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Alban Foundation Inc at a glance

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Alban Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$123k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$439kHuman Services$90kHealth$10kYouth Development$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $73k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA$50,000
LIVING CLASSROOM FOUNDATION$25,000
BOYS LATIN SCHOOL OF MARYLAND$25,000
ST ELIZABETH SCHOOL$13,000
ASHLEY ADDICTION TREATMENT$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $10k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$463k · 7 repeat orgs$111k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
7

Total granted

$463k
$88k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
+40%

Still filing today

57%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TB
    THE BOYS' LATIN SCHOOL OF MARYLAND INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $110k · revenue +4%
  • LC
    LIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $87k · revenue +2%
  • SS
    SEMPERMAX Support Fund
    4× · 2020–2023 · $50k · revenue +12% · 51% of their budget

Funded once

  • IC
    I C THAT
    one grant, 2022 · $30k
  • CS
    CALVERT SCHOOL INCORPORATEDgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +40%
  • WC
    WASHINGTON COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +41%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Five Smooth Stones Foundation Inc

Baltimore collegiate school for boys provides the finest liberal arts education possible to baltimore's next generation of young men, ensuring that they will become responsible citizens trained to lead and serve our community, our nation,…

Education
2
The Maryland School for the Blind

As a statewide resource center, the school provides outreach, educational and residential services for students to reach their fullest potential by preparing them to be as successful, independent, and well-rounded contributing members of…

Education
3
Field School of Charlottesville

Field school is a boy's middle school founded in 2007 by todd barnett with the support of many parents, friends, and community leaders. its mission is to develop well-rounded boys of character and accomplishment. its motto is "omnis puer…

Education
4
St Mary's University

St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.

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5
Collegebound Foundation

Collegebound empowers baltimore city schools' students to successfully pursue and complete a college degree or other post-secondary options. as a trusted advocate for city-wide college access, retention, and graduation, we provide…

—
6
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
7
Calvert County Day School Inc T/a the Calverton School

Fostering a culture of respect, high expectations, and shared experiences, the calverton school instills in students intellectual curiosity, personal responsibility, and a strong work ethic to prepare them for higher education and…

Education
8
Cfa Society Baltimore Inc

The cfa society baltimore, inc. was founded in 1948. the cfa society baltimore, inc. was established to provide the financial community with information and knowledge, while advocating ethical conduct with regard to investments and…

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9
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
10
Bullis School

Bullis school provides a student-centered balanced experience in academics, arts, athletics and community service. bullis uniquely prepares all students to become caring citizens and creative, critical thinkers who will thrive in…

Education
11
Ingenuity Prep

Ingenuity prep public charter school was formed to prepare students to succeed in college and beyond as impactful civiic leaders.

Education
12
The Seed School of Maryland

The seed school of maryland (seed maryland) is a statewide, public, college-preparatory boarding school offering an extraordinary learning and living experience in preparation for college and beyond. the maryland general assembly passed…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Living Classrooms Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Sempermax Support Fund. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 16 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/11
Grantees still filing
9/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA: $150,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINASEMPERMAX Support Fund: $50,172 · OtherSEMPERMAX Support FundLIVING CLASSROOM FOUNDATION: $35,000 · OtherLIVING CLASSROOM FOUNDATIONI C THAT: $30,000 · OtherI C THATThe Baltimore Station Inc: $20,000 · OtherThe Baltimore Station IncST ELIZABETHS SCHOOL: $13,000 · Other+1 more: $5,000 · OtherTHE BOYS' LATIN SCHOOL OF MARYLAND INC: $110,000 · EducationTHE BOYS' LATIN SCHOOL OF MARYLAND INCLIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATION: $87,458 · EducationLIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATIONCALVERT SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $20,000 · EducationCALVERT SCHOOL INCORPORATEDCHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND BALTIMORE: $10,500 · EducationWASHINGTON COLLEGE: $10,000 · Education+1 more: $3,000 · EducationSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $10,000 · HealthASHLEY INC: $10,000 · HealthASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $10,000 · Human Services
Other$303,172Education$240,958Health$20,000Human Services$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE BOYS' LATIN SCHOOL OF MARYLAND INC: $110,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATION: $87,458 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSEMPERMAX Support Fund: $50,172 over 4y, 51% of budgetThe Baltimore Station Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCALVERT SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S SCHOLARSHIP FUND BALTIMORE: $10,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWASHINGTON COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASHLEY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ONE LOVE FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF YEARDLEY LOVE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

T Rowe Price Program …The United Way of Cen…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving IncMD18.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Alban Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alban Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • The Baltimore Station Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Associated Catholic Charities Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Living Classrooms Foundation: 7% of income from government
  • Washington College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 16 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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