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MSFA Foundation Ltd

MSFA Foundation Ltd (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $46,250 to it, the largest being THE MARYLAND STATE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOC INC ($46,250). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2020
$26k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$46k
Net assets
$0
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 88%
01What it does

What MSFA Foundation Ltd does

Mission

To provide educational scholarships

As stated on its FY2020 Form 990-EZ.

Program

Scholarship funds were provided to colleges and universities for academic scholarships to be provided to students.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($28k) Expenses 100 ($19k) Net assets 100 ($37k)2018 Revenue 62 ($17k) Expenses 111 ($21k) Net assets 89 ($33k)2019 Revenue 4 ($1k) Expenses 106 ($20k) Net assets 38 ($14k)2020 Revenue 94 ($26k) Expenses 52 ($10k) Net assets 0 ($0)
2017201820192020
Revenue (94)Expenses (52)Net assets (0)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $33k to $14k (−57%).

$37k
$33k
$14k
$0
2017201820192020
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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$9k
’17
−$4k
’18
−$19k
’19
$16k
’20
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $18k → $13k.

Funder
'17
'18
'21
total
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of MSFA Foundation Ltd’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 MSFA Foundation Ltd's grant income comes from Maryland funders.

MD

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’21
Maryland out of state home

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

Organizations like MSFA Foundation Ltd

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.

Public support

0%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MD

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MSFA Foundation Ltd: 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 MSFA Foundation Ltd?
MSFA Foundation Ltd (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $46,250 to it, the largest being THE MARYLAND STATE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOC INC ($46,250). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MSFA Foundation Ltd have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $46,250 in grants to MSFA Foundation Ltd, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MSFA Foundation Ltd?
THE MARYLAND STATE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOC INC is the largest funder on record, with $46,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MSFA Foundation Ltd 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 FY2020 (financials across 2017–2020), 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