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Ausherman Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$699k
Granted FY2024still arriving
98
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0193% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Arts & Culture$1.7MHealth$1.1MHuman Services$802kCommunity Improvement$570kPhilanthropy$561kEducation$525kReligion$354kHousing & Shelter$345kOther$0
02FY2024 · 98 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k76 grants · $183k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $335k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $181k
$2,500
Median grant
11
States reached
$23M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
L'ARCHE FREDERICK MARYLAND INC$75,000
SPECTRUM SUPPORT INC$55,000
THE FREDERICK CHILDREN'S CHORUS INC$51,000
CENTRO HISPANO DE FREDERICK$45,480
WOMEN SOLVE$30,000
Individual grant recipient$27,000
MARYLAND DEAF COMMUNITY CENTER$25,000
Individual grant recipient$21,475
FREDERICK ARTS COUNCIL INC$20,000
DOWNTOWN FREDERICK PARTNERSHIP$18,112
THE FREDERICK CENTER$16,700
Individual grant recipient$15,500
FREDERICK CLUB OF NAT'L ASSOC OF NEGRO BUSINESS & PROF WOMEN'S$15,000
YMCA OF FREDERICK COUNTY$13,250
SHIP OF FREDERICK COUNTY$12,700
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $793k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PALS PROGRAM: $6k → 6%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $8k → 15%PALS PROGRAM: $5k → 6%THE RANCH: $18k → 6%COMMUNITY LIVING INC: $19k → 6%COMMUNITY LIVING: $5k → 6%COMMUNITY LIVING: $3k → 6%TGP GIVES INC: $750 → 6%HELPING HANDS GLOBAL INC: $10k → 6%HELPING HANDS GLOBAL INC: $2k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY: $150k → 6%SECOND CHANCE GARAGE: $85k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY: $70k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY INC: $65k → 6%HOSPICE OF FREDERICK COUNTY: $26k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY INC: $22k → 6%SECOND CHANCE GARAGE: $9k → 6%COMMUNITY OF GRACE ORGANIZATION INC: $7k → 6%COMMUNITY OF GRACE ORGANIZATION INC: $5k → 6%SECOND CHANCE GARAGE: $5k → 6%LEAD4LIFE INC: $3k → 6%LEAD4LIFE INC: $3k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY: $3k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY: $3k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY: $2k → 6%SECOND CHANCE GARAGE: $1k → 6%LEAD4LIFE: $1k → 6%HEARTLY HOUSE: $46k → 6%CENTRO HISPANO DE FREDERICK: $45k → 6%HEARTLY HOUSE INC: $29k → 6%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $21k → 6%HEARTLY HOUSE INC: $17k → 6%WOMAN TO WOMAN MENTORING INC: $25k → 6%WOMAN TO WOMAN MENTORING: $18k → 6%CENTRO HISPANO DE FREDERICK: $8k → 6%HEARTLY HOUSE: $7k → 6%HEARTLY HOUSE: $7k → 6%CENTRO HISPANO DE FREDERICK: $6k → 6%WOMAN TO WOMAN MENTORING: $7k → 6%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $5k → 6%CENTRO HISPANO DE FREDERICK: $2k → 6%WOMAN TO WOMAN MENTORING: $2k → 6%HEARTLY HOUSE: $2k → 6%HEARTLY HOUSE: $2k → 6%DAYBREAK ADULT DAY SERVICES: $1k → 6%WOMAN TO WOMAN MENTORING: $1k → 6%FREDERICK HEALTH HOSPICE: $900 → 6%FREDERICK HEALTH HOSPICE: $650 → 6%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

ME
VT
WA
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
KY
VA
MD
NM
TN
NC
SC
DC
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$6.3M · 164 repeat orgs$983k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +56% since the first grant, against +11% for the ones you funded once.

