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· Public charity

Baltimore Heritage Area Association Inc

Promoting, preserving, and enhancing baltimore's historic and cultural legacy and natural resources for current and future generations.

$176k
Granted FY2018
18
Grants FY2018
1
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Arts & Culture$188kCommunity Improvement$12kRecreation & Sports$6k
02FY2018 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $157,847, the rows itemized in this filing. The $175,567 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $17,720 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k11 grants · $65k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $93k
$7,875
Median grant
1
States reached
$595k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE BALTIMORE ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATOIN$20,000
FRIENDS OF GWYNNS FALLS$15,000
FRIENDS OF FORT MCHENRY$13,305
WAVERLY MAIN STREET INC$12,092
PIGTOWN MAIN STREET$11,250
JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND$11,250
CARROLL MUSEUMS INC$10,000
BALTIMORE STREETCAR MUSEUM$8,950
BALTIMORE OFFICE OF PROMOTION AND THE ARTS$7,875
GREATER BALTIMORE CULTURAL ALLIANCE$7,500
STAR SPANGLED BANNER FLAG HOUSE$5,625
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$5,000
POE HOUSE$5,000
TRUSTEES OF THE WALTERS ART GALLERY$5,000
BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF INDUSTRY$5,000
02The need
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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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–18) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FRIENDS OF GWYNNS FALLS: $15k → 11%FRIENDS OF FORT MCHENRY: $13k → 19%PIGTOWN MAIN STREET: $11k → 19%BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF INDUSTRY: $5k → 19%BALTIMORE STREETCAR MUSEUM: $9k → 19%MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 19%POE HOUSE: $5k → 19%JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND: $11k → 19%CARROLL MUSEUMS INC: $10k → 19%BALTIMORE OFFICE OF PROMOTION AND THE ARTS: $8k → 19%STAR SPANGLED BANNER FLAG HOUSE: $6k → 19%THE PEALE CENTER FOR BALT HISTORY AND ARCH: $5k → 19%FRIENDS OF PATTERSON PARK: $10k → 19%BALTIMORE CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $5k → 19%PARKS AND PEOPLE FOUNDATION: $6k → 19%WAVERLY MAIN STREET INC: $12k → 19%CREATIVE ALLIANCE: $5k → 19%THE BALTIMORE ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATOIN: $20k → 19%EUBIE BLAKE NATIONAL JAZZ INSTITUTE &: $10k → 19%MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $10k → 19%GREATER BALTIMORE CULTURAL ALLIANCE: $8k → 19%MARYLAND WOMEN'S HERITAGE CENTER: $8k → 19%TRUSTEES OF THE WALTERS ART GALLERY: $5k → 19%STATION NORTH ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT INC: $5k → 19%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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 7% of Baltimore Heritage Area Association Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Baltimore Heritage Area Association Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its 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
Baltimore Heritage Incorporated

To preserve historic places in Baltimore.

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2
Maryland Technology Museum Inc
Arts & Culture
3
B'more Artists Guild Inc

To build an inclusive community by connecting diverse groups of artists and residents of baltimore county and beyond.

Arts & Culture
4
Visit Baltimore Inc

Visit baltimore is the tourism arm of baltimore, responsible for generating incremental economic benefits through attraction of convention and leisure visitors, and works to provide experience for all guests.

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5
Baltimore County Historical Society Inc

The Historical Society of Baltimore County Collects, Preserves and Interprets the Rich History of Baltimore County for the Education and Enjoyment of Present and Future Generations.

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6
Maryland Lyric Opera
Arts & Culture
7
Maryland Opera Inc

The mission of maryland opera, inc is (1) the promotion, production and performance in a variety of venues, of live opera experiences to audiences of all ages and backgrounds, (11) the creation and continuation of opera education and…

Philanthropy
8
Blue Water Baltimore

To restore the quality of baltimore's rivers, streams and harbor to foster a healthy environment, a strong economy, and thriving communities.

Environment
9
Baltimore Public Media Corporation

We connect, inform, and enrich the voices and communities of baltimore and the world.

