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Chesapeake Bay Trust
CHESAPEAKE BAY TRUST is a public, nonprofit grant-making organization created to promote public awareness of and participation in the restoration and protection of the chesapeake bay and its tributaries. (see schedule o for continuation) since its establishment in 1985 by the maryland general assembly, the trust has awarded more than…
- $28M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 267
- Itemized grants FY2025
- Itemized, FY2025
- $22M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $34,006
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,274,240
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $52M
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Environment$61MCommunity Improvement$2.5MPublic Benefit$741kEducation$735kReligion$714kArts & Culture$516kHousing & Shelter$506kAnimals$336kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2025 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Tree Trust Inc | $2,274,240 | 1 | n/a |
| Prince George's County Board of Elections | $1,085,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Inc | $928,350 | 1 | n/a |
| Montgomery County Maryland | $910,174 | 1 | n/a |
| Baltimore County Government | $625,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shorerivers Inc | $599,082 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Maryland College Park | $441,430 | 1 | n/a |
| Arundel Rivers Federation Inc | $392,853 | 1 | 11% |
| Chesapeake Rivers Association | $364,902 | 1 | 35% |
| National Wildlife Federation | $336,472 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Tree Trust Inc | $2,274,240 | 1 | n/a |
| Prince George's County Board of Elections | $1,085,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Inc | $928,350 | 1 | n/a |
| Montgomery County Maryland | $910,174 | 1 | n/a |
| Baltimore County Government | $625,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shorerivers Inc | $599,082 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Maryland College Park | $441,430 | 1 | n/a |
| Arundel Rivers Federation Inc | $392,853 | 1 | 11% |
| Chesapeake Rivers Association | $364,902 | 1 | 35% |
| National Wildlife Federation | $336,472 | 1 | n/a |
| Scenic Rivers Land Trust Inc | $330,324 | 1 | n/a |
| Clean Water Fund | $325,474 | 1 | n/a |
| Stillmeadow Community Projects Inc | $316,085 | 1 | n/a |
| Defensores de la Cuenca | $283,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blue Water Baltimore | $281,322 | 1 | n/a |
| Resilience Authority of Charles County Inc | $278,006 | 1 | n/a |
| Low Impact Development Center Inc | $272,139 | 1 | 8% |
| Alliance for the Shenandoah Valley | $260,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Global Health and Education Projects Inc | $256,527 | 1 | n/a |
| Conservation Foundation of Lancaster County | $237,455 | 1 | n/a |
| Greentrust Alliance | $219,928 | 1 | n/a |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc | $219,250 | 1 | 1% |
| Nature Forward | $205,462 | 1 | 3% |
| Greater Remington Improvement Association | $201,230 | 1 | n/a |
| Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake Inc | $188,863 | 1 | n/a |
| World Arts Focus | $172,500 | 1 | 5% |
| City of Rockville | $163,548 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Baltimore Partnership Inc | $163,441 | 1 | 3% |
| Chesapeake Village Condominium Association Inc | $157,497 | 1 | n/a |
| Catoctin Land Trust Inc | $150,977 | 1 | 28% |
| Neighborhood Design Center Inc | $147,907 | 1 | 6% |
| Town of Edmonston | $146,673 | 1 | n/a |
| Sixth Branch Inc | $144,089 | 1 | n/a |
| Pennsylvania State University | $140,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Midtown Community Fund Inc | $139,751 | 1 | 23% |
| Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc | $131,932 | 1 | 6% |
| The Severn River Association Inc | $128,802 | 1 | 9% |
| City of Mount Rainier | $128,786 | 1 | n/a |
| Oakland Mills Interfaith Inc | $126,232 | 1 | 17% |
| Sussex Health and Environmental Net | $124,342 | 1 | n/a |
| The Community Ecology Institute | $118,248 | 1 | n/a |
| Centro de Apoyo Familiar | $114,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Movement Strategy Center | $110,093 | 1 | 1% |
| The Izaak Walton League of America | $105,965 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Romney | $104,720 | 1 | n/a |
| Anacostia Watershed Society Inc | $103,243 | 1 | n/a |
| Southern Maryland RC&D Board Inc | $99,034 | 1 | 1% |
| Bethesda Green Inc | $97,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Intersection of Change Inc | $95,661 | 1 | n/a |
| National Park Service | $90,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Gunpowder Valley Conservancy Inc | $90,076 | 1 | n/a |
