Maryland · Nonprofit
The Art Seminar Group
The Art Seminar Group (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,500 to it, the largest being LAURA L FREEDLANDER FOUNDATION INC ($2,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $108k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $322k
What The Art Seminar Group does
Mission
The mission of The Art Seminar Group is to foster and encourage the study and appreciation of the fine arts through a program of lectures, seminars, and visits to art museums.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Present lectures and seminars on the fine arts
$99,442 spent$3,554 earned by the program88% of program spendingVisit offsite locations to explore visual arts with experts
$13,931 spent$13,757 earned by the program12% of program spendingAttend theater performances
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $113,373.
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 2018 to 2019, from $436k to $486k (+11%).
How it's funded, over time
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Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Board chair
Sherry Christhilf
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $500.
From the IRS filings of The Art Seminar Group’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.
Where its funders are
100% of The Art Seminar Group's grant income comes from Maryland funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 The Art Seminar Group
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
80% 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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Art Seminar Group: 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 The Art Seminar Group?
- The Art Seminar Group (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,500 to it, the largest being LAURA L FREEDLANDER FOUNDATION INC ($2,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Art Seminar Group have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,500 in grants to The Art Seminar Group, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Art Seminar Group?
- LAURA L FREEDLANDER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Art Seminar Group 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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