Maryland · Nonprofit
PALTOWN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
PALTOWN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (Maryland) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $347,201 to it, the largest being COLON CANCER COALITION INC ($109,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $998k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $347k
- Net assets
- $470k
What Paltown Development Foundation does
Mission
Empowering patients and caregivers by creating disease-specific communities to address social isolation and information needs through training, technology, and developing purpose-driven leadership.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The organization began two new programs the "derriere diplomats and "leadership summt".
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Colontown: online community for colorectal cancer patients and caregivers. Colontown grew by over 2,000 members in 2023 and served 10,000 by end of year. The community includes 125 groups, and is managed by a team of patients and caregivers, including a full time program manager, along with more than 100 volunteer member admins.
$285,541 spent55% of program spendingColontown university is an online disease education resource for colorectal cancer patients and caregivers, providing multimedia learning centers on topics of high interest to patients. Colontown university offers hundreds of pages of high quality educational content, including more than 70 zoom presentations by researchers and clinicians. Colontown university serves over 50,000 visitors.
$63,502 spent12% of program spendingEmpowered patient leaders workshops: paltown's empowered patient leaders (epl) workshops train patients and caregivers to be community leaders and social influencers for their networks in and beyond colontown. Since 2018, our epl workshops have welcomed more than 250 participants. Paltown's program and management staff is drawn almost entirely from the ranks of epl graduates, as are our colontown neighborhood admins. Participants learn best practices in community management, share experiences, and work together to develop solutions for the many issues that arise in the conversations in colontown's 100+ neighborhoods.
$52,774 spent10% of program spendingClinical trials education: this program provides patients with education around identifying appropriate clinical trials options and understanding research results in the context of treatment decisions. Program components include a registry of patient-reported outcomes, a trials curator to translate research results for patients, 2 multimedia learning centers on the colontown university website, and a new workshop series, searching safari, designed to help stage iv patients navigate the clinical trials information ecosystem.
$43,342 spent8% of program spendingDerriere diplomats: introduced in early 2023, the diplomats program recruits colontown community members to spread the word about the education, support, and connection offered by our programs to nci-designated cancer centers. In its first year, more than 150 derriere diplomats put on their colontown shirts and delivered resources for newly diagnosed patients and their care teams at over 170 locations in the us and canada.
$29,047 spent6% of program spending2nd opinion project: provides financial support for stage iv colorectal cancer patients seeking second opinions and new treatment options. Support is provided for travel, lodging, and other expenses directly related to the second opinion appointment.
$21,475 spent4% of program spendingLeadership summit: as an entirely virtual organization, we try to gather in person once a year to plan for the coming year's programs. We held our 2023 retreat in the dc area, working through a full agenda generating a wealth of ideas and energy for the future of paltown. We also enjoyed the rare chance to engage in team-building exercises.
$22,370 spent4% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $518,051.
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 2023 to 2024, from $217k to $496k (+129%).
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: 2021 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of PALTOWN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $12k → $69k.
6 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $11k from one payer (the payer's own filing calls it a related party, largest The Halperin Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money PALTOWN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of PALTOWN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION’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
PALTOWN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
81% 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 PALTOWN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 82% · 2019 100% · 2020 97% · 2021 64% · 2022 35% · 2023 27% — 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
40% of PALTOWN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
PALTOWN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $173k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
PALTOWN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 21,648 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,648 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like PALTOWN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
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
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
66%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PALTOWN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION?
- PALTOWN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (Maryland) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $347,201 to it, the largest being COLON CANCER COALITION INC ($109,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PALTOWN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $347,201 in grants to PALTOWN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PALTOWN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION?
- COLON CANCER COALITION INC is the largest funder on record, with $109,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PALTOWN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 17 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