Maryland · Nonprofit
THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF MARYLAND INC
THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF MARYLAND INC (Maryland) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $169,494 to it, the largest being The William Bingham Foundation ($75,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $763k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $169k
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What The Natural History Society of Maryland Inc does
Mission
To foster stewardship of Marylands natural heritage by conserving its natural history collections, educating the community and inspiring its youth.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Over the course of the year, the organization sponsored over 200 programs, including fieldtrips online programs continued strong education programs, made advancements in its collections. The educational programs and immersive nature experiences continued to serve Marylanders throughout the state and its digital footprint exceeded 15,000 followers. The organization also hosted 6 interns across scientific disciplines and had an economic impact of over 70,000.
$251,978 spent$763,177 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $251,978.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.5M to $2.1M (+42%).
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 4% · 2018 8% · 2019 7% · 2020 8% · 2022 2% · 2023 7% · 2025 60%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Joseph McSharry
Executive Director
Board chair
Rick Stanley
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $9k → $85k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF MARYLAND 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 NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF MARYLAND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 98% · 2022 49% · 2023 88% — 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.
Where its funders are
54% of THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF MARYLAND INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
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In Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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 NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF MARYLAND 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 NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF MARYLAND INC?
- THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF MARYLAND INC (Maryland) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $169,494 to it, the largest being The William Bingham Foundation ($75,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF MARYLAND INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $169,494 in grants to THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF MARYLAND INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF MARYLAND INC?
- The William Bingham Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF MARYLAND 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 7 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