Maryland · Nonprofit
THE MARYLAND STATE BOYCHOIR INC
THE MARYLAND STATE BOYCHOIR INC (Maryland) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $255,089 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($122,500). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $885k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $255k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What The Maryland State Boychoir Inc does
Mission
The maryland state boychoir, inc. (msb) was established in 1987 and is devoted to the artistic development of maryland boys. Msb's mission is to provide opportunities for talented boys from all backgrounds to develop their musical and social skills through a rigorous program of instruction and choral performances. Msb also strives to serve the broader community by offering facilities for the arts, children and young people, religious groups (including the congregation of st. Matthew united church of christ, the original owners of the maryland boychoir center for the arts), and local residents - particularly the mayfield community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The maryland state boychoir choristers were international goodwill ambassadors as they visited chile on their 2025 summer tour. It was an amazing time of growth for all the choristers, staff, and chaperones. The concert choir visited the midwest, singing in chicago, milwaukee, mackinac island, and northern michigan. Through touring, msb choristers continue to develop a high level of selfmotivated learning and self-discipline while demonstrating maturity and responsibility as performers. In addition to these extended summer tours, msb choirs participated in fall and winter weekend tours in the mid-atlantic as well as the young men's chorus february tour to greenville, sc and gatlinburg, tn.
$275,403 spent$245,676 earned by the program30% of program spendingThe msb ran the traditional weekend winter camp that all choristers attend as well as hosted the annual week-long residential summer camp at shepherd university. During time at camp, the boys learn new repertoire for upcoming tours and for the upcoming fall season. They also participate in a number of music and non-music related electives, enjoy peer-to-peer interaction, and learn manners and social skills. These two camps focus on teaching choristers self-reliance, responsibility, and independence. In the annual ritual known as "summer camp," choristers learn how to put aside "me and become the remarkable "we" that is the key to the maryland state boychoir.
$71,663 spent8% of program spendingDuring the choral season, the organization trained over 100 boys in the demanding art of choral singing through group rehearsals and individualized vocal lessons. Training includes recognizing note values and music notations with an emphasis that music is a language. This year, the msb continued to focus more on theory training and many choristers put their all into advancing in their theory knowledge. The individual desire for excellence leads to a culture of cooperation and mutual support as the choir strives to produce the best ensemble sound possible.
$574,332 spent$281,104 earned by the program62% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $921,398.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $1.9M to $2.5M (+28%).
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 3% · 2018 6% · 2019 5% · 2020 8% · 2021 15% · 2022 13% · 2023 27% · 2024 10% · 2025 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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.
Board chair
K Davina Frick
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $14k → $74k.
5 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 80% 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 STATE BOYCHOIR 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 MARYLAND STATE BOYCHOIR INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% 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 STATE BOYCHOIR INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 82% · 2019 100% · 2020 88% · 2021 36% · 2022 78% · 2023 83% — 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
44% of THE MARYLAND STATE BOYCHOIR INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
80% of THE MARYLAND STATE BOYCHOIR INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $50k that is directly attributable, 69% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 6 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $205k 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.
Government funding THE MARYLAND STATE BOYCHOIR INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $222k on record.
- Grant$222k
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 STATE BOYCHOIR 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
86% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE MARYLAND STATE BOYCHOIR INC?
- THE MARYLAND STATE BOYCHOIR INC (Maryland) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $255,089 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($122,500). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE MARYLAND STATE BOYCHOIR INC have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $255,089 in grants to THE MARYLAND STATE BOYCHOIR INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MARYLAND STATE BOYCHOIR INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $122,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MARYLAND STATE BOYCHOIR 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 16 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