| Vistas of Washingtonian Woods Home Owners Assn Co the Management Group As | $90,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Howard County Conservancy Inc | $89,125 | 1 | n/a |
| Harford Land Trust Inc | $87,788 | 1 | 16% |
| Living Classrooms Foundation | $85,486 | 1 | n/a |
| National Aquarium Inc | $85,175 | 1 | n/a |
| Trinity Episcopal Church | $84,237 | 1 | n/a |
| Civic Works Inc | $83,735 | 1 | 0% |
| Nanticoke Watershed Alliance Inc | $79,755 | 1 | 8% |
| South Baltimore Community Land Trust Inc | $78,650 | 1 | n/a |
| Live Peace Tech Corporation | $77,042 | 1 | n/a |
| Anacostia Riverkeeper Inc | $75,805 | 1 | n/a |
| The Howard University | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jastech Development Services Inc | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University Christian Church | $72,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Vietnamese Americans Services | $72,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Charlestown | $72,220 | 1 | n/a |
| Fair Hill Environmental Foundation INC | $72,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Notre Dame of Maryland University Inc | $69,117 | 1 | 0% |
| Creekside at Osprey Landing Hoa | $66,753 | 1 | n/a |
| Fairwinds of Annapolis Condominium Council of Unit | $65,812 | 1 | n/a |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Prince of Peace | $62,963 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Riverdale Park | $62,793 | 1 | n/a |
| Ecolatinos Inc | $61,836 | 1 | n/a |
| Howard Ecoworks Inc | $61,620 | 1 | n/a |
| Hyattsville Mennonite Church | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Agnes Catholic Church | $59,616 | 1 | n/a |
| Carole Highlands Neighborhood | $59,255 | 1 | n/a |
| Casey Trees | $56,513 | 1 | 1% |
| Magothy River Association Inc | $55,800 | 1 | 62% |
| City Neighbors Foundation Inc | $55,638 | 1 | 7% |
| Broadway East CDC | $55,417 | 1 | 12% |
| Greater Grace World Outreach Inc | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sustainability Matters Inc | $54,263 | 1 | 15% |
| Cedarhurst Citizens Association | $50,333 | 1 | n/a |
| Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Parks and People Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Complete Player Charity Ltd | $49,770 | 1 | 5% |
| American Chestnut Land Trust Inc | $49,498 | 1 | n/a |
| Maryland Reentry Resource Center | $48,643 | 1 | n/a |
| Virginia Community Voice Inc | $48,000 | 1 | 4% |
| So What Else Inc | $46,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Potomac Riverkeeper Network | $45,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Drink at the Well Inc | $45,584 | 1 | 2% |
| Patapsco Heritage Greenway Inc | $45,444 | 1 | 9% |
| Friends of Herring Run Parks Inc | $45,266 | 1 | n/a |
| The Friends of the Grape Inc | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Delmarva Free School Inc | $44,962 | 1 | n/a |
| City of New Carrollton | $44,873 | 1 | n/a |
| Adamah Inc | $44,804 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Salisbury | $44,480 | 1 | n/a |
| Corporation of Shepherdstown | $44,370 | 1 | n/a |
| Rock Creek Conservancy Inc | $43,069 | 1 | 2% |
| Montgomery County Public Schools | $42,369 | 1 | n/a |
| Fusion Partnership Inc | $42,259 | 1 | 1% |
| Harford Friends School Inc Dba Friends School of Harford | $42,160 | 1 | 31% |
| Director of Finance Howard County | $41,850 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater Mount Holly Community Development Corporation | $40,443 | 1 | n/a |
| Asbury Foundation Inc | $40,419 | 1 | n/a |
| Borough of Chambersburg | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| One More One Less Mentoring Inc | $39,600 | 1 | 20% |
| St James Development Corporation Inc | $38,610 | 1 | n/a |
| Latin American Youth Center | $38,208 | 1 | 0% |
| Maryland Stream Restoration Association | $38,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Little Falls Watershed Alliance Inc | $37,912 | 1 | 20% |
| Maryland Coastal Bays Foundation Inc | $37,800 | 1 | 1% |
| The Potomac Conservancy Inc | $36,684 | 1 | 1% |
| Maryland Onsite Wastewater P A | $36,000 | 1 | 28% |
| Maryland Association of Non-Profit Organizations | $36,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Urban Studio | $35,987 | 1 | n/a |
| Antietam-Conococheague Watershed Alliance Inc | $35,953 | 1 | n/a |
| Lower Shore Land Trust Inc | $35,734 | 1 | 3% |
| One Annapolis Inc | $35,367 | 1 | n/a |
| Hampshire County Commission | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Annapolis Maritime Museum Inc | $34,724 | 1 | n/a |
| Wat Thai Washington DC | $34,558 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Brentwood | $34,408 | 1 | n/a |
| Adkins Arboretum Ltd | $34,053 | 1 | n/a |
| The Community College of Baltimore County Foundation Inc | $34,006 | 1 | 0% |
| Maryland Assoc for Environmental & Outdoor Educati | $33,978 | 1 | 5% |
