Maryland · Nonprofit
MARYLAND RURAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
MARYLAND RURAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,466,703 to it, the largest being MARYLAND FAMILY NETWORK INC ($8,288,639). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $8.5M
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Maryland Rural Development Corporation does
Mission
Provide economic, educational and housing assistance to individuals who are in need through the resources offered by government andprivate grants.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Head start/early head start - provides child development preschoolcurriculum for young children of low income families.
$8,444,531 spent$134,915 earned by the program86% of program spendingCommunity services block grant provides housing & economic development assistance.
$729,400 spentof which $292,750 as grants7% of program spendingThe circuit rider program provides professional town managers to support small, rural municipalities, in rural maryland with technical assistance in financial administration, land planning and zoning initiatives, grant preparation & administration, and overall administrative oversight.
$385,849 spent$76,733 earned by the program4% of program spendingAll other achievements/other various programs are to enhance the social and economic viability of lowincome families in rural maryland.
$274,348 spentof which $273,061 as grants$23,191 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,834,128.
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 2021 to 2022, from $2.5M to $5.8M (+134%).
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 99% · 2018 99% · 2019 99% · 2020 99% · 2021 98% · 2022 98% · 2023 97% · 2024 98%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of MARYLAND RURAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Christopher Benzing
Executive director until 7/19/24
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $188k → $878k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 RURAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION’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 RURAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 RURAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 96% · 2021 95% · 2022 94% · 2023 97% — 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
100% of MARYLAND RURAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION's grant income comes from Maryland funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $64 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 RURAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION has grown faster than half of the 659 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 659 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding MARYLAND RURAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $55.6M on record — $50.8M federal, $4.7M state.
- Department of Health and Human Services$49.4M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.2M
- Department of Agriculture$242k
- Grant$4.7M
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 RURAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 RURAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: 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 RURAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION?
- MARYLAND RURAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,466,703 to it, the largest being MARYLAND FAMILY NETWORK INC ($8,288,639). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MARYLAND RURAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $8,466,703 in grants to MARYLAND RURAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MARYLAND RURAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION?
- MARYLAND FAMILY NETWORK INC is the largest funder on record, with $8,288,639 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MARYLAND RURAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 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