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Eastern Shore Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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Eastern Shore Charitable Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$729
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$139
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Education$16kHealth$4kArts & Culture$2kInternational$1kReligion$970Youth Development$600Public Safety & Disaster$275Housing & Shelter$100Other$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$50
Median grant
9
States reached
$3k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$139
AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION$50
ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION$50
AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD TRUST$50
PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION$50
MACULAR DEGENERATION RESEARCH$50
PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK$50
PROJECT HOPE$50
THE GLAUCOMA FOUNDATION$50
ALS ASSOCIATION$35
MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION$35
SMILE TRAIN$35
AMERICA'S VETDOGS$35
NATIONAL MS SOCIETY$25
THE SEEING EYE$25
02The need
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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 (FY17–21, $350) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 57% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE SEEING EYE: $25 → 4%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $100 → 14%THE SEEING EYE: $25 → 4%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $100 → 14%FRIENDS OF HOSPICE: $75 → 10%TALBOT COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: $25 → 10%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
MN
IL
NY
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
GA
TX
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 20% of Eastern Shore Charitable Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Eastern Shore Charitable Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$17k · 43 repeat orgs$5k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

43 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 32 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

43
30

Total granted

$17k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+20%

Still filing today

58%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $249 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesInternationalArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • THE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION
    5× · 2017–2023 · $926 · revenue +89%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    3× · 2018–2024 · $400 · revenue +89%
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    5× · 2017–2025 · $350 · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • DU
    DREXEL UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +10%
  • SYRACUSE UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +45%
  • IU
    IMMACULATA UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +6%
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
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
2
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
3
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
4
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
5
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
6
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
7
Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine

The mission of the edward via college of osteopathic medicine (vcom) is to prepare globally-minded, community-focused physicians to meet the needs of rural and medically underserved populations and promote research to improve human health.

Education
8
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
9
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
10
Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return

Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.

Health
11
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation

The lustgarten foundation is the largest private funder of pancreatic cancer research in the world. see schedule o.the lustgarten foundation is boldly leading the way through hope and innovation, turning fear into action through education…

Human Services
12
American College of Surgeons

The american college of surgeons is dedicated to improving the care of the surgical patient and to safeguarding standards of care in an optimal and ethical practice environment.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Arthritis Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Talbot Community Connections Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

41 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. 41 of the 79 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/41
Grantees still filing
31/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND: $4,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MARYLANDYALE UNIVERSITY: $1,500 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITYSALISBURY UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · OtherSALISBURY UNIVERSITYMORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · OtherMORGAN STATE UNIVERSITYCHRIST CHURCH: $600 · OtherTOWSON UNIVERSITY: $500 · OtherJAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY: $500 · Other+40 more: $4,354 · Other+40 moreTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $1,500 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVER…UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG: $1,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBUR…DREXEL UNIVERSITY: $500 · EducationDREXEL UNIVERSITYSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $500 · EducationSYRACUSE UNIVERSITYIMMACULATA UNIVERSITY: $500 · EducationIMMACULATA UNIVERSITYHIGH POINT UNIVERSITY: $500 · EducationHIGH POINT UNIVERSITYCOVENANT COLLEGE: $500 · EducationCOVENANT COLLEGE+1 more: $135 · EducationALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $350 · HealthALZHEIMER…American Diabetes Association: $345 · HealthAmerican …American Heart Association Inc: $300 · HealthAmerican …AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $275 · HealthAMERICAN …THE GLAUCOMA FOUNDATION INC: $200 · HealthTHE GLAUC…CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $200 · HealthCROHN'S &…ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $185 · HealthARTHRITIS…BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $125 · HealthBLOOD CAN…PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $100 · Health+1 more: $50 · HealthBROWN UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · Community ImprovementTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $926 · Arts & CultureColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $210 · Arts & CultureAmerican Battlefield Trust: $175 · Arts & CultureMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $400 · InternationalMercy Corps: $300 · InternationalMercy Ships International: $275 · InternationalPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $150 · InternationalOPERATION SMILE INC: $50 · InternationalMOLDOVA WORLD CHILDRENS FUND INC: $200 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $200 · Human ServicesTHE SEEING EYE INC: $100 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF HOSPICE INC: $75 · Human ServicesTALBOT COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS INC: $25 · Human Services
Other$13,454Education$5,135Health$2,130Community Improvement$2,000Arts & Culture$1,311International$1,175Human Services$600

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 budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $926 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIMMACULATA UNIVERSITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIGH POINT UNIVERSITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT COLLEGE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $350 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $345 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEASTON ROTARY CLUB YOUTH AND COMMUNITY FUND INC: $300 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMercy Ships International: $275 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $275 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $210 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GLAUCOMA FOUNDATION INC: $200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMOLDOVA WORLD CHILDRENS FUND INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $185 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Battlefield Trust: $175 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HOPE - THE PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $150 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN KIDNEY FUND INC: $150 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $135 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $125 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTALBOT HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTER INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SEEING EYE INC: $100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $85 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF HOSPICE INC: $75 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $50 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $35 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $20 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Mid Shore Community F…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Mid Shore Community Foundation IncMD17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Eastern Shore Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Eastern Shore Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 47%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
5report 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 79 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home