| Minorities in Aquaculture | $33,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Kingsport Community Association Inc | $33,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Columbia Association Inc | $32,740 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Anacostia Park | $32,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Riviera Community Improvement | $32,355 | 1 | n/a |
| York Corridor Business Improvement District Management Authority Inc | $31,725 | 1 | 5% |
| Wake the 8 DC | $31,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Islamic Society of Baltimore Md | $31,500 | 1 | n/a |
| After-School All-Stars | $31,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ward 8 Woods Conservancy Inc | $31,487 | 1 | 5% |
| Grow Home Inc | $31,087 | 1 | n/a |
| Worcester County Board of Educatio | $30,959 | 1 | n/a |
| Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ | $30,442 | 1 | n/a |
| Urban Learning and Teaching Center | $30,090 | 1 | n/a |
| The Green Scheme | $29,520 | 1 | n/a |
| Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance | $29,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Cathedral Church of the Incarnation | $28,383 | 1 | n/a |
| Mobilize Frederick Inc | $27,854 | 1 | n/a |
| Claymont Society For Coninuous Education | $27,642 | 1 | 4% |
| Virginia Conservation Network | $27,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Bladensburg | $27,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council | $26,951 | 1 | n/a |
| Filbert Street Garden | $26,316 | 1 | 17% |
| Carroll Soil Conservation District | $25,972 | 1 | n/a |
| 755 Alliance Inc | $25,020 | 1 | 14% |
| Friends of the Rappahannock | $25,005 | 1 | n/a |
| Empower DC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shelleys House Inc | $24,300 | 1 | 28% |
| Chesapeake Conservancy Inc | $24,056 | 1 | 0% |
| Preserve at Rock Creek Homeowner Association | $23,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Nature Worx Inc | $23,280 | 1 | 10% |
| Lets Thrive Baltimore | $22,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater Baybrook Alliance Inc | $22,429 | 1 | 1% |
| Oyster Recovery Partnership Inc | $22,420 | 1 | 0% |
| Dreaming Out Loud Inc | $21,755 | 1 | 0% |
| Ann's Circle Inc | $21,358 | 1 | 1% |
| Vestry of St Alban's Parish | $20,867 | 1 | n/a |
| Virginia Association for Environmental Education | $19,992 | 1 | 12% |
| Land and Cultural Preservation Fund Inc | $19,869 | 1 | n/a |
| Trash Free Maryland Corporation | $18,720 | 1 | n/a |
| Coastal Conservation Association | $18,448 | 1 | n/a |
| Rebuild Metro Inc | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Potomac Valley Audubon Society Inc | $18,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Neighborspace of Baltimore County Inc | $17,684 | 1 | 4% |
| Baltimore Clayworks Inc | $17,555 | 1 | n/a |
| The East-John Youth Center Inc | $17,210 | 1 | n/a |
| Northern Virginia Conservation Trust | $17,004 | 1 | 1% |
| South West Community Council Incorporated | $16,958 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Cambridge | $16,473 | 1 | n/a |
| Church of the Redemption | $16,350 | 1 | n/a |
| Valley Conservation Council | $16,200 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Brunswick | $15,090 | 1 | n/a |
| Seasons Home Owners Association Inc Metropolis Management LLC | $14,767 | 1 | n/a |
| Chartley Homeowners Association Inc | $14,500 | 1 | n/a |
| West Virginia Rivers Coalition Inc | $14,295 | 1 | 1% |
| C&O Canal Trust Inc | $14,005 | 1 | 1% |
| The Mariners' Museum | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Indian Creek School Inc | $13,813 | 1 | 0% |
| Sultana Education Foundation Inc | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Assateague Coastal Trust Inc | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Afrithrive Inc | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Catonsville Rails to Trail Inc | $13,500 | 1 | 20% |
| Chesapeake Legal Alliance Inc | $13,500 | 1 | 1% |
| City Center Residents Association Inc | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Shady Grove Village Hoa | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Blue Ridge Community & Technical College | $13,496 | 1 | n/a |
| Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends | $13,480 | 1 | n/a |
| Shenandoah Valley Black Heritage Project | $13,167 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Bridgewater | $12,709 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Landover Hills | $12,658 | 1 | n/a |
| James River Association | $12,615 | 1 | 0% |
| Phillips Wharf Environmental Center Inc | $12,150 | 1 | 9% |
| Gateway Commons Hoa | $12,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Ashburton Area Association Inc | $11,453 | 1 | n/a |
| Appalachian Voices | $11,058 | 1 | n/a |
| Gunpowder Riverkeeper Inc | $10,955 | 1 | n/a |
