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HARFORD COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC

HARFORD COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $102,705 to it, the largest being THE DRESHER FOUNDATION INC ($33,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$204k
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$103k
Net assets
$131k
7/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 14%
01What it does

What Harford County Education Foundation Inc does

Mission

Harford county education foundation invests in the success of our students by providing educational resources to provide every child, regardless of background, family structure or economic status, the opportunity to achieve personal success

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Harford county education foundation, inc. Awarded five college scholarships during the fiscal year ended june 30, 2023.

    $23,634 spentof which $17,000 as grants
    15% of program spending

  2. Tools for schools - tools for schools is a school supply resource center where teachers can shop for free for the learning materials for students in need. With everyone contributing to a central resource center, we can ensure that every child in need is served. And teachers know best which students are without the schools supplies they need for educational success

    $48,944 spentof which $35,205 as grants
    32% of program spending

  3. Classroom innovation grants - the organization's school and classrom enrichment program provides funding opportunities for educators to create innovative and exciting educational programs or projects for their students to enrich the educational experience.

    $34,684 spentof which $24,949 as grants
    22% of program spending

  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $47,335 spentof which $29,272 as grants$2,320 earned by the program
    31% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $154,597.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($152k) Expenses 100 ($152k) Net assets 100 ($67k)2019 Revenue 111 ($169k) Expenses 105 ($160k) Net assets 114 ($77k)2020 Revenue 120 ($182k) Expenses 121 ($184k) Net assets 112 ($75k)2021 Revenue 154 ($233k) Expenses 122 ($185k) Net assets 184 ($123k)2022 Revenue 137 ($209k) Expenses 132 ($200k) Net assets 183 ($123k)2023 Revenue 158 ($240k) Expenses 137 ($209k) Net assets 227 ($152k)2024 Revenue 144 ($218k) Expenses 160 ($244k) Net assets 200 ($134k)2025 Revenue 135 ($204k) Expenses 141 ($214k) Net assets 195 ($131k)
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Revenue (135)Expenses (141)Net assets (195)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 2022 to 2023, from $137k to $163k (+19%).

$81k
$99k
$119k
$141k
$137k
$163k
$147k
$143k
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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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2019 3% · 2020 1% · 2021 10% · 2023 1% · 2024 1% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

110% of HARFORD COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$433
’18
$10k
’19
−$2k
’20
$48k
’21
$8k
’22
$31k
’23
−$26k
’24
−$10k
’25
3.8
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.

2019202020212022202320242025
Listed15171821201718
Joined·+4+3+8+2+3+4
No longer listed·225363
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $11k → $3k.

Funder
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'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
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'25*
total
funders
2
3
3
5
4
5
4
2
1

4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 HARFORD COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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

HARFORD COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

46% 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 HARFORD COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC.

32%
largest funder
72%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 39% · 2019 45% · 2020 49% · 2021 65% · 2022 34% · 2023 37% — 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

57% of HARFORD COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

82% of HARFORD COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.

IL
MI
MD

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

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’21
’22
’23
Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $47k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

HARFORD COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC's revenue grew 35% between 2018 and 2025.

Operating margin−5% · below the median
Months of reserve3.8mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like HARFORD COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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

Community Foundation of Harford County Inc87%The Harford Community College Foundation Inc85%The Harford County Education Association Inc85%Howard Community College Educational Foundation Inc82%Harford County Public Library Foundation Inc82%The Harford Day School Incorporated81%Excellence in Education Foundation for Pgcps Inc80%Success for All Foundation Inc80%

Nationally

Community Foundation of Harford County Inc87%Haywood County Schools Foundation86%Harrisonburg Education Foundation Inc86%The Helps Education Fund Inc85%The Harford Community College Foundation Inc85%The Harford County Education Association Inc85%Hempfield Foundation84%The Harrison School District Foundation Inc84%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

73% of spending goes to programs.

Program 73%Management 26%Fundraising 1%

Governance

17
board members
94%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

93%

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 HARFORD COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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 HARFORD COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
HARFORD COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $102,705 to it, the largest being THE DRESHER FOUNDATION INC ($33,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does HARFORD COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $102,705 in grants to HARFORD COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of HARFORD COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
THE DRESHER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $33,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like HARFORD COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 11 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