Fells Point Main Street INC

Tax-deductible

Baltimore, MD501(c)(3)Community DevelopmentEIN 73-1709839

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The mission of Fell's Point Main Street is to promote and encourage economic development while strengthening and revitalizing the greater Fell's Point business district in ways that meet the needs of businesses, residents, and visitors alike.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
93¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 21 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
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $3K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
93%
of spending
Looks good: 93% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$49K
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower 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
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $19K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 14 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 14 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$436K
+532% vs prior year
Spent
$440K
To programs
93%
Net assets
$115K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$436K
FY2025▲ +532%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$109K
FY2021$199K
FY2022$124K
FY2023$175K
FY2024$69K
FY2025$436K
Expenses
$440K
FY2025▲ +510%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$87K
FY2021$215K
FY2022$66K
FY2023$211K
FY2024$72K
FY2025$440K
Net assets
$115K
FY2025▼ -4%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$123K
FY2021$107K
FY2022$165K
FY2023$124K
FY2024$120K
FY2025$115K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · 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 2004.

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

Where the money goes

93 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 93% · $410K Management & general 6% · $26K Fundraising 1% · $4K

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

16 people listed on the 990; $49K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$25,200Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Dir.
$23,640Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Allison Schuch’s $25K as Executive Dir. is at the 13th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1709 $100K–1M community development 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 · 7 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Ginny Lawhorn—$13,364$47,759———
Keith Mainhart————$37,885$10,994
Tatiana Fish Huang———$25,667——
Allison Schuch$25,200—————
Tessa Farnham$23,640—————
Maureen Jane Sweeney Smith—————$18,830
Tatiana Fish————$7,333—

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

Revitalizes a historic business district, boosting its economy for businesses, residents, and visitors.

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1 program · $410K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Fell's Point holds community festivals and events to attract visitors to the Main Steet district, provides marketing to draw visitors to the area to support local businesses and revitalize the community, and assists the community in planning, designing and managing the physical environment.

$410Kprogram 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 · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$19K
Grants paid · 12 grants · $328K · 2021–2025
Individual RecipientFY2025$105,500
Mj Fell Point LLCFY2025$74,994
Individual RecipientFY2021$9,260
Poppy and Stella LLCFY2021$9,260
Kilwins Chocolate & Ice CreamFY2021$9,260
Individual RecipientFY2021$9,260
Individual RecipientFY2021$9,260
Individual RecipientFY2021$9,260
Individual RecipientFY2021$7,911
Individual RecipientFY2021$5,486
Individual RecipientFY2021$5,130

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$436K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$507K
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Money outPt IX
$440K
Ln 25
Programscol B$410K
Managementcol C$26K
Fundraisingcol D$4K
Owns and owesPt X
$115K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$116K
Total assetsLn 16$116K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$507K
Government grantsLn 1e$482K
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$80K
Total revenueLn 12$436K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$26K
SavingsLn 2$90K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$116K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$116K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1K
Net assetsLn 32$115K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 621
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$97K$116K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$81K$0
Total assetsLn 16$180K$116K
LiabilitiesLn 26$60K$1K
Net assetsLn 32$120K$115K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$254K$254K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$50K$33K$17K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$668$443$225
Payroll taxesLn 10$4K$3K$1K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$672$672
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$4K$2K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$1K$830$237$119
Information technologyLn 14$6K$4K$1K$575
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$3K$2K$622$311
TravelLn 17$819$573$164$82
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$8K$5K$2K$758
InterestLn 20$36$36
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1K$870$249$124
InsuranceLn 23$2K$1K$425$213
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$104K$103K$804$157
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$1K$285$143
Total functional expensesLn 25$440K$410K$26K$4K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $436K$440K−$5K$115K 990 PDF
FY2024 $69K$72K−$3K$120K 990 PDF
FY2023 $175K$211K−$36K$124K 990 PDF
FY2022 $124K$66K$58K$165K 990 PDF
FY2021 $199K$215K−$16K$107K 990 PDF
FY2020 $109K$87K$22K$123K 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 (5 parts)
Part I · Summary $435,625 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $68,799$506,518
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $47−$77,482
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $45$6,589
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $68,891$435,625
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$253,885
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $39,247$54,420
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $32,989$132,103
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $72,236$440,408
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$3,345−$4,783
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $435,625 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$482,258
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$24,260
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$506,518
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,554$2,554
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission −$80,036−$80,036
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$6,589
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission −$80,036 · Excluded from tax $2,554$435,625
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $440,408 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $253,885$253,885
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $33,084 · Management $16,756$49,840
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $443 · Management $225$668
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $2,597 · Management $1,315$3,912
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $672$672
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $1,930 · Fundraising $1,800$3,730
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $830 · Management $237 · Fundraising $119$1,186
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $4,026 · Management $1,150 · Fundraising $575$5,751
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,178 · Management $622 · Fundraising $311$3,111
IX-17 TravelPrograms $573 · Management $164 · Fundraising $82$819
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $5,303 · Management $1,515 · Fundraising $758$7,576
IX-20 InterestManagement $36$36
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $870 · Management $249 · Fundraising $124$1,243
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,489 · Management $425 · Fundraising $213$2,127
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $103,107 · Management $804 · Fundraising $157$104,068
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,356 · Management $285 · Fundraising $143$1,784
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $409,741 · Management $26,385 · Fundraising $4,282$440,408
Part X · Balance sheet $116,225 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $45,640$26,145
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $51,547$90,080
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,330$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $81,279$0
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $179,796$116,225
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $50,000$1,212
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $60,000$1,212
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $119,796$115,013
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $119,796$115,013
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $179,796$116,225
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $115,013 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$435,625
XI-2 Total expenses$440,408
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$4,783
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$119,796
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$115,013

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