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Baltimore Children and Youth Fund Inc

Baltimore children & youth fund stewards public funds to support children and youth in baltimore city. The fund awards grants to community-based, youth-serving organizations and provides capacity-building and technical assistance to strengthen organizational effectiveness and leadership. These activities support the health, safety, and…

$11M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
89
Grants FY2025
75
Organizations funded FY2024
11%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$96,893
Largest grant, FY2025
$623,500
Organizations funded a year
3 to 75
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$18M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Baltimore Children and Youth Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.8M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Youth DevelopmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving89$11M27%
FY202475$9.0M11%
FY202357$9.3M93%
FY202239$9.1M95%
FY20213$5.0Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$11MYouth Development$8.9MCommunity Improvement$5.6MArts & Culture$5.0MHuman Services$3.3MRecreation & Sports$1.7MPhilanthropy$1.7MHealth$1.4MOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Fund for Educational Excellence Inc$8,686,000511%
Fusion Partnership Inc$2,750,000410%
No Boundaries Coalition Inc$1,500,0001n/a
Thrive Arts$900,0001n/a
Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance Inc$866,2501n/a
Lets Thrive Baltimore$521,575438%
Arts Every Day Inc$470,000240%
Ballet After Dark Incorporated$437,2002n/a
Succor Transitional Program Inc$417,500465%
Team of We Happyville$393,000391%
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All grantees of Baltimore Children and Youth Fund Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Fund for Educational Excellence Inc$8,686,000511%
Fusion Partnership Inc$2,750,000410%
No Boundaries Coalition Inc$1,500,0001n/a
Thrive Arts$900,0001n/a
Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance Inc$866,2501n/a
Lets Thrive Baltimore$521,575438%
Arts Every Day Inc$470,000240%
Ballet After Dark Incorporated$437,2002n/a
Succor Transitional Program Inc$417,500465%
Team of We Happyville$393,000391%
RISE Arts Center of Baltimore Inc$385,500361%
Crayons and Culture$373,0002n/a
Moving History Inc$367,500383%
Black Girls Cook$359,000379%
Active Achievers$357,500394%
Beyond the Natural Foundation$353,440346%
Mtm Foundation Inc$347,500316%
Cody Young Empowerment Youth Charities Inc$347,500365%
Phase 3 Training Corporation$342,500311%
Requity Foundation Inc$332,886365%
Sankofa Childrens Museum of African Cultures Inc$330,418362%
Dayspring Inc$328,100376%
Maryland Philanthropy Network$322,50033%
Leader Breeders Inc$319,000216%
The Be Org Inc$317,500315%
Corner Team Inc$317,500388%
Marching Elite Foundation$317,500363%
Saint Luke's Youth Center Inc$317,500354%
William J Watkins Sr Educational Institute$317,500365%
Cultivating & Embracing Change Inc$317,500343%
Board Room Chess Inc$309,393354%
Mentoring Male Teens in the Hood Inc$307,500346%
Natural Born Champions Inc$305,000212%
Obasi Foundation Inc$300,0001n/a
ISLAMIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE OF AMERICA Inc$295,238352%
Heartsmiles Inc$295,000214%
Dance Happens Inc$292,500351%
Elev8baltimoreinc$291,92124%
Missionfit$290,779378%
