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MSDA Charitable and Education Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Columbia, MD EIN: 52-1810697 Website

To improve the oral health of marylanders through education and support of programs that improve access to dental care.

MSDA Charitable and Education Foundation at a glance

In short: MSDA Charitable and Education Foundation gave $48K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $48K), mostly in Maryland. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$48,120
-16.3% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$48,120
-16.3% vs 2024
Median grant
$48,120
Total assets
$2,117,357
-4.0% 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 MSDA Charitable and Education Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Community Foundation of the Eastern Shoreinc: $48KCommunity Foundation of theEastern Shoreinc$48K

The largest 2025 recipient was Community Foundation of the Eastern Shoreinc ($48K).

Grant Size Distribution

8 grants across all recorded years

6<$50K2$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 6 grants of 8 (75%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

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

Cities

ColumbiaSalisburyWashingtonBaltimoreEwell

How MSDA Charitable and Education Foundation gives

  • Giving grew 381% from 2022 to 2025. 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$20K$40K$60K$80KTotal only2019 0 grants2020 2 grants2021 1 grant2022 3 grants2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $2K (2019) to $78K (2021). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $48K.

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
Community Foundation of the Eastern Shoreinc Salisbury, MDMission of Mercy Dental Clinic$48,120
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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$2,117,357$430,555$396,703$48,1201—
2024$2,206,387$322,375$426,690$57,5001—
2023$2,314,273$253,711$390,570$49,0003$-7,652
2022$2,538,810$312,512$450,135$10,0001$1,985
2021$2,762,686$610,337$544,370$77,7492$2,299
2020$2,870,592$621,431$450,505——$2,142
2019$2,835,982$357,954$512,007$1,878Total only—

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

About MSDA Charitable and Education Foundation

Based on IRS filings

MSDA Charitable and Education Foundation is a public charity, based in Columbia, MD. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $2.1M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $48K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

MSDA Charitable and Education Foundation is led by Thomas A'becket, President on every filing since 2023; none of the 21 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Thomas A'becket

    President

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Celeste Ziara

    Trustee

    Member → Trustee, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jay Nokkeo

    Trustee

    Member → Director, 2024

    Director → Trustee, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stephen Thomas

    Trustee

    Member → Trustee, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Debony Hughes

    Trustee

    Member → Director, 2024

    Director → Trustee, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Melvin Weissburg

    Trustee

    Vice President → Member, 2023

    Member → Trustee, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • India Chance Rdh

    Trustee

    Member → Director, 2024

    Director → Trustee, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Shari Kohn

    Trustee

    Member → Director, 2024

    Director → Trustee, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Devin Banks

    Trustee

    Director → Trustee, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gretchen Seibert

    Trustee

    Director → Trustee, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Allen Schiff Cpa Cef

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brenda Shah

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brian Garner

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Charles Doring

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jessica Lubek

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ralph Alman Jr.

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sara Reichenback Rdh

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Walter Mazzella

    Trustee

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joan Emberland

    Vice President

    Member → Vice President, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lyndsay Kuzmak

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tris Kruger

    Secretary

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (36)
  • Former: Allen Schiff (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Cheryl Lerner (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Alexandra Fitzgerald (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Winifred Booker (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Gregory Buckler (2023–2024) — Executive Director
  • Former: Howard Strauss (2019–2023) — Member
  • Former: Janet Yellowitz (2019–2023) — Member
  • Former: Jonathan Lang (2019–2023) — Treasurer
  • Former: Artin Safarian (2020–2023) — Member
  • Former: Tristam Kruger (2022–2023) — Secretary
  • Former: Gretchen Siebert (2023) — Member
  • Former: George Shepley (2019–2022) — Member
  • Former: Rowland Holsinger (2019–2022) — Treasurer
  • Former: India Chance (2020–2022) — Member
  • Former: Edward Schilling (2021–2022) — Exe. Director
  • Former: Chris Liang (2022) — Member
  • Former: Diane Romaine President (2022)
  • Former: Greg Buckler (2022) — Interim Exe. Director
  • Former: Joan Emberland Member (2022) — Then Vice President
  • Former: Jonathan Lang Secretary (2022)
  • Former: Melvin Weissburg Vp (2022)
  • Former: R. Mark Horner Member (2022) — Then Secretary
  • Former: Stephen Dargan (2022) — Member
  • Former: Thomas A'beckett Member (2022) — Then President
  • Former: Corey Thompson (2019–2021) — Member
  • Former: Diane Romaine (2019–2021) — President
  • Former: Eric Biagioli (2019–2021) — Executive Director
  • Former: Leon Katz (2019–2021) — Member
  • Former: Neil Feldman (2019–2021) — Member
  • Former: R. Mark Horner (2021) — Member
  • Former: Mel Weissburg (2019–2020) — Vice President
  • Former: Mark Horner (2020) — Member
  • Former: Christopher Liang (2019) — Treasurer
  • Former: Harry Goodman (2019) — Member
  • Former: James Nalls (2019) — Member
  • Former: Morgan Garner (2019) — Vice President

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 MSDA Charitable and Education Foundation

How much does MSDA Charitable and Education Foundation give each year?

MSDA Charitable and Education Foundation gave $48K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $58K across 1 grant.

How large is MSDA Charitable and Education Foundation?

MSDA Charitable and Education Foundation reported $2.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $431K.

Where does MSDA Charitable and Education Foundation operate?

MSDA Charitable and Education Foundation has awarded grants in District of Columbia, Maryland.

What is MSDA Charitable and Education Foundation's EIN?

MSDA Charitable and Education Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 52-1810697. 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

(3)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 3, 2020)
  2. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 14, 2026)
  3. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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