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Baltimore Community Foundation Inc

Baltimore, MD · EIN 23-7180620. Reported 2,281 grants totalling $110.1M to 1,051 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.

1,051organizations funded
$20,000median reported grant
$110.1Mgranted, 2021-2024
62%of grantees funded again the next year
4%of dollars to its largest recipient

Does this grantmaker accept applications?

Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.

Three things in the filing do bear on it:

  1. What kind of organization it is. For Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, the IRS classifies it as a community foundation (NTEE T310).
  2. How spread out its giving is. 1,051 distinct organizations, with 4% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
  3. How much its list changes. 62% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.

How big are its grants?

The median reported grant is $20,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $46,250; the smallest was $5,004 and the largest $4,458,913. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.

Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
$5,000 - $10,000
451 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
813 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
475 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
329 grants
$100,000 - $250,000
158 grants
$250,000 Or More
55 grants

Every organization it funded

All 1,051 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this grantmaker actually has a relationship with.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Cash Campaign of Maryland IncBaltimore, MD$4,458,913112024
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundBoston, MA$4,418,611222024
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra IncBaltimore, MD$2,773,391442024
Upsurge Baltimore CommunityBaltimore, MD$2,523,878222023
Associated Catholic Charities IncTimonium, MD$2,365,455942024
Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD$2,261,6992342024
The United Way of Central Maryland IncBaltimore, MD$2,172,077442024
Diocese of HarrisburgHarrisburg, PA$1,775,875742024
Fusion Partnerships IncBaltimore, MD$1,492,7422442024
Greater Washington Community FoundationWashington, DC$1,326,951112023
Fund for Educational Excellence IncBaltimore, MD$1,215,003642024
First Fruits Farm IncFreeland, MD$957,892442024
Mercy Health Foundation IncBaltimore, MD$945,000442024
Building 21Plymouth Mtng, PA$881,667222023
Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore CityBaltimore, MD$832,764442024
Gilman School IncBaltimore, MD$802,107442024
Teach for America IncNew York, NY$774,500442024
Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore IncBaltimore, MD$756,618542024
Pendleton Countyboard of EducationFranklin, WV$750,000112021
University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation IncBaltimore, MD$747,019842024
Cristo Rey Jesuit High SchoolBaltimore, MD$745,655442024
University of Maryland Foundation IncAdelphi, MD$714,250322022
The Loyola School IncBaltimore, MD$709,196442024
United States Catholic ConferenceWashington, DC$702,0961242024
Living Classrooms Foundation IncBaltimore, MD$660,899442024
Gilchrist Hospice Care IncHunt Valley, MD$653,550442024
Holy Trinity Catholic SchoolYork, PA$650,000332024
Capital HospiceTemple Terr, FL$610,500442024
Nature ConservancyArlington, VA$608,8651142024
Archdiocese of Baltimore Chancery IncBaltimore, MD$606,2311142024
University of Notre Dame Du LacNotre Dame, IN$600,325442024
Foundation for the Baltimore Leadership School for Young WomenBaltimore, MD$523,283442024
Saint Ignatius Loyola AcademyBaltimore, MD$520,392442024
Baltimore County MarylandTowson, MD$508,328222023
Community Assistance Network IncBaltimore, MD$481,536222024
Collegebound Foundation IncBaltimore, MD$466,673442024
Calvert School IncBaltimore, MD$450,239442024
Denison UniversityGranville, OH$442,000442024
Center for Urban Families IncBaltimore, MD$419,160442024
Child First Authority IncBaltimore, MD$416,020332024
Mcdonogh School IncorporatedOwings Mills, MD$412,490442024
Calvert Hall College of Baltimore CityTowson, MD$410,822442024
Commodore John Rodgers Elementary SchoolBaltimore, MD$408,955942024
Pikesville Armory Foundation IncStevenson, MD$400,000112023
Literacy LabWashington, DC$399,596442024
Maryland Association of Non-Profit Organizations IncBaltimore, MD$397,343532023
Baltimore Civic Fund IncBaltimore, MD$381,100332024
Roland Park Country School IncBaltimore, MD$380,852442024
Rebuild Metro IncBaltimore, MD$380,850442024
American Heart Association IncDallas, TX$380,750442024
Maryland Food Bank IncBaltimore, MD$379,697442024
Bryn Mawr School for Girls of Baltimore CityBaltimore, MD$368,766442024
Assistance Center of Towson Churches IncTowson, MD$366,141442024
Weekend Backpacks Baltimore IncBaltimore, MD$364,250442024
Robertas House IncBaltimore, MD$362,350442024
Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council IncSilver Spring, MD$360,000112024
Next One Up Foundation IncTowson, MD$350,300442024
Maryland New Directions IncBaltimore, MD$348,707112024
Innovation Works IncBaltimore, MD$346,000442024
The Movement Team IncMiddle River, MD$340,060222022
Roca IncChelsea, MA$339,500432024
Franklin Square Hospital Center IncBaltimore, MD$337,301112023
Baltimore Outreach Services IncBaltimore, MD$337,000442024
Chesapeake Bay Foundation IncAnnapolis, MD$335,834442024
The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore, MD$333,200542024
