Maryland · Nonprofit
THE MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND
THE MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND (Maryland) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,020,965 to it, the largest being EUGENE B CASEY FOUNDATION ($620,000). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $53M
- Funders on record
- 49
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $219M
What The Maryland School for the Blind does
Mission
As a statewide resource center, the school provides outreach, educational and residential services for students to reach their fullest potential by preparing them to be as successful, independent, and well-rounded contributing members of their communities as possible. The Maryland School for the Blind, serving as an integral part of maryland's special education continuum, will exceed student-achievement expectations by setting high standards and providing best-practice programs in state-of-the-art facilities. To achieve its multiple responsibilities, the school is committed to safety, wellness, fairness, respect, personal responsibility, ethical standards and continuous improvement of program quality, professionalism, customer service and stewardship of funds.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The organization's academic and vocational program provides individualized academic instruction for diploma-track students and vocational training for those pursuing a certificate of program completion. The program supports students' academic, social and career development to prepare them for successful transition to local schools, post-secondary education, and employment. A residential component is available to address educational needs that cannot be met through day programming alone.
$16,467,161 spent$18,583,590 earned by the program43% of program spendingThe organization's essential skills learning program provides specialized, comprehensive instruction for students with multiple and significant support needs who are working toward a certificate of program completion. Instruction focuses on functional life skills and multi-sensory learning and incorporates the expanded core curriculum and individualized supports aligned with iep goals to promote independence and meaningful educational progress. A residential component is available to support students whose educational needs cannot be adequately addressed through non-residential services.
$9,190,974 spent$10,372,236 earned by the program24% of program spendingThe organization's intensive program delivers highly individualized academic, behavioral and therapeutic support for students with complex needs. The program emphasizes development of social, adaptive and behavioral skills to promote student progress, inclusion and meaningful participation in school and community settings. Services are provided through a multidisciplinary team approach and may include a residential component.
$4,595,487 spent$5,186,118 earned by the program12% of program spendingOther program services (such as early learning, summer programs, outreach and elecct) that further the organization's exempt purpose.
$8,042,102 spent$9,075,708 earned by the program21% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $38,295,724.
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 $202M to $231M (+14%).
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 13% · 2018 22% · 2019 27% · 2020 17% · 2021 15% · 2022 4% · 2023 6% · 2024 26% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
8% of THE MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
William Hair
Msb superintendent, & CEO
Board chair
Marion N Mullauer
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $105k → $418k.
8 of 49 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 49 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 SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
44% 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 SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 24% · 2018 31% · 2019 21% · 2020 22% · 2021 81% · 2022 57% · 2023 48% — growing more concentrated.
“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
47% of THE MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
95% of THE MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND's grant income comes from Maryland funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $381k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding THE MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $193.6M on record.
- Grant$193.6M
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 MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Charitable Remainder Trust (1) · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND?
- THE MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND (Maryland) receives grants from 49 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,020,965 to it, the largest being EUGENE B CASEY FOUNDATION ($620,000). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND have?
- IRS filings report 49 organizations giving $2,020,965 in grants to THE MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND?
- EUGENE B CASEY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $620,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 49 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing