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Baltimore Rotary Foundation Inc

To provide volunteer services and financial support to charitable 501(c)3 educational, scientific and religious organizations through grants with emphsasis on community youth and international organizations

$206k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$31k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Youth Development$93kHealth$51kInternational$31kHuman Services$21kHousing & Shelter$10kPhilanthropy$9kArts & Culture$6kEducation$6k
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $82,018, the rows itemized in this filing. The $206,076 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $124,058 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $58k
$6,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION$30,738
CAMP DUDLEY$16,500
THE LEAGUE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES$10,944
VEHICLES FOR CHANGE$6,000
BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF INDUSTRY$6,000
MCKIM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION$6,000
FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE$5,836
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 (FY22–25, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 41% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 12%VEHICLES FOR CHANGE: $9k → 11%VEHICLES FOR CHANGE: $6k → 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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$138k · 3 repeat orgs$57k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
5

Total granted

$138k
$39k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+39%

Still filing today

100%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterArts & CultureEducationOther
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

  • CD
    CAMP DUDLEY INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $79k · revenue -14%
  • TL
    THE LEAGUE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
    5× · 2021–2025 · $45k · revenue +30%
  • VF
    VEHICLES FOR CHANGE INC
    2× · 2022–2025 · $15k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • MC
    MARYLAND CENTER FOR VETERANS EDUCATION AND TRAINING INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +39%
  • BC
    BALTIMORE COMMUNITY TOOLBANK INC
    one grant, 2022 · $9k · revenue +21%
  • BA
    BALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL #220 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2021 · $8k · revenue -18%
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
Metropolitan Baltimore Council of Afl-Cio Unions

The council was organized for the purpose of providing its members with adequate representation in various union related matters.

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2
Baltimore Community Lending Inc

The mission of baltimore community lending is supporting the revitalization and strengthening of underserved communities in the greater baltimore region through innovative financial solutions and collaborative resources designed to promote…

Community Improvement
3
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
4
The Baltimore Children's Museum Inc

Port discovery children's museum's mission is to connect purposeful play and learning within its walls and beyond.

Arts & Culture
5
Greater Baltimore Committee Inc

Greater Baltimore Committee, Inc. is a not-for-profit, civic-interest corporation comprised of business and professional organizations located within the Greater Baltimore Area. Its purpose is to provide a strong, unified and effective…

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6
Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Inc

Promote religious, charitable, and educational interests of its members and constituent monthly meetings.

Religion
7
Greater Baybrook Alliance Inc

Greater Baybrook Alliance GBA is a non-profit community development organization whose mission is to act as a catalyst and conduit for equitable development and reinvestment in the Brooklyn, Brooklyn Park, Curtis Bay neighborhoods and…

Community Improvement
8
Baltimore Action Legal Team Inc

Baltimore Action Legal Team is dedicated to pursuing creative, community-driven solutions and movement-oriented lawyering to support the Baltimore community.

Human Services
9
Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce

To assist the small business community through various efforts including consulting, financing, training and member networking opportunities.

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10
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
11
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
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The League for People With Disabilities; the most unlike its peers is Camp Dudley 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

12 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.

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

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
6/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAMP DUDLEY INC: $78,635 · OtherCAMP DUDLEY INCBALTIMORE COMMUNITY TOOLBANK INC: $8,500 · OtherBALTIMORE COMMUNITY TOOLBANK INCSHEPHERDS CLINIC INC: $6,340 · OtherSHEPHERDS CLINIC INCCAROLINE FRIESS CENTER INC: $6,000 · OtherCAROLINE FRIESS CENTER INCMCKIM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC: $6,000 · OtherMCKIM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INCTHE LEAGUE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: $44,944 · Human ServicesTHE LEAGUE FOR PEOPLE WITH DI…VEHICLES FOR CHANGE INC: $14,500 · Human ServicesVEHICLES FOR CHANGE INCTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $30,738 · InternationalTHE ROTARY FOUN…MARYLAND CENTER FOR VETERANS EDUCATION AND TRAINING INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterBALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL #220 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $8,000 · Youth DevelopmentBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF INDUSTRY INC: $6,000 · Arts & CultureFUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $5,836 · Education
Other$105,475Human Services$59,444International$30,738Housing & Shelter$10,000Youth Development$8,000Arts & Culture$6,000Education$5,836

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCAMP DUDLEY INC: $78,635 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LEAGUE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: $44,944 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $30,738 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVEHICLES FOR CHANGE INC: $14,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBALTIMORE COMMUNITY TOOLBANK INC: $8,500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetBALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL #220 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHEPHERDS CLINIC INC: $6,340 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF INDUSTRY INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $5,836 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.

The United Way of Cen…Baltimore Community F…France-Merrick Founda…The John J Leidy Foun…The Marion I & Henry …T Rowe Price Foundati…T Rowe Price Program …Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…
The United Way of Central Maryland IncMD23.8× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · The John J Leidy Foundation Inc · The Marion I & Henry J Knott Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Baltimore Rotary Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Baltimore Rotary Foundation Inc. 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 7%
  • Vehicles for Change Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Baltimore Museum of Industry Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Fund for Educational Excellence Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
5report 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 Baltimore Rotary Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Baltimore Rotary Foundation Inc 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 12 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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