Maryland · Nonprofit
Fells Point Main Street Inc
Fells Point Main Street Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $66,250 to it, the largest being BALTIMORE CIVIC FUND INC ($41,250). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $436k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $66k
- Net assets
- $115k
What Fells Point Main Street Inc does
Mission
The mission of Fell's Point Main Street is to promote and encourage economic development while strengthening and revitalizing the greater Fell's Point business district in ways that meet the needs of businesses, residents, and visitors alike.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Fell's Point holds community festivals and events to attract visitors to the Main Steet district, provides marketing to draw visitors to the area to support local businesses and revitalize the community, and assists the community in planning, designing and managing the physical environment.
$409,741 spentof which $253,885 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $409,741.
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 2021 to 2022, from $114k to $184k (+62%).
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 11% · 2018 8% · 2019 17% · 2020 68% · 2021 94% · 2024 65% · 2025 111%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
116% of Fells Point Main Street Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $15k → $33k.
From the IRS filings of Fells Point Main Street 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
Fells Point Main Street Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
85% 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 Fells Point Main Street Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
77% of Fells Point Main Street 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
Fells Point Main Street Inc's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding Fells Point Main Street Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $195k on record.
- Grant$195k
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 Fells Point Main Street 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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 Fells Point Main Street 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 Fells Point Main Street Inc?
- Fells Point Main Street Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $66,250 to it, the largest being BALTIMORE CIVIC FUND INC ($41,250). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Fells Point Main Street Inc have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $66,250 in grants to Fells Point Main Street Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Fells Point Main Street Inc?
- BALTIMORE CIVIC FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $41,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Fells Point Main Street 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 3 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