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THE MARYLAND 4-H FOUNDATION INC

THE MARYLAND 4-H FOUNDATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,827,347 to it, the largest being National 4-H Council ($1,369,666). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.4M
Funders on record
13
Grants received
$1.8M
Net assets
$9.2M
7/13 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 40%
01What it does

What The Maryland 4-H Foundation Inc does

Mission

The mission of the maryland 4-h foundation, inc. Is to build and manage the financial resources to support maryland youth in reaching their fullest potential as competent, caring, responsible, individuals through 4-h.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. The maryland 4-h foundation, inc. Provides critical support for 4-h programs, 4-h scholarships, and facilities such as the maryland 4-h center and the thendara 4-h center (camp). Through our partnership with the maryland 4-h youth development program of the university of maryland we serve over 68,000 children and youth in the state of maryland in program areas such as the human sciences, animal sciences, multi-curricula programs, nutrition education, environmental sciences and camping.

    $527,844 spentof which $151,192 as grants$193,249 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2022 Form 990. Program spending in total: $527,844.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.0M) Expenses 100 ($881k) Net assets 100 ($5.6M)2018 Revenue 102 ($1.1M) Expenses 107 ($940k) Net assets 104 ($5.8M)2019 Revenue 86 ($886k) Expenses 111 ($974k) Net assets 103 ($5.8M)2020 Revenue 81 ($833k) Expenses 72 ($637k) Net assets 106 ($5.9M)2021 Revenue 75 ($775k) Expenses 71 ($623k) Net assets 126 ($7.1M)2022 Revenue 88 ($914k) Expenses 82 ($720k) Net assets 119 ($6.7M)2023 Revenue 94 ($976k) Expenses 87 ($765k) Net assets 128 ($7.1M)2024 Revenue 96 ($995k) Expenses 92 ($810k) Net assets 142 ($7.9M)2025 Revenue 138 ($1.4M) Expenses 87 ($762k) Net assets 165 ($9.2M)
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Revenue (138)Expenses (87)Net assets (165)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 $8.2M to $9.5M (+17%).

$5.7M
$5.9M
$6.0M
$6.2M
$7.3M
$6.9M
$7.4M
$8.2M
$9.5M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

31% of THE MARYLAND 4-H FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,035 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$154k
’17
$112k
’18
−$88k
’19
$196k
’20
$151k
’21
$194k
’22
$211k
’23
$185k
’24
$661k
’25
16
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.

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Listed303336343840403833
Joined·+6+6+6+7+11+4+6+6
No longer listed·338394811
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 5 funders, grant income rose $334k → $336k.

5 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 MARYLAND 4-H FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 12 of 13 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 MARYLAND 4-H FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

98% 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 MARYLAND 4-H FOUNDATION INC.

75%
largest funder
92%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 96% · 2019 67% · 2020 74% · 2021 81% · 2022 84% · 2023 67% — 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

38% of THE MARYLAND 4-H FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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 MARYLAND 4-H FOUNDATION INC draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 4 states in all.

IL
MD
TN
DC

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

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’23
Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $304k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 MARYLAND 4-H FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,064 youth development nonprofits its size.

Operating margin46% · top quartile
Months of reserve16.0mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)4% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,064 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding THE MARYLAND 4-H FOUNDATION INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $6k on record.

Federal$6k
grants $0contracts $6k
Top agencies
  • Department of Defense$6k

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

73% of spending goes to programs.

Program 73%Management 26%Fundraising 1%

Governance

20
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

70%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE MARYLAND 4-H FOUNDATION INC?
THE MARYLAND 4-H FOUNDATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,827,347 to it, the largest being National 4-H Council ($1,369,666). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE MARYLAND 4-H FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $1,827,347 in grants to THE MARYLAND 4-H FOUNDATION INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE MARYLAND 4-H FOUNDATION INC?
National 4-H Council is the largest funder on record, with $1,369,666 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE MARYLAND 4-H FOUNDATION 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 13 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