| Conservation Nation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Mary's River Watershed Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Portsmouth Department of Behavioral | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Payne Elementary School Parents Tea | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Moonshot Missions Inc | $9,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Mount Saint Joseph High School Inc | $9,708 | 1 | n/a |
| Shady Grove III Community Association | $9,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Maryland Environmental Service | $9,315 | 1 | n/a |
| Conservancy for Charles County Inc | $9,166 | 1 | n/a |
| Wilderness Leadership & Learning Inc | $9,100 | 1 | 2% |
| Horizons Hampton Roads Inc | $9,073 | 1 | 1% |
| Blue Swallow Farm Foundation | $9,000 | 1 | 13% |
| DC Greens Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dorchester County School District | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nansemond River Preservation Alliance | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Virginia Institute of Marine Science | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friendship Technology Preparatory Academy | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Common Grain Alliance | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Prince William Public Schools | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Virginia Oyster Trail | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Engaged Community Offshoots | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Higher Achievement Program Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Portsmouth City School District | $8,655 | 1 | n/a |
| Cylburn Arboretum Friends Inc | $8,556 | 1 | n/a |
| Cultivating Community | $8,550 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Forest Heights | $8,550 | 1 | n/a |
| The Friends of Quiet Waters Park Inc | $8,433 | 1 | 9% |
| Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association Inc | $8,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Fishing Creek Farm Homeowners Assoc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gwynns Falls Business and Home Owners Association | $7,866 | 1 | n/a |
| Caroline County Board of Education | $7,650 | 1 | n/a |
| Baltimore Green Space | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| St Gabriel Church in Windsor Mill Md | $7,407 | 1 | n/a |
| Butchers Hill Association Inc | $7,405 | 1 | n/a |
| Amherst County Public Schools | $7,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Earth Conservation Corps | $7,200 | 1 | 1% |
| Canton Community Association Inc | $7,030 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Hagerstown | $6,661 | 1 | n/a |
| Montessori Society of Ashton Inc | $6,654 | 1 | 0% |
| No Boundaries Coalition Inc | $6,570 | 1 | 0% |
| The Potomac Boat Club Inc | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| William & Mary | $6,372 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington County Public Schools | $6,295 | 1 | n/a |
| Sherwood Episcopal Church | $6,014 | 1 | n/a |
| Govans Presbyterian Church | $5,965 | 1 | n/a |
| St Peter's Episcopal Church | $5,670 | 1 | n/a |
| Faith Presbyterian Church | $5,647 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Bath | $5,544 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Chesapeake Bay Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 77 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 77.
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 Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment IncMD70.7× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · The Morris Goldseker Foundation of Maryland Inc · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Virginia Environmental Endowment · Baltimore Civic Fund Inc · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Kentfields 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.
About Chesapeake Bay Trust
- How much does Chesapeake Bay Trust give?
- Chesapeake Bay Trust reported 267 itemized grants totaling $21,506,725, out of $27,635,394 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing.
- What does Chesapeake Bay Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2025 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (89%), Community Improvement (4%), Public Benefit (1%).
- Who are Chesapeake Bay Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2025 to FY2025: Baltimore Tree Trust Inc ($2.3M), Prince George's County Board of Elections ($1.1M), Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Inc ($928k).
- Which funders back the same organizations as Chesapeake Bay Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc, France-Merrick Foundation Inc, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
- Where is Chesapeake Bay Trust based?
- Chesapeake Bay Trust is based in MD.
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