EIN 52-1057866

Visit Frederick (TCFC)

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(6)
Num. employees
16
Year formed
1976
Most recent tax filings
2024-06-01
Description
The Tourism Council of Frederick County is a public-private partnership dedicated to enhancing the economic benefit of tourism for Frederick County's businesses, attractions, local governments, and residents.
Also known as...
Tourism Council of Frederick County
Total revenues
$3,367,862
2024
Total expenses
$3,148,724
2024
Total assets
$4,293,624
2024
Num. employees
16
2024

Program areas at TCFC

Destination marketing included $705,470 of advertisements placed in various media outlets in fy24 promoting Frederick County as a visitor destination generating requests for 10,534 visitor information packets to be mailed; $90,061 was spent on general marketing, meetings, conferences, trade shows, and market research to increase awareness and visitation; and $115,783 to operate the visitfrederick.org website and associated databases. In 2023, $539 million was spent in Frederick County by visitors.
Visitor services including operation of the Frederick visitor center, producing brochures and a visitor guide. In fy24 the Frederick visitor center hosted 20,317 visitors. Visitors came from 50 states and 44 international countries.
Destination development expenditures totaled $344,838 including support of the great Frederick fair, the heart of the civil war heritage area, and various festivals in the Frederick surrounding area.

Grants made by TCFC

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Downtown Frederick PartnershipTripp Advertising & Main Street Programs$216,273
Main Street Middletown MDTripp Advertising & Main Street Programs$66,799
Brunswick Main StreetTripp Advertising, Tripp Development, & Main Street Programs$55,847
...and 11 more grants made

Financials for TCFC

RevenuesFYE 06/2024
Total grants, contributions, etc.$3,245,028
Program services$88,545
Investment income and dividends$26,905
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$-3,242
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$9,126
Miscellaneous revenues$1,500
Total revenues$3,367,862
Data update history
August 25, 2025
Updated personnel
Identified 3 new personnel
May 2, 2025
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2024
April 30, 2025
Updated personnel
Identified 3 new personnel
April 23, 2025
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
May 23, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsBusiness and community development organizationsConvention and visitors bureaus
Issues
Community improvementEconomic development
Characteristics
MembershipsState / local levelReceives government funding
General information
Address
151 S E St
Frederick, MD 21701
Metro area
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
County
Frederick County, MD
Website URL
visitfrederick.org/ 
Phone
(800) 999-3613
Facebook page
VisitFrederickMD 
Twitter profile
@tourfrederickmd 
IRS details
EIN
52-1057866
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1976
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
No
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
S33: Visitors, Convention Bureau
NAICS code, primary
561591: Convention and Visitors Bureaus
Parent/child status
Independent
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