Frederick County Educational Foundation FY2021 filing

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Strengthen secondary education opportunities

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2021. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 52-1396772) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
84¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$38K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $90K a year · 34% of revenue · last 6 filings
A surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
84%
of spending
84% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$38K
to officers and key staff · 26% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 26% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
6.3 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $2.1M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
6.3 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $7K
1 funder names it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$871
0.04% of total assets
Liabilities are 0.04% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 16 voting members
16 of 16 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$150K
-44% vs prior year
Spent
$151K
To programs
84%
Net assets
$2.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$150K
FY2021▼ -44%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$267K
FY2021$150K
FY2022$169K
FY2023$247K
FY2024$323K
FY2025$427K
Expenses
$151K
FY2021▲ +17%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$129K
FY2021$151K
FY2022$151K
FY2023$183K
FY2024$234K
FY2025$194K
Net assets
$2.2M
FY2021▲ +6%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.0M
FY2021$2.2M
FY2022$2.1M
FY2023$2.1M
FY2024$2.2M
FY2025$2.4M

From the FY2021 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 1989.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 84% · $127K Management & general 2% · $2K Fundraising 14% · $22K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

15 people listed on the 990; $38K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$38,500Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
2nd Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Mary P Nordham$35,000$38,500$38,500$38,500$38,500$38,500

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

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1 program · $127K · in their own filed words · FY2021
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Scholarships and grants-see attached

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2021. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 52-1396772) · Dispute this line
$127Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$7K
Grants paid · 12 grants · $690K · 2020–2025
Unitemized GrantFY2025$104,477
Unitemized GrantFY2025$25,866
Unitemized GrantFY2024$150,909
Unitemized GrantFY2024$21,399
Unitemized GrantFY2023$103,875
Unitemized GrantFY2023$18,688
Unitemized GrantFY2022$82,502
Unitemized GrantFY2022$20,234
Unitemized GrantFY2021$79,914
Unitemized GrantFY2021$12,066
Unitemized GrantFY2020$56,890
Unitemized GrantFY2020$12,776

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$150K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$91K
Investment incomeLn 3$42K
Other incomeLn 4–11$17K
Money outPt IX
$151K
Ln 25
Programscol B$127K
Managementcol C$2K
Fundraisingcol D$22K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$79K
Total assetsLn 16$2.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$871
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$91K
Investment incomeLn 3$42K
Other incomeLn 4–11$17K
Total revenueLn 12$150K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$79K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$79K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.1M
Total assetsLn 16$2.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$871
Net assetsLn 32$2.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3More from this return
Investment feesPt IX, Sch D
Investment fees, as reportedPt IX 11f$12K
Share of the $2.0M endowmentSch D 1g0.60%
Typical, median of 2,202 orgs0.44%
EndowmentSch D · Pt V
LineFY21FY20FY19FY18FY17
End of yearLn 1g$2.0M$1.9M$1.8M$1.6M$1.7M
AddedLn 1b$72K$72K$53K$58K$345K
SpentLn 1d–1f$30K$120K$81K$90K$82K
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$103K$79K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.9M$2.1M
Total assetsLn 16$2.0M$2.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$871$871
Net assetsLn 32$2.0M$2.2M
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$93K$93K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$38K$19K$19K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$3K$1K$1K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$12K$12K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$1K$715$714
Information technologyLn 14$2K$860$860
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$2K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$25$25
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$151K$127K$2K$22K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS May 14, 2026 $427K$194K$233K$2.4M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Apr 15, 2025 $323K$234K$89K$2.2M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS May 13, 2024 $247K$183K$64K$2.1M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 15, 2023 $169K$151K$18K$2.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Apr 19, 2022 $150K$151K−$529$2.2M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Apr 14, 2021 $267K$129K$139K$2.0M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support D · Assets and endowments I · Grants O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $150,331 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $104,971$90,561
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $73,394$42,287
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $89,084$17,483
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $267,449$150,331
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $69,666$92,597
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $41,444$41,446
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $17,810$16,817
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $128,920$150,860
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $138,529−$529
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
VI-1b Independent voting members16
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $150,331 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$90,561
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$90,561
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $42,287$42,287
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$17,483
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $42,287$150,331
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $150,860 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $92,597$92,597
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Programs $19,250 · Fundraising $19,250$38,500
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,473 · Fundraising $1,473$2,946
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $12,066$12,066
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $715 · Management $714$1,429
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $860 · Fundraising $860$1,720
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $1,577$1,577
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Management $25$25
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $126,961 · Management $2,316 · Fundraising $21,583$150,860
Part X · Balance sheet $2,157,684 assets, 8 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $102,685$78,614
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $1,933,990$2,079,070
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,036,675$2,157,684
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $871$871
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $871$871
X-31 Retained earnings or endowmentStart of year $2,035,804$2,156,813
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,035,804$2,156,813
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,036,675$2,157,684
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,156,813 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$150,331
XI-2 Total expenses$150,860
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$529
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,035,804
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$121,538
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,156,813

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