Arts & Culture
10
Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore Foundation
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11
Historical Society Harford Cou

Preserve the history of Harford County, Maryland

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12
Downtown Partnership of Baltimore Inc

Promote, advance and stimulate civic, business, commercial and residential interests and general welfare in and around the charles street corridor of baltimore city and adjoining areas.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Maryland Historical Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Herring Run Parks Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

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

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/42
Grantees still filing
25/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INC: $11,250 · Arts & CultureJEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INCEUBIE BLAKE NATIONAL JAZZ INSTITUTE & CULTURAL CENTER: $10,000 · Arts & CultureEUBIE BLAKE NATIONAL JAZZ INSTITUTE & CULTURAL CENTE…CARROLL MUSEUMS INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCARROLL MUSEUMS INCMARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $9,776 · Arts & CultureMARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCBALTIMORE STEETCAR MUSEUM INC: $8,950 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE STEETCAR MUSEUM INCBALTIMORE OFFICE OF PROMOTION AND THE ARTS INC: $7,875 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE OFFICE OF PROMOTION AND THE ARTS INCGREATER BALTIMORE CULTURAL ALLIANCE INC: $7,500 · Arts & CultureGREATER BALTIMORE CULTURAL ALLIANCE INCTHE STAR SPANGLED BANNER FLAG HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC: $5,625 · Arts & CultureTHE STAR SPANGLED BANNER FLAG HOUSE ASSOCIATION INCPOE BALTIMORE INC co Hurst R Hessey: $5,000 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF INDUSTRY INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BALTIMORE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PEALE CENTER FOR BALTIMORE HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCREATIVE ALLIANCE INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · OtherBALTIMORE ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION…Friends of Gwynns FallsLeakin Park: $15,000 · OtherFriends of Gwynns FallsLeakin Par…LIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATION: $13,305 · OtherLIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATIONMaryland Women's Heritage Center & Museum Inc: $7,500 · OtherMaryland Women's Heritage Center …Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery: $5,000 · OtherTrustees of the Walters Art Galle…WAVERLY MAIN STREET INC: $12,092 · Community ImprovementWAVERLY MAIN ST…PIGTOWN MAIN STREET INC: $11,250 · Community ImprovementPIGTOWN MAIN ST…STATION NORTH ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT INC: $5,000 · Community ImprovementSTATION NORTH A…Friends of Patterson Park Inc: $10,000 · EnvironmentPARKS AND PEOPLE INC: $6,250 · Recreation & SportsTHE MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Education
Arts & Culture$95,976Other$60,805Community Improvement$28,342Environment$10,000Recreation & Sports$6,250Education$5,000

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 budgetBALTIMORE ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 6y, 23% of budgetWAVERLY MAIN STREET INC: $12,092 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetPIGTOWN MAIN STREET INC: $11,250 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetJEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INC: $11,250 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetEUBIE BLAKE NATIONAL JAZZ INSTITUTE & CULTURAL CENTER: $10,000 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetFriends of Patterson Park Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetMARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $9,776 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBALTIMORE STEETCAR MUSEUM INC: $8,950 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetBALTIMORE OFFICE OF PROMOTION AND THE ARTS INC: $7,875 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMaryland Women's Heritage Center & Museum Inc: $7,500 over 4y, 16% of budgetGREATER BALTIMORE CULTURAL ALLIANCE INC: $7,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetPARKS AND PEOPLE INC: $6,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE STAR SPANGLED BANNER FLAG HOUSE ASSOCIATION INC: $5,625 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetPOE BALTIMORE INC co Hurst R Hessey: $5,000 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF INDUSTRY INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BALTIMORE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PEALE CENTER FOR BALTIMORE HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE INC: $5,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetCREATIVE ALLIANCE INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSTATION NORTH ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% 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 Foundati…Baltimore Community F…France-Merrick Founda…The William G Baker J…Maryland Humanities C…The John J Leidy Foun…The United Way of Cen…T Rowe Price Program …Baltimore Office of P…The Joseph Meyerhoff …Dr Frank C Marino Fou…The Bunting Family Fo…
T Rowe Price FoundationMD44.1× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: T Rowe Price Foundation · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · The William G Baker Jr Memorial Fund · Maryland Humanities Council Inc · The John J Leidy Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts Inc · The Joseph Meyerhoff Fund Inc · Dr Frank C Marino Foundation Inc · The Bunting Family 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 Baltimore Heritage Area Association Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Baltimore Heritage Area Association Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Parks and People Inc: 43% of income from government
  • The Baltimore Children's Museum Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Baltimore Architecture Foundation Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Maryland Historical Society Inc: 9% of income from government
  • The Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Baltimore Museum of Industry Inc: 7% of income from government
  • The Morgan State University Foundation Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Jewish Museum of Maryland Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 24 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $302k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2018, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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