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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 FY2025still arriving
36
Grants FY2025still arriving
14
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% 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
02FY2025 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k31 grants · $94k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DOLPHINS PLUS MARINE MAMMAL RESCUE$10,000
UNITED WAY OF FREDERICK COUNTY$10,000
TURTLE ISLAND RESTORATION NETWORK$10,000
SEA RESEARCH FOUNDATION (MYSTIC AQUARIUM)$10,000
THE BANNER SCHOOL$10,000
SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY$5,181
HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE OF NORTH TEXAS$5,163
BEST BUDDIES INTERNATIONAL$5,145
AFTER THE RACES$5,125
CHORDS OF COURAGE$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
DAYS END HORSE FARM & RESCUE$5,000
HIDDEN HARBOR MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT INC$5,000
GENTLE GIANTS$5,000
FRIENDS OF THE VERVET MONKEY FOUNDATION$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 81% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE OF NORTH TEXAS: $5k → 14%STELLAS GIRLS: $515 → 8%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $450 → 15%Human Rights Initiative: $3k → 14%SPANISH SPEAKING COMMUNITY OF MD INC: $500 → 8%HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE OF NORTH TEXAS: $3k → 14%BELLO MACHRE: $2k → 6%HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE OF NORTH TEXAS: $1k → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

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

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$290k · 23 repeat orgs$128k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
39

Total granted

$290k
$85k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+18%

Still filing today

74%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • DE
    DAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $20k · revenue +57%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC
    2× · 2023–2025 · $12k · revenue +21%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE VERVET MONKEY FOUNDATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $10k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • D
    DPMMR
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • MF
    Martin's Ferry Schools
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
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
Bristow Barnyard Farm and Domestic Animal Rescue
Animals
2
Pitties & Purrs Rescue Inc

To rescue rehabilitate homeless dogs

Animals
3
Doe Eyes Animal Sanctuary and Rescue Inc

Doe Eyes Animal Sanctuary and Rescue is a 501c3 nonprofit organization located in the Washington DC-Maryland-Virginia area, that is committed to rescuing and rehabilitating any abused, neglected or in need animal. We are a loving furever…

Animals
4
Where the Wild Things Are Rescue in

The rescue and rehabilitation of canines.

Animals
5
Pet Rescue of Maryland Indepen Sanctuary & Education Inc

Animal rescue dedicated to saving the lives of all dogs and cats. staffed only by volunteers and rely on contributions and adoption fees all animals are fostered in homes and allows us to find suitable h

Animals
6
Runaways Animal Rescue
Animals
7
Raskels Rescue
Animals
8
Wild Souls Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation
Animals
9
Feral Cat Rescue Inc

Feral Cat Rescue provides support for spay and neutering feral cats in St. Mary's County, Maryland. Expenses include spay, neutering, vaccination against rabies and distemper, micro chipping, parasite control both internal and external and…

Animals
10
Hero Rescue Incorporated

The hero rescue is formed by a network of volunteers and fosters committed to saving lives of animals at risk of euthanasia, abuse, and neglect. by relocating animals from over crowded shelters to maryland for adequate veterinary care,…

Animals
11
Fred's Mission Rescue and Sanctuary

Rescue dogs, which includes housing, vetting, and transport.

Animals
12
Forever Wild Wildlife Rescue
Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary; the most unlike its peers is Saving Sage Animal Rescue Foundation 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

38 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. 38 of the 78 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

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

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/38
Grantees still filing
18/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BANNER SCHOOL INC: $66,080 · OtherTHE BANNER SCHOOL INCDPMMR: $25,000 · OtherDPMMRDOLPHINS PLUS MARINE MAMMAL RESCUE: $25,000 · OtherDOLPHINS PLUS MARINE MAMMAL RESCUESEA RESEARCH FOUNDATION (MYSTIC AQUARIUM): $17,500 · OtherSEA RESEARCH FOUNDATION (MYSTIC AQUARIUM)EMPOWERING COMMUNITY LEADERS NETWORK: $15,000 · OtherEMPOWERING COMMUNITY LEADERS NETWORKUNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE: $10,000 · OtherTURTLE ISLAND RESTORATION NETWORK: $10,000 · OtherMARTINS FERRY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $9,000 · Other+38 more: $74,783 · Other+38 moreAFTER THE RACES INC: $26,750 · AnimalsAFTER THE RACES INCDAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE INC: $20,000 · AnimalsDAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE INCFRIENDS OF THE VERVET MONKEY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF THE VERVET MONKEY F…SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $8,931 · AnimalsSEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCI…WASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $7,682 · AnimalsWASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETYWOLF SANCTUARY OF PA INC: $7,500 · AnimalsWOLF SANCTUARY OF PA INCSaving Sage Animal Rescue Foundation Inc: $7,500 · AnimalsSaving Sage Animal Rescue Foun…Hidden Harbor Marine Environmental Project Inc: $7,250 · AnimalsHidden Harbor Marine Environme…POPLAR SPRING ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $5,250 · AnimalsBALTIMORE ANIMAL RESCUE AND CARE SHELTER BARCS: $5,000 · AnimalsOWL MOON RAPTOR CENTER INC: $5,000 · Animals+3 more: $2,200 · AnimalsHUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE OF NORTH TEXAS INC: $12,038 · Human ServicesBELLO MACHRE INC: $2,000 · Human Services+3 more: $1,465 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $11,913 · PhilanthropyMARYLAND ENSEMBLE THEATRE INC: $4,000 · EducationLUCY SCHOOL INC: $3,000 · EducationPELOTONIA: $2,450 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORG: $1,254 · EducationEach 1 Teach 1 INC: $511 · EducationUNLIMITED DREAMS CHRISTIAN LEARNING CENTER: $500 · EducationCHORDS OF COURAGE INCORPORATED: $5,500 · Arts & CultureAmplified Change Inc: $1,000 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC MEDLEY DISTRICT INC: $500 · Arts & CultureWEINBERG CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $500 · Arts & CultureBest Buddies International Inc: $5,645 · InternationalPARSA: $500 · International
Other$252,363Animals$113,063Human Services$15,503Philanthropy$11,913Education$11,715Arts & Culture$7,500International$6,145

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

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
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.

  • Who funds THE BANNER SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds AFTER THE RACES INC ↗
  • Who funds DAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE OF NORTH TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE VERVET MONKEY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds WOLF SANCTUARY OF PA INC ↗
  • Who funds Saving Sage Animal Rescue Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Hidden Harbor Marine Environmental Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds Best Buddies International Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHORDS OF COURAGE INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds POPLAR SPRING ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE ANIMAL RESCUE AND CARE SHELTER BARCS ↗
  • Who funds OWL MOON RAPTOR CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MARYLAND ENSEMBLE THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds LUCY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds PELOTONIA ↗
  • Who funds BELLO MACHRE INC ↗

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…Ausherman Family TrustAusherman Family Foun…The Community Foundat…William E Cross Found…America's CharitiesJoseph D Baker Fund I…United Way of Frederi…T Rowe Price Program …Verizon FoundationThe Pfizer Foundation…Charities Aid Foundat…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Carver Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Carver Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Spanish-Speaking Community of Maryland Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Maryland Ensemble Theatre Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 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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