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TAKOMA RADIO INC

TAKOMA RADIO INC (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,850 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$133k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$41k
Net assets
$107k
1/4 repeat funders
01What it does

What Takoma Radio Inc does

Mission

Please see schedule o

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. We provide a radio alternative to an international crossroads, including neighborhoods in ne and nw dc, moco, pg; and even pockets of nova.

    $16,475 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $16,475.

02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $50.

2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% 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 TAKOMA RADIO 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

TAKOMA RADIO INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

75% 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 TAKOMA RADIO INC.

61%
largest funder
99%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 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

75% of TAKOMA RADIO 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 $10k that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 2 states.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31k 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.

03Its place in the field

Against its field

TAKOMA RADIO INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin81% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like TAKOMA RADIO 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.

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04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MD

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Questions and answers

Who funds TAKOMA RADIO INC?
TAKOMA RADIO INC (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,850 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does TAKOMA RADIO INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $40,850 in grants to TAKOMA RADIO INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of TAKOMA RADIO INC?
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like TAKOMA RADIO 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 4 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