EIN 52-1057866

Visit Frederick (TCFC)

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(6)
Num. employees
16
Year formed
1976
Most recent tax filings
2023-06-01
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
$3,422,537
2023
Total expenses
$3,145,584
2023
Total assets
$4,105,610
2023
Num. employees
16
2023

Program areas at TCFC

Destination marketing included $890,723 of advertisements placed in various media outlets in fy23 promoting Frederick County as a visitor destination generating requests for 14,603 visitor information packets to be mailed; $84,126 was spent on general marketing, meetings, conferences, trade shows, and market research to increase awareness and visitation; and $110,912 to operate the visitfrederick.org website and associated databases. In 2022, $518.4 million was spent in Frederick County by visitors.
Visitor services including operation of the Frederick visitor center, producing brochures and a visitor guide. In fy23 the Frederick visitor center hosted 19,229 visitors. Visitors came from 50 states and 44 international countries.
Destination development expenditures totaled $286,277 including support of the Frederick historic consortium and the heart of the civil war heritage area.

Grants made by TCFC

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Downtown Frederick PartnershipTripp Advertising & Main Street Programs$207,897
Main Street Middletown MDTripp Advertising & Main Street Programs$60,796
Thurmont FirstTripp Advertising & Main Street Programs$54,099
...and 9 more grants made

Personnel at TCFC

NameTitleCompensation
David ZiedelisExecutive Director$139,031
Becky BickertonAssistant Director
Katie ReichardOperations Director
Jake WynnMarketing and Communications Manager
Melissa WalkerDestination Sales Manager
...and 12 more key personnel

Financials for TCFC

RevenuesFYE 06/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$3,280,212
Program services$107,336
Investment income and dividends$16,664
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$17,288
Miscellaneous revenues$1,037
Total revenues$3,422,537

Form 990s for TCFC

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-062024-03-23990View PDF
2022-062023-01-20990View PDF
2021-062022-03-18990View PDF
2020-062021-04-29990View PDF
2019-062020-09-17990View PDF
...and 11 more Form 990s
Data update history
May 23, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
May 20, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 3 new personnel
May 18, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 3 new vendors, including , , and
November 25, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
July 9, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 5 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Business 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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