West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation Inc
Baltimore, MD · EIN 84-3355332. Reported 181 grants totalling $18.3M to 99 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
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:
- What kind of organization it is. The IRS has no activity classification on file for this one, so we cannot tell you whether it is a community foundation or a single-institution support fund. The recipient list below is the better guide.
- How spread out its giving is. 99 distinct organizations, with 7% 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.
- How much its list changes. 52% 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 $85,000. Half of what it reported fell between $50,000 and $125,000; the smallest was $5,440 and the largest $354,040. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $1,194,898 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Center for Hope Inc | Baltimore, MD | $1,108,080 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Center for Urban Families Inc | Baltimore, MD | $1,000,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Clergy United for the Transformation of Sandtown Cdc | Baltimore, MD | $960,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wide Angle Youth Media Inc | Baltimore, MD | $635,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| So What Else Inc | Bethesda, MD | $500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Parks and People Inc | Baltimore, MD | $485,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| U Empower of Maryland Inc | Severna Park, MD | $452,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rebuilding Together Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $450,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Biotechnical Institutes of Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Npower Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $375,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| No Struggle No Success Inc | Baltimore, MD | $335,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Baltimore Public Market Corporation | Baltimore, MD | $330,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Southwest Partnership Inc | Baltimore, MD | $300,080 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| 4MYCITY Inc | Baltimore, MD | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Innovation Works Inc | Baltimore, MD | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Thread Inc | Baltimore, MD | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $275,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Maryland Association of Non-Profit Organizations Inc | Baltimore, MD | $258,065 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| B & O Railroad Museum | Baltimore, MD | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Baltimore Squashwise Inc | Baltimore, MD | $250,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cody Young Empowerment Youth Charities Inc | Baltimore, MD | $240,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Saint Lukes Youth Center | Baltimore, MD | $239,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pauls Place Inc | Baltimore, MD | $231,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| NAMI Metropolitan Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $226,768 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Code in the Schools Inc | Baltimore, MD | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Intersection of Change Inc | Baltimore, MD | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Turnaround Tuesday Inc | Baltimore, MD | $225,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $210,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fayette Street Outreach Organization | Baltimore, MD | $202,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Higher Achievement Program Inc | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| No Boundaries Coalition Inc | Baltimore, MD | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc | Baltimore, MD | $192,033 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| I Am Mentality Youth Male Empowerment Project Inc | Baltimore, MD | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Associated Builders and Contractors Craft Training Tr of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fusion Partnerships Inc | Baltimore, MD | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Byte Back | Washington, DC | $165,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lets Thrive Baltimore Inc | Owings Mills, MD | $160,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Green Street Academy Inc | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Parity Baltimore Incorporated | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Project Pneuma Inc | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Safe Alternative Foundation for Education Inc | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Urban Alliance Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friendly Loving Opportunities (flo) | Baltimore, MD | $149,140 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Football League Alumni Inc | Mount Laurel, NJ | $140,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Baltimore Community Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $135,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Faith and Work Enterprises Inc | Baltimore, MD | $129,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kaboom Inc | Bethesda, MD | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nehemiah Central Community Development Corporation | Baltimore, MD | $116,986 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Vehicles for Change Inc | Halethorpe, MD | $114,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Goucher College | Baltimore, MD | $110,844 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Digital Harbor Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $108,343 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 1012 Sports Inc | Baltimore, MD | $105,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Stonier Scholarship Inc | Towson, MD | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| B-360 Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jack and Nancy Dwyer Workforce Development Center Inc | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Light Health and Wellness Comprehensive Services Inc | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maryland Philanthropy Network Inc | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service Inc | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Coppin State College Development Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $98,492 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mentoring Male Teens in the Hood | Ellicott City, MD | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St Vincent De Paul of Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Franciscan Center Inc | Baltimore, MD | $86,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Per Scholas Inc | Bronx, NY | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jane Addams Resource Corporation - Baltimore | Chicago, IL | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Omega Baltimore Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Grace Medical Center Inc | Owings Mills, MD | $71,784 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| KIPP Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Francis Neighborhood Center Corporation | Baltimore, MD | $64,736 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Be Org Inc | Baltimore, MD | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Black Executive Directors Network | Randallstown, MD | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Clay Pots Inc | Baltimore, MD | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Access Art Inc | Baltimore, MD | $58,701 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bmore Empowered Inc | Baltimore, MD | $52,800 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Garwyn Oaks Northwest Housing Resource Center Inc | Baltimore, MD | $51,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Heart Association Inc | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Junior Achievement USA | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Little Flowers Early Childhood and Development Center Inc | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pass It on Inc | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Excellence & Ambition Inc | Owings Mills, MD | $42,380 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fund for Educational Excellence Inc | Baltimore, MD | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mindful Mentors Inc | Gwynn Oak, MD | $34,550 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rise Arts Center of Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $33,449 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Obasi Foundation Inc | Reisterstown, MD | $30,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wombwork Productions Inc | Baltimore, MD | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| A New Faith Community (clay Pots) | Baltimore, MD | $25,024 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Art With a Heart Inc | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Five Smooth Stones Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Requity Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Beorg | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Urban Oasis Inc | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Youth As Resources Inc | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Technology Access and Training | Clinton, MD | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Phase 3 Training Corporation | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Unlimited Potential Mentoring Incorporated | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brown Girl Wellness Incorporated | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pigtown Climbs | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Seed School of Maryland Inc | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Walking in Purpose | Oxford, AL | $5,440 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
49 of 99 (49%) 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 kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 90 of 99 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.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 24 | $2,354,508 | $51,900 |
| 2021 | 40 | $4,562,606 | $99,246 |
| 2022 | 55 | $5,325,897 | $75,000 |
| 2023 | 62 | $6,098,882 | $100,000 |
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
93% 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.
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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.
How to approach this grantmaker
- 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.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $85,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Maryland.
- 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 West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 62 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: 2401 W Belvedere Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21215.
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