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Calvert Marine Museum Society Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Solomons, MD EIN: 52-1363427 Website

Promote community awareness of the museum and to support the operation of the museum.

Calvert Marine Museum Society Inc at a glance

In short: Calvert Marine Museum Society Inc gave $365K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $365K), mostly in Maryland. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$364,528
+30.5% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$364,528
+30.5% vs 2024
Median grant
$364,528
Total assets
$12,252,876
+10.2% vs 2024
Primary geography
Maryland (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Calvert Marine Museum Society Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Calvert County Government - Museum Fund: $365KCalvert County Government -Museum Fund$365K

The largest 2025 recipient was Calvert County Government - Museum Fund ($365K).

Grant Size Distribution

4 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K4$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $250–500K range: 4 grants of 4 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Solomons

How Calvert Marine Museum Society Inc gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−19%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$250K$500K$750K$1M1 grant2019 1 grant2020 Total only2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $279K (2024) to $930K (2021). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $365K.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Calvert County Government - Museum Fund Solomons, MDTo Support the Operations of the Marine Museum$364,528
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$12,252,876$2,021,215$1,180,768$364,5281$927,396
2024$11,122,705$2,047,302$1,412,834$279,4041$872,703
2023$10,581,646$2,098,560$1,098,675$288,2631$427,270
2022$9,782,255$1,244,490$998,043$452,2271$177,425
2021$9,242,968$1,766,307$1,396,031$930,249Total only$429,350
2020$8,135,925$1,031,515$1,156,706$282,2571$151,476
2019$8,573,664$1,639,389$1,267,455$333,9051$150,843

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Calvert Marine Museum Society Inc

Based on IRS filings

Calvert Marine Museum Society Inc is a public charity, based in Solomons, MD. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $12.3M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $365K. Net investment income was $927K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Calvert Marine Museum Society Inc is led by Gary Ressing, Acting Chair on the 2025 filing; none of the 13 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Gary Ressing

    Acting Chair

    New on the 2025 filing

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mike Hart

    Executive Officio & Non Voting

    Member → Executive Officio & Non Voting, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nancy Wieck

    Member

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Conrad White

    Member

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kelly S. Friedman

    Member

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lisa Smith Sanders

    Secretary

    Member → Secretary, 2023

    On filings since 2022

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Deborah Jacobs

    Treasurer

    Member → Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    4 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mike Jordan

    Member

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Capt Douglas Burfield

    Executive Officio & Non Voting

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Karin Bailey

    Member

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ted Haynie

    Member

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Albert Lane III

    Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeffery Murray

    Executive Officio & Non Voting

    New on the 2025 filing

    No compensation reported

Former officers (27)
  • Former: Charles C. Jackson (2019–2024) — Treasurer
  • Former: John Weigel (2019–2024) — Chair
  • Former: Jeffrey Murray (2020–2024) — Executive Officio & Non Voting
  • Former: Martha Rymer (2020–2024) — Member
  • Former: Thomas Rice (2023–2024) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Amy D. Lorenzini (2019–2023) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Dixie C. Miller (2019–2023) — Member
  • Former: Frank E. Taylor (2019–2023) — Member
  • Former: Ivan Behel (2020–2023) — Member
  • Former: Helen Daugherty (2021–2023) — Member
  • Former: Henry S. Trentman (2021–2023) — Member
  • Former: Jaymi K. Sterling (2021–2023) — Member
  • Former: Monty L. Suder (2022–2023) — Member
  • Former: Capt Derrick Kingsley (2023) — Executive Officio & Non Voting
  • Former: Capt John Brabazon Usn (2019–2022) — Executive Officio & Non Voting
  • Former: Marianne Harms (2019–2021) — Member
  • Former: Stephen L. Clagett (2019–2021) — Chair
  • Former: Robert Carpenter (2020–2021) — Member
  • Former: Paula Gray (2021) — Member
  • Former: Claude T. Dickinson III (2019–2020) — Member
  • Former: Donald P. McDougall (2019–2020) — Member
  • Former: Mark A. Macdougall (2019–2020) — Member
  • Former: Scott Sanders (2019–2020) — Member
  • Former: Joanna A. Yakaitis (2019) — Treasurer
  • Former: John W. Fringer Jr. (2019) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Robert M. Pfeiffer (2019) — Member
  • Former: Sherrod Sturrock (2019) — Member

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Calvert Marine Museum Society Inc

How much does Calvert Marine Museum Society Inc give each year?

Calvert Marine Museum Society Inc gave $365K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $279K across 1 grant.

How large is Calvert Marine Museum Society Inc?

Calvert Marine Museum Society Inc reported $12.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.0M.

Where does Calvert Marine Museum Society Inc operate?

Calvert Marine Museum Society Inc has awarded grants in Maryland.

What is Calvert Marine Museum Society Inc's EIN?

Calvert Marine Museum Society Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 52-1363427. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 30, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS March 9, 2023)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 5, 2024)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS December 20, 2024)
  5. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS January 7, 2020)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 11, 2026)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 12, 2021)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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