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Comprehensive Housing Assistance Inc at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

· Public charity

Comprehensive Housing Assistance Inc

To develop and support thriving, stable communitites in neighborhoods with a substantial jewish population.

$559k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$296k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Community Improvement$1.5MHealth$543kFood & Nutrition$513kEnvironment$250kYouth Development$150kHousing & Shelter$64kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kEducation$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $50k–250k3 grants · $264k
  • $250k+1 grant · $296k
$150,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$53M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PIKESVILLE ARMORY FOUNDATION INC$295,867
YOUTH EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INC$150,000
GILLIS MEMORIAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$63,550
PARKLANE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION INC$50,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 50% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 12%PIKESVILLE ARMORY FOUNDATION INC: $296k → 11%BRIDGE'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $500k → 19%AHAVAS CHAIM INC: $250k → 11%SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE: $286k → 19%CYLBURN ARBORETUM FRIENDS INC: $250k → 11%PARK WEST HEALTH SYSTEM: $220k → 19%PARKLANE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION INC: $50k → 11%YOUTH EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INC: $150k → 19%PIKESVILLE ARMORY FOUNDATION INC: $357k → 11%CUSTOM LEVELS INC: $89k → 19%PIKESVILLE ARMORY FOUNDATION INC: $201k → 11%GILLIS MEMORIAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $64k → 19%PARKLANE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION INC: $50k → 19%PARK WEST HEALTH SYSTEM: $29k → 19%AT THE HOUSE INC: $9k → 19%SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE: $8k → 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.

51%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 6 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
9

Total granted

$1.5M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+37%

Still filing today

83%
22%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $214k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’22’23’24’25
Youth DevelopmentPublic BenefitEnvironmentHealthHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesOther
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

  • PA
    PIKESVILLE ARMORY FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $854k · revenue +8%
  • SH
    SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $294k · revenue +6%
  • PW
    PARK WEST HEALTH SYSTEM INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $249k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • BC
    BRIDGES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2022 · $500k · revenue -49% · 30% of their budget
  • AC
    AHAVAS CHAIM INC
    one grant, 2024 · $250k
  • CA
    CYLBURN ARBORETUM FRIENDS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $250k · revenue +37%
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
Polish Hill Civic Association of Pittsbu

Community Improvement

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2
Park Heights Community Health Alliance

Seeks to improve health of community through health and wellness iniatives, environmentalism, community education and service.

Health
3
The Greater Bel Air Community Foundation Inc

Greater bel air community projects

Philanthropy
4
East Phillips Neighborhood Institute

Promote the economic and social health of the east phillips community by developing, supporting and fostering employment, business development and community development opportinities that meet the needs of the community.

Human Services
5
Park Avenue District Inc

Fall in love with the charm, sophistication and history of the park avenue district.

Community Improvement
6
Platte Development Corporation

Community growth and improvement

Community Improvement
7
Highland Park Urban Development Initiative
Community Improvement
8
Saba Grocers Initiative

A healthy community where everyone has access to quality, nutritious, healthy food can be achieved through a synergistic relationship between stores and the communities they serve. Corner stores/community markets can serve as an important…

Food & Nutrition
9
Greater Severna Park and Arnold Chamber of Commerce

Promote economic interest in Severna Park, MD and Arnold, MD

—
10
Dr Gary Burnstein Community Health Clinic

Primary care facility for the underinsured and uninsured.

Health
11
Hamilton Community Improvement Corp

Improve community apprearance through purchasing vacant properties

Community Improvement
12
Community Health Partners

Promoting health for residents of Southwest Washington and Oregon.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cylburn Arboretum Friends Inc; the most unlike its peers is Youth Educational Services Incorporated. 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

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

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 17 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
6/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PIKESVILLE ARMORY FOUNDATION INC: $854,159 · Public BenefitPIKESVILLE ARMORY FOUNDATION INCAHAVAS CHAIM INC: $250,000 · OtherAHAVAS CHAIM INCPARK WEST HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $248,793 · OtherPARK WEST HEALTH SYSTEM INCWALLACEBLACK COMMUNICATIONS INC: $114,276 · OtherWALLACEBLACK COMMUNICATIONS INCPARKLANE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION INC: $100,000 · OtherPARKLANE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIO…CUSTOM LEVELS INC: $89,050 · OtherCUSTOM LEVELS INCK NEAL INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS INC: $36,131 · Other+4 more: $15,680 · OtherBRIDGES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $499,804 · Youth DevelopmentBRIDGES COMMUNITY DEVELO…YOUTH EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INCORPORATED: $150,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH EDUCATIONAL SERVIC…SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE INC: $293,874 · HealthSINAI HOSPI…CYLBURN ARBORETUM FRIENDS INC: $250,000 · EnvironmentCYLBURN A…GILLIS MEMORIAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $63,550 · Housing & ShelterBALTIMORE HUNGER PROJECT LLC: $12,840 · Human Services
Public Benefit$854,159Other$853,930Youth Development$649,804Health$293,874Environment$250,000Housing & Shelter$63,550Human Services$12,840

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 budgetPIKESVILLE ARMORY FOUNDATION INC: $854,159 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetBRIDGES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $499,804 over 1y, 30% of budgetSINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE INC: $293,874 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCYLBURN ARBORETUM FRIENDS INC: $250,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetPARK WEST HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $248,793 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetYOUTH EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INCORPORATED: $150,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetBALTIMORE HUNGER PROJECT LLC: $12,840 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetNORTHWEST CITIZENS PATROL INC: $5,000 over 2y, 1.4% 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.

France-Merrick Founda…Associated Jewish Cha…Baltimore Community F…Morgan Stanley Global…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
France-Merrick Foundation IncMD15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: France-Merrick Foundation Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Comprehensive Housing Assistance Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Comprehensive Housing Assistance Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 35%
  • Pikesville Armory Foundation Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Park West Health System Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
2report 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.

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 17 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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