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Cloverland Farms Foundation Inc at a glance

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Cloverland Farms Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$61k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$104kHuman Services$103kPublic Benefit$49kArts & Culture$27kCommunity Improvement$20kPhilanthropy$15kRecreation & Sports$11kAnimals$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $49k
$500
Median grant
3
States reached
$895k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HAMPDEN COMMUNITY COUNCIL$20,000
SIGNAL 13 FOUNDATION INC$16,500
COPPIN STATE UNIVERSITY$12,100
Individual grant recipient$5,000
LHM HOSPICE & SOCIAL SERVICES$5,000
EASTERN SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE$500
EASTERN SHORE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$500
WESTMINSTER BORDL ASSOCIATION$500
BALTIMORE LACROSSE FOUNDATION$300
GARDEN CLUB OF THE EASTERN SHORE VA$200
BALTIMORE ROTARY CLUB$200
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF BALTIMORE: $5k → 19%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.
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.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$220k · 10 repeat orgs$147k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +88% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
16

Total granted

$220k
$103k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+88%
+23%

Still filing today

40%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationAnimalsArts & CultureHealthCrime & LegalCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • FJ
    Frank J Battaglia Signal 13 Foundation Inc
    4× · 2021–2024 · $49k · revenue +120%
  • TH
    The Hampden Family Center Inc
    3× · 2020–2022 · $30k · revenue +22%
  • MC
    MARYLAND CLUB PRESERVATION FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2023 · $25k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • LC
    LIVING CLASSROOMS TOMORROW PROMISE
    one grant, 2022 · $30k
  • SF
    SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +56%
  • SF
    ST FRANCIS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +40%
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
Baltimore Montessori Inc

To nurture a love of learning in a small family-like environment by providing an extraordinary and proven montessori public school experience for families in baltimore city.

Education
2
The Maryland Spca Inc

To improve the lives of pets and people in the community; to provide and promote education concerning the proper care of animals; to provide medical services, socialization, and enrichment to animals; (see schedule o for continuation)to…

Animals
3
Historical Society Harford Cou

Preserve the history of Harford County, Maryland

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4
Fells Point Main Street Inc

The mission of Fell's Point Main Street is to promote and encourage economic development while strengthening and revitalizing the greater Fell's Point business district in ways that meet the needs of businesses, residents, and visitors…

Community Improvement
5
Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Inc

Promote religious, charitable, and educational interests of its members and constituent monthly meetings.

Religion
6
Metropolitan Baltimore Council of Afl-Cio Unions

The council was organized for the purpose of providing its members with adequate representation in various union related matters.

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7
Baltimore Area Health Education Center

To eliminate health disparities by educating and strengthening the health care workforce. bahec provides interdisciplinary education programs that bridge academic, healthcare, and community settings to transform the health of underserved…

Health
8
The Mclean School of Maryland Inc

Mclean school's small classes and abilities model prepare bright students in kindergarten through twelfth grade, including those with dyslexia, anxiety, and attention issues, for college success.

Education
9
First Maryland Disability Trust Inc

To enhance the quality of life, autonomy and dignity of marylanders with disabilities by offering cost effective trust services to protect, manage and use trust assets for beneficiaries while preserving eligibility for public and private…

Human Services
10
Baltimore Fire Fighters Local 734 Holding Company Inc

Acquisition and maintenance of property of local fire fighters union

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11
Humane Society of Charles County

The Humane Society of Charles County has the dual mission of promoting the humane treatment of animals and of fostering a respect for all life, both animal and human.

Animals
12
Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership Inc

The baltimore regional housing partnership expands housing choices for low-income families who have historically been excluded from housing in well-resourced areas.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mcdonogh School Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Almost Home Dog Rescue 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

18 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. 18 of the 35 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Frank J Battaglia Signal 13 Foundation Inc: $48,500 · OtherFrank J Battaglia Signal 13 Foundation IncCUBBY'S PLACE INC: $33,000 · OtherCUBBY'S PLACE INCLIVING CLASSROOMS TOMORROW PROMISE: $30,000 · OtherLIVING CLASSROOMS TOMORROW PROMISETHE SALVATION ARMY: $15,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYCOPPIN STATE UNIVERSITY: $12,100 · OtherCOPPIN STATE UNIVERSITYBALTIMORE LACROSSE FOUNDATION: $10,300 · OtherST FRANCIS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherLIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Other+16 more: $38,200 · Other+16 moreTHE ODYSSEY SCHOOL INC: $20,000 · EducationTHE ODYSSEY SCH…THE MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND: $14,000 · EducationTHE MARYLAND SC…JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS U…MCDONOGH SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $5,000 · EducationMCDONOGH SCHOOL…The Hampden Family Center Inc: $29,500 · Crime & LegalThe Hampd…MARYLAND CLUB PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Arts & CultureFIRE MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureHAMPDEN COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC: $20,000 · Community ImprovementPHILANTHROPY TANK INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropySEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $10,000 · Health
Other$217,100Education$49,000Crime & Legal$29,500Arts & Culture$27,000Community Improvement$20,000Philanthropy$15,000Health$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFrank J Battaglia Signal 13 Foundation Inc: $48,500 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetThe Hampden Family Center Inc: $29,500 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetMARYLAND CLUB PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetTHE ODYSSEY SCHOOL INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHAMPDEN COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC: $20,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetPHILANTHROPY TANK INC: $15,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetTHE MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND: $14,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST FRANCIS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMCDONOGH SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFallston Animal Rescue Movement Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFIRE MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL #220 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARYLAND STATE SQUASH RACQUETS ASSOC INC: $500 over 1y, 1.9% 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.

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…The United Way of Cen…The John J Leidy Foun…T Rowe Price Program …Mary Jean and Oliver …France-Merrick Founda…Clayton Baker TrustT Rowe Price Foundati…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodMorgan Stanley Global…
Baltimore Community Foundation IncMD21.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · The John J Leidy Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Mary Jean and Oliver Travers Foundation Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · Clayton Baker Trust · T Rowe Price Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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 Cloverland Farms Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cloverland Farms Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • The Maryland School for the Blind: 47% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Associated Catholic Charities Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Mcdonogh School Incorporated: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Cloverland Farms Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Cloverland Farms Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 35 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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