Maryland · Nonprofit
MARYLAND YOUTH AND THE LAW INC
MARYLAND YOUTH AND THE LAW INC (Maryland) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $526,149 to it, the largest being MARYLAND STATE BAR ASSOCIATION INC ($159,500). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $430k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $526k
- Net assets
- $185k
What Maryland Youth and the Law Inc does
Mission
To provide law related education and assistance in conducting program activities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Mock trial: each year over 140 high schools compete in the statewide high school mock trial competition. Nearly 2,000 maryland students participate in civil or criminal trial enactments primarily in courts throughout the state. Students portray witnesses and attorneys for the plaintiff/prosecution/and defense during the course of competition season. Local competitions are conducted within eight judicial circuits, followed by regional, semi-final and state competitions - the latter of which takes place in the maryland supreme court. Approximately 500 judges and attorney volunteer to score and judge their time with mock trial each year. Since its inception in 1983, over 60,000 (continued on schedule o)
$131,808 spent$76,640 earned by the program40% of program spendingBaltimore city teen court: this is a voluntary alternative in the juvenile justice system for youth offenders between the ages of 11-17, charged with minor crimes. Youth are eligible for the program if they admit their involvement in the offense and have fewer than four prior arrests. A teen court hearing is held to determine appropriate sanctions (not guilt or innocence) for the youth offender. These sanctions include serving on the teen court juries and performing community service. Trained student volunteers serve as jurors and court officers, earning service learning hours necessary for high school graduation. Adult volunteers, including attorneys judges and law school students, preside over the hearings. Since its inception in 1999, baltimore city (continued on schedule o)
$131,808 spent40% of program spendingLaw links internship: this is a paid, full-time summer internship for baltimore city high school students entering their 11th and 12th grade years.students interested in gaining professional work experience, or who are considering a law-related career path may apply. Candidates must complete an application and be interviewed. Those selected are provided professional attire, an hourly wage, and job training through the law and leadership institute. The program emphasizes leadership, critical skills, and real-world learning
$65,905 spent20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $329,521.
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.
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 $381k to $930k (+144%).
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 38% · 2019 37% · 2020 46% · 2021 71% · 2022 75% · 2023 51% · 2024 25% · 2025 60%. 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.
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
Shelley Brown
Executive director
Board chair
Sara Arthur Esq
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $14k → $58k.
5 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 YOUTH AND THE LAW 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 YOUTH AND THE LAW INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
88% 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 YOUTH AND THE LAW INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 68% · 2020 92% · 2021 42% · 2022 31% · 2023 34% — 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of MARYLAND YOUTH AND THE LAW INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
80% of MARYLAND YOUTH AND THE LAW 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. $153k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Organizations like MARYLAND YOUTH AND THE LAW 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
69% 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 YOUTH AND THE LAW 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 YOUTH AND THE LAW INC?
- MARYLAND YOUTH AND THE LAW INC (Maryland) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $526,149 to it, the largest being MARYLAND STATE BAR ASSOCIATION INC ($159,500). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MARYLAND YOUTH AND THE LAW INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $526,149 in grants to MARYLAND YOUTH AND THE LAW INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MARYLAND YOUTH AND THE LAW INC?
- MARYLAND STATE BAR ASSOCIATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $159,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MARYLAND YOUTH AND THE LAW 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 13 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