Maryland · Nonprofit
THE FREDERICK ARTS COUNCIL INC
THE FREDERICK ARTS COUNCIL INC (Maryland) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $894,840 to it, the largest being AUSHERMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($538,282). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $546k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $895k
- Net assets
- $300k
What The Frederick Arts Council Inc does
Mission
The organization is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to supporting existing and developing arts organizations by providing various grants, technical assistance, scholarships, and advocacy, in the promotion of local arts, artists, and art groups in frederick county, maryland.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The frederick festival of the arts is an annual juried, multi-day fine arts festival in frederick county, maryland. The event features over one hundred select artists from across the country, live entertainment, artist demonstrations, children's activities, concessions, etc.
$140 spent$22,675 earned by the program0% of program spendingThe community arts development grant program provides annual support for local arts programs in frederick county, maryland. In this regard, the organization assesses and distributes funding to various non-profit arts organizations for general operations or project support purposes.
$99,489 spentof which $83,530 as grants$99,489 earned by the program27% of program spendingVarious art activities sponsored on an annual basis to serve the needs of local artists and art organizations in frederick county, maryland.
$272,512 spent$108,287 earned by the program73% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $372,141.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.6M to $644k (−60%).
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 41% · 2018 54% · 2019 52% · 2020 48% · 2021 64% · 2022 78% · 2023 48% · 2024 57% · 2025 49%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
74% of THE FREDERICK ARTS COUNCIL INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $55k → $206k.
3 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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: $104k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Community Foundation of Frederick County Maryland Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE FREDERICK ARTS COUNCIL INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE FREDERICK ARTS COUNCIL INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 13 of 14 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 FREDERICK ARTS COUNCIL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 96% · 2019 95% · 2020 60% · 2021 60% · 2022 62% · 2023 65% — 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
75% of THE FREDERICK ARTS COUNCIL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
100% of THE FREDERICK ARTS COUNCIL INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k 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 FREDERICK ARTS COUNCIL INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding THE FREDERICK ARTS COUNCIL INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.4M on record — $570k federal, $1.8M state.
- National Endowment for the Arts$570k
- Grant$1.8M
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 THE FREDERICK ARTS COUNCIL 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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 FREDERICK ARTS COUNCIL INC: 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 FREDERICK ARTS COUNCIL INC?
- THE FREDERICK ARTS COUNCIL INC (Maryland) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $894,840 to it, the largest being AUSHERMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($538,282). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FREDERICK ARTS COUNCIL INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $894,840 in grants to THE FREDERICK ARTS COUNCIL INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FREDERICK ARTS COUNCIL INC?
- AUSHERMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $538,282 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FREDERICK ARTS COUNCIL 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 14 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