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Charles C Baum Foundation Inc Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$92k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
22
Grants FY2024
11
Organizations funded FY2023
27%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,250
Largest grant, FY2024
$26,523
Organizations funded a year
11 to 19
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$737k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 27% of the organizations Charles C Baum Foundation Inc Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthArts & CultureEducationAnimalsOther
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
FY2024still arriving21$72k52%
FY202311$32k27%
FY202217$105k41%
FY202118$191k28%
FY202014$194k57%
FY201919$196k53%
FY201814$159k64%
FY201714$180kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$606kEducation$203kPhilanthropy$170kYouth Development$74kCommunity Improvement$29kHuman Services$27kHealth$21kCrime & Legal$13kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
MA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
NC
DC
AL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Seed School of Maryland$70,61980%
The National Mentoring Partnership Inc$43,25050%
Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City$35,0003n/a
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School$30,0104n/a
Greenlight Fund Inc$26,52310%
Sharebaby Inc$8,00020%
Humanim Inc$7,50020%
Equal Justice Initiative$6,50020%
Prison Yoga Project Inc$6,00020%
Sheppard Pratt Health System Inc$5,00010%
Show all 41 grantees
All grantees of Charles C Baum Foundation Inc Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Seed School of Maryland$70,61980%
The National Mentoring Partnership Inc$43,25050%
Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City$35,0003n/a
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School$30,0104n/a
Greenlight Fund Inc$26,52310%
Sharebaby Inc$8,00020%
Humanim Inc$7,50020%
Equal Justice Initiative$6,50020%
Prison Yoga Project Inc$6,00020%
Sheppard Pratt Health System Inc$5,00010%
YMCA of Cumberland Maryland Inc$5,00010%
La Luz Center$5,00010%
Baltimore Hunger Project LLC$4,75030%
Thread Inc$4,50040%
The Innocence Project Inc$4,50040%
Children's Scholarship Fund Baltimore$3,50040%
Nonprofit Finance Fund$2,50010%
Center Stage Associates Inc$2,50020%
The St Pauls Schools Inc$2,5001n/a
The American Visionary Art Museum Inc$2,50010%
Friends of Mt Hope Cemetery$2,40031%
Peaceplayers International$2,04020%
Johns Hopkins University$2,00010%
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$2,00020%
The Key School Inc$2,00020%
The Clear Fund$1,50010%
Open Society Institute$1,25010%
The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism$1,25010%
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Boston Inc$1,25010%
Black and Missing Foundation$1,00010%
Arundel Rivers Federation Inc$1,00010%
The Light House Inc$1,00010%
The Maryland Food Bank Inc$1,00010%
The Maryland Spca Inc$1,00010%
North Valley Animal Disaster Group$1,00010%
Chesapeake Conservancy Inc$1,00010%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$1,00010%
The Trustees of Princeton University$60020%
The Harley School$60030%
Municipality of Princeton$5001n/a
Wet Noses Rescue$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($827k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Seed School of Maryland: $70,619 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe National Mentoring Partnership Inc: $43,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGreenlight Fund Inc: $26,523 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSharebaby Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHumanim Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPrison Yoga Project Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSheppard Pratt Health System Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYMCA of Cumberland Maryland Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLa Luz Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBaltimore Hunger Project LLC: $4,750 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThread Inc: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Innocence Project Inc: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Scholarship Fund Baltimore: $3,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNonprofit Finance Fund: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter Stage Associates Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Visionary Art Museum Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Mt Hope Cemetery: $2,400 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetPeaceplayers International: $2,040 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Key School Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Clear Fund: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOpen Society Institute: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Boston Inc: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlack and Missing Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetArundel Rivers Federation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Light House Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Maryland Food Bank Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Maryland Spca Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Valley Animal Disaster Group: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChesapeake Conservancy Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Harley School: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWet Noses Rescue: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 37.

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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.

Baltimore Community F…T Rowe Price Program …The United Way of Cen…Associated Jewish Cha…France-Merrick Founda…The Harry and Jeanett…The Stephen & Renee B…Southway Builders Cha…The Bunting Family Fo…The Marion I & Henry …The Abell Foundation …Greater Washington Co…
Baltimore Community Foundation IncMD27× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · The Stephen & Renee Bisciotti Foundation · Southway Builders Charitable Trust Inc · The Bunting Family Foundation · The Marion I & Henry J Knott Foundation Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · Greater Washington Community 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.

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About Charles C Baum Foundation Inc Inc

How much does Charles C Baum Foundation Inc Inc give?
Charles C Baum Foundation Inc Inc reported 22 grants totaling $91,523 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Charles C Baum Foundation Inc Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (49%), Education (16%), Philanthropy (14%).
Who are Charles C Baum Foundation Inc Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Seed School of Maryland ($71k), The National Mentoring Partnership Inc ($43k), Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City ($35k).
Does Charles C Baum Foundation Inc Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Charles C Baum Foundation Inc Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Charles C Baum Foundation Inc Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc, The United Way of Central Maryland Inc.
Where is Charles C Baum Foundation Inc Inc based?
Charles C Baum Foundation Inc 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 69 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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