Maryland · Nonprofit
SALISBURY WICOMICO ARTS COUNCIL INC
SALISBURY WICOMICO ARTS COUNCIL INC (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $112,753 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE EASTERN SHOR ($105,742). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $247k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $113k
- Net assets
- $853k
What Salisbury Wicomico Arts Council Inc does
Mission
To enhance the quality of life in wicomico couny and the surrounding region by developing arts awareness through educational programs and community outreach, promoting artistic experiences for divers ages and cultures, facilitating communication among area artists and organizations, and to provide funding.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Grants made to organizations and schools presenting arts programs in the community. Grants are awarded to schools and arts related organizations.
$24,904 spentof which $24,904 as grants$12,309 earned by the program15% of program spendingProduction of arts programs and events to encourage greater community involvement. The number of individuals benefiting from this progrram is estimated to be over 100 involved in production as well as large audiences.
$131,657 spent78% of program spendingAwarding college scholarships to students majoring in the arts.
$12,062 spentof which $12,062 as grants$12,200 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $168,623.
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 2022 to 2023, from $566k to $803k (+42%).
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 3% · 2019 7% · 2020 2% · 2021 2% · 2022 18% · 2023 1% · 2024 90% · 2025 81%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of SALISBURY WICOMICO ARTS COUNCIL INC’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. 3 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
Therese Hamilton
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $12k → $18k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 94% 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 SALISBURY WICOMICO ARTS COUNCIL INC’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
SALISBURY WICOMICO ARTS COUNCIL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% 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 SALISBURY WICOMICO ARTS COUNCIL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 61% — 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
94% of SALISBURY WICOMICO ARTS COUNCIL INC'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. Of the $7k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Maryland funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $106k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
SALISBURY WICOMICO ARTS COUNCIL INC is better cushioned than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding SALISBURY WICOMICO ARTS COUNCIL INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.6M on record.
- Grant$1.6M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like SALISBURY WICOMICO ARTS COUNCIL INC
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
67% 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 SALISBURY WICOMICO ARTS COUNCIL INC: 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 SALISBURY WICOMICO ARTS COUNCIL INC?
- SALISBURY WICOMICO ARTS COUNCIL INC (Maryland) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $112,753 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE EASTERN SHOR ($105,742). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SALISBURY WICOMICO ARTS COUNCIL INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $112,753 in grants to SALISBURY WICOMICO ARTS COUNCIL INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SALISBURY WICOMICO ARTS COUNCIL INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE EASTERN SHOR is the largest funder on record, with $105,742 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SALISBURY WICOMICO ARTS COUNCIL INC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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