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Cordish Family 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.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
42
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$2.2MInternational$1.7MArts & Culture$1.0MHealth$560kPhilanthropy$317kYouth Development$284kHuman Services$186kFood & Nutrition$124kOther$0
02FY2024 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 42 grants below total $1,278,588, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,470,088 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $191,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k20 grants · $80k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $217k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $732k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$20M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Friends of the IDF$250,000
The Associated$122,000
Friends of Yemin Orde$120,000
Sheppard Pratt Health System$103,950
Greater Miami Jewish Federation$100,000
Calvert School$100,000
St. Francis Academy$100,000
Stevenson University$86,000
NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale$25,000
Girl's Empowerment Mission$25,000
Foundation for Preservation of Govt House$25,000
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School$20,000
Jewish National Fund$20,000
Ladew Topiary Gardens$15,000
Associated Black Charities$15,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.4M · 62 repeat orgs$843k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

62 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2024, 37 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

62
81

Total granted

$8.4M
$743k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+19%

Still filing today

53%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $101k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyHuman 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

  • SU
    STEVENSON UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2017–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +22%
  • II
    IMPACTISRAEL INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $770k · revenue +35%
  • SP
    SHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM INC
    5× · 2017–2024 · $429k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • MS
    Montessori Society of MD
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
  • NM
    National Medal of Honor Museum
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • OS
    OCEAN STATE JOB LOT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $75k · revenue -63%
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.

03Its 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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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3
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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4
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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5
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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6
University of Maryland Dermatologists Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
7
University of Maryland Otorhino-Laryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
8
University of Maryland Surgical Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
9
University of Maryland Pediatric Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
10
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
11
University of Maryland Oncology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
12
University of Maryland Eye Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Thread Inc; the most unlike its peers is Israel Lacrosse Association Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

91 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. 91 of the 162 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)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
86/91
Grantees still filing
66/91
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Associated: $2,855,157 · OtherThe AssociatedFriends of the IDF: $268,667 · OtherSt. Francis Academy: $250,000 · Other+97 more: $1,667,993 · Other+97 moreSTEVENSON UNIVERSITY: $1,186,150 · EducationSTEVENSON UNIVERSIT…CALVERT SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $220,000 · EducationCALVERT SCHOOL INCO…THE PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC: $77,500 · Education+10 more: $144,000 · Education+10 moreIMPACTISRAEL INC: $769,530 · InternationalIMPACTISRAEL INCAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $476,800 · InternationalAMERICAN ISRAEL …JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $120,000 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL …+2 more: $9,833 · InternationalEUTAW PLACE NON-PROFIT CORPORATION: $305,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $73,200 · Arts & CultureCENTER STAGE ASSOCIATES INC: $41,000 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $32,215 · Arts & CultureHigh Zero Foundation Inc: $30,000 · Arts & Culture+15 more: $80,510 · Arts & CultureSHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $428,950 · HealthGBMC FOUNDATION INC: $36,000 · Health+8 more: $60,440 · HealthBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $166,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Philanthropy+4 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHREAD INC: $180,000 · Youth DevelopmentIMENTOR INC: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentNEW HEIGHTS YOUTH INC: $10,000 · Youth Development+3 more: $4,500 · Youth Development
Other$5,041,817Education$1,627,650International$1,376,163Arts & Culture$561,925Health$525,390Philanthropy$306,000Youth Development$224,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSTEVENSON UNIVERSITY: $1,186,150 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetIMPACTISRAEL INC: $769,530 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $476,800 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $428,950 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCALVERT SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $220,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHREAD INC: $180,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $166,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $120,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC: $77,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOCEAN STATE JOB LOT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetASSOCIATED BLACK CHARITIES INC: $74,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $73,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCENTER STAGE ASSOCIATES INC: $41,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE URBAN ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC: $38,991 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBALTIMORE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $34,505 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $32,215 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHigh Zero Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 5y, 70% of budgetIRVINE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER INC: $27,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPAUL RABIL FOUNDATION INC: $21,500 over 3y, 9.8% of budgetLONGHOUSE RESERVE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetIMENTOR INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKRISTI HOUSE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMARYLAND ART PLACE INC: $18,300 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetISRAEL LACROSSE ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNational Gallery of Art: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY REACH FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGBMC HEALTHCARE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE CENTRAL SCHOLARSHIP BUREAU INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNEW HEIGHTS YOUTH INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLIFEBRIDGE HEALTH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHAREBABY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRETREAT AT BECKLEYSVILLE INC: $8,500 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetYOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS INC: $8,350 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetISRAEL TENNIS CENTERS FOUNDATION INC: $8,333 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY TRUST: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG VICTORIAN THEATRE COMPANY: $5,450 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $5,440 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOUCHER COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBELIEVE IN TOMORROW NATIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

  • Who funds STEVENSON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds IMPACTISRAEL INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM INC ↗
  • Who funds EUTAW PLACE NON-PROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds CALVERT SCHOOL INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds THREAD INC ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN STATE JOB LOT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATED BLACK CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER STAGE ASSOCIATES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE URBAN ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds High Zero Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds IRVINE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL INC ↗

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…Associated Jewish Cha…France-Merrick Founda…The United Way of Cen…T Rowe Price Program …Brown Advisory Charit…Annie E Casey Foundat…The Harry and Jeanett…The Kahlert Foundatio…The Abell Foundation …The Joseph Meyerhoff …T Rowe Price Foundati…
Baltimore Community Foundation IncMD51.9× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · The Kahlert Foundation Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · The Joseph Meyerhoff Fund Inc · T Rowe Price 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.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to Cordish Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Cordish Family 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 162 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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