Adelante Latina Inc$285,500338%
Coach G Academy Inc$275,405326%
Blax Lax Inc$270,0002n/a
Baltimore Urban Baseball Association Inc$270,000269%
Light Health and Wellness Comprehensive Services Inc$267,500314%
Community Law in Action Inc$267,500358%
BALTIMORE UNDER GROUND SCIENCE SPACE Inc$267,500332%
Imagine Me Ministries Inc$267,500391%
Grind Hard Enrichment Program$267,5003n/a
One More One Less Mentoring Inc$267,500379%
Roots of Scouting Inc$267,5003n/a
Excellence & Ambitions Inc$267,500394%
The Community School Inc$267,500387%
Bmore Empowered Inc$267,500313%
Visions Select Baseball Inc$267,5003n/a
Endsideout Inc$267,500366%
Urban Youth Initiative Project Inc$267,5003n/a
Uempower of Maryland Inc$267,500326%
Youth of the Diaspora$267,500341%
The Agoge Project$267,500327%
My Girls$267,5003n/a
Young Successful Leaders Inc$250,0001n/a
The Womens Institute for Social & Economic Development Inc$250,0001n/a
A Prosperous Tomorrow$250,0001n/a
For My Kidz Inc$250,000168%
Each Teach Inc$250,0001n/a
Global Children Financial Literacy Foundation$250,0001n/a
Oficina Da Capoeira Social Project Baltimore$250,0001n/a
Qss Baltimore Inc$250,0001n/a
B-360 Baltimore Inc$250,000265%
Glow Forward Foundation$250,0001n/a
Taste Wise Kids Inc$250,0001n/a
Young Black Scholar Institute$250,0001n/a
Wylie Foundation$250,0001n/a
Beyond Fearless Inspired by Truth Inc$250,0001n/a
Aziza PE&CE$249,158222%
The Tender Bridge Inc$225,125280%
Youth as Resources Inc$225,000181%
Tendea Family Inc$225,000332%
Loving Arms Inc$225,0001n/a
Chris Wilson Foundation$225,0001n/a
Joy Baltimore Corp$220,0002n/a
My Covenant Place$212,500281%
East Baltimore Historical Library I$212,5002n/a
Youth Educational Services Incorporated$212,500271%
Focus on Children United for Success$212,500291%
Fly Girl Network Inc$212,500273%
Social & Economic Empowerment through Knowledge I$212,500268%
Lil Laughs Corporation$212,5002n/a
The Bamboo Project$212,5002n/a
The Global Air Drone Academy$212,5002n/a
Mr Mack Lewis Foundation Inc$212,500231%
Abc Park Seminoles Sports Agency$212,5002n/a
RICH Restoring Inner City Hope Inc$205,000272%
Innovative Initiatives Inc$196,8521n/a
The Arts Project Inc$194,520323%
Muse 360 Incorporated$182,000295%
Nuestras Raices Inc$174,650368%
Mentoring Mentors Inc$169,498228%
Catherines Family and Youth Services$150,0001n/a
Sisters Saving the City$150,0001n/a
Maryland Association of Non-Profit Organizations$150,00013%
We Will All Rise$145,000212%
Uplift Alliance Inc$140,28322%
1012 Sports Inc$140,000216%
Broken Wall Project$120,000235%
Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership Corporation$120,00012%
Sarahs House Inc$100,0001n/a
Downtown Baltimore Family Alliance Inc$100,000165%
Beyond Rhetoric Corporation$100,0001n/a
Rich Foundation Reaching Innocent Children Hearts$100,000160%
Unlimited Potential Mentoring Incorporated$100,0001n/a
Central Baltimore Partnership Inc$78,77912%
Joynt Production Network Inc$75,0001n/a
Wisdom Projects Inc$75,0001n/a
Umar Boxing Program Inc$75,000172%
Dream Bigger Community Institute$70,000244%
Healing Church of Christ the Healing Church of Christ$50,0001n/a
Sisters In Sync Inc$50,000163%
The Village Incorporated$50,0001n/a
Hope Missions$50,0001n/a
Media Rhythm Institute Studios Inc$50,0001n/a
No Struggle No Success Inc$45,00025%
The William S Baer School$20,00014%
Dyslexia Advocation Inc$20,0001n/a
CityLit Project Inc$15,00018%