Maryland SPCA IncBaltimore, MD$332,614442024
Maryland Historical SocietyBaltimore, MD$327,340442024
Maryland InstituteBaltimore, MD$326,271742024
Maryland Philanthropy Network IncBaltimore, MD$324,5001042024
Project Pneuma IncBaltimore, MD$323,000442024
St Francis Neighborhood Center CorporationBaltimore, MD$317,000442024
Loyola University Maryland IncBaltimore, MD$311,924442024
Gary I Strausberg Childrens Cable Education Fund IncBaltimore, MD$311,578332024
University of Baltimore Foundation IncBaltimore, MD$310,664222024
Irvine Natural Science Center IncOwings Mills, MD$309,261442024
Roland Park Community Foundation IncBaltimore, MD$305,000332024
Mercy High SchoolBaltimore, MD$300,000332024
Washington CollegeChestertown, MD$293,200442024
Northwest Hospital Center IncRandallstown, MD$290,337332024
Walters Art Museum Foundation IncBaltimore, MD$288,865442024
Plantation Park Heights Urban FarmBaltimore, MD$280,373442024
World Relief Corporation O NationalBaltimore, MD$278,787332023
Fells Point Creative Alliance IncBaltimore, MD$277,140442024
Pro Bono Counseling Project IncBaltimore, MD$277,007332024
Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA$276,900542024
Parks and People IncBaltimore, MD$276,650442024
CASA IncHyattsville, MD$261,931332024
Sisters Academy of Baltimore IncBaltimore, MD$261,406442024
New Song Community Learning Ctr IncBaltimore, MD$251,755332023
Healthy Neighborhoods IncBaltimore, MD$251,500442024
Student Support Network IncTimonium, MD$248,732442024
Baltimore Museum of Art IncBaltimore, MD$248,243442024
Mental Health Association of Maryland IncLutherville, MD$247,943112023
City Neighbors Foundation IncBaltimore, MD$246,000442024
The Trustees of the Ladew Topiary Gardens IncMonkton, MD$244,250442024
Garrison Forest School IncOwings Mills, MD$242,100442024
St Vincent De Paul of Baltimore IncBaltimore, MD$242,072442024
Wide Angle Youth Media IncBaltimore, MD$240,707442024
Family & Childrens Services of Central Maryland IncBaltimore, MD$235,075222024
Greenlight Fund IncBoston, MA$229,600442024
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of MassachusettsBoston, MA$228,650222022
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the D of CWashington, DC$226,000332023
Caroline Friess Center IncBaltimore, MD$224,500442024
Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound School IncBaltimore, MD$223,750442024
Latino Economic Development Corporation of Washington DCWashington, DC$223,657222024
Notre Dame of Maryland UniversityBaltimore, MD$223,000442024
Heaven on Earth Now IncTimonium, MD$220,207442024
The Maryland Zoological Society IncBaltimore, MD$218,536442024
The Family Tree IncBaltimore, MD$218,295442024
Beth Am SynagogueBaltimore, MD$216,777442024
Health Care for the Homeless IncBaltimore, MD$213,323442024
Sheppard Pratt Health System IncBaltimore, MD$210,750332024
Improving Education IncBaltimore, MD$208,750332024
Baltimore Educational Scholarship Trust IncBaltimore, MD$208,129442024
Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD$203,699442024
Park School of Baltimore IncBaltimore, MD$203,300442024
Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter IncBrooklyn, MD$200,954442024
Duke UniversityDurham, NC$200,600442024
Asociacion Guatemaltecos Sin Fronteras IncHanover, MD$200,000112022
House of Ruth Maryland IncBaltimore, MD$198,468442024
Public Justice Center IncBaltimore, MD$196,660542024
General Conference of Seventh Day AdventistSilver Spring, MD$195,000442024
Ignite Capital IncBaltimore, MD$195,000222024
Friends School of Baltimore IncBaltimore, MD$194,664442024
Legal Aid Bureau IncBaltimore, MD$193,597442024
The Arc Baltimore IncBaltimore, MD$191,467442024
Arts for Learning Maryland IncBaltimore, MD$191,025442024
Backyard Basecamp IncBaltimore, MD$191,000442024
St Frances AcademyBaltimore, MD$190,221442024
National Philanthropic TrJenkintown, PA$190,000432023
International Rescue Committee IncNew York, NY$188,367442024
The Everyman Theatre IncorporatedBaltimore, MD$187,690442024
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA IncNew York, NY$187,017442024
Education Foundation of Baltimore County PublicTowson, MD$185,650222024
Upton Planning Committee IncBaltimore, MD$183,702432023
Nature SacredAnnapolis, MD$182,952442024
Planned Parenthood of Maryland IncBaltimore, MD$181,535442024
No Boundaries Coalition IncBaltimore, MD$181,466542024
Power Clean Recovery CorpBranford, CT$180,000442024
Gil Sandler Fund IncBaltimore, MD$178,750222024
Southeast Community DevelopmentBaltimore, MD$178,067332024
NAMI Metropolitan Baltimore IncBaltimore, MD$178,031222024
Intersection of Change IncBaltimore, MD$177,000442024
Goucher CollegeBaltimore, MD$176,617442024
Mount Saint Marys UniversityEmmitsburg, MD$173,484332024
Success for All Foundation IncBaltimore, MD$173,400112021
Baltimore Community Foundation IncBaltimore, MD$171,108332023
Center for Adoption Support and Education IncBurtonsville, MD$171,070112023
Evangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaChicago, IL$170,340642024
University of Washington FoundationSeattle, WA$170,000222023
Greater Baltimore Cultural AllianceBaltimore, MD$169,600442024
Church of the RedeemerBaltimore, MD$167,700442024
Fallston Animal Rescue Movement IncBel Air, MD$165,000442024
Young Mens Christian Association of Central Maryland IncBaltimore, MD$164,326442024
Penn Mar Organization IncFreeland, MD$163,000332023
National Aquarium IncBaltimore, MD$161,450442024
Boys Latin School of Maryland IncorporatedBaltimore, MD$161,235442024
