Maryland · Nonprofit
INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY STUDIES INC
INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY STUDIES INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $150,000 to it, the largest being THE JEROME G & ANNETTE S ZIMMERMAN FOUNDATION INC ($150,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $150k
- Net assets
- $-2507
What Institute for Community Studies Inc does
Mission
The institute for community studies (www.icsonline.org) is a nonprofit research organization committed to improving outcomes and life quality for underserved communities. It is an outgrowth from the charitable research activities conducted by development services group, inc. We are excited for our expansion and the potential for applying the same charitable approach and expertise for new organizations. The ics staff has extensive professional experience in using social science research, policy analysis, and organizational management for investigating, understanding, and addressing some of our most complicated social problems. Our staff and board members have extensive experience with research and evaluation of programs to address social problems in communities, using evidence-based programs and strengths-based approaches. Our team is expert in qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods research designs, as well as in developing performance measurement and quality improvement.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Community outreach and support.
$15,035 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $15,035.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $25k to $106k (+324%).
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.
0% of INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY STUDIES INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY STUDIES 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
INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY STUDIES INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 1 state in all.
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
INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY STUDIES INC's revenue fell 97% between 2020 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,851 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY STUDIES 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.
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY STUDIES INC?
- INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY STUDIES INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $150,000 to it, the largest being THE JEROME G & ANNETTE S ZIMMERMAN FOUNDATION INC ($150,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY STUDIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $150,000 in grants to INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY STUDIES INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY STUDIES INC?
- THE JEROME G & ANNETTE S ZIMMERMAN FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY STUDIES 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), 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