Maryland · Nonprofit
NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (Maryland) receives grants from 77 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,560,934 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($4,000,000). 38 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 77
- Grants received
- $22M
- Net assets
- $7.0M
What National Black Child Development Institute does
Mission
To improve and advance the quality of life for black children and families through education and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Conference and membership: nbcdi's annual conference focuses on the pressing issues of the day, leadership development, capacity building, best practices, cutting edge solutions, and research that impact black children and families. In addition, nbcdi provides information, publications, and leadership training to its national membership base. Membership benefits include reduced fees to the annual national conference and discounts on the purchase of nbcdi curricula.
$1,694,804 spentof which $14,500 as grants$357,525 earned by the program41% of program spendingNational affiliate network: the national affiliate network is composed of chapters across the u.s. That nbcdi partners with to implement programs and initiatives that improve and advance the quality of life for black children and families.
$1,037,559 spentof which $436,911 as grants25% of program spendingPolicy: nbcdi policy initiatives are designed to advance policies and programs that will positively impact black children and families. Through policy initiatives, nbcdi hosts briefings, focus groups, seminars, gatherings for networking opportunities, and other community engagement events.
$796,224 spent19% of program spendingOther programs: nbcdi provides family engagement, health and wellness, literacy programs and curricula that benefit black children and families in local communities. Nbcdi partners with the national affiliate network to implement these programs.
$644,005 spentof which $49,871 as grants$40,800 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,172,592.
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 $4.4M to $7.4M (+68%).
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 27% · 2018 27% · 2019 49% · 2020 27% · 2021 30% · 2022 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
75% of NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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
Leah Austin
President & CEO
Board chair
Kofi Smith
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 26 funders, grant income rose $890k → $3.7M.
16 of 77 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 77 funders by total. 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
NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
43% 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 NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 57% · 2019 37% · 2020 17% · 2021 15% · 2022 65% · 2023 20% — 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
37% of NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 49% 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
NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 24 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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.
Against its field
NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE's funding base is broadening — from 6 funders to 26 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
65%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 50 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: 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 NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE?
- NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (Maryland) receives grants from 77 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,560,934 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($4,000,000). 38 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 77 organizations giving $21,560,934 in grants to NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE, 38 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE?
- The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $4,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 77 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing