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David & Barbara B Hirschhorn Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
146
Grants FY2024
115
Organizations funded FY2023
7%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$240,000
Organizations funded a year
108 to 126
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
15
Total assets, FY2024
$36M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 7% of the organizations David & Barbara B Hirschhorn Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $118k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureCrime & LegalCommunity ImprovementHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving122$3.1M12%
FY2023115$2.6M7%
FY2022126$2.7M17%
FY2021108$2.5M12%
FY2020115$2.4M15%
FY2019118$2.1M14%
FY2018112$1.9M21%
FY2017115$1.7Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$4.3MReligion$3.2MHealth$1.5MHuman Services$1.4MArts & Culture$1.4MCivil Rights$1.3MInternational$1.2MFood & Nutrition$1.1MOther$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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Park School of Baltimore Inc$1,428,30081%
Beth Tfiloh Congregation$950,0008n/a
Institute for Islamic Christian and Jewish Studies Inc$557,50089%
American Jewish Committee$515,00080%
Art With a Heart Inc$372,50083%
Witness Inc$340,00081%
Chizuk Amuno Congregation$333,5008n/a
Connecticut College$330,00080%
Lifebridge Health Inc$310,50080%
The Maryland Food Bank Inc$295,00080%
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All grantees of David & Barbara B Hirschhorn Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Park School of Baltimore Inc$1,428,30081%
Beth Tfiloh Congregation$950,0008n/a
Institute for Islamic Christian and Jewish Studies Inc$557,50089%
American Jewish Committee$515,00080%
Art With a Heart Inc$372,50083%
Witness Inc$340,00081%
Chizuk Amuno Congregation$333,5008n/a
Connecticut College$330,00080%
Lifebridge Health Inc$310,50080%
The Maryland Food Bank Inc$295,00080%
National Yiddish Book Center Inc$292,00071%
Literacy Assistance Center Inc$275,00072%
Legal Aid Bureau Inc$267,50080%
Interfaith America$250,00081%
Fund for Educational Excellence Inc$248,70080%
Meals on Wheels of Central Marylandinc$247,50081%
Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City$232,50080%
Har Sinai - Oheb Shalom Congregation Inc$221,0006n/a
Chai Lifeline Inc$218,00050%
Jewish Community Center of Baltimore Inc$208,50080%
Strong City Baltimore Inc$205,00041%
The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore Inc$205,00080%
Abilities Network Inc$200,00080%
Elijah Cummings Youth Program in Israel Inc$190,000818%
Farm and Wilderness Foundation Inc$188,50081%
Moveable Feast Inc$185,00072%
Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom$185,000610%
Arts for Learning Maryland Inc$180,00071%
American Friends of Meir Panim$168,50081%
The Maryland Book Bank Inc$167,50081%
Springboard Collaborative$160,00050%
Shoresh Inc$155,00071%
Reading Partners$155,00070%
Hopewell Cancer Support$154,00083%
Digital Harbor Foundation$147,50082%
Itineris Foundation Inc$145,50074%
Business and Human Rights Resource Centre$140,00081%
Empower-The Emerging Markets Foundation$140,00080%
Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility Inc$135,00080%
The Literacy Lab$130,00060%
Pikesville Armory Foundation Inc$125,00011%
St Ambrose Housing Aid Center Inc$125,00071%
Benefits Data Trust$125,00070%
Planned Parenthood of Maryland Inc$122,50080%
North American Friends of Oranim Inc$121,000730%
Music & Memory Inc$120,000316%
Partners in Care Maryland Inc$117,50081%
Job Opportunities Task Force Inc$115,00082%
Helping Up Mission Inc$115,00070%
Dyslexia Tutoring Program$110,00074%
Civic Works Inc$110,00060%
Parks and People Inc$110,00071%
Pro Bono Counseling Project Inc$107,50055%
Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind$105,00080%
Baltimore Bar Foundation Inc$105,00085%
Homeless Persons Representation Project Inc$105,00081%
Everyman Theatre Inc$104,12551%
Elev8baltimoreinc$100,00042%
Acharai the Shoshana S Cardin Jewish Leadership Institute Inc$100,000310%
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc$100,00060%
Community Assistance Network Inc$100,00040%
Greenlight Fund Inc$100,00050%
Congregation Ahavas Sholom$96,0008n/a
South Baltimore Learning Corporation$95,00032%
Sunrise Day Camps Association Inc$92,50070%
Let's Breakthrough Inc$90,00061%
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated$86,00031%
Maryland Family Network Inc$85,00070%
The St Pauls Schools Inc$85,0004n/a
Comprehensive Housing Assistance Inc$85,00031%
Govans Ecumenical Development Corp$80,00041%
Dent Education Inc$80,00039%
Casa of Baltimore County Inc$80,00082%
The Women's Law Center of Md Inc$80,00071%
Gateway Maryland Inc$80,00040%
Foundation for Baltimore County Public Library$79,00088%
Honestreportingcom Inc$75,50081%
Food Research & Action Center$75,00050%
Baltimore Public Media Corporation$75,00080%
The American Visionary Art Museum Inc$73,00041%
Imadi Inc$70,00032%
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service Inc$70,00050%
Libraries Without Borders$70,00043%
Wide Angle Youth Media Inc$67,50042%