164 repeat relationships — 82 still active in FY2024, 82 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

164
157

Total granted

$6.3M
$858k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+11%

Still filing today

54%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TF
    THE FREDERICK ARTS COUNCIL INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $538k · revenue +26%
  • DF
    DOWNTOWN FREDERICK PARTNERSHIP INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $354k · revenue +82%
  • MO
    MISSION OF MERCY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $315k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • SJ
    ST JOHN FREDERICK THE EVANGELIST
    one grant, 2019 · $100k
  • ST
    SET THE STAGE INC
    one grant, 2018 · $100k
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF FREDERICK
    one grant, 2019 · $89k

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Healthcare Access Maryland Inc

We are making maryland healthier by connecting residents to insurance and care, educating the community about healthier living, and advocating a more equitable health care system.

Health
2
Business Volunteers Maryland Inc

Inspire volunteerism and connect motivated people and businesses to nonprofit organizations leading to stronger communities. our programs connect the right people with the right organizations.

Community Improvement
3
First Maryland Disability Trust Inc

To enhance the quality of life, autonomy and dignity of marylanders with disabilities by offering cost effective trust services to protect, manage and use trust assets for beneficiaries while preserving eligibility for public and private…

Human Services
4
Frederick Health Inc

To positively impact the well-being of every individual in our community.

Health
5
University of Maryland Facultyphysicians Inc

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland, school of medicine, administrative support services are provided to the physician practices of the university of maryland, including but not limited to information technology,…

Health
6
Maryland Inclusive Housing Corporation

Maryland inclusive housing corporation's (mih) mission is to help people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities (idd) successfully access and maintain inclusive, affordable, and accessible housing of their choice by…

Housing & Shelter
7
The Chamber of Commerce of Frederick County Inc

Connecting businesses and the community through leadership, advocacy and education.

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8
Disability Rights Maryland Inc dba Maryland Disability Law Center Inc

Disability Rights Maryland (DRM) is the only non-profit organization exclusively focused on providing free legal advocacy services to people with all types of disabilities, of all ages and in all settings, statewide.

Crime & Legal
9
Baltimore Corps Inc

To cultivate career advancement opportunities for local talent, facilitate talent acquisition for local employers, increase access to capital for local entrepreneurs' social ventures, and foster cross-sector collaboration to address city…

Employment
10
Maryland New Directions Inc

Maryland new directions' mission is to train and coach people facing career and life transitions to overcome barriers, restore self-belief, and acquire the skills and tools needed to secure employment on a path to a living wage.

Health
11
Moveable Feast Inc

Moveable feast's mission is to improve the health of marylanders experiencing food insecurity and chronic illness by preparing and delivering medically tailored meals and providing nutrition education, thereby achieving racial, social, and…

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12
The Arc Baltimore Inc

The arc baltimore supports people with developmental disabilities to lead fulfilling lives with a sense of belonging, purpose, and meaningful relationships.

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Frederick County Inc and the most unlike its peers is Yogamour Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 25 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%7%<5yr16%12%5–10yr19%27%10–20yr16%17%20–35yr11%23%35–55yr16%14%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%7%<5yr16%4%5–10yr19%18%10–20yr16%17%20–35yr11%44%35–55yr16%11%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 7% of your grantees by number, and just 7% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.5% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.5%1/215
the rest of the field
14%
5,902/41,634

