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Chesapeake Charities Inc

The mission of chesapeake charities, inc.

$165k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$48k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2024.

Food & Nutrition$240kHuman Services$210kEnvironment$207kHealth$104kHousing & Shelter$92kPhilanthropy$37kEducation$20kPublic Safety & Disaster$12kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 8 grants below total $135,150 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $165,300 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $30,150 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $119k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$9.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UM CHARLES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER$47,500
HAVEN MINISTRIES INC$21,650
RUBY'S RAINBOW$20,000
SAIL HOME INC$10,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WASHINGTON DC & NORTHERN VIRGINIA$10,000
NOT MY CHILD INC$10,000
FOR ALL SEASONS$8,000
HEALTH PARTNERS INC$8,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–24, $210k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%SAIL HOME INC: $10k → 7%LIFESTYLES OF MARYLAND FOUNDATION: $150k → 8%CHESTERWYE CENTER INC: $10k → 7%LIFESTYLES OF SOUTHER MD: $40k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

33%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$304k · 5 repeat orgs$623k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +110% since the first grant, against +24% for the ones you funded once.

5 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
18

Total granted

$304k
$498k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+110%
+24%

Still filing today

100%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 7% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’24
EnvironmentHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyHealthEducationOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • LO
    LIFESTYLES OF MARYLAND FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $190k · revenue +172%
  • AA
    Anne Arundel County Watershed Stewards Academy Inc
    2× · 2018–2019 · $40k · revenue +110%
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WASHINGTON DC & NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC
    2× · 2019–2024 · $20k · revenue +155%

Funded once

  • SHARE OUR STRENGTH
    one grant, 2019 · $210k · revenue +20%
  • TD
    THE DOBSON FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $37k · revenue +92%
  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $30k · revenue +51%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Chesapeake Rivers Association

Protect and Restore the Chesapeake Bay particularly the Severn River

Environment
2
Shorerivers Inc

Shorerivers protects and restores eastern shore waterways through science-based advocacy, restoration and education.

Environment
3
Blue Water Baltimore

To restore the quality of baltimore's rivers, streams and harbor to foster a healthy environment, a strong economy, and thriving communities.

Environment
4
Earthreports Inc

To provide vital advocacy to help maintain and restore one of marylands most valuable resources, the patuxent river.

Environment
5
Harry R Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology

The Center brings together diverse interests from the agricultural, forestry, and environmental communities for the purpose of retaining Maryland's working landscapes and the industries they support while protecting and improving the…

Food & Nutrition
6
Sustainable Chesapeake

Cultivating prosperity for farms, business and communities through innovative environmental solutions.

Public Benefit
7
Middle Patuxent Environmental Foundation
Philanthropy
8
Southern Maryland Rc&D Board Inc

Working in partnership with community groups and organizations, southern maryland resource conservation & development inc. is dedicated to improving the quality of life in the region by enabling the people and promoting the wise use of our…

Environment
9
Oyster Recovery Partnership Inc

Plan, promote implement science-based sustainable shellfish restoration, aquaculture, and wild fishery activities to protect our environment, support our economy preserve our culture heritage

—
10
Western Maryland Resource Conservation and Development

The Western Maryland Resource Conservation and Development Councils WMRC&D mission is to build and sustain resource conservation programs which raise the quality of social economic and environmental development in our region.

Environment
11
Chesapeake Islands Research Center Inc
Environment
12
Maryland Recreation & Parks Assoc Inc

Advocate and promote public parks, recreation, and environmental conservation efforts.provide education and training to parks and recreation industry professionals.

Recreation & Sports

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Arundel Rivers Federation Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Dobson 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.

Your grantees are a median of 31 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%9%<5yr15%9%5–10yr18%17%10–20yr17%26%20–35yr15%35%35–55yr14%4%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%2%<5yr15%8%5–10yr18%14%10–20yr17%32%20–35yr15%40%35–55yr14%4%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 9% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 7% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
7%
2/30
the rest of the field
13%
2,235/17,568

