Public Charity

LIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATION

LIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATION is a nonprofit organization categorized as Public Charity based in BALTIMORE, MD. Its most recent IRS filing (2024) reports revenue of $14.8M, expenses of $10.0M, total assets of $50.5M. Imperigo tracks 200 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $11.1M.

EIN: 521369524 BALTIMORE, MD Education NTEE: B Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$14.8M
Total Expenses$10.0M
Total Assets$50.5M
Grant Records200
Funding Total$11.1M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

LIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATION IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, OPERATED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, PROVIDING HANDS ON EDUCATION AND JOB TRAINING FOR STUDENTS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON SERVING AT-RISK YOUTH. THE FOUNDATION USES MARITIME SETTINGS, COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROJECTS AND OTHER CHALLENGING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, WITH A LOW STAFF TO STUDENT RATIO. OUR EXPERIENCE BASED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS EMPHASIZE THE APPLIED LEARNING OF MATH, SCIENCE, LANGUAGE ARTS, HISTORY, ECONOMICS AND ECOLOGY. KEY OBJECTIVES OF ALL LIVING CLASSROOMS PROGRAMS ARE CAREER DEVELOPMENT, COOPERATIVE LEARNING, ELEVATING SELF-ESTEEM, AND FOSTERING MULTICULTURAL EXCHANGE. LIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATION PROVIDES OVER 30 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.

Where $100 goes at Living Classrooms Foundation

How Living Classrooms Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$84 Programs the work itself
$11 Management running the organization
$5 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $84 for programs

$69
Living Classrooms Foundation operates for the benefit of the community at large, providing hands on education and job skill training for students from diverse backgrounds, with an emphasis…
82% of program spending
$9
Living Classrooms Foundation DC provides youth and adults with challenging educational programs and offers shipboard and outreach programs to the community
10% of program spending
$6
Inner harbor paddleboats educates and hires at-risk teenagers to manage, run and maintain paddleboat and electric boat rentals at the inner harbor of Baltimore
8% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

TRUSTEE Alex Flick
TRUSTEE Alex Smith
TRUSTEE Anil Kshepakaran
TRUSTEE Beth Spurgeon
TRUSTEE Blake Sheehan
TRUSTEE Brian Billick

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$5,489,021 118 grants
Education
$3,584,043 37 grants
Youth Development
$348,000 7 grants
Health & Medicine
$315,500 4 grants
Environment & Conservation
$222,759 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $14.8M $10.0M $50.5M
2023 $11.8M $9.9M $45.3M
2022 $14.5M $9.8M $43.0M
2020 $10.3M $8.7M $34.0M
2019 $11.6M $9.8M $28.7M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $11.6M to $14.8M (+28%), with total assets most recently reported at $50.5M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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