Bmore Empowered IncBaltimore, MD$159,113332023
The Venetoulis Institute for Local JournalismBaltimore, MD$155,548332024
Family Crisis Center of Baltimore County IncBaltimore, MD$155,000332023
Youth As Resources IncBaltimore, MD$154,776442024
Girl Scouts of Central Maryland IncBaltimore, MD$154,524332024
Beyond the Boroughs IncNew York, NY$153,725442024
The St Pauls Schools IncBrooklandvl, MD$153,600742024
Village Learning Place IncBaltimore, MD$153,460442024
Baltimore Public Media CorporationBaltimore, MD$152,815442024
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan BaltimoreBaltimore, MD$152,500112024
Baltimore Medical System IncBaltimore, MD$150,000222022
Legacy Global ProgramsMesa, AZ$150,000112021
Library of CongressWashington, DC$150,000222024
Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and EngagementBaltimore, MD$150,000112024
Midtown Special Benefits DistrictBaltimore, MD$147,800332024
Holistic Life Foundation IncBaltimore, MD$146,750442024
Adelante Latina IncBaltimore, MD$145,500442024
Hopewell Cancer Support IncLutherville, MD$144,215442024
Govans Ecumenical Development CorporationBaltimore, MD$141,250322024
St Johns Episcopal ChurchEllicott City, MD$141,050112024
Morgan State University Foundation IncorporatedBaltimore, MD$140,314442024
Family Recovery Program IncorporatedBaltimore, MD$140,148442024
Franciscan Center IncBaltimore, MD$139,500442024
Asylee Women EnterpriseBaltimore, MD$139,100442024
P E a C E Team LLCMiddle River, MD$138,500222024
Pauls Place IncBaltimore, MD$133,634442024
Marian House IncBaltimore, MD$132,387442024
Urban Oasis IncBaltimore, MD$131,000442024
St Annes Episcopal ParishAnnapolis, MD$129,500442024
Maryland Opera IncBaltimore, MD$128,872442024
Sabbath HouseFreeland, MD$128,400442024
Gbmc Foundation IncBaltimore, MD$128,000332024
Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake IncHalethorpe, MD$127,750442024
Helping Up Mission IncorporatedBaltimore, MD$127,614442024
Parity Baltimore IncorporatedBaltimore, MD$127,500222022
Seton Heritage Ministries IncEmmitsburg, MD$127,000442024
Maryland Family Network IncBaltimore, MD$126,850332024
Notre Dame Preparatory SchoolTowson, MD$126,473442024
Civica FoundationLehi, UT$125,000112022
Common FutureSan Francisco, CA$125,000112022
Maryland Citizens Health Initiative Education Fund IncBaltimore, MD$125,000222024
Baltimore Office of Promotion and the ArtsBaltimore, MD$124,671442024
The Samaritan Community IncBaltimore, MD$123,250442024
Maryland Club Preservation Foundation IncBaltimore, MD$122,850222022
Conflict Resolution Center of Baltimore County IncParkville, MD$122,488112023
Baltimore Safe HavenBaltimore, MD$121,390442024
Hobart and William Smith CollegesGeneva, NY$120,000332024
Land Preservation Trust IncCockeysville, MD$117,100332024
Stevenson University IncOwings Mills, MD$116,000332024
The American Visionary Art Museum IncBaltimore, MD$116,000442024
Dundalk Renaissance CorporationDundalk, MD$114,114442024
Immigration Outreach Service Center IncBaltimore, MD$114,000442024
Star Spangled Banner Flag House Association IncorporatedBaltimore, MD$110,105442024
City of Refuge Baltimore IncBaltimore, MD$110,000442024
Friendly Loving Opportunities - FloBaltimore, MD$110,000542024
Stonier Scholarship IncTowson, MD$109,632432024
St Marys Seminary & UniversityBaltimore, MD$109,233442024
ELEV8 Baltimore IncBaltimore, MD$108,943332024
Middle Grades PartnershipBaltimore, MD$106,500442024
Technology Growth Initiative IncBaltimore, MD$106,100222024
Abortion Fund of Maryland IncBaltimore, MD$105,934332024
Towson University Foundation IncTowson, MD$105,744442024
Fayette Street Outreach OrganizationBaltimore, MD$105,550222024
Pennsylvania Avenue Black Arts and Entertainment District IncBaltimore, MD$105,000332024
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit CorporationArlington, VA$105,000442024
The Hampden Family Center IncBaltimore, MD$104,743332023
Baltimore School for the Arts Fdn IncBaltimore, MD$103,282442024
Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Foundation IncBaltimore, MD$102,500222024
St Marys Outreach Center IncBaltimore, MD$102,500332024
Baltimore Hunger Project LLCLuthvle Timon, MD$100,669442024
Fair Hill Foundation IncElkton, MD$100,500222024
St Paul's Church in NantucketNantucket, MA$100,250112024
Baltimore Community Lending IncBaltimore, MD$100,000222024
Community Volunteer Fire Department of Bowleys Quarters & Vicinity IncBaltimore, MD$100,000112024
Nuestras Raices IncBaltimore, MD$100,000222023
Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY$100,000222024
The Cahoon Museum of American Art IncCotuit, MA$100,000222024
Worcester County Health DepartmentSnow Hill, MD$100,000112022
I Am Mentality Youth Male Empowerment Project IncBaltimore, MD$99,098222022
Creative Nomads LtdBaltimore, MD$97,000222022
Civic Works IncBaltimore, MD$95,800112023
Afrithrive IncSilver Spring, MD$95,680112023
Abilities Network IncTowson, MD$94,966222024
Baltimore Design School IncBaltimore, MD$94,900442024
Enterprise Community Partners IncColumbia, MD$94,866332023
St Thomas Episcopal ChurchOwings Mills, MD$93,850442024
Garrett County Health DepartmentOakland, MD$92,986112022
Pomona CollegeClaremont, CA$92,500442024
Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ$91,800442024
Bach Concert SeriesBaltimore, MD$90,885442024
Memorial Episcopal ChurchBaltimore, MD$90,000442024
Philemon Ministry IncBaltimore, MD$90,000222024
Kennedy Krieger Foundation IncBaltimore, MD$89,725442024