Safe Alternative Foundation for Education Inc$65,00048%
Common Cause Education Fund$65,00030%
Protect Democracy Project$65,00030%
The Halachic Organ Donor Society Inc DBA Ematai$65,00063%
Usher 1F Collaborative Inc$60,00082%
The Lambi Fund of Haiti$58,500812%
Encounter Programs Inc$57,50081%
Global Camps Africa Inc$56,50072%
Winnebago Alumni Association Inc$54,500810%
Medical Education Resources Initiative for Teens Inc$52,50033%
Congregation Beth Elohim$50,0001n/a
Paul's Place Inc$50,00011%
Jewish Museum of Maryland Inc$50,00031%
Bridges Baltimore Inc$50,00020%
Edward a Myerberg Senior Center Inc$50,00022%
Fonkoze USA Inc$49,50051%
The House of Ruth Maryland Inc$45,00020%
Rabbi Chaim Kowalsky Memorial Ahavas Yisrael Fund Inc$45,00070%
Cash Campaign of Maryland Inc$45,00030%
Center for Urban Families Inc$45,00030%
Bowery Residents Committee Inc$42,50040%
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Inc$42,50070%
Goucher College$40,00080%
Fund for Global Human Rights Inc$40,00080%
Reach Out and Read Inc$40,00020%
Central Europe Center for Research and Documentation Inc$40,00081%
Temple Oheb Shalom$40,0002n/a
The Hide and Seek Foundation$40,00082%
The Hampden Family Center Inc$40,00034%
Freestate Justice Inc$40,00041%
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation$40,00030%
The Women's Housing Coalition Inc$40,00041%
Baltimore Civic Fund Inc$37,50020%
Sisters Circle Inc$37,50051%
Jewish Teen Advancement Program Inc$36,50062%
The United Way of Central Maryland Inc$36,00010%
Higher Achievement Program Inc$35,00020%
Red Devils Inc$32,00082%
Asylee Women Enterprise Inc$30,00022%
Chapter One Nfp$30,00010%
Maryland Philanthropy Network$30,00011%
Baltimore Shabbat Project$30,0002n/a
Haiti Clinic Inc$30,00041%
Fusion Partnership Inc$27,50040%
Community Law Center Inc$27,50041%
Family and Children's Services of Centra$25,00010%
Southwest Sports and Fitness Alliance Inc$25,000110%
League of Women Voters Education Fund$25,00010%
Manna House Inc$25,00013%
Reachout Educational Services Inc$25,000215%
The Circus Barn Inc$25,00050%
Thread Inc$22,50030%
Restorative Response Baltimore Inc$22,50021%
Rosedale Community Youth Center$21,110310%
University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc$20,00040%
The Village Learning Place Inc$20,00041%
Towson University Foundation Inc$20,00010%
The Family Tree Inc$20,00011%
Penn Hillel Foundation$20,00019%
Youth Empowerment Society Inc$20,000112%
Young Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc$20,00010%
The Arc Baltimore Inc$20,00030%
Marian House Inc$20,00010%
Rural Education & Development Inc$19,50051%
Edge Funders Alliance$19,00080%
Tobiass Tent Inc$18,0001n/a
Congregation Ohr Hamizrach Incorporated$18,0001n/a
Baltimore Safe Haven Corp$17,50031%
Jbi International Inc$17,50070%
American Supporters of Yedid Inc$15,00032%
AIDS Interfaith Residential Services Inc$15,00010%
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America$15,0001n/a
Black Girls Cook$15,00018%
Friends of United Hatzalah Inc$15,00010%
Thrive Arts$12,5001n/a
National Inventors Hall of Fame Inc$12,50010%
Junior Achievement of Central Maryland Inc$12,00030%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$10,00020%
Episcopal Housing Corporation$10,0001n/a
Pikesville Volunteer Fire Co Inc$10,00011%
Levindale Auxiliary Inc$10,000411%
Rails to Trails Conservancy$10,00010%
Soaringwords Inc$10,000110%
Transgender Law Center$10,00020%
Reimagine Inc$10,00011%
Jewish Grandparents Network Inc$10,00012%
Lake Roland Nature Council Inc$10,00025%
Access Hears$10,0001n/a
Remembering Litvaks Inc$8,000237%
Ohr Torah Stone Institutions of Israel$7,50020%
Deertrees Theatre Limited$7,50023%
Iris Music Project$7,50011%
The Maryland School for the Blind$7,50030%
Friends United Meeting Inc$7,5001n/a
Beloved Community Services Corporation$7,50010%
American Friends of Natal Inc$7,50010%
The League for People With Disabilities$7,50010%
Israel Magen Fund Inc$7,50011%
Chabad of Medford Inc$7,2002n/a
Kovno Communications Inc$7,07011%
Talmudical Academy of Baltimore Inc$6,0001n/a
Black Girl Film School Company$5,0001n/a
Seasons Hospice Foundation$5,00010%
Common Good Atlanta$5,00011%
Co Lab Theater Group Inc$5,00021%
Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice$5,00011%
Enterprise Community Partners Inc$5,00010%
American Friends of Leket Israel Inc$5,00010%
Zamir Choral Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Maryland Youth and the Law Inc$5,00011%
Leveling the Playing Field Inc$5,00010%
Food Allergy Research & Education Inc$5,00020%
Penn Hillel$5,0001n/a
City Neighbors Foundation Inc$5,00011%
Shalom Center$5,00021%
Center for Hope Inc$5,00010%
Congregation Bnai Jeshurun$5,0001n/a
Save a Child's Heart Foundation US Inc$5,00010%
Joshua M Rosen Foundation Inc$4,0001n/a
Coaching Corps$3,50010%
Baltimore Museum of Art$2,50010%
The Workfirst Foundation$2,50010%
Associated Catholic Charities Inc$2,50010%
Greater Baltimore Tennis Patrons Association Inc$2,50011%
Union for Reform Judaism$2,0001n/a
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$1,25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($635k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

