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THE FREDERICK CENTER INC

THE FREDERICK CENTER INC (Maryland) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $326,058 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY MARYLAND INC ($51,957). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$624k
Funders on record
17
Grants received
$326k
Net assets
$82k
10/17 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 45%
01What it does

What The Frederick Center Inc does

Mission

The frederick center exists to support and advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (lgbtq+) people and our families so we thrive, accepted and affirmed, in the broader frederick community.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Services & outreach to the lgbtq+ community, including annual pride event, annual community events, weekly and bi-weekly support groups, networking groups and sensitivity/awareness trainings.

    $415,150 spent$168,560 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $415,150.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($102k) Expenses 100 ($77k) Net assets 100 ($52k)2019 Revenue 123 ($125k) Expenses 173 ($133k) Net assets 85 ($45k)2020 Revenue 91 ($92k) Expenses 98 ($75k) Net assets 102 ($53k)2021 Revenue 146 ($149k) Expenses 163 ($126k) Net assets 146 ($76k)2022 Revenue 284 ($289k) Expenses 382 ($294k) Net assets 137 ($72k)2023 Revenue 317 ($323k) Expenses 487 ($375k) Net assets 37 ($20k)2024 Revenue 419 ($426k) Expenses 584 ($449k) Net assets -6 ($-3137)2025 Revenue 613 ($624k) Expenses 700 ($539k) Net assets 157 ($82k)
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Revenue (613)Expenses (700)Net assets (157)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $17k to $89k (+413%).

$52k
$45k
$53k
$80k
$75k
$26k
$17k
$89k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 13% · 2019 14% · 2023 14% · 2024 20% · 2025 36%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

72% of THE FREDERICK CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,975 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$25k
’18
−$8k
’19
$17k
’20
$23k
’21
−$5k
’22
−$52k
’23
−$23k
’24
$85k
’25
1.2
months of
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

Kristopher Fair

Executive director

Board chair

Vy Bownes

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed1310555888
Joined·+6+1+1+0+3+2+3
No longer listed·9610023
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 9 funders, grant income rose $5k → $74k.

4 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 FREDERICK CENTER 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 FREDERICK CENTER INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left

71% 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 FREDERICK CENTER INC.

16%
largest funder
43%
top three
~9
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 63% · 2020 64% · 2021 51% · 2022 73% · 2023 24% — 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

57% of THE FREDERICK CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

85% of THE FREDERICK CENTER INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.

NY
CA
MD
FL

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

’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $88k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE FREDERICK CENTER INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 904 civil rights nonprofits its size.

Operating margin14% · above the median
Months of reserve1.2mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)30% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 904 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

77% of spending goes to programs.

Program 77%Management 16%Fundraising 7%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MD

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE FREDERICK CENTER INC?
THE FREDERICK CENTER INC (Maryland) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $326,058 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY MARYLAND INC ($51,957). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE FREDERICK CENTER INC have?
IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $326,058 in grants to THE FREDERICK CENTER INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE FREDERICK CENTER INC?
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY MARYLAND INC is the largest funder on record, with $51,957 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE FREDERICK CENTER 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 17 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