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

177 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 177 of the 339 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
53
Early backer (in before they grew)
171/177
Grantees still filing
126/177
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SHIP OF FREDERICK COUNTY — $340,010 · OtherSHIP OF FREDERICK COUNTYIndividual grant recipient — $310,784 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION — $274,476 · OtherMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATIONBEYOND SHELTER FREDERICK INC — $240,900 · OtherBEYOND SHELTER FREDERICK INCSPECTRUM SUPPORT INC — $191,306 · Other+136 more — $2,787,227 · Other+136 moreTHE FREDERICK ARTS COUNCIL INC — $538,282 · Arts & CultureTHE FREDERICK A…WEINBERG CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC — $113,175 · Arts & CultureWEINBERG CENTER…THE FREDERICK CHILDRENS CHORUS INC — $98,500 · Arts & CultureTHE FREDERICK C…HIPPODROME FOUNDATION INC — $70,000 · Arts & CultureHIPPODROME FOUN…NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CIVIL WAR MEDICINE I — $52,250 · Arts & Culture+11 more — $131,480 · Arts & Culture+11 moreMISSION OF MERCY INC — $314,500 · Human ServicesMISSION OF M…HEARTLY HOUSE INC — $109,345 · Human ServicesHEARTLY HOUS…SECOND CHANCES GARAGE INC — $100,950 · Human ServicesSECOND CHANC…CENTRO HISPANO DE FREDERICK INC — $61,080 · Human ServicesCENTRO HISPA…WOMAN TO WOMAN MENTORING INC — $51,520 · Human ServicesWOMAN TO WOM…BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC — $34,470 · Human ServicesFrederick Health Hospice Inc — $27,150 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY LIVING INC — $26,400 · Human Services+6 more — $61,800 · Human Services+6 moreMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC — $78,500 · HealthL'Arche Frederick Maryland Inc — $75,000 · HealthFrederick Health Medical Group LLC — $70,000 · HealthFREDERICK COUNTY HEALTHCARE COALITION INC — $49,500 · HealthEVERYMIND INC — $45,000 · HealthSun Stand Still Recovery Corp — $25,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $13,200 · Health+6 more — $29,400 · HealthDOWNTOWN FREDERICK PARTNERSHIP INC — $353,507 · Community Improvement+1 more — $5,400 · Community ImprovementUNITED WAY OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC — $227,619 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY MARYLAND INC — $102,247 · Philanthropy+3 more — $7,500 · PhilanthropyMARYLAND ENSEMBLE THEATRE INC — $71,125 · EducationHOOD COLLEGE — $61,132 · EducationCHANGE THE CONVERSATION INC — $46,015 · EducationWOMEN SOLVE — $37,000 · EducationEach 1 Teach 1 INC — $23,500 · EducationLIFE AND DISCOVERY INC — $15,900 · EducationSAINT JAMES SCHOOL — $14,250 · Education+2 more — $12,500 · Education
Other$4,144,703Arts & Culture$1,003,687Human Services$787,215Health$385,600Community Improvement$358,907Philanthropy$337,366Education$281,422

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE FREDERICK ARTS COUNCIL INC — $538,282 over 8y, 14% of budgetDOWNTOWN FREDERICK PARTNERSHIP INC — $353,507 over 7y, 21% of budgetMISSION OF MERCY INC — $314,500 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetBEYOND SHELTER FREDERICK INC — $240,900 over 7y, 4.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC — $227,619 over 6y, 5.9% of budgetSPECTRUM SUPPORT INC — $191,306 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetWEINBERG CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC — $113,175 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetFRIENDS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRESS — $110,829 over 4y, 12% of budgetHEARTLY HOUSE INC — $109,345 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY MARYLAND INC — $102,247 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetSECOND CHANCES GARAGE INC — $100,950 over 5y, 8.7% of budgetTHE FREDERICK CHILDRENS CHORUS INC — $98,500 over 5y, 25% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FREDERICK CO — $87,611 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetLITERACY COUNCIL OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC — $85,235 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC — $78,500 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetL'Arche Frederick Maryland Inc — $75,000 over 1y, 43% of budgetMARYLAND ENSEMBLE THEATRE INC — $71,125 over 7y, 5.1% of budgetFrederick Health Medical Group LLC — $70,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHIPPODROME FOUNDATION INC — $70,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetINTERFAITH HOUSING ALLIANCE INC — $68,700 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetHOOD COLLEGE — $61,132 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRO HISPANO DE FREDERICK INC — $61,080 over 4y, 11% of budgetNEW SPIRE ARTS INC — $52,363 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL MUSEUM OF CIVIL WAR MEDICINE I — $52,250 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetWOMAN TO WOMAN MENTORING INC — $51,520 over 5y, 11% of budgetFREDERICK COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFREDERICK COUNTY HEALTHCARE COALITION INC — $49,500 over 1y, 24% of budgetCHANGE THE CONVERSATION INC — $46,015 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetTHE FREDERICK CENTER INC — $45,048 over 5y, 5.6% of budgetEVERYMIND INC — $45,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC — $34,470 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF FREDERICK COUNTY MD — $31,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC — $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFrederick Health Hospice Inc — $27,150 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY LIVING INC — $26,400 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FEDERATED CHARITIES CORPORATION OF FREDERICK — $26,276 over 6y, 4.6% of budgetSun Stand Still Recovery Corp — $25,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetNATIONAL CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMARYLAND DEAF COMMUNITY CENTER — $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetEach 1 Teach 1 INC — $23,500 over 3y, 17% of budgetYOUNG LIFE — $22,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSETON CENTER INC — $19,990 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetTHE RANCH INC — $18,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE DELAPLAINE ARTS CENTER INC — $16,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLIFE AND DISCOVERY INC — $15,900 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetADVOCATES FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES INC — $15,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetSAINT JAMES SCHOOL — $14,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWOLF TRAP FOUNDATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — $14,020 over 3y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