David & Barbara B Hirschhorn Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 188 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Park School of Baltimore Inc: $1,428,300 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetInstitute for Islamic Christian and Jewish Studies Inc: $557,500 over 8y, 8.9% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $515,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetArt With a Heart Inc: $372,500 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetWitness Inc: $340,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetConnecticut College: $330,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLifebridge Health Inc: $310,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Maryland Food Bank Inc: $295,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNational Yiddish Book Center Inc: $292,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetLiteracy Assistance Center Inc: $275,000 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetLegal Aid Bureau Inc: $267,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetInterfaith America: $250,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetFund for Educational Excellence Inc: $248,700 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Central Marylandinc: $247,500 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetEnoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City: $232,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetChai Lifeline Inc: $218,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetJewish Community Center of Baltimore Inc: $208,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetStrong City Baltimore Inc: $205,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetThe Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore Inc: $205,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAbilities Network Inc: $200,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetElijah Cummings Youth Program in Israel Inc: $190,000 over 8y, 18% of budgetFarm and Wilderness Foundation Inc: $188,500 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetMoveable Feast Inc: $185,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetSisterhood of Salaam Shalom: $185,000 over 6y, 10% of budgetArts for Learning Maryland Inc: $180,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Friends of Meir Panim: $168,500 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetThe Maryland Book Bank Inc: $167,500 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetSpringboard Collaborative: $160,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetShoresh Inc: $155,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetReading Partners: $155,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHopewell Cancer Support: $154,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetDigital Harbor Foundation: $147,500 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetItineris Foundation Inc: $145,500 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetBusiness and Human Rights Resource Centre: $140,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetEmpower-The Emerging Markets Foundation: $140,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetMorningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility Inc: $135,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetThe Literacy Lab: $130,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPikesville Armory Foundation Inc: $125,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSt Ambrose Housing Aid Center Inc: $125,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetBenefits Data Trust: $125,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Maryland Inc: $122,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNorth American Friends of Oranim Inc: $121,000 over 7y, 30% of budgetMusic & Memory Inc: $120,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetPartners in Care Maryland Inc: $117,500 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetJob Opportunities Task Force Inc: $115,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetHelping Up Mission Inc: $115,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetDyslexia Tutoring Program: $110,000 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetCivic Works Inc: $110,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budget

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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 188.

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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 Foundation IncMD101.2× affinity61 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · The Abell Foundation Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Fund for Educational Excellence Inc · The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Foundation · The John J Leidy Foundation Inc · The Henry and Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Foundation 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.

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How do I get to David & Barbara B Hirschhorn Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to David & Barbara B Hirschhorn 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.

About David & Barbara B Hirschhorn Foundation Inc

How much does David & Barbara B Hirschhorn Foundation Inc give?
David & Barbara B Hirschhorn Foundation Inc reported 146 grants totaling $3,146,770 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 108 and 126 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does David & Barbara B Hirschhorn Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (22%), Religion (16%), Health (8%).
Who are David & Barbara B Hirschhorn Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Park School of Baltimore Inc ($1.4M), Beth Tfiloh Congregation ($950k), Institute for Islamic Christian and Jewish Studies Inc ($558k).
Does David & Barbara B Hirschhorn Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does David & Barbara B Hirschhorn Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as David & Barbara B Hirschhorn Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc, Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore.
Where is David & Barbara B Hirschhorn Foundation Inc based?
David & Barbara B Hirschhorn Foundation Inc is based in MD.

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 237 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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