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Albert E & Naomi B Sinnisen Foundation at a glance

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Albert E & Naomi B Sinnisen Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$53k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Human Services$93kArts & Culture$76kPublic Safety & Disaster$74kYouth Development$64kReligion$20kHealth$18kAnimals$12kRecreation & Sports$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $31k
$3,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Trinity Reformed United Church of Christ$10,500
Boonsboro Ambalance and Rescue Squad$10,500
San Mar Family & Community Service$10,000
Star Community Inc$4,050
The Interfaith Service Coalition of Hancock MD Inc$3,500
Girls Inc of Washington County$3,500
Hancock Fire Company Inc$2,500
Washington County Historical Society$2,500
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts$2,000
Hagerstown Areas Religious Council$1,950
Friends of the Washington County Rural Heritage Museum$1,000
Women of Valor Ministries inc$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $58k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%The ARC of Washington County: $10k → 12%Star Community Inc: $7k → 12%Children In Need Inc: $6k → 12%Star Community Inc: $5k → 12%Children In Need Inc: $5k → 12%Star Community Inc: $5k → 12%The ARC of Washington County: $5k → 12%Star Community Inc: $4k → 12%Children in Need Inc: $4k → 12%Children In Need Inc: $3k → 12%Star Community Inc: $3k → 12%Star Community Inc: $1k → 12%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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$329k · 19 repeat orgs$55k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
8

Total granted

$329k
$31k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+8%

Still filing today

84%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Public Safety & DisasterArts & CultureHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationReligionOther
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

  • GI
    GIRLS INCORPORATED OF WASHINGTON COUNTY
    5× · 2020–2025 · $30k · revenue +56%
  • IS
    INTERFAITH SERVICE COALITION OF HANCOCK MARYLAND INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $26k · revenue +34%
  • SC
    STAR COMMUNITY INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $25k · revenue +50%

Funded once

  • YO
    YMCA of Hagerstown MD Inc
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • MS
    MARYLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +23%
  • HG
    Horizon Goodwill Industries
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
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
Washington County Chamber of Commerce Inc

The organization provides programs and services that meet the business and professional needs of its members while promoting efforts to make the community a great place to live and work.

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2
Washington County Arts Council Inc

Promotes the arts and related activities at local, state and national levels

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3
Washington County Free Library

The mission of the washington county free library system is to continually improve our service to the public by:* providing the public with free access to library materials in a variety of formats* promoting community enrichment, economic…

Education
4
The Washington County Humane Society Inc

Rescue and care for stray or unwanted animals.

Animals
5
Washington County Chamber of Commerce

To promote and advance the interest of the washington county business community.

Community Improvement
6
Historical Society Harford Cou

Preserve the history of Harford County, Maryland

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7
Washington County Historical Society Inc

The washington county historical societys mission is to forge meaningful connections across generations to washington countys hard-working legacy.

Arts & Culture
8
Washington County Historical Society

Promote an understanding of the history of washington county, ohio by collecting, preserving, and making available to the public, that history, and its relationship to the region beyond washington county.

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9
Washington County Historical Society Inc

Historical museum & educational society

Arts & Culture
10
Howard County Chamber of Commerce

To represent the business community of howard county, maryland

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11
Boys & Girls Club of Washington County Inc

Provide behavioral guidance and promote health, social, educational and vocational development of boys and girls six to eighteen years of age.

Youth Development
12
Harford Volunteer Fire Company

To provide fire protection, rescue and ambulance services to a community of approximately 4000 people.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Washington County Historical Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is Friends of the Wash Co Rural Heritage Museum Inc. 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