Where it is load-bearing

Baltimore Children and Youth Fund Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 57 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 80 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFund for Educational Excellence Inc: $8,686,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetFusion Partnership Inc: $2,750,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetLets Thrive Baltimore: $521,575 over 4y, 38% of budgetArts Every Day Inc: $470,000 over 2y, 40% of budgetSuccor Transitional Program Inc: $417,500 over 4y, 65% of budgetTeam of We Happyville: $393,000 over 3y, 91% of budgetRISE Arts Center of Baltimore Inc: $385,500 over 3y, 61% of budgetMoving History Inc: $367,500 over 3y, 83% of budgetBlack Girls Cook: $359,000 over 3y, 79% of budgetActive Achievers: $357,500 over 3y, 94% of budgetBeyond the Natural Foundation: $353,440 over 3y, 46% of budgetMtm Foundation Inc: $347,500 over 3y, 16% of budgetCody Young Empowerment Youth Charities Inc: $347,500 over 3y, 65% of budgetPhase 3 Training Corporation: $342,500 over 3y, 11% of budgetRequity Foundation Inc: $332,886 over 3y, 65% of budgetSankofa Childrens Museum of African Cultures Inc: $330,418 over 3y, 62% of budgetDayspring Inc: $328,100 over 3y, 76% of budgetMaryland Philanthropy Network: $322,500 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetLeader Breeders Inc: $319,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetThe Be Org Inc: $317,500 over 3y, 15% of budgetCorner Team Inc: $317,500 over 3y, 88% of budgetMarching Elite Foundation: $317,500 over 3y, 63% of budgetSaint Luke's Youth Center Inc: $317,500 over 3y, 54% of budgetWilliam J Watkins Sr Educational Institute: $317,500 over 3y, 65% of budgetCultivating & Embracing Change Inc: $317,500 over 3y, 43% of budgetBoard Room Chess Inc: $309,393 over 3y, 54% of budgetMentoring Male Teens in the Hood Inc: $307,500 over 3y, 46% of budgetNatural Born Champions Inc: $305,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetISLAMIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE OF AMERICA Inc: $295,238 over 3y, 52% of budgetHeartsmiles Inc: $295,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetDance Happens Inc: $292,500 over 3y, 51% of budgetElev8baltimoreinc: $291,921 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetMissionfit: $290,779 over 3y, 78% of budgetAdelante Latina Inc: $285,500 over 3y, 38% of budgetCoach G Academy Inc: $275,405 over 3y, 26% of budgetBaltimore Urban Baseball Association Inc: $270,000 over 2y, 69% of budgetLight Health and Wellness Comprehensive Services Inc: $267,500 over 3y, 14% of budgetCommunity Law in Action Inc: $267,500 over 3y, 58% of budgetBALTIMORE UNDER GROUND SCIENCE SPACE Inc: $267,500 over 3y, 32% of budgetImagine Me Ministries Inc: $267,500 over 3y, 91% of budgetOne More One Less Mentoring Inc: $267,500 over 3y, 79% of budgetExcellence & Ambitions Inc: $267,500 over 3y, 94% of budgetThe Community School Inc: $267,500 over 3y, 87% of budgetBmore Empowered Inc: $267,500 over 3y, 13% of budgetEndsideout Inc: $267,500 over 3y, 66% of budgetUempower of Maryland Inc: $267,500 over 3y, 26% of budgetYouth of the Diaspora: $267,500 over 3y, 41% of budgetThe Agoge Project: $267,500 over 3y, 27% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 80.

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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.

Fund for Educational Excellence IncMD95× affinity45 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fund for Educational Excellence Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · Family League of Baltimore City Inc · T Rowe Price Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation Inc · Robert W Deutsch Foundation · Baltimore Civic Fund Inc · France-Merrick 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.

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About Baltimore Children and Youth Fund Inc

How much does Baltimore Children and Youth Fund Inc give?
Baltimore Children and Youth Fund Inc reported 89 grants totaling $10,593,911 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 75 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does Baltimore Children and Youth Fund Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (26%), Youth Development (21%), Community Improvement (13%).
Who are Baltimore Children and Youth Fund Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Fund for Educational Excellence Inc ($8.7M), Fusion Partnership Inc ($2.8M), No Boundaries Coalition Inc ($1.5M).
Does Baltimore Children and Youth Fund Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Baltimore Children and Youth Fund Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fund for Educational Excellence Inc, Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, The United Way of Central Maryland Inc.
Where is Baltimore Children and Youth Fund Inc based?
Baltimore Children and Youth Fund Inc is based in MD.

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 126 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 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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