Maryland · Nonprofit
PIONEER NETWORK IN CULTURE CHANGE
PIONEER NETWORK IN CULTURE CHANGE (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $53,297 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($53,070). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2023
- $520
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $53k
- Net assets
- $0
What Pioneer Network in Culture Change does
Mission
The organization's mission is to lead the national movement to change the way americans think about and support elders and those who provide care and services for them. The transformation of older adult services is based on person-directed values and practices where the voices of elders and those working with them are considered and respected. Core person-directed values are choice, dignity, respect, self-determination, and purposeful living.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Education of staff, residents and family members regarding the benefits and improvements associated with culture change in the elder care environment including hosting an annual national conference, conducting and providing ongoing training opportunities. Over the past 21 years - pioneer network has earned a reputation as the national convener for essential dialogue in the culture change movement. Through insightful research, collaborative partnerships with other like-minded national organizations, a well-attended national annual conference focused solely on culture change, webinars, tools for providers and consumers and publications, pioneer network stands at the forefront of culture change. Its impact can be felt in hundreds of organizations that have collaborated with and benefited from its devotion to creating humane environments for older americans to live, interact and flourish.
$1,514 spent$185 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,514.
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 2017 to 2018, from $636k to $486k (−24%).
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: 2018 5% · 2019 31% · 2020 16% · 2021 42% · 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 7 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.
Board chair
Marvell Adams
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $6k → $27.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 PIONEER NETWORK IN CULTURE CHANGE’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
PIONEER NETWORK IN CULTURE CHANGE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 PIONEER NETWORK IN CULTURE CHANGE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 99% · 2021 99% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of PIONEER NETWORK IN CULTURE CHANGE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $53k 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.
Organizations like PIONEER NETWORK IN CULTURE CHANGE
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
0% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 PIONEER NETWORK IN CULTURE CHANGE: 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 PIONEER NETWORK IN CULTURE CHANGE?
- PIONEER NETWORK IN CULTURE CHANGE (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $53,297 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($53,070). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does PIONEER NETWORK IN CULTURE CHANGE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $53,297 in grants to PIONEER NETWORK IN CULTURE CHANGE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PIONEER NETWORK IN CULTURE CHANGE?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $53,070 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PIONEER NETWORK IN CULTURE CHANGE 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 2 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