Maryland · Nonprofit
THE PUBLIC WORKS EXPERIENCE INC
THE PUBLIC WORKS EXPERIENCE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $51,215 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($51,215). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $144k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $51k
- Net assets
- $113k
What The Public Works Experience Inc does
Mission
The public works experience (pwe) is committed to helping everyone understand the immense value of public works. Communities large and small depend on these basic services every day,yet public works are often poorly understood, and frequently taken for granted - until something breaks. But - by heightening awareness, pwe fills this gap as the place to learn about public works and infrastructure, and the importance of the people who keep our communities moving, safe, and clean.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The organization held an event on may 10, 2025, to demonstrate the value and importance of public works. The committee worked to deliver big truck day and numerous displays by department of public works, labor unions, and professional organizations.
$18,948 spent64% of program spendingDuring the fiscal year, all are welcome to visit the public works experience the second saturday of the month. The organization also integrated with the community by hosting numerous private tours and school field trips throughout the year.
$3,431 spent12% of program spendingSpeaker series: in december of 2024, pwe initiated the "no water no beer" speaker series, sponsored by the chesapeake section of american water works association and chesapeake water environment association. Monthly presentations were delivered on a variety of public works topics.bubble balooza - in september and june, pwe hosted bubble balooza events, where neighbors can bring their children to play in a bubbly foam, connecting them with the importance of safe drinking water.
$7,134 spent24% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $29,513.
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 2024 to 2025, from $66k to $113k (+72%).
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.
64% of THE PUBLIC WORKS EXPERIENCE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Rachel Ellis
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 PUBLIC WORKS EXPERIENCE 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 PUBLIC WORKS EXPERIENCE 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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $51k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 PUBLIC WORKS EXPERIENCE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE PUBLIC WORKS EXPERIENCE INC
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In Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
97%
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 PUBLIC WORKS EXPERIENCE INC?
- THE PUBLIC WORKS EXPERIENCE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $51,215 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($51,215). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE PUBLIC WORKS EXPERIENCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $51,215 in grants to THE PUBLIC WORKS EXPERIENCE INC.
- Who is the largest funder of THE PUBLIC WORKS EXPERIENCE INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $51,215 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE PUBLIC WORKS EXPERIENCE 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.
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 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