Maryland · Nonprofit
DIGITAL HARBOR FOUNDATION
DIGITAL HARBOR FOUNDATION (Maryland) receives grants from 102 organizations whose IRS filings report $91,289,965 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($18,037,480). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $58M
- Funders on record
- 102
- Grants received
- $91M
- Net assets
- $54M
What Digital Harbor Foundation does
Mission
Democratizing societal and economic well-being through digital equity for everyone, increased diversity in the tech sector, innovative education, and technology for the public good
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Philanthropic funds: a portfolio of projects focused on supporting initiatives advancing the mission of Digital Harbor Foundation, such as the creation of digital tools supporting social safety net access, the development of market shaping tools to advance public good, and building talent identification/development pathways.
$5,380,348 spent$11,865,001 earned by the program39% of program spendingProject waves: a community-based internet service provide (isp) project waves works to bridge the digital divide by creating, advocating for, and implementing equitable solutions that connect and help individuals, families, and communities thrive through affordable home internet connectivity. Programs include both point-to-multipoint internet connectivity and fiber-backed residential service to multi-dwelling unit buildings and households in maryland.
$1,522,415 spent$407,475 earned by the program11% of program spendingFiscal sponsorships:a portfolio of fiscally sponsored projects in which Digital Harbor Foundation provides operational support, structure, guidance, oversight, and administration. These include scholarship and grant-making efforts, the creation of communities of practice in support of philanthropic efforts and advising, and educational initiatives.
$5,308,898 spent$14,022,639 earned by the program39% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$1,496,106 spent$2,862,304 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,707,767.
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 2023 to 2024, from $31M to $57M (+87%).
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: 2018 19% · 2019 7% · 2020 10% · 2021 6% · 2022 20% · 2023 2% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of DIGITAL HARBOR FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 35 funders, grant income rose $365k → $15M.
20 of 102 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 DIGITAL HARBOR FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 102 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
DIGITAL HARBOR FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% 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
57% 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 DIGITAL HARBOR FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 36% · 2018 28% · 2019 36% · 2020 28% · 2021 19% · 2022 37% · 2023 46% — 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
40% of DIGITAL HARBOR FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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
52% of DIGITAL HARBOR FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $44M that is directly attributable, 94% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 21 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $47M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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
DIGITAL HARBOR FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,064 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,064 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding DIGITAL HARBOR FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.2M on record.
- National Science Foundation$4.2M
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 DIGITAL HARBOR FOUNDATION
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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
56%
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 DIGITAL HARBOR FOUNDATION: 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 DIGITAL HARBOR FOUNDATION?
- DIGITAL HARBOR FOUNDATION (Maryland) receives grants from 102 organizations whose IRS filings report $91,289,965 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($18,037,480). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DIGITAL HARBOR FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 102 organizations giving $91,289,965 in grants to DIGITAL HARBOR FOUNDATION, 41 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DIGITAL HARBOR FOUNDATION?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $18,037,480 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DIGITAL HARBOR FOUNDATION 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 102 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