Maryland · Nonprofit
THE GIVING SQUARE INC
THE GIVING SQUARE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $771,633 to it, the largest being THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION INC ($196,236). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $287k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $772k
- Net assets
- $167k
What The Giving Square Inc does
Mission
To provide kids with the learning experiences and tools for a lifetime of meaningful and impactful giving.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Kids for kids fund - in 2025 we ran 78 kids for kids fund programs across three states (md, va, mo). During this program we build empathetic connections to the needs of others, discuss compassionate solutions to issues facing our communities, and put our philanthropic capacities into practice. The sessions range from exploring different life experiences to learning about great local solutions in their community. The program culminates in each school group determining how to allocate $1,000 to a local kid-serving non-profit. In 2025 kids granted $71,000 to issues of top concern to them.
$167,624 spentof which $71,000 as grants$56,750 earned by the program85% of program spendingThe giving square selects - in 2025 the giving square engaged over 1,000 kids across several states in reviewing children's literature for our national book award. Kids reviewed over 30 expert-nominated children's books focused on philanthropic themes that help readers build empathy, connect to social issues, understand our responsibility to each other, and unlock ideas for how to give back. Every year 3-5 titles are selected as tgs awardees based on the book reviews by children.
$9,989 spent$600 earned by the program5% of program spendingPodcast - in 2025 we released two seasons of kids are philanthropists!, too, the podcast: tech for good (season 5) and the future of good (season 6). All episodes were co-hosted by a group of kids ranging from 4th to 12th grade. The podcast is designed for adults interested in learning about and from kids' exploration of social issues and doing good.
$7,374 spent4% of program spendingKids for kids intro - literacy-based program for 2nd-3rd graders consisting of eight in-depth sessions where kids explore what it means to help others and ourselves.kids for kids in action (formerly service learning workship/slw) - experiential curriculum designed to get 5th-8th graders on the path to meaningful civic engagement, and to provide a foundation for passion projects, community service efforts, and mitzvah projects.
$12,636 spent$17,750 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $197,623.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $126k to $150k (+19%).
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: 2023 1% · 2024 1% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
74% of THE GIVING SQUARE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
Amy Neugebauer
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $2k → $121k.
5 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 GIVING SQUARE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 16 of 17 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 GIVING SQUARE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 59% · 2019 39% · 2020 38% · 2021 71% · 2022 62% · 2023 41% — 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
43% of THE GIVING SQUARE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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 GIVING SQUARE INC draws 50% 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. $63k 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 GIVING SQUARE INC has grown faster than half of the 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE GIVING SQUARE 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
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE GIVING SQUARE 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 GIVING SQUARE INC?
- THE GIVING SQUARE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $771,633 to it, the largest being THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION INC ($196,236). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE GIVING SQUARE INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $771,633 in grants to THE GIVING SQUARE INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE GIVING SQUARE INC?
- THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $196,236 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE GIVING SQUARE 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 2021–2025), 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