20 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. 20 of the 31 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $40,875 · OtherIndividual grant recipientINTERFAITH SERVICE COALITION OF HANCOCK MARYLAND INC: $25,705 · OtherINTERFAITH SERVICE COALITION OF HANCOCK MARYLAN…MASON-DIXON COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $19,400 · OtherMASON-DIXON COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICASan Mar Family & Community Service: $17,500 · OtherSan Mar Family & Community ServiceTrinity Reformed United Church of Christ: $10,500 · OtherTrinity Reformed United Church of ChristBoonsboro Ambalance and Rescue Squad: $10,500 · OtherBoonsboro Ambalance and Rescue SquadYMCA of Hagerstown MD Inc: $9,500 · OtherYMCA of Hagerstown MD IncIndividual grant recipient: $7,500 · Other+6 more: $20,258 · Other+6 moreMT AETNA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: $24,607 · Public Safety & DisasterMT AETNA VOLUNTEER F…HANCOCK RESCUE SQUAD INC: $15,500 · Public Safety & DisasterHANCOCK RESCUE SQUAD…HANCOCK FIRE COMPANY INC: $15,000 · Public Safety & DisasterHANCOCK FIRE COMPANY…SHARPSBURG VOLUNTEER FIRE CO INC: $13,000 · Public Safety & DisasterSHARPSBURG VOLUNTEER…STAR COMMUNITY INC: $24,809 · Human ServicesSTAR COMMUNITY I…CHILDREN IN NEED INC: $18,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN IN NEED…ARC OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC: $14,800 · Human ServicesARC OF WASHINGTO…GIRLS INCORPORATED OF WASHINGTON COUNTY: $30,300 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INCORPO…BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WASHINGTON COUNTY: $14,382 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS …WASHINGTON COUNTY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $13,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MARYLAND THEATRE ASSOCIATION: $8,834 · Arts & CultureWASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureFriends of the Wash Co Rural Heritage Museum Inc: $1,000 · Arts & CultureHUMANE SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INCORPORATED: $12,450 · AnimalsWOMEN OF VALOR MINISTRIES INC: $7,494 · ReligionWASHINGTON COUNTY LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM INC: $2,500 · EducationBARBARA INGRAM SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $1,098 · Education
Other$161,738Public Safety & Disaster$68,107Human Services$57,609Youth Development$44,682Arts & Culture$28,834Animals$12,450Religion$7,494Education$3,598

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF WASHINGTON COUNTY: $30,300 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetINTERFAITH SERVICE COALITION OF HANCOCK MARYLAND INC: $25,705 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetSTAR COMMUNITY INC: $24,809 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMT AETNA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT: $24,607 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetMASON-DIXON COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $19,400 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCHILDREN IN NEED INC: $18,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetHANCOCK RESCUE SQUAD INC: $15,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetHANCOCK FIRE COMPANY INC: $15,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetARC OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC: $14,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WASHINGTON COUNTY: $14,382 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWASHINGTON COUNTY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: $13,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSHARPSBURG VOLUNTEER FIRE CO INC: $13,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INCORPORATED: $12,450 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MARYLAND THEATRE ASSOCIATION: $8,834 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWOMEN OF VALOR MINISTRIES INC: $7,494 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetWASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $6,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetMARYLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWASHINGTON COUNTY LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBARBARA INGRAM SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $1,098 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFriends of the Wash Co Rural Heritage Museum Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

The Community Foundat…Kershner Sisters Foun…The John R Hershey an…Richard N Funkhouser …Alice V & David W Fle…The Hamilton Family F…Nora Roberts Foundati…Nisource Charitable F…Holzapfel Family Char…Michael G Callas Char…Delaplaine Foundation…James and Mary Schurz…
The Community Foundation of Washington County Maryland IncMD38.9× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Washington County Maryland Inc · Kershner Sisters Foundation · The John R Hershey and Anna L Hershey Family Foundation Inc · Richard N Funkhouser Foundationinc · Alice V & David W Fletcher Foundation Inc · The Hamilton Family Foundation Inc · Nora Roberts Foundation · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Holzapfel Family Charitable Foundation C/O James Holzapfel · Michael G Callas Charitable Trust · Delaplaine Foundation Inc · James and Mary Schurz Foundation Inc

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 Albert E & Naomi B Sinnisen Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Albert E & Naomi B Sinnisen Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Interfaith Service Coalition of Hancock Maryland Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Maryland Symphony Orchestra Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Washington County Museum of Fine Arts: 2% of income from government
  • Star Community Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
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.
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How do I get to Albert E & Naomi B Sinnisen Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Albert E & Naomi B Sinnisen Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 31 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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