Maryland · Nonprofit
MARYLAND NEW DIRECTIONS INC
MARYLAND NEW DIRECTIONS INC (Maryland) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,161,407 to it, the largest being THE ABELL FOUNDATION INC ($600,000). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.8M
- Funders on record
- 47
- Grants received
- $3.2M
- Net assets
- $4.5M
What Maryland New Directions Inc does
Mission
Maryland new directions' mission is to train and coach people facing career and life transitions to overcome barriers, restore self-belief, and acquire the skills and tools needed to secure employment on a path to a living wage.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Maryland new directions (mnd) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit workforce development organization founded in 1973 with a long history of high-impact programs that empower individuals in baltimore. Mnd serves over 300 individuals annually, moving them from public assistance, unemployment, or underemployment to an average starting wage of over $20/hour, ultimately strengthening the local economy. Mnd offers employment readiness and specialized training with industry-recognized certifications. Our services combine skills development with wraparound supportive services, including personalized case management and barrier navigation, to help participants overcome challenges and secure meaningful employment. By connecting graduates with local job opportunities, mnd not only strengthens individual career pathways but also supports baltimore's economic growth and workforce sustainability.
$1,520,115 spent$346,209 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,520,115.
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 2024 to 2025, from $3.7M to $8.0M (+115%).
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 46% · 2018 36% · 2019 36% · 2020 40% · 2021 41% · 2022 49% · 2023 46% · 2024 44% · 2025 36%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
83% of MARYLAND NEW DIRECTIONS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Grace Lee
Executive director
Board chair
Gregory Murrill
President of the board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $90k → $440k.
9 of 47 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 MARYLAND NEW DIRECTIONS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 47 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
MARYLAND NEW DIRECTIONS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
35% 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 MARYLAND NEW DIRECTIONS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 22% · 2018 29% · 2019 39% · 2020 29% · 2021 37% · 2022 30% · 2023 27% — growing more concentrated.
“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
52% of MARYLAND NEW DIRECTIONS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
82% of MARYLAND NEW DIRECTIONS 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. $630k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
MARYLAND NEW DIRECTIONS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,002 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,002 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding MARYLAND NEW DIRECTIONS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.0M on record.
- 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 MARYLAND NEW DIRECTIONS 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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MARYLAND NEW DIRECTIONS 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 MARYLAND NEW DIRECTIONS INC?
- MARYLAND NEW DIRECTIONS INC (Maryland) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,161,407 to it, the largest being THE ABELL FOUNDATION INC ($600,000). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MARYLAND NEW DIRECTIONS INC have?
- IRS filings report 47 organizations giving $3,161,407 in grants to MARYLAND NEW DIRECTIONS INC, 32 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MARYLAND NEW DIRECTIONS INC?
- THE ABELL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $600,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MARYLAND NEW DIRECTIONS 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 47 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