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Maryland Sheriffs Association Inc

Maryland Sheriffs Association Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100 to it, the largest being RANDY ORTANEZ FOUNDATION INC ($100). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$442k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$100
Net assets
$373k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Maryland Sheriffs Association Inc does

Mission

To develop, enhand and promote professionalism of the Sheriffs Offices; Assure the highest standards of fairness, equality and professionalism in public safety and services; and to develop and implement programs to meet the personal needs of individual communities.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Professional Development Training Seminar - to develop, enhance and promote the professionalism of the Sherrifs Offices. To assure the highest standards of fairness, equality and professionalism in public safety and services, and to develop and implement programs to meet the personal needs of individual communities.

    $414,920 spent$399,972 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $414,920.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($95k) Expenses 100 ($90k) Net assets 100 ($84k)2019 Revenue 116 ($111k) Expenses 138 ($124k) Net assets 84 ($71k)2020 Revenue 130 ($124k) Expenses 107 ($96k) Net assets 117 ($98k)2021 Revenue 57 ($54k) Expenses 98 ($88k) Net assets 76 ($64k)2022 Revenue 135 ($128k) Expenses 111 ($100k) Net assets 109 ($92k)2023 Revenue 493 ($470k) Expenses 394 ($355k) Net assets 246 ($207k)2024 Revenue 489 ($466k) Expenses 471 ($424k) Net assets 295 ($248k)2025 Revenue 464 ($442k) Expenses 504 ($455k) Net assets 444 ($373k)
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Revenue (464)Expenses (504)Net assets (444)

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 $216k to $388k (+79%).

$84k
$71k
$98k
$64k
$92k
$216k
$388k
$373k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 26% · 2019 37% · 2020 9% · 2022 1% · 2023 72% · 2024 75%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$5k
’18
−$13k
’19
$28k
’20
−$34k
’21
$28k
’22
$115k
’23
$42k
’24
−$13k
’25
9.9
months of
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

Darren Popkin

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022, and between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.

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Listed3030122930253030
Joined·+6+2+17+2+8+5+0
No longer listed·620011300
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'17
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of Maryland Sheriffs 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 Sheriffs Association Inc's grant income comes from Maryland funders.

MD

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.

04Its place in the field

Government funding Maryland Sheriffs Association Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $73k on record.

State$73k
Top programs
  • Grant$73k

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 Sheriffs 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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

91% of spending goes to programs.

Program 91%Management 9%Fundraising 0%

Governance

30
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MD

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Maryland Sheriffs Association 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 Sheriffs Association Inc?
Maryland Sheriffs Association Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100 to it, the largest being RANDY ORTANEZ FOUNDATION INC ($100). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Maryland Sheriffs Association Inc have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $100 in grants to Maryland Sheriffs Association Inc.
Who is the largest funder of Maryland Sheriffs Association Inc?
RANDY ORTANEZ FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Maryland Sheriffs 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), 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