Maryland · Nonprofit
THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC
THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC (Maryland) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $881,374 to it, the largest being SHARE OUR STRENGTH ($388,093). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $881k
- Net assets
- $2.5M
What The Education Foundation of Baltimore County Public Schools Inc does
Mission
See schedule o:mission: to support improved educational outcomes for our community through fundraising, programs and advocacy. Vision: to contribute to a brighter future in which all students, educators and schools have the resources needed for success. Purpose: to build and provide resources to serve our students, educators and schools. To provide, under federal and state laws, an appropriate method to solicit charitable contributions.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
See schedule o: the exchangeree: teacher resource centers the exchangeree: gizmos and gadgets galore is a multi-faceted initiative consisting of two collaborative educators resource centers in windsor mill and rosedale, maryland, supporting all baltimore county public schools students and educators. This initiative reaches out to the community to support four campaigns providing an increased awareness of the need of teacher/student supplies and resources in the classroom impacting academic success, social-emotional well-being and health awareness. Tools for schools: furnishes basic supplies/resources for students/teachers classrooms allowing them to be prepared for learning with confidence and continuous growth. Share the warmth:provides students who need winter accessories items to keep warm, safe and healthy and health and wellness resources to eliminate the spread of germs impacting students' health and well-being and academic growth/achievement. Books for bins: provides teachers the opportunity to select age-appropriate books to enhance their classroom libraries and provide books for a student's home library and for summer reading opportunities. The hub: the centers host…
$251,721 spent36% of program spendingSee schedule o: 21st century instructional grants21st century instructional initiative grants are awarded to baltimore county public schools/offices to fund innovative projects not funded within the school budget. The projects funded are based on essential knowledge and skills students must have to be successful in life and employment in the 21st century. The grants address at least one of the following instructional focused 21st century themes: arts & culture, civic literacy, environmental literacy, financial, economic, business and entrepreneurial literacy, global awareness, health literacy and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (stem). 21st century instructional initiative grants must address an identified need that is aligned with bcps goals for academics and key actions as stated in the compass/out pathway to excellence with the goal being to prepare each child to graduate ready to enter their chosen career, career training, military training or credit-bearing college coursework. The projects must have clear measurable goals and overall impact and potential for successful implementation. Project funds may not replace normal funding from tax-based sources. The…
$414,866 spentof which $414,866 as grants59% of program spendingSee schedule o: scholarshipsscholarship opportunities are provided to bcps students to attend 2 and 4 year college and universities as well as technical and trade schools to obtain the knowledge and skills needed to be globally competitive. The foundation's scholarships program are funded both through the foundation as well as private, philanthropic scholarship programs. Beef and stem scholarships funded by the foundation cover up to three $1,000 scholarships to students who attend a bcps comprehensive high school in each of the three zones (east, central and west). Scholarships awarded are based on the following: business, economics, entrepreneurial and financial literacy (beef) and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (stem). Private philanthropic scholarships vary from donor to donor in regards to focus area, awarded amounts and eligibility criteria. All scholarships have a selection committee comprised of a cadre of experts within a variety of industries, our ambassadors, who review each scholarhip application using a blind review process. They are presented to the scholarship and grants commitee for review and then presented to the education foundation board of…
$36,600 spentof which $36,600 as grants5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $703,187.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2023 to 2024, from $1.6M to $2.7M (+67%).
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.
84% of THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $22k → $147k.
4 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 20 of 22 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
THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 62% · 2019 31% · 2020 77% · 2021 37% · 2022 70% · 2023 54% — 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
33% of THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $251k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS 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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
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 THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC?
- THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC (Maryland) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $881,374 to it, the largest being SHARE OUR STRENGTH ($388,093). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $881,374 in grants to THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC?
- SHARE OUR STRENGTH is the largest funder on record, with $388,093 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 22 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