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HOWARD COUNTY TOURISM COUNCIL INC

HOWARD COUNTY TOURISM COUNCIL INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,665 to it, the largest being PATAPSCO HERITAGE GREENWAY INC ($3,665). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.7M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$4k
Net assets
$1.5M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Howard County Tourism Council Inc does

Mission

To increase, develop and promote tourism in howard county by featuring the county's unique location, sites, services, products, and people. Recognized by howard county government and the maryland office of toursim development as the official destination marketing organization for howard county, maryland.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Tourism promotion - maps, calendars, brochures and otherpublications are put out by the visitor center to attract tourismto downtown ellicott city and the rest of howard county.

    $775,092 spent
    54% of program spending

  2. Visitors center - is located in ellicott city, howard county andanswers questions concerning sites in the county, distributesinformation and brochures about howard county, and maintains awebsite concerning tourism in howard county.

    $332,813 spent
    23% of program spending

  3. Development - engage with community, state, and regional lawmakers, businesses, and organizations to strengthen and develop tourism opportunities.

    $10,892 spent
    1% of program spending

  4. Other

    $318,924 spent
    22% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,437,721.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.3M) Expenses 100 ($1.2M) Net assets 100 ($477k)2018 Revenue 96 ($1.2M) Expenses 96 ($1.2M) Net assets 99 ($473k)2019 Revenue 88 ($1.1M) Expenses 82 ($1.0M) Net assets 120 ($571k)2020 Revenue 91 ($1.1M) Expenses 78 ($961k) Net assets 157 ($750k)2021 Revenue 122 ($1.5M) Expenses 112 ($1.4M) Net assets 182 ($870k)2022 Revenue 98 ($1.2M) Expenses 94 ($1.2M) Net assets 176 ($840k)2023 Revenue 141 ($1.8M) Expenses 136 ($1.7M) Net assets 213 ($1.0M)2024 Revenue 120 ($1.5M) Expenses 122 ($1.5M) Net assets 256 ($1.2M)2025 Revenue 138 ($1.7M) Expenses 117 ($1.4M) Net assets 322 ($1.5M)
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Revenue (138)Expenses (117)Net assets (322)

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 $1.3M to $1.8M (+36%).

$520k
$497k
$612k
$922k
$999k
$946k
$1.3M
$1.3M
$1.8M
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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 96% · 2018 95% · 2019 97% · 2020 94% · 2021 89% · 2022 96% · 2023 98% · 2024 95% · 2025 94%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$17k
’17
$9k
’18
$91k
’19
$172k
’20
$144k
’21
$64k
’22
$77k
’23
−$9k
’24
$283k
’25
2.4
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.

Chief executive

Amanda Hof

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.

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Listed242319182019211921
Joined·+5+2+8+5+1+5+3+9
No longer listed·66932357
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $2k → $2k.

Funder
'17
'20
total
funders
1
1

Left out of every figure on this page: $33k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Community Foundation of Howard County Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money HOWARD COUNTY TOURISM COUNCIL INC raised.

From the IRS filings of HOWARD COUNTY TOURISM COUNCIL 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.

Where its funders are

100% of HOWARD COUNTY TOURISM COUNCIL INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.

MD

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

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’20
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

Government funding HOWARD COUNTY TOURISM COUNCIL INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.0M on record.

State$1.0M
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14
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Top programs
  • Grant$1.0M

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 HOWARD COUNTY TOURISM COUNCIL 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

The Howard County Conservancy Inc82%Howard County Chamber of Commerce81%Heritage Tourism Alliance of Montgomery County Inc80%Western Maryland Scenic Railroad Development Corporation80%Washington County Chamber of Commerce Inc79%Visit Annapolis & Anne Arundel County Inc79%Visit Baltimore Inc79%Baltimore Sports Tourism Development Council Inc78%

Nationally

Visitors Center Inc83%The Howard County Conservancy Inc82%Cultural Tourism DC Inc82%Laurel Highlands82%Howard County Chamber of Commerce81%Greater Morgantown Convention & Visitors81%Bellinghamwhatcom County Tourism81%Heritage Tourism Alliance of Montgomery County Inc80%
05Profile & governance

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

Governance

21
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

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds HOWARD COUNTY TOURISM COUNCIL INC?
HOWARD COUNTY TOURISM COUNCIL INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,665 to it, the largest being PATAPSCO HERITAGE GREENWAY INC ($3,665). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does HOWARD COUNTY TOURISM COUNCIL INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $3,665 in grants to HOWARD COUNTY TOURISM COUNCIL INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of HOWARD COUNTY TOURISM COUNCIL INC?
PATAPSCO HERITAGE GREENWAY INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,665 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like HOWARD COUNTY TOURISM COUNCIL 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 1 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