Ocean City Development Corporation

Tax-deductible

Ocean City, MD501(c)(3)Arts & CultureEIN 52-2222484Revenue $907K in FY2025

On file with the IRSocdc.org108 Dorchester St, 21842-4121 · Ocean City, MDTax-exempt since Jun 2001Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The Ocean City Development Corporation is dedicated to the revitalization of the downtown area of Ocean City, maryland. Programs are designed by the organization to formulate and implement long range Development strategies for commercial, office, residential, and other Development in the downtown area.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 100 volunteers and 3 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $230K a year · 26% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$99K
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 87% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $5K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.6M
30% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 30% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$907K
-37% vs prior year
Spent
$861K
To programs
89%
Net assets
$3.7M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$907K
FY2025▼ -37%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$736K
FY2022$649K
FY2023$623K
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$907K
Expenses
$861K
FY2025▲ +61%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$659K
FY2022$553K
FY2023$592K
FY2024$534K
FY2025$861K
Net assets
$3.7M
FY2025▲ +1%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$2.6M
FY2022$2.7M
FY2023$2.7M
FY2024$3.6M
FY2025$3.7M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 2001.

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

Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $767K Management & general 11% · $94K

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; $99K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$98,854Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Zachary Bankert’s $99K as Executive Director is at the 87th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2216 $100K–1M arts & culture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Glenn Irwin——$111,145$100,031$108,966
Zachary Bankert$98,854$76,500$30,000——

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

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

Programs and updates

Revitalizes downtown Ocean City, Maryland, through long-range development strategies.

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3 programs · $302K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Facade Improvement Program

The ocdc implements commercial and residential facade improvement programs to provide financial incentives to downtown property owners and businesses to renovate the exteriors of their older buildings. During the past fiscal year, numerous buildings were renovated using this program.

$259Kprogram expense
02

Public Art Program

This program adds interest to the downtown area and will increasepedestrian traffic, as the area becomes better known for its public art offerings.

$26Kprogram expense
03

Green Building Initiatives Program

Commercial program provides financial assistance tobusinesses to install new long-term energy-efficient products. The program is funded by grantsfrom the maryland department of housing and community development.

$17Kprogram 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$5K
Grants paid · 1 grant · $10K · 2024–2024
Stop Offshore Wind INCFY2024$10,000

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$907K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$800K
Other incomeLn 4–11$75K
Investment incomeLn 3$33K
Money outPt IX
$861K
Ln 25
Programscol B$767K
Managementcol C$94K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$632K
Total assetsLn 16$5.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.6M
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$800K
Government grantsLn 1e$782K
Investment incomeLn 3$33K
Other incomeLn 4–11$75K
Total revenueLn 12$907K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$112K
SavingsLn 2$520K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$632K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.4M
Other assetsLn 15$5K
Total assetsLn 16$5.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.6M
Net assetsLn 32$3.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 6100
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$628K$632K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.4M$4.4M
Total assetsLn 16$5.2M$5.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.6M$1.6M
Net assetsLn 32$3.6M$3.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$12K$12K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$181K$136K$45K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$5K$4K$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$15K$11K$4K
Legal feesLn 11b$9K$7K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$7K$6K$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$4K$3K$1K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$8K$8K
Office expensesLn 13$11K$8K$3K
OccupancyLn 16$11K$9K$3K
TravelLn 17$4K$4K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$9K$6K$2K
InterestLn 20$21K$21K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$14K$14K
InsuranceLn 23$9K$7K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$538K$522K$16K
All other expensesLn 24e$3K$3K$76
Total functional expensesLn 25$861K$767K$94K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $907K$861K$46K$3.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.4M$534K$902K$3.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $623K$592K$31K$2.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $649K$553K$97K$2.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $736K$659K$77K$2.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $907,152 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,187,031$799,561
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $31,664$32,680
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $216,976$74,911
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,435,671$907,152
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$11,500
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $182,371$200,737
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $351,414$648,900
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $533,785$861,137
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $901,886$46,015
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $907,152 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$17,475
VIII-1e Government grants$781,800
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$286
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$799,561
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $32,680$32,680
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossUnrelated business $33,635$33,635
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $41,276$41,276
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $33,635 · Excluded from tax $73,956$907,152
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $861,137 across 17 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $11,500$11,500
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $135,756 · Management $45,252$181,008
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $3,889 · Management $1,296$5,185
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $10,908 · Management $3,636$14,544
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $6,946 · Management $1,736$8,682
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $5,550 · Management $1,850$7,400
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $3,287 · Management $1,096$4,383
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $8,476$8,476
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $8,377 · Management $2,792$11,169
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $8,602 · Management $2,830$11,432
IX-17 TravelPrograms $4,169$4,169
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $6,429 · Management $2,143$8,572
IX-20 InterestPrograms $20,754$20,754
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $13,782$13,782
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $7,244 · Management $2,157$9,401
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $522,348 · Management $15,538$537,886
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $2,718 · Management $76$2,794
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $766,953 · Management $94,184 · Fundraising $0$861,137
Part X · Balance sheet $5,240,457 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $27,671$111,867
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $600,320$520,342
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $185,525$219,874
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $5,225$10,125
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $11,560$11,450
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $4,377,991$4,361,569
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $20,434$5,230
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,228,726$5,240,457
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,197$11,524
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $6,900$1,600
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $10,837$7,707
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,601,379$1,567,095
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,625,289$3,673,362
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $2,058$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,627,347$3,673,362
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,228,726$5,240,457
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,673,362 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$907,152
XI-2 Total expenses$861,137
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$46,015
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,627,347
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,673,362

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