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/28
Grantees still filing
17/28
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SHARE OUR STRENGTH — $210,000 · OtherSHARE OUR STRENGTHHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WASHINGTON DC & NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC — $20,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WASHINGTON DC & N…WEST RHODE RIVERKEEPER INC — $15,785 · OtherOUR CREEKS & CONSERVANCY INC — $13,446 · OtherFARMING 4 HUNGER INC — $30,000 · OtherFARMING 4 HUNGER INCKENT ISLAND VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC — $12,125 · Other+5 more — $36,957 · Other+5 moreLIFESTYLES OF MARYLAND FOUNDATION INC — $190,000 · Human ServicesLIFESTYLES OF MARYLAND FO…CHESTERWYE CENTER INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesSUPPORTED ACCESS TO INDEPENDENT LIVING INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesAnne Arundel County Watershed Stewards Academy Inc — $39,968 · EnvironmentAnne Arundel County…ANNAPOLIS GREEN INC — $31,332 · EnvironmentANNAPOLIS GREEN INCARUNDEL RIVERS FEDERATION INC — $28,667 · EnvironmentARUNDEL RIVERS FEDE…SPA CREEK CONSERVANCY INC — $22,872 · EnvironmentSPA CREEK CONSERVAN…THE SEVERN RIVER ASSOCIATION INC — $17,108 · EnvironmentTHE SEVERN RIVER AS…ALLIANCE FOR THE CHESAPEAKE BAY INC — $13,769 · EnvironmentALLIANCE FOR THE CH…SCENIC RIVERS LAND TRUST INC — $9,775 · EnvironmentSCENIC RIVERS LAND …Civista Medical Center Inc — $47,500 · HealthNOT MY CHILD INC — $10,000 · HealthTHE DOBSON FOUNDATION INC — $36,712 · PhilanthropyREBUILDING TOGETHER- ANNE ARUNDEL — $20,000 · PhilanthropyHAVEN MINISTRIES INC — $21,650 · Housing & ShelterChristmas in April Charles County — $20,000 · Housing & ShelterREBUILDING TOGETHER INC — $10,000 · Housing & ShelterJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — $30,000 · EducationRUBY'S RAINBOW — $20,000 · Education
Other$338,313Human Services$210,000Environment$163,491Health$57,500Philanthropy$56,712Housing & Shelter$51,650Education$50,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH — $210,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLIFESTYLES OF MARYLAND FOUNDATION INC — $190,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetCivista Medical Center Inc — $47,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnne Arundel County Watershed Stewards Academy Inc — $39,968 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFARMING 4 HUNGER INC — $30,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetARUNDEL RIVERS FEDERATION INC — $28,667 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSPA CREEK CONSERVANCY INC — $22,872 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetHAVEN MINISTRIES INC — $21,650 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetRUBY'S RAINBOW — $20,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetChristmas in April Charles County — $20,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER- ANNE ARUNDEL — $20,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WASHINGTON DC & NORTHERN VIRGINIA INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SEVERN RIVER ASSOCIATION INC — $17,108 over 1y, 15% of budgetWEST RHODE RIVERKEEPER INC — $15,785 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetALLIANCE FOR THE CHESAPEAKE BAY INC — $13,769 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOUR CREEKS & CONSERVANCY INC — $13,446 over 1y, 15% of budgetKENT ISLAND VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC — $12,125 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHESTERWYE CENTER INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNOT MY CHILD INC — $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetSUPPORTED ACCESS TO INDEPENDENT LIVING INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetSCENIC RIVERS LAND TRUST INC — $9,775 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFOR ALL SEASONS INC — $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHealth Partners Inc — $8,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation …The Keith Campbell Fo…Norman J Fisher and D…Charles County Charit…National Fish and Wil…United Way of Souther…English Family Founda…Friel Foundation IncChesapeake Bay TrustGs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…The Pfizer Foundation…
Community Foundation of Anne Arundel CoMD21.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Anne Arundel Co · The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc · Norman J Fisher and Doris Fisher Foundation · Charles County Charitable Trust · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · United Way of Southern Maryland · English Family Foundation Co Amie Brooks · Friel Foundation Inc · Chesapeake Bay Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Chesapeake Charities Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • Farming 4 Hunger Inc — 100% of income from government
  • Lifestyles of Maryland Foundation Inc — 42% of income from government
  • Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Inc — 28% of income from government
  • For All Seasons Inc — 22% of income from government
  • Arundel Rivers Federation Inc — 19% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University — 12% of income from government
  • Chesterwye Center Inc — 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 30 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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