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EAST BALTIMORE COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC

EAST BALTIMORE COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC (Maryland) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,621,031 to it, the largest being JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ($5,717,074). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$9.6M
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$6.6M
Net assets
$43M
5/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 10%
01What it does

What East Baltimore Community School Inc does

Mission

To unleash our students joy and passion while preparing them for academic success and fulfillment in a rapidly changing world. Our vision is that henderson-hopkins will be a model school for the country by providing every student with an excellent education.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Student achievement: elmer a. Henderson: a johns hopkins partnership school serves over 600 students in grades prekindergarten-8. Our goal at henderson-hopkins is to unlock students' joy and passion while preparing them for college and 21st-century careers. Part of this work is ensuring that students are making rapid academic progress. To support this goal, we have partnerships with achievement network, leading men, amplify, and more organizations that provide personalized academic support to all learners.

    $10,036,183 spent$6,203,978 earned by the program
    90% of program spending
  2. Health and wellness: ensuring that our students are healthy and safe is one of henderson-hopkins' key priorities. Henderson-hopkins continued to use social-emotional learning curriculum across grade levels through rhithm, committee for children, and moozoom. The school partnered with positive school center to train all staff in supporting youth through restorative practices lens.

    $1,055,694 spent$783,841 earned by the program
    9% of program spending
  3. Strengthening community: henderson-hopkins strives to be a pillar in the east baltimore community. Henderson-hopkins continues a food distribution program that began over the covid-19 pandemic and still operates today. Open to our school families, henderson-hopkins has served over 2 million pounds of food to 69,000 families. In this and other ways, henderson-hopkins has made a commitment to serving the east baltimore neighborhood.

    $59,438 spent
    1% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,151,315.

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 ($7.5M) Expenses 100 ($10M) Net assets -4 ($-2026142)2018 Revenue 98 ($7.3M) Expenses 95 ($9.8M) Net assets -9 ($-4526321)2019 Revenue 118 ($8.8M) Expenses 88 ($9.1M) Net assets -10 ($-4788547)2020 Revenue 841 ($63M) Expenses 94 ($9.7M) Net assets 100 ($49M)2021 Revenue 131 ($9.8M) Expenses 88 ($9.2M) Net assets 101 ($49M)2022 Revenue 106 ($7.9M) Expenses 95 ($9.8M) Net assets 97 ($47M)2023 Revenue 139 ($10M) Expenses 110 ($11M) Net assets 95 ($46M)2024 Revenue 170 ($13M) Expenses 124 ($13M) Net assets 95 ($46M)2025 Revenue 129 ($9.6M) Expenses 122 ($13M) Net assets 89 ($43M)
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Revenue (129)Expenses (122)Net assets (89)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 $47M to $43M (−7%).

$52M
$50M
$50M
$49M
$50M
$48M
$47M
$47M
$43M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 4% · 2018 4% · 2019 3% · 2020 1% · 2021 13% · 2022 20% · 2023 23% · 2024 26% · 2025 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

26% of EAST BALTIMORE COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,352 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$2.9M
’17
−$2.5M
’18
−$262k
’19
$53M
’20
$618k
’21
−$1.9M
’22
−$1.1M
’23
−$176k
’24
−$3.1M
’25
2.8
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.

Board chair

Calvin Smith

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed142121202321192323
Joined·+8+7+4+3+1+5+5+4
No longer listed·17503714
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income fell $750k → $666k.

Funder
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total
$5.7M
50can Incunclassified
$429k
funders
1
1
2
5
3
3
6
3
1

From the IRS filings of EAST BALTIMORE COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 8 of 9 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

EAST BALTIMORE COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

94% 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 EAST BALTIMORE COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC.

86%
largest funder
99%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 84% · 2020 93% · 2021 91% · 2022 90% · 2023 54% — 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

50% of EAST BALTIMORE COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

93% of EAST BALTIMORE COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.

CA
MD
DC

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. 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

EAST BALTIMORE COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC's revenue grew 29% between 2017 and 2025.

Operating margin−32% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve2.8mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)3% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding EAST BALTIMORE COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $314k on record.

State$314k
Top programs
  • Grant$314k

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

88% of spending goes to programs.

Program 88%Management 12%Fundraising 0%

Governance

18
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MD

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Ebcs Realty LLC · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds EAST BALTIMORE COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC?
EAST BALTIMORE COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC (Maryland) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,621,031 to it, the largest being JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ($5,717,074). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does EAST BALTIMORE COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $6,621,031 in grants to EAST BALTIMORE COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of EAST BALTIMORE COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC?
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY is the largest funder on record, with $5,717,074 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like EAST BALTIMORE COMMUNITY SCHOOL 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 9 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