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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,262,207
Total expenses
$5,786,684
Contributions and grants received
$4,331,433
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$676,088
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$254,686
Total assets, end of year
$8,976,131
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,114,440
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,861,691
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,782,587
Management and general expenses
$4,097
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,782,587

Program services were 99.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $60,457

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,777,994

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,492,982

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $2,082

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EDUCATION PROGRAM FEES

    total $676,088 · related or exempt $676,088

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $303,386

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $77,044

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $226,342

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $226,342 · unrelated business -$19,637 · excluded $245,979

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $60,457

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $31,474

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$31,474 · excluded -$31,474

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC. REVENUE

    total $59,818 · related or exempt $59,818

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $59,818

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,669,057 · program services $2,669,057

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,776 · program services $4,776

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $70,944 · program services $70,944

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $206,038 · program services $206,038

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $45,813 · program services $45,813

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $17,539 · program services $17,539

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $105,139 · program services $105,139

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $129,809 · program services $129,809

  • 17 · Travel

    total $64,798 · program services $64,798

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $16,930 · program services $16,930

  • 20 · Interest

    total $47,454 · program services $47,454

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $379,231 · program services $379,231

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $232,180 · program services $232,180

  • 24a · Other expenses: INTERCOMPANY EXPENSE

    total $898,335 · program services $898,335

  • 24b · Other expenses: PARTNER EXPENSES

    total $294,809 · program services $294,809

  • 24c · Other expenses: MAINTENANCE

    total $257,782 · program services $253,685 · management and general $4,097

  • 24d · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $123,791 · program services $123,791

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $222,259 · program services $222,259

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $644,461 · end of year $606,754

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $207,475 · end of year $148,442

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $51,103 · end of year $45,839

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $15,170,390

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $6,995,294

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,502,577 · end of year $8,175,096

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $20,784 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $66,894 · end of year $14,178

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $193,415 · end of year $182,440

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,779,923 · end of year $3,917,822

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,976,568 · end of year $2,485,140

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,409,600 · end of year $2,376,551

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

LIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATION SUBSIDIARIES SPONSORS, SUPPORTS AND/OR MAINTAINS THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS: DISCOVERY CREEK CHILDREN'S MUSEUM (52-1714855), FREDERICK DOUGLASS ISSAC MYERS MARITIME PARK, INC. (52-2112955), NATIONAL HISTORIC SEAPORT OF BALTIMORE, INC. (52-2112952), FRIENDS OF FORT MCHENRY, INC. (52-2060624), PROJECT SERVE INC. (91-1912227), AND CROSSROADS SCHOOL (71-0906529).

Activities or mission (Part I)

LIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATION SUBSIDIARIES SPONSORS, SUPPORTS, AND/OR MAINTAINS THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS: DISCOVERY CREEK CHILDREN'S MUSEUM (52-1714855), FREDERICK DOUGLASS ISSAC MYERS MARITIME PARK, INC. (52-2112955), NATIONAL HISTORIC SEAPORT OF BALTIMORE, INC. (52-2112952), FRIENDS OF FORT MCHENRY, INC. (52-2060624), PROJECT SERVE, INC. (91-1912227), AND CROSSROADS SCHOOL (71-0906529).

  • PROJECT SERVE - REHABILITATES INNER CITY HOMES, CLEANS AND BOARDS ABANDONED HOUSES, AND PROVES JOB TRAINING FOR INNER CITY RESIDENTS.

    Expenses $4,271,393 · Revenue $1,800

  • FREDERICK DOUGLAS/ISAAC MYERS MARITIME PARK

    Expenses $853,139 · Revenue $75,527

  • CROSSROADS SCHOOL

    Expenses $489,751 · Revenue $598,761

  • DISCOVERY CREEK CHILDREN'S MUSEUM - PROVIDES ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN AN OUTDOOR SETTING.BALTIMORE HARBOR SHUTTLE- PROVIDES HISTORIC AND EDUCATIONAL TOURS OF THE BALTIMORE INNER HARBOR.NATIONAL HISTORIC SEAPORTFRIENDS OF FORT MCHENRY, INC.

    Expenses $168,304

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • See Schedule O

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543179349303554

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