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Carver Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$144k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
36
Grants FY2025
23
Organizations funded FY2024
43%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
22 to 36
FY2022 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
14
Total assets, FY2025
$2.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Carver Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
AnimalsHuman ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyInternationalRecreation & 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 arriving36$144k44%
FY202423$99k43%
FY202336$101k83%
FY202222$74kn/a
89% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Animals$154kEducation$95kEnvironment$31kCommunity Improvement$18kPhilanthropy$14kHuman Services$14kArts & Culture$13kInternational$11kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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WA
NY
NV
OH
PA
CT
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
DC
OK
MS
GA
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FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 42 grantees
All grantees of Carver Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Banner School Inc$66,08042%
After the Races Inc$26,75022%
Days End Farm Horse Rescue Inc$20,00040%
Human Rights Initiative of North Texas Inc$12,03840%
United Way of Frederick County Inc$11,91321%
Friends of the Vervet Monkey Foundation$10,00034%
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society$8,93130%
Washington Humane Society$7,68230%
Wolf Sanctuary of Pa Inc$7,50020%
Saving Sage Animal Rescue Foundation Inc$7,50021%
Hidden Harbor Marine Environmental Project Inc$7,25030%
Best Buddies International Inc$5,64520%
Chords of Courage Incorporated$5,50021%
Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary$5,25030%
Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter Barcs$5,00020%
Owl Moon Raptor Center Inc$5,0001n/a
Maryland Ensemble Theatre Inc$4,00030%
Lucy School Inc$3,00010%
The Giving Group$2,4723n/a
Pelotonia$2,45030%
Bello Machre Inc$2,00010%
Donorschooseorg$1,25410%
Tip Me Frederick Inc$1,20011%
Boys and Girls Club of Frederick Co$1,0231n/a
Amplified Change Inc$1,0001n/a
Sophie and Madigans Playground Inc$70010%
Stellas Girls Inc$51510%
Each 1 Teach 1 INC$51111%
Historic Medley District Inc$50011%
Furgotten Friends Dog Rescue Inc$50011%
Parsa$50010%
Weinberg Center for the Arts Inc$50010%
Black Advancement Inc$5001n/a
Kathys House Foundation$5001n/a
R L Strength & Conditioning$5001n/a
Unlimited Dreams Christian Learning Center$50010%
Spanish-Speaking Community of Maryland Inc$50010%
Crazy4pawz Animal Rescue$50010%
Andrea's House Inc$50011%
Blessings in a Backpack Inc$45010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$41010%
New York Road Runners Inc$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($179k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Carver Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Banner School Inc: $66,080 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetAfter the Races Inc: $26,750 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetDays End Farm Horse Rescue Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHuman Rights Initiative of North Texas Inc: $12,038 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Way of Frederick County Inc: $11,913 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFriends of the Vervet Monkey Foundation: $10,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetSea Shepherd Conservation Society: $8,931 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWashington Humane Society: $7,682 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWolf Sanctuary of Pa Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSaving Sage Animal Rescue Foundation Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetHidden Harbor Marine Environmental Project Inc: $7,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $5,645 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChords of Courage Incorporated: $5,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetPoplar Spring Animal Sanctuary: $5,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBaltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter Barcs: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMaryland Ensemble Theatre Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLucy School Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPelotonia: $2,450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBello Machre Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDonorschooseorg: $1,254 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTip Me Frederick Inc: $1,200 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSophie and Madigans Playground Inc: $700 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStellas Girls Inc: $515 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEach 1 Teach 1 INC: $511 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHistoric Medley District Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFurgotten Friends Dog Rescue Inc: $500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetParsa: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWeinberg Center for the Arts Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnlimited Dreams Christian Learning Center: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSpanish-Speaking Community of Maryland Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCrazy4pawz Animal Rescue: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAndrea's House Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBlessings in a Backpack Inc: $450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $410 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Road Runners Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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 35.

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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.

Delaplaine Foundation IncMD28.1× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Delaplaine Foundation Inc · Ausherman Family Trust · Ausherman Family Foundation · The Community Foundation of Frederick County Maryland Inc · William E Cross Foundation Inc · America's Charities · Joseph D Baker Fund Inc · United Way of Frederick County Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Verizon Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 Carver Foundation Inc

How much does Carver Foundation Inc give?
Carver Foundation Inc reported 36 grants totaling $144,096 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 36 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
What does Carver Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (37%), Education (23%), Environment (7%).
Who are Carver Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: The Banner School Inc ($66k), After the Races Inc ($27k), Days End Farm Horse Rescue Inc ($20k).
Does Carver Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Carver Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Carver Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Delaplaine Foundation Inc, Ausherman Family Trust, Ausherman Family Foundation.
Where is Carver Foundation Inc based?
Carver Foundation 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 78 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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