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← MARYLAND HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MARYLAND HUMANITIES COUNCIL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,005,485
Total expenses
$3,000,638
Contributions and grants received
$2,948,688
Grants paid
$978,940
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$51,419
Other revenue
$5,378
Total assets, end of year
$2,609,331
Total liabilities, end of year
$569,693
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,039,638
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,086,424
Management and general expenses
$656,836
Fundraising expenses
$257,378
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,086,424

Program services were 69.5% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,829,817

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $118,871

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $51,419 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $51,419

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other income

    total $5,378 · excluded $5,378

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,378

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $978,940 · program services $978,940

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $161,629 · program services $93,726 · management and general $41,617 · fundraising $26,286

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $936,196 · program services $540,490 · management and general $241,052 · fundraising $154,654

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $36,553 · program services $20,688 · management and general $9,412 · fundraising $6,453

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $115,554 · program services $66,713 · management and general $29,752 · fundraising $19,089

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $80,909 · program services $46,711 · management and general $20,832 · fundraising $13,366

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $195 · management and general $195

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $102,235 · management and general $102,235

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $22,600 · program services $22,600

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $90,344 · program services $11,363 · management and general $75,994 · fundraising $2,987

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $82,443 · program services $32,391 · management and general $40,159 · fundraising $9,893

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $55,824 · program services $25,454 · management and general $20,041 · fundraising $10,329

  • 17 · Travel

    total $96,251 · program services $72,894 · management and general $20,501 · fundraising $2,856

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $7,271 · program services $1,325 · management and general $4,877 · fundraising $1,069

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,740 · program services $317 · management and general $1,167 · fundraising $256

  • 24a · Other expenses: Dues and subscriptions

    total $115,473 · program services $67,946 · management and general $38,994 · fundraising $8,533

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM CONTRACTS

    total $96,105 · program services $94,949 · management and general $99 · fundraising $1,057

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

    total $16,633 · program services $9,235 · management and general $7,398

  • 24d · Other expenses: SALES TAX

    total $273 · program services $50 · management and general $183 · fundraising $40

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,470 · program services $632 · management and general $2,328 · fundraising $510

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,495,956 · end of year $1,562,119

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $263,850 · end of year $273,910

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $325,639 · end of year $546,421

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $24,139 · end of year $41,850

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

    $122,126

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

    $106,972

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $19,425 · end of year $15,154

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $43,934 · end of year $169,877

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $94,218 · end of year $163,396

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $226,500

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $43,934 · end of year $179,797

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,942,407 · end of year $1,912,863

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $92,384 · end of year $126,775

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

MARYLAND HUMANITIES CREATES AND SUPPORTS BOLD EXPERIENCES THAT EXPLORE AND ELEVATE OUR SHARED STORIES TO CONNECT PEOPLE, ENHANCE LIVES, AND ENRICH COMMUNITIES.

  • Provided general operating grants to Non-Profit organizations in Maryland to conduct humanities-based programs with special emphasis on programs that featured civic dialogue and engagement.

    Expenses $973,735 · Grants $27,740

  • Public programs throughout Maryland to increase awareness of local and national historical events, improve research and analytical skills, encourage reading and literacy and programing for various other humanities disciplines. PROGRAMS INCLUDED: MARYLAND HISTORY DAY, ONE MARYLAND ONE BOOK, MUSEUM ON MAIN STREET AND VETERANS BOOK GROUPS. THE ONE MARYLAND ONE BOOK PROGRAM SERVED 10,466 PARTICIPANTS.

    Expenses $1,112,689 · Grants $950,600

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ms Lindsey Baker

    chief executive officer

    Total calculated
    $154,021
    From this org
    $141,601
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,420
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,601
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $5,664
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,756
    Filer's total
    $154,021

  • Ms Alicia Jones

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Mary Hastler

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Julia Madden

    GOVERNMENT LIASON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Ronald Nowaczyk

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ms Carmel Roques

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Allyson Black Woodson

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Christian Pulley

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Marshall Stevenson Jr

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Rahne Alexander

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Saima Sitwat

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Jennifer Shea

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Alejandra Balcazar

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Jeanne Pirtle

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Kimberly R Moffitt

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Brian Casemore

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Jill Ferris

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Soo Koo

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Shauna Knox

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Veronica Gallardo

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Kara French

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Rachael Gibson

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Ruth Kim

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Chanel Johnson

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Tahira Christmon

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Mollie Caplis

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Kendra Brown

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Tamar Sarnoff

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202532179349300538

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