Maryland · Nonprofit
THE PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC
THE PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 89 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,010,568 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($7,437,763). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $39M
- Funders on record
- 89
- Grants received
- $22M
- Net assets
- $107M
What The Park School of Baltimore Inc does
Mission
Devoted to intellectual inquiry, a collaborative spirit of learning, and an appreciation for the diversity of human experience, the park school of baltimore is a community founded on positive expectations of our students and respect for individual differences. We cultivate children's innate curiosity by nurturing their interests and engaging them as active participants in their own education. We support young people in becoming confident questioners and responsible citizens of the world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Instruction & other academic program expenses - general operation of the school; providing basic education for grades kindergarten through twelve.
$29,173,860 spentof which $10,622,500 as grants$30,236,590 earned by the program94% of program spendingAuxiliary programs & special activities - expenses associated with providing summer camp, extended day, and special programs for the benefit of the students.
$1,966,730 spent$1,878,579 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $31,140,590.
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 2020 to 2021, from $79M to $104M (+32%).
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 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
8% of THE PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC’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. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 23 funders to 44 funders, grant income rose $1.1M → $6.5M.
17 of 89 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% 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 PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 89 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 PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 34% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
64% 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 PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 55% · 2019 18% · 2020 13% · 2021 17% · 2022 53% · 2023 56% — broadly stable.
“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
59% of THE PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
58% of THE PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE 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 $9.3M that is directly attributable, 83% of it comes from Maryland funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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 PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC is better cushioned than half of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding THE PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $961k on record.
- Grant$961k
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 PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE 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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Park School Parents Association Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC?
- THE PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 89 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,010,568 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($7,437,763). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC have?
- IRS filings report 89 organizations giving $22,010,568 in grants to THE PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC, 52 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $7,437,763 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE 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 89 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