Maryland · Nonprofit
FAMILY LEAGUE OF BALTIMORE CITY INC
FAMILY LEAGUE OF BALTIMORE CITY INC (Maryland) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,522,164 to it, the largest being Annie E Casey Foundation Inc ($1,705,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $5.2M
What Family League of Baltimore City Inc does
Mission
FAMILY LEAGUE OF BALTIMORE SERVES AS AN ARCHITECT OF CHANGE IN BALTIMORE BY PROMOTING DATA DRIVEN, COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVES AND ALIGNING RESOURCES TO CREATE LASTING OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. THIS PAST YEAR REFLECTS OUR ORGANIZATION'S CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO FISCAL INTEGRITY, OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, AND TRANSFORMATIVE COMMUNITY IMPACT AS WE ADVANCE OUR MISSION TO DISMANTLE SYSTEMIC BARRIERS LIMITING POSSIBILITIES FOR BALTIMORE'S CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES.Mission Impact & Program ReachIn FY2025, Family League invested $21.6 million in total program services, supporting 84 funded partners and positively impacting over 14,000 lives across Baltimore City. This level of investment reflects our strategic approach to resource stewardship and our commitment to maximizing community impact through data-informed, collaborative solutions.Among our most significant FY2025 accomplishments: our Out-of-School time (OST) programs served more than 8,000 youth averaging e
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
School age and high school programs - the community schools partnership-based strategy and model focuses on student acheivement and family and community well-being.its integrated focus on academics, enrichment, health and social supports, youth and community development and family engagement leads to student success, strong families and healthy communities. Anchored by a community school coordinator, the partnerships allow schools to become resources to the community and offer programs and opportuniteis that are open to all. Out of school time - I.e. After school programming- is aligned with every community school to extend and enrich the educational experience of every student at 52 community schools.
$15,091,810 spent70% of program spendingEarly childhood programs - the early childhood initative focuses on reducing infant mortality through improving policies, referral systems and home visiting services in baltimore city. Families league is an implementing partner of b'more for healthy babies. A citywide initiative led by the baltimore city health department with healthcare access of maryland. As a result of our collaboration, the infant mortality rate for baltimore city has dropped to an unprecented low.
$6,441,496 spent30% of program spendingCommunity small grants - in collaboration with morgan state university, family league of baltimore awarded $90,000 in small grants to 8 non-profit and community-based organizations in baltimore.
$46,500 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $21,579,806.
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 2020 to 2021, from $9.4M to $14M (+50%).
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 96% · 2018 96% · 2019 95% · 2020 98% · 2023 94% · 2024 98% · 2025 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of FAMILY LEAGUE OF BALTIMORE CITY INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Demaune Millard
President & CEO
Board chair
Nancy Kay Blackwell
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $171k → $371k.
From the IRS filings of FAMILY LEAGUE OF BALTIMORE CITY 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
FAMILY LEAGUE OF BALTIMORE CITY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
25% 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 FAMILY LEAGUE OF BALTIMORE CITY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 100% · 2019 69% · 2020 92% · 2021 58% · 2022 90% · 2023 67% — 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
29% of FAMILY LEAGUE OF BALTIMORE CITY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
74% of FAMILY LEAGUE OF BALTIMORE CITY 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. 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
FAMILY LEAGUE OF BALTIMORE CITY INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding FAMILY LEAGUE OF BALTIMORE CITY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $74.2M on record.
- Grant$74.2M
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 FAMILY LEAGUE OF BALTIMORE CITY 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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FAMILY LEAGUE OF BALTIMORE CITY 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 FAMILY LEAGUE OF BALTIMORE CITY INC?
- FAMILY LEAGUE OF BALTIMORE CITY INC (Maryland) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,522,164 to it, the largest being Annie E Casey Foundation Inc ($1,705,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FAMILY LEAGUE OF BALTIMORE CITY INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $2,522,164 in grants to FAMILY LEAGUE OF BALTIMORE CITY INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FAMILY LEAGUE OF BALTIMORE CITY INC?
- Annie E Casey Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,705,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FAMILY LEAGUE OF BALTIMORE CITY 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 8 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