Maryland · Nonprofit
MARYLAND ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY
MARYLAND ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $179k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $3.8M
What Maryland Ornithological Society does
Mission
The Maryland Ornithological Society (mos) promotes the study and enjoyment of birds, promotes knowledge about natural resources, and fosters its appreciation and conservation, maintains a system of sanctuaries to encourage the conservation of birds and bird habitat, and to help record and publish observations of bird life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Other programs including publications, conferences, and educational programs for members and general public.
$124,849 spentof which $50,222 as grants$8,269 earned by the program69% of program spendingAnnual conference
$47,423 spent$47,418 earned by the program26% of program spendingYouth program- promoting the ornithological interest in america's youth. Host summer educational programs for youths to advance their birding knowledge. Sponsor multiple youth teams in the new jersey audubon society's world series of birding. Develop strategic planning and teamwork skills through the ymos birdathon fundraiser event.
$9,745 spentof which $1,530 as grants$12,323 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $182,017.
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 2020 to 2021, from $3.5M to $3.9M (+10%).
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.
28% of MARYLAND ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY’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 ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY's revenue grew 57% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,693 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like MARYLAND ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY
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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
42%
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 ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY: 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 ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY?
- MARYLAND ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MARYLAND ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,000 in grants to MARYLAND ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
- Who is the largest funder of MARYLAND ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY?
- MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MARYLAND ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY 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