Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc.

Environment and animals
Annapolis, Maryland
EIN 52-6065757
Tax-exempt since 1966

Firms paid: 9
Fees reported, 2017–2024: $4.4M
Fees reported in 2024: $440K
Most Recent Reported Revenue: $32.2M

Fundraising fees by year

Per Form 990 Schedule G

Firms paid in 2024

$439,881 to 2 fundraisers

Fundraisers Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc. paid in 2024, from Form 990 Schedule G
Fundraiser	Filed as	Fee
Allegiance Fundraising LLC dba Allegiance GroupDigital Consulting	Digital Consulting	$301,881
Lautman & CompanyDirect responseMembership Consulting	Membership Consulting	$138,000

Also among its largest contractors in 2024

From Part VII-B of the return, which lists its five best-paid contractors of any kind paid over $100,000. These can repeat the lines above.

Lautman Maska Neill & CoFundraising content & consulting$202,250

All firms paid

Fundraisers Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc. reported paying, all years
Fundraiser	Years	Total fees
PursuantDirect response	2017–2022 · 6 years	$2,775,918
Lautman & CompanyDirect response	2017–2024 · 7 years	$1,317,468
Allegiance Fundraising LLC dba Allegiance Group	2024	$301,881
M&R StrategicDirect response	2017	$16,182

Listed as a client by:

Per firm websites

PursuantDirect response
Focus FundraisingMajor gifts
JOHN WILLIAM THOMAS CONSULTING LLCFull-service fundraising
Allegiance Fundraising LFull-service fundraising

Form 990 Snapshot

Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc.'s Form 990 figures by year
Tax year	Revenue	Contributions	Fundraising expenses	Professional fundraising fees
2022	$32.2M	$26.6M	$4.0M	$709K
2021	$37.5M	$31.1M	$3.8M	$675K
2020	$30.4M	$23.2M	$3.6M	$710K
2019	$37.6M	$32.1M	$3.6M	$669K
2018	$29.8M	$26.4M	$3.6M	$658K
2017	$35.2M	$26.5M	$3.5M	$550K

Fees are what Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc. reported on IRS Form 990. Nonprofits list only fundraisers paid $5,000 or more, and many book consultants under other expenses, so a nonprofit can have worked with firms that don't appear here. Last checked 2026-11-14.