIMORE INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.

MD

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

’17
’18
Maryland out of state home

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.

03Its place in the field

Organizations like CONCERT ARTISTS OF BALTIMORE 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

04Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

77% of spending goes to programs.

Program 77%Management 23%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
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

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CONCERT ARTISTS OF BALTIMORE 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 CONCERT ARTISTS OF BALTIMORE INC?
CONCERT ARTISTS OF BALTIMORE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,262 to it, the largest being THE GEORGE L SHIELDS FOUNDATION INC ($17,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CONCERT ARTISTS OF BALTIMORE INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $44,262 in grants to CONCERT ARTISTS OF BALTIMORE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CONCERT ARTISTS OF BALTIMORE INC?
THE GEORGE L SHIELDS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $17,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CONCERT ARTISTS OF BALTIMORE 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 4 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