530 of 1,051 (50%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 833 of 1,051 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.

Education
161 orgs
Human Services
100 orgs
Arts & Culture
90 orgs
Community Improvement
80 orgs
Youth Development
54 orgs
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
43 orgs
Health Care
43 orgs
Environment
39 orgs

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants reportedTotalMedian grant
2021537$23.9M$22,250
2022575$31.9M$20,000
2023565$25.0M$20,100
2024604$29.3M$19,787

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.

Where its money goes

77% of its giving went to organizations in Maryland. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.

Maryland
$85.0M
Massachusetts
$6.1M
Pennsylvania
$4.0M
District of Columbia
$3.8M
New York
$2.9M
Virginia
$1.2M
Florida
$954K
California
$944K

Down to the city

Baltimore, MD
$63.4M
Boston, MA
$5.1M
Washington, DC
$3.8M
Towson, MD
$3.3M
Timonium, MD
$2.9M
New York, NY
$2.1M

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Funders that support the same organizations

These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available 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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund226 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc203 shared recipientsT Rowe Price Program for Charitable189 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc167 shared recipientsThe United Way of Central Maryland Inc149 shared recipientsThe Abell Foundation Inc132 shared recipients

How to approach this grantmaker

  1. Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
  2. Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $20,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
  3. Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Maryland.
  4. Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Baltimore Community Foundation Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.

On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 604 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.

Address of record on the latest return: 11 E Mount Royal Ave 2ND Floor, Baltimore, MD, 21202.

EIN 23-7180620 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Form 990 is published about a year after the tax year it covers. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this organization has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next.

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