Maryland · Nonprofit
JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INC
JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INC (Maryland) receives grants from 64 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,870,409 to it, the largest being LOUIS B II AND JOSEPHINE L KOHN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($280,000). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.8M
- Funders on record
- 64
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $13M
What Jewish Museum of Maryland Inc does
Mission
The jewish museum of maryland connects people to jewish experiences and maryland's jewish community to its roots. We inspire everyone to explore history, take action, and imagine a better future.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Exhibitions: the jmm museum building contains four exhibit galleries. Two galleries are dedicated to the display of temporary exhibits that interpret themes related to the life of jewish marylanders. The second two galleries will house long-term exhibits scheduled to open in 2026 and 2027.
$907,453 spentof which $828 as grants$6,441 earned by the program46% of program spendingEducation and outreach: the jmm provides services to students and teachers annually through on-site and off-site activities and professional development symposia. In addition, we provide tours of our historic synagogues and exhibitions for adult groups and walk-in visitors and public programs on a wide range of topics for audiences of all backgrounds. We also offer outreach services through our website, searchable digital collection, traveling exhibitions, and living history performances.
$772,715 spent39% of program spendingHistoric preservation - the jmm preserves two national register synagogues (lloyd street synagogue, 1845, and chizuk amuno synagogue, 1876) and the largest collection of regional jewish americana in the us. Collections include more than 12,877 objects and works of art, 72,580 catalogued photographs, 1,545 linear feet of archives and manuscripts, and 850 oral histories.
$302,989 spent15% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,983,157.
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 2023 to 2024, from $11M to $13M (+25%).
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 9% · 2018 4% · 2019 3% · 2020 11% · 2021 19% · 2022 2% · 2023 9% · 2024 4% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% 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.
Chief executive
Sol Bryan Davis
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 21 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $181k → $343k.
6 of 64 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $10M from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INC raised.
From the IRS filings of JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 64 funders by total. 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
JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 28% · 2018 16% · 2019 54% · 2020 24% · 2021 22% · 2022 17% · 2023 29% — 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.
How long its funders stay
36% of JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
83% of JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND 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. $326k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Against its field
JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.2M on record — $561k federal, $611k state.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$525k
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$36k
- Grant$611k
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 JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND 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
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INC?
- JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INC (Maryland) receives grants from 64 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,870,409 to it, the largest being LOUIS B II AND JOSEPHINE L KOHN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($280,000). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INC have?
- IRS filings report 64 organizations giving $1,870,409 in grants to JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INC, 40 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INC?
- LOUIS B II AND JOSEPHINE L KOHN FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $280,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 64 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing