Maryland · Nonprofit
National Capital Radio and Television Museum
National Capital Radio and Television Museum (Maryland) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,438 to it, the largest being Maryland Humanities Council Inc ($25,150). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $204k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $39k
- Net assets
- $496k
What National Capital Radio and Television Museum does
Mission
The NCRTV Museum collects, preserves, and interprets artifacts, programming, and publications to educate the public about the development and impact of electronic media.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The National Capital Radio & Television Museum in Bowie, MD has a broad range of programs appealing to the entire community. The museum is open to the public. K3RTV/Amateur Radio Station: The museum maintains an amateur Radio station that is licensed by the FCC with the call sign of K3RTV. The museum can provide school and scout group programs and participate in the annual BSA Jamboree on the Air in the fall. Lectures: The museum in partnership with the local libraries, colleges and senior centers offers lectures on the cultural history of broadcasting. Radio Repair Services: For the cost of parts and labor, the museum offers repair service for collector and enthusiasts wishing to restore their antique radio to operating condition. Full restoration of actual operation is offered while some volunteers will donate additional refurbishment services for exterior finishes, wood restoration, etc. Tours: The museum offers guided tours of the exhibits to the general public during open hours and to groups by appointment. Docent led tours address radio and television technology, the chronology of its development and advancement, the cultural history of broadcasting and receiving. For a…
$66,576 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $66,576.
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 $479k to $372k (−22%).
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: 2020 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
66% of National Capital Radio and Television Museum’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $6k → $1k.
2 of 5 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 National Capital Radio and Television Museum’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
National Capital Radio and Television Museum leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% 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 Capital Radio and Television Museum.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 91% · 2021 98% · 2022 55% · 2023 51% — 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
90% of National Capital Radio and Television Museum's grant income comes from Maryland funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $12k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 Capital Radio and Television Museum runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like National Capital Radio and Television Museum
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
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
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 National Capital Radio and Television Museum: 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 Capital Radio and Television Museum?
- National Capital Radio and Television Museum (Maryland) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,438 to it, the largest being Maryland Humanities Council Inc ($25,150). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does National Capital Radio and Television Museum have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $39,438 in grants to National Capital Radio and Television Museum, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of National Capital Radio and Television Museum?
- Maryland Humanities Council Inc is the largest funder on record, with $25,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like National Capital Radio and Television Museum 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 5 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