Maryland · Nonprofit
SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC
SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC (Maryland) receives grants from 160 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,292,347 to it, the largest being SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC ($5,125,878). 81 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.4M
- Funders on record
- 160
- Grants received
- $8.3M
- Net assets
- $8.7M
What Special Olympics Maryland Inc does
Mission
Here in maryland, special olympics transforms the lives of 11,732 children and adults with intellectual disabilities and 14,380 unified teammates, their families and communities, through meaningful sport experiences, health promotion and leadership programs. We build interactive inclusive communities of dignity and respect through education and awareness on and off the field. Special olympics maryland programs are free to all eligible athletes and are made possible thanks to funds raised through special events and generous support from individuals, corporate partners, community partners, foundations and government/education agencies. Members of law enforcement across state are the guardians of the flame of hope for special olympics maryland athletes and raise awarness and funds to support the program.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Dedicated to promoting interactive social inclusion through shared sports training and competition experiences, unified sports joins people with and without intellectual disabilities on the same team. It was inspired by a simple principle: training together and playing together provides a pathway to respect, understanding and friendship. In 2025, somd celebrated our 17th anniversary of interscholastic unified sports (ius). We're proud of our collaboration with all 24 school districts. Since 2011 student athlete participation in the ius program has grown from 853 to 4034, engaging athletes of all abilitites throughout maryland, while the number of unified sports teammates without intellectual disabilities has grown from 1,101 to 6,224. In addition, in 2025 somd's young athletes program served 3,497 students aged 0 to 5 with intellectual disabilities along with 8,156 of their teammates without intellectual disabilities. These interscholastic unified sports programs yield positive results as a transformative social change agent in schools where non-disabled students who historically did not engage with their disabled student peers now have forged lasting relationships through…
$5,429,065 spent76% of program spendingSpecial olympics maryland is proud to have a core group of dedicated community-based, leadership volunteers who organize and manage 19 "area" (county/city) programs across the state. These volunteer management teams recruit athletes; secure facilities, uniforms and equipment; schedule practices and competitions. They recruit and train volunteers and raise funds and awareness all directed at delivering the mission to our athletes in the communities where they live. Somd staff also hold training workshops and provide resources for coach certification for our sports programs. Families also play a critical role in supporting their athletes. In addition to getting athletes registered and transported to and from practice and competition, family members volunteer, raise money and advocate for their athletes.finally, over 6,700 volunteers play vital roles as coaches, officials, event organizers and day-of-event facilitators. Included in this pool of volunteers are clinicians from around the state of maryland who participate in medfests single day health and wellness screenings held throughout the year - to promote healthy athletes. These dedicated professionals perform eye exams, hearing…
$756,468 spent11% of program spendingSpecial olympics maryland has a goal to engage as many active athletes as possible throughout the state of maryland. Athletes are playing a critical leadership role to achieving that goal. Somd has developed a comprehensive athlete leadership and outreach program which develops competencies that enable our athletes to develop leadership skills that will help shape the future of special olympics and more generally the opportunity to advocate for themselves. We provide an environment that focuses on and highlights individual abilities. The athlete leadership curriculum helps identify the strengths of each individual and develop leadership skills. Special olympics maryland works with staff, board members, volunteer leaders, coaches, event management teams, corporate partners and other supporters in an effort to find opportunities that allow our athletes to tell their story. Using social media and in person presentations, athletes engage with a wide range of stakeholders and community members all focused on building interactive communities of dignity and respect.
$993,138 spent14% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,178,671.
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 2020 to 2021, from $5.7M to $8.3M (+47%).
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 16% · 2018 16% · 2019 16% · 2020 13% · 2021 26% · 2022 22% · 2023 15% · 2024 18% · 2025 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% 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
Jim Schmutz
President & CEO
Board chair
David Sweiderk
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 35 funders to 69 funders, grant income rose $552k → $1.3M.
23 of 160 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 160 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
SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
91% 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 SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 65% · 2018 64% · 2019 65% · 2020 64% · 2021 75% · 2022 57% · 2023 63% — 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
38% of SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% 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
SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC draws 86% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 25 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC's funding base is broadening — from 35 funders to 69 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,767 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.8M on record.
- Grant$4.8M
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 SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND 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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC?
- SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC (Maryland) receives grants from 160 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,292,347 to it, the largest being SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC ($5,125,878). 81 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC have?
- IRS filings report 160 organizations giving $8,292,347 in grants to SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC, 81 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC?
- SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,125,878 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND 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 160 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