Maryland · Nonprofit
MARYLAND CHESS ASSOCIATION INC
MARYLAND CHESS ASSOCIATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $56,222 to it, the largest being Chevra Ahavas Chesed Emergency Fund Inc ($56,222). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $199k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $56k
- Net assets
- $15k
What Maryland Chess Association Inc does
Mission
Promote Chess as an educational and cultural activity
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
We organized the Washington International Chess Festival. These events had 260 participant from around the world. It provided a unique opportunity for US player to earn international titles.
$70,157 spent38% of program spendingWe helped organized the state scholastic championship and awarded stipends for the winners to attend the national invitational tournaments
$3,750 spent2% of program spendingWe organized five major weekend events. The Maryland Baltimore Chesapeake Old Line and Potomac Open tournaments that are open to all players. We had a total of around 900 players in these events.
$109,000 spent60% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $182,907.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $28k to $13k (−52%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $16k → $2k.
From the IRS filings of MARYLAND CHESS ASSOCIATION 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 MARYLAND CHESS ASSOCIATION 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.
Organizations like MARYLAND CHESS ASSOCIATION 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
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MARYLAND CHESS ASSOCIATION INC?
- MARYLAND CHESS ASSOCIATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $56,222 to it, the largest being Chevra Ahavas Chesed Emergency Fund Inc ($56,222). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MARYLAND CHESS ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $56,222 in grants to MARYLAND CHESS ASSOCIATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MARYLAND CHESS ASSOCIATION INC?
- Chevra Ahavas Chesed Emergency Fund Inc is the largest funder on record, with $56,222 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MARYLAND CHESS ASSOCIATION 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 2022–2025), 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