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THE MEDA FOUNDATION INC

THE MEDA FOUNDATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being ECONOMIC ALLIANCE OF GREATER BALTIMORE FOUNDATION ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$384k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$15k
Net assets
$269k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 6%
01What it does

What The Meda Foundation Inc does

Mission

The mission of the meda foundation is to offer educational workshops, courses, seminars and conferences that increase the effectiveness of the maryland economic and community development practitioners as well as their counterparts in the state who work in partnership to create jobs for maryland's citizens.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. The foundation promotes economic development in maryland through conferences and educational events.

    $430,236 spent$320,806 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $430,236.

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 ($262k) Expenses 100 ($227k) Net assets 100 ($59k)2018 Revenue 106 ($277k) Expenses 105 ($238k) Net assets 170 ($101k)2019 Revenue 105 ($275k) Expenses 114 ($260k) Net assets 196 ($116k)2020 Revenue 67 ($176k) Expenses 53 ($119k) Net assets 278 ($165k)2021 Revenue 46 ($120k) Expenses 39 ($89k) Net assets 329 ($195k)2022 Revenue 100 ($262k) Expenses 96 ($218k) Net assets 403 ($239k)2023 Revenue 125 ($328k) Expenses 133 ($303k) Net assets 430 ($254k)2024 Revenue 147 ($384k) Expenses 167 ($379k) Net assets 455 ($269k)
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Revenue (147)Expenses (167)Net assets (455)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 2022 to 2023, from $495k to $309k (−38%).

$267k
$327k
$362k
$410k
$466k
$495k
$309k
$361k
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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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 0% · 2020 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

16% of THE MEDA FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,439 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$34k
’17
$39k
’18
$16k
’19
$56k
’20
$30k
’21
$44k
’22
$25k
’23
$5k
’24
11
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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Listed77777777
Joined·+1+1+0+4+3+3+1
No longer listed·1104331
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

From the IRS filings of THE MEDA FOUNDATION 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.

Where its funders are

100% of THE MEDA FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.

MD

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 MEDA FOUNDATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin1% · below the median
Months of reserve10.5mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like THE MEDA FOUNDATION 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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

98% of spending goes to programs.

Program 98%Management 2%Fundraising 0%

Governance

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

Public support

99%

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 MEDA FOUNDATION INC?
THE MEDA FOUNDATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being ECONOMIC ALLIANCE OF GREATER BALTIMORE FOUNDATION ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE MEDA FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $15,000 in grants to THE MEDA FOUNDATION INC.
Who is the largest funder of THE MEDA FOUNDATION INC?
ECONOMIC ALLIANCE OF GREATER BALTIMORE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE MEDA 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.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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