Maryland · Nonprofit
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 290 organizations whose IRS filings report $286,559,120 to it, the largest being CLARK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC DBA A JAMES & ALICE B CLARK FOUNDATION ($165,701,440). 165 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $188M
- Funders on record
- 290
- Grants received
- $287M
- Net assets
- $1.2B
What University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc does
Mission
To receive, hold, invest, manage, use, dispose of and administer property of all kinds and to make expenditures that benefit the university of maryland college park, in support of its mission, goals and programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Institutional advancement - to provide support for activities concerned with the enhancing and/or improving the institution over the long-term as well as support for community engagement and alumni relations
$53,941,541 spentof which $47,932,928 as grants$5,509 earned by the program51% of program spendingAcademic program support - to support academic programs of the university of maryland college park through payments for faculty and staff salaries and benefits, academic program operating expenses, conferences, workshops, honorariums, equipment and academic memberships.
$19,474,269 spentof which $18,229,902 as grants$23,301 earned by the program19% of program spendingScholarship/fellowship - to provide support for outright scholarships and fellowships to students and fellows selected by the university of maryland college park
$15,546,685 spentof which $15,207,550 as grants$1,310 earned by the program15% of program spendingAthletics - program service expenses $8,558,092.06: grants andallocations $7,292,174.17: revenue $355,188.22 athletics - to provide support for theoperation of athletic programs and athletic related student activities at the university ofmaryland college park.research support - program service expenses $2,194,673.54: grantsand allocations $2,075,839.62: revenue $0 research support - to provide support for researchactivities and research facilities at the university of maryland college park.student support - program service expenses $2,408,787.79: grants and allocations $2,036,896.34: revenue $5,050.00 student support - to provide support to students and student activities at the university of maryland college park.facility - program service expenses $2,503,087,50: grants and allocations $690,745.73: revenue $0 facility - to provide support to the upkeep, repair, and construction of the buildings and grounds of the university of maryland college park.public service - program service expenses $226,622.26: grants and allocations $211,588.01 revenue $0 public service support - to provide support for activities that are mutually beneficial to the university of maryland college park and…
$15,891,262 spentof which $12,307,244 as grants$360,238 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $104,853,757.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $1.0B to $1.2B (+14%).
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: 2025 56%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
58% of UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (14% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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 67 funders to 110 funders, grant income rose $7.5M → $68M.
56 of 290 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $957k from one payer (the payer's own filing calls it a related party, largest The Robert H Smith School of Business Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 290 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
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 31% · 2019 20% · 2020 65% · 2021 48% · 2022 72% · 2023 69% — 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
40% of UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
73% of UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION 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. $52M arriving through sponsors registered in 21 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
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 684 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 684 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $100k on record.
- Grant$100k
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 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK 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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 39 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Terrapin Development Corporation LLC · disregarded
- The University of Maryland College Park · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC?
- UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 290 organizations whose IRS filings report $286,559,120 to it, the largest being CLARK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC DBA A JAMES & ALICE B CLARK FOUNDATION ($165,701,440). 165 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 290 organizations giving $286,559,120 in grants to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC, 165 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC?
- CLARK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC DBA A JAMES & ALICE B CLARK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $165,701,440 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 290 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