Maryland · Nonprofit
THE BENEDICTINE SCHOOL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC
THE BENEDICTINE SCHOOL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC (Maryland) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $199,001 to it, the largest being DELAWARE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($99,866). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $30M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $199k
- Net assets
- $9.0M
What The Benedictine School for Exceptional Children Inc does
Mission
To support children and adults living with intellectual and developmental disabilities so they can achieve their greatest potential. We accomplish our mission through the values of dignity, integrity, collaboration, and excellence. At benedictine, we approach "learning" as something that does not end in our school program but continues throughout a person's life. We instill a philosophy of lifelong learning in order to help people achieve their greatest potential which then leads to the most productive and meaningful life possible for each person.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Adult services: since 1982, benedictine's adult services program has supported community living, employment and community engagement for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Licensed/approved by the maryland developmental disabilities administration (dda) under the community pathways waiver, benedictine is proud to carry on a tradition of excellence based on the belief in the dignity of all people. At benedictine we follow a person centered approach to help empower the people we support in achieving their greatest potential. The community living program assists adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in homes and apartments in caroline and talbot counties and annapolis. Meaningful day services, operated out of our ridgely and easton locations, offers people the opportunity to find and sustain employment, develop careers, and engage in other activities in their communities. These services focus on discovering interests, building relationships, and promoting skill development. Supports are individually tailored with the belief that all individuals, regardless of their abilities, can be productive and active members of their communities.
$12,691,320 spent$15,430,112 earned by the program47% of program spendingSchool residential services: our school direct care residential program is offered in a continuum of settings including campus residential suites and community based group homes. All students are provided guidance in the areas of self-care, home life skills, recreation and leisure, and social skills. Coordination of services from school to our residential program provides consistency and 24/7 reinforcement and application of key skills, learning and behavior objectives. Students benefit from the supportive and integrated services provided by our clinical team in both our educational and residential settings. Our professionals collaborate with the entire team to best understand the needs of each student and develop strategies to help students thrive. Family involvement is encouraged through phone calls, mail, video calls, and visits. Residential programming is offered up to 365 days a year. Benedictine is an approved provider of autism waiver residential habilitation services.
$7,196,189 spent$6,748,064 earned by the program27% of program spendingSchool education: our school offers a year-round educational program for students with developmental & intellectual disabilities and autism ages 5-21. We believe each student's greatest potential is achieved through a collaborative, holistic team approach building on the abilities, strengths and interests of each child. Each student's unique needs are met with high staff to student ratios and a multidisciplinary approach using research-based methods and techniques implementing msde approved curriculum. Educational programming is highly individualized with students placed in one of our three signature classes: functional academics, academic & behavior learning environment, and total communications. Curriculum and instruction are aligned with the maryland college and career-ready standards. Students have access to multiple campus-based and community employment and pre-employment opportunities as well as access to job coaching and assessments through the department of rehabilitation services.
$6,353,590 spent$5,937,873 earned by the program24% of program spendingAuxiliary services: our school operates several services including a garden center, graphics department, car wash, and maintenance services as a means to provide vocational training and employment for the individuals we serve.
$724,021 spent$450,078 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $26,965,120.
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 $12M to $17M (+43%).
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: 2021 1% · 2022 16% · 2023 0% · 2024 8% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
3% of THE BENEDICTINE SCHOOL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Scott Evans
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $21k → $20k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.6M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Benedictine School for Exceptional Children Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE BENEDICTINE SCHOOL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE BENEDICTINE SCHOOL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN 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
THE BENEDICTINE SCHOOL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 THE BENEDICTINE SCHOOL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 62% · 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
69% of THE BENEDICTINE SCHOOL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN 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 $62k that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $137k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
THE BENEDICTINE SCHOOL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC's revenue grew 16% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding THE BENEDICTINE SCHOOL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.4M on record — $1.8M federal, $3.6M state.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.8M
- Grant$3.6M
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 THE BENEDICTINE SCHOOL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN 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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- The Benedictine School for Exceptional Children Foundation Inc · exempt
- Miracle Mile Holding Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE BENEDICTINE SCHOOL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC?
- THE BENEDICTINE SCHOOL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC (Maryland) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $199,001 to it, the largest being DELAWARE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($99,866). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE BENEDICTINE SCHOOL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $199,001 in grants to THE BENEDICTINE SCHOOL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BENEDICTINE SCHOOL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC?
- DELAWARE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $99,866 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BENEDICTINE SCHOOL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN 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 7 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