Maryland · Private foundation
Kiwanis Foundation of Bethesda Maryland Inc
Helping disadvantaged youth either by summer camping programs, donations to various charitable organizations helping youth and awarding scholarships to youth who demonstrate philanthropy. Its fy2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $55k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $150k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Kiwanis Foundation of Bethesda Maryland Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $800 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $55k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $53k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $69k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $68k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $95k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $115k | 79% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $164k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $134k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Council of YMCAs of the USA | $289,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Miracle League of Montgomery County Maryland Inc | $190,427 | 2 | 96% |
| YMCA of Cumberland Maryland Inc | $165,528 | 6 | 1% |
| Bethesda Cares Inc | $130,300 | 9 | 6% |
| Regional Institute for Children & Adolescents-Rockville Association Inc | $64,000 | 3 | 47% |
| Suburban Hospital Foundation Inc | $36,900 | 6 | 0% |
| Imagination Stage Inc | $23,000 | 7 | 0% |
| National Capital Area Council Boy Scouts of America | $16,300 | 6 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Girls on the Run - DC | $12,500 | 6 | 1% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Council of YMCAs of the USA | $289,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Miracle League of Montgomery County Maryland Inc | $190,427 | 2 | 96% |
| YMCA of Cumberland Maryland Inc | $165,528 | 6 | 1% |
| Bethesda Cares Inc | $130,300 | 9 | 6% |
| Regional Institute for Children & Adolescents-Rockville Association Inc | $64,000 | 3 | 47% |
| Suburban Hospital Foundation Inc | $36,900 | 6 | 0% |
| Imagination Stage Inc | $23,000 | 7 | 0% |
| National Capital Area Council Boy Scouts of America | $16,300 | 6 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Girls on the Run - DC | $12,500 | 6 | 1% |
| The Dwelling Place Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Adventure Theatre Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Capital District Kiwanis Foundation | $970 | 4 | 0% |
| Kiwanis International Foundation | $730 | 2 | 0% |
| Bethesda Historical Society Inc | $50 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($172k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Kiwanis Foundation of Bethesda Maryland Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Kiwanis Foundation of Bethesda Maryland Inc
- How much does Kiwanis Foundation of Bethesda Maryland Inc give