Gordon Croft Foundation Inc
Towson, MD · EIN 52-1682796. Reported 170 grants totalling $1,941,718 to 66 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Gordon Croft Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $50 and the largest $154,770. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Clubs Metropolitan Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $305,185 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| College of Southern Maryland Foundation | La Plata, MD | $230,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $185,763 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Meals on Wheels | Baltimore, MD | $140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| John Hopkins Inst Applied Economics | Baltimore, MD | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| House of Ruth Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $85,746 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| YMCA of Central Maryland | Towson, MD | $75,130 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Paul's School | Timonium, MD | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tim Tebow Foundation | Jacksonville, FL | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Food for the Hungry | Phoenix, AZ | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southern Maryland Food Bank | Waldorf, MD | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Loyola School | Baltimore, MD | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Health Partners Inc | Nanjemoy, MD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Special Olympics Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Ignatius Loyola Academy | Baltimore, MD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Coastal Conservation Association MD | Houston, TX | $36,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arbor Day Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $33,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Global Empowerment Mission | Doral, FL | $29,958 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Hole in the Wall Gang | New Haven, CT | $29,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| John Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maryland Food Bank | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Assistance Center of Towson Churches | Towson, MD | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Council of Trust | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Helping Up Mission | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lions Camp Merrick | Waldorf, MD | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Salvation Army | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Red Cross | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Global Genes | Aliso Viejo, CA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ducks Unlimited | Memphis, TN | $9,965 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Captains for Clean Water | Fort Myers, FL | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Ithaca, NY | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greater New Orleans Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $7,903 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Health Care for the Homeless Inc | Baltimore, MD | $6,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| A Mother's Rest | New Market, MD | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| EMPOWER4LIFE | Parkville, MD | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ending Hunger Okc | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pickersgill Retirement Community | Towson, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Volunteer Florida Foundation | Tallahassee, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Vincent De Paul Church | Baltimore, MD | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Animal Rescue & Care Shelter | Baltimore, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maryland Zoo in Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Federation of the Blind | Baltimore, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Baltimore Squashwise | Baltimore, MD | $1,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rehoboth Beach Volenteer Fire Co | Rehoboth Beach, DE | $1,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harlem Lacrosse | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Senior Dog Sanctuary | Severn, MD | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Save the Children | Fairfield, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tivy Valley Friendship Farm | Sanger, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Children's National Hospital | Silver Spring, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| La Plata Vounteer Fire Department | La Plata, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Paul's Place Outreach Center | Baltimore, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Paul's Place | Baltimore, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Soccer Without Borders | Baltimore, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Wild Turkey Federation | Buffalo, NY | $400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Willowbrook Woods Housing | Cumberland, MD | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mcarthur Family YMCA | Ferandina Beach, FL | $260 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Joy to the Children | Ferandina Beach, FL | $258 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Barcs | Baltimore, MD | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gracies Kitchen | Towson, MD | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Possabilities Plus | Atlantic Beach, FL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Painted Turtle | Santa Monica, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Cancer Society | Rocky Hill, CT | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Beebe Medical Foundation | Lewes, DE | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Old Port Tobacco Courthouse | Port Tobacco, MD | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
40 of 66 (61%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 78%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Boys & Girls Clubs Metropolitan Baltimore
PAYMENTS FOR COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS - American Cancer Society
PAYMENTS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 62 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 45 | $476,480 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 40 | $494,679 | $8,000 |
| 2023 | 45 | $473,385 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 40 | $497,174 | $5,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 73% of this one's giving went to organizations in Maryland. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Maryland.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Gordon Croft Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 102 W Pennsylvania Ave Suite 102, Towson, MD, 21204. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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