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MARYLAND PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP INC
MARYLAND PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP INC (Maryland) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $215,224 to it, the largest being MASSACHUSETTS STUDENT PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP INC ($105,330). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $0
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $215k
- Net assets
- $829
What Maryland Public Interest Research Group Inc does
Mission
The purposes for which the Corporation is formed and the objects to be carried on and performed by it are as follows: (1) In general to advocate and participate in projects and activities promoting the public interest, said project and activities to be representative of the goals and concerns of the students of participating colleges and universities in Maryland as determined on a priority basis by a Student Board of Directors; (2) To employ through the Student Board a staff of full and part-time professionals to carry out projects and activities with significant impact on the public well-being; (3) To engage in research, studies, preparation, and submission of written reports, representation, litigation, lobbying, public education, and similar efforts to advocate the public interest in such areas (by way of illustration, not limitation) as governmental responsibility, environmental preservation, equal rights, consumer protection, and corporate responsibility.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Researching and influencing public policy: the organization engages in activities including research, education, and legal and policy development on the following issues: environmental protection, consumer protection, and hunger and homelessness.
$0 spentPublic education and outreach services: recruiting volunteers, distributing educational literature, conducting surveys, and discussing issues with the public and University of Maryland students on the following issues: environmental protection, consumer protection, and hunger and homelessness.
$0 spent
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $167k to $1k (−99%).
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. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Sophia D'Alonzo
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $10k → $166k.
From the IRS filings of MARYLAND PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP 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.
How concentrated its funding is
MARYLAND PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 59% · 2022 64% — diversifying over time.
“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.
Where its funders are
MARYLAND PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP INC draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 3 states in all.
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.
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In Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MARYLAND PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP 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 PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP INC?
- MARYLAND PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP INC (Maryland) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $215,224 to it, the largest being MASSACHUSETTS STUDENT PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP INC ($105,330). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MARYLAND PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $215,224 in grants to MARYLAND PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MARYLAND PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP INC?
- MASSACHUSETTS STUDENT PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP INC is the largest funder on record, with $105,330 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MARYLAND PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP 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 2021–2024), and the filings of 5 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