Maryland · Private foundation
Kentfields Foundation
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.
- $2.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 40
- Grants FY2024
- 38
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 40
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $34M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations Kentfields Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $307k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 40 | $2.4M | 15% |
| FY2023 | 38 | $2.3M | 18% |
| FY2022 | 40 | $3.6M | 48% |
| FY2021 | 31 | $1.1M | 94% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $127k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $134k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $192k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $154k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wesleyan University | $3,015,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Blue Water Baltimore | $600,000 | 4 | 8% |
| The Boys School of Saint Pauls Parish Inc | $333,334 | 3 | n/a |
| Parks and People Inc | $310,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund Inc | $285,000 | 4 | 7% |
| Environmental Integrity Project | $280,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Shorerivers Inc | $275,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Bridges Baltimore Inc | $273,334 | 2 | 1% |
| Backyard Basecamp Inc | $260,000 | 4 | 11% |
| Chesapeake Legal Alliance Inc | $225,000 | 4 | 20% |
Show all 65 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($944k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kentfields Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc · Clayton Baker Trust · The Morris Goldseker Foundation of Maryland Inc · Chesapeake Bay Trust · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · The Marion I & Henry J Knott Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Kentfields Foundation
- How much does Kentfields Foundation give?
- Kentfields Foundation reported 40 grants totaling $2,396,477 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 40 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Kentfields Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (40%), Environment (38%), Youth Development (5%).
- Who are Kentfields Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Wesleyan University ($3.0M), Blue Water Baltimore ($600k), The Boys School of Saint Pauls Parish Inc ($333k).
- Does Kentfields Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kentfields Foundation 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 Kentfields Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, The Abell Foundation Inc, France-Merrick Foundation Inc.
- Where is Kentfields Foundation based?
- Kentfields Foundation is based in MD.
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