Billions in the dark: Maryland won’t say how much taxpayer money flows to nonprofits

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WBFF) — For years, Maryland’s sprawling nonprofit sector has operated behind a veil of secrecy that state leaders praise publicly but struggle to explain under scrutiny.

That opacity was on full display this week when Spotlight on Maryland, yet again, attempted to obtain basic answers from one of the organizations that state agencies routinely cite as a source of data and information: Maryland Nonprofits.

On its website, the nonprofit organization casts its operations as improving the quality of life in local communities…

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