  • Who funds THE FREDERICK ARTS COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds DOWNTOWN FREDERICK PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds MISSION OF MERCY INC ↗
  • Who funds BEYOND SHELTER FREDERICK INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds SPECTRUM SUPPORT INC ↗
  • Who funds WEINBERG CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRESS ↗
  • Who funds HEARTLY HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY MARYLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds SECOND CHANCES GARAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FREDERICK CHILDRENS CHORUS INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FREDERICK CO ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY COUNCIL OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds L'Arche Frederick Maryland Inc ↗
  • Who funds MARYLAND ENSEMBLE THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds Frederick Health Medical Group LLC ↗
  • Who funds HIPPODROME FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH HOUSING ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds HOOD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CENTRO HISPANO DE FREDERICK INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW SPIRE ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CIVIL WAR MEDICINE I ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Delaplaine Foundation…The Community Foundat…Ausherman Family TrustUnited Way of Frederi…William E Cross Found…G Frank Thomas Fdn In…Nora Roberts Foundati…The Helen J Serini Fo…Dr Henry P & M Page D…Joseph D Baker Fund I…The Kahlert Foundatio…The George L Shields …
Delaplaine Foundation IncMD129.6× affinity63 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Delaplaine Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Frederick County Maryland Inc · Ausherman Family Trust · United Way of Frederick County Inc · William E Cross Foundation Inc · G Frank Thomas Fdn Inc Main · Nora Roberts Foundation · The Helen J Serini Foundation Inc · Dr Henry P & M Page Durkee Laughlin Foundation Inc · Joseph D Baker Fund Inc · The Kahlert Foundation Inc · The George L Shields Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Ausherman Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 390%4%15%34%60%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Life and Discovery Inc — 100% of income from government
  • Hias Inc — 88% of income from government
  • Maryland Humanities Council Inc — 60% of income from government
  • Friends for Neighborhood Progress — 55% of income from government
  • Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc — 46% of income from government
  • Partners in Care Maryland Inc — 40% of income from government
  • Community Mediation Maryland Inc — 37% of income from government
  • Heartly House Inc — 33% of income from government
  • Hopeworks of Howard County Inc — 29% of income from government
  • Baltimore Safe Haven Corp — 28% of income from government
  • Interfaith Housing Alliance Inc — 27% of income from government
  • The Frederick Arts Council Inc — 24% of income from government
  • Story Tapestries Inc — 16% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Disability Rights Fund Inc — 10% of income from government
  • The Strathmore Hall Foundation Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Maryland Ensemble Theatre Inc — 5% of income from government
  • The Delaplaine Arts Center Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Everymind Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Community Crisis Services Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Hippodrome Foundation Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Fusion Partnership Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Downtown Frederick Partnership Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Frederick Health Hospital Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Bradley Food Pantry Inc — 2% of income from government
  • The United Way of Central Maryland Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Olney Theatre Corporation Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Adoptions Together Inc Dba As Paths for Families — 0% of income from government
  • The Ranch Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
39get no government money at all
53report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
4rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Ausherman Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Ausherman Family 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 339 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

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