Maryland · Public charity
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation's (CBF) mission, simply stated, is to Save the Bay. See Schedule O for Continuation (page 48)
- $668k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $558k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $27,885
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $146,692
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $128M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $108k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $558k | 15% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $380k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $298k | 42% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $502k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $762k | 46% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $182k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $306k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $395k | 63% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chesapeake Bay Trust | $618,873 | 5 | 1% |
| Capital Resource Conservation and Development Area Council Inc | $270,406 | 6 | 7% |
| Quantified Ventures | $256,566 | 3 | n/a |
| Delmarva RC&D Inc | $231,168 | 1 | 29% |
| Lynnhaven River Now | $230,000 | 3 | 12% |
| The Elizabeth River Project | $181,365 | 3 | 7% |
| City of Hopewell | $168,900 | 2 | n/a |
| Center for Watershed Protection Inc | $162,367 | 3 | 1% |
| City of Hampton | $109,989 | 4 | n/a |
| Future Harvest Inc | $108,584 | 5 | 6% |
Show all 41 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chesapeake Bay Trust | $618,873 | 5 | 1% |
| Capital Resource Conservation and Development Area Council Inc | $270,406 | 6 | 7% |
| Quantified Ventures | $256,566 | 3 | n/a |
| Delmarva RC&D Inc | $231,168 | 1 | 29% |
| Lynnhaven River Now | $230,000 | 3 | 12% |
| The Elizabeth River Project | $181,365 | 3 | 7% |
| City of Hopewell | $168,900 | 2 | n/a |
| Center for Watershed Protection Inc | $162,367 | 3 | 1% |
| City of Hampton | $109,989 | 4 | n/a |
| Future Harvest Inc | $108,584 | 5 | 6% |
| Virginia Interfaith Power & Light | $98,363 | 2 | 9% |
| Shorerivers Inc | $82,614 | 5 | 1% |
| Commonwealth of Va | $79,187 | 3 | n/a |
| Solar Oysters LLC | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Inc | $70,457 | 3 | 0% |
| City of Salisbury | $63,782 | 1 | n/a |
| Headwaters Soil and Water Conservation District | $60,648 | 1 | n/a |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $53,469 | 4 | n/a |
| Virginia Department of Conservation | $52,220 | 2 | n/a |
| Virginia Forage and Grassland Counc | $51,574 | 6 | 17% |
| Red Barn Consulting Inc | $50,098 | 2 | n/a |
| Capital Area Greenbelt Assoc Inc | $49,845 | 1 | n/a |
| US Fish & Wildlife Service | $48,445 | 1 | n/a |
| Rettew Associates Inc | $45,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Capital Area Intermediate Unit | $41,751 | 2 | n/a |
| Tarleton State University | $39,998 | 2 | n/a |
| Groundwork Rva Inc | $30,449 | 3 | 2% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $23,709 | 3 | 0% |
| Crow and Berry | $19,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Western Maryland Resource Conservation and Development | $18,532 | 2 | 0% |
| Horn Farm Center for Agricultural Education | $12,062 | 1 | 2% |
| Lets Go 123 | $12,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Western Pennsylvania Conservancy | $11,449 | 1 | 0% |
| Pennsylvania State University | $11,203 | 1 | n/a |
| M&R Strategic Services Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mifflin County Conservation District | $8,335 | 1 | n/a |
| Hampton University | $6,664 | 1 | 0% |
| Chesapeake Conservancy Inc | $6,392 | 1 | n/a |
| Enrichmond Foundation | $6,295 | 1 | n/a |
| World Resources Institute | $6,154 | 1 | 0% |
| Southside ReLeaf | $5,501 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc · Virginia Environmental Endowment · The Community Foundation Inc · Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds · United States Endowment for Forestry · Robins Foundation · Chesapeake Bay Trust · Frederick Henry Prince Testamentary Trust · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc
- How much does Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc give?
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc reported 13 itemized grants totaling $558,397, out of $668,182 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (89%), Food & Nutrition (8%), Arts & Culture (3%).
- Who are Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Chesapeake Bay Trust ($619k), Capital Resource Conservation and Development Area Council Inc ($270k), Quantified Ventures ($257k).
- Does Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc, Virginia Environmental Endowment.
- Where is Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc based?
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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