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Ethel M Looram Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$125k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
61
Grants FY2025
63
Organizations funded FY2024
13%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$21,500
Organizations funded a year
57 to 63
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
18
Total assets, FY2025
$1.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Ethel M Looram Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthCrime & LegalOther
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
FY2025still arriving60$124k13%
FY202463$126k13%
FY202357$90k16%
FY202260$101k18%
FY202162$102k18%
FY202063$98kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$127kEnvironment$112kArts & Culture$80kCrime & Legal$58kHealth$56kInternational$32kReligion$31kAnimals$24kOther$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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Suzerain$57,83339%
Southern Environmental Law Center$27,66760%
Celebration Barn Theater$25,99953%
St Paul's School$20,83350%
University of Rochester$15,83360%
Miss Porter's School Inc$12,83360%
Paul's Place Inc$12,00060%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$12,00040%
St James Episcopal Church$11,5006n/a
Middle East Children's Alliance$11,00060%
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All grantees of Ethel M Looram Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Suzerain$57,83339%
Southern Environmental Law Center$27,66760%
Celebration Barn Theater$25,99953%
St Paul's School$20,83350%
University of Rochester$15,83360%
Miss Porter's School Inc$12,83360%
Paul's Place Inc$12,00060%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$12,00040%
St James Episcopal Church$11,5006n/a
Middle East Children's Alliance$11,00060%
The Village School of North Bennington$11,00050%
John G McCullough Free Library Inc$10,00051%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$10,00060%
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc$9,33320%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$9,00060%
Re Sources$9,00060%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$8,00060%
The St Pauls Schools Inc$6,5006n/a
Rain for the Sahel and Sahara Inc$6,33360%
Chesapeake Bay Trust$6,00060%
St James Academy Inc$6,00063%
Baltimore Museum of Art$6,00060%
Pinelands Preservation Alliance$6,00030%
Rett Syndrome Research Trust Inc$6,00060%
Gilman School Incorporated$6,00060%
The Trust for Public Land$5,50060%
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc$5,50060%
Judicial Watch Inc$5,50060%
Ralston College Inc$5,00010%
Savannah Music Festivalinc$5,00010%
African Wildlife Foundation Inc$5,00050%
Forever Maryland Inc$4,50041%
Raritan Headwaters Association$4,00030%
Friends of Niger Inc$4,00042%
Thomas More Society$3,50040%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$3,50030%
North Branch School$3,00030%
Center Stage Associates Inc$3,00060%
Project Veritas$3,00030%
First Fruits Farm Inc$3,00060%
Creative Alliance Inc$2,50050%
Savannah Philharmonic Corporation$2,00010%
Turning Point USA Inc$2,00020%
National Audubon Society Inc$2,00020%
Rose Theatre Inc$2,0002n/a
Telfair Museum of Art Inc$2,00010%
The Wilderness Society$1,50020%
Maryland Historical Society Inc$1,50030%
Citizens Against Government Waste$1,50030%
Foxcroft School$1,50030%
The Society of the Cincinnati$1,00010%
Mosaic Theater Company of DC$1,00010%
Defenders of Wildlife$1,00020%
Emmanuel Episcopal Church$1,0001n/a
Gallatin Watershed Council Inc$1,0001n/a
Hamner Theater$1,0001n/a
Save The Children Federation Inc$1,00020%
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States$50010%
Gunpowder Valley Conservancy Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 51 recipients with no EIN on record ($228k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ethel M Looram Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSuzerain: $57,833 over 3y, 9.1% of budgetSouthern Environmental Law Center: $27,667 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCelebration Barn Theater: $25,999 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetSt Paul's School: $20,833 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Rochester: $15,833 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMiss Porter's School Inc: $12,833 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPaul's Place Inc: $12,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMiddle East Children's Alliance: $11,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Village School of North Bennington: $11,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJohn G McCullough Free Library Inc: $10,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetChesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc: $9,333 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRe Sources: $9,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRain for the Sahel and Sahara Inc: $6,333 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetChesapeake Bay Trust: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSt James Academy Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetBaltimore Museum of Art: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPinelands Preservation Alliance: $6,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRett Syndrome Research Trust Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGilman School Incorporated: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBaltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRalston College Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSavannah Music Festivalinc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAfrican Wildlife Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetForever Maryland Inc: $4,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetRaritan Headwaters Association: $4,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of Niger Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetThomas More Society: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Branch School: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCenter Stage Associates Inc: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetProject Veritas: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFirst Fruits Farm Inc: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCreative Alliance Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSavannah Philharmonic Corporation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTurning Point USA Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Audubon Society Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTelfair Museum of Art Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wilderness Society: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMaryland Historical Society Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens Against Government Waste: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFoxcroft School: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Society of the Cincinnati: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 53.

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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 IncMD22.8× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Fancy Hill Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Thomas Wilson Sanitarium for Children of Baltimore City · LAiglon Fund · 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.

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About Ethel M Looram Foundation Inc

How much does Ethel M Looram Foundation Inc give?
Ethel M Looram Foundation Inc reported 61 grants totaling $125,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 57 and 63 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Ethel M Looram Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (20%), Environment (17%), Arts & Culture (12%).
Who are Ethel M Looram Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Suzerain ($58k), Southern Environmental Law Center ($28k), Celebration Barn Theater ($26k).
Does Ethel M Looram Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Ethel M Looram Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ethel M Looram Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc, The United Way of Central Maryland Inc.
Where is Ethel M Looram Foundation Inc based?
Ethel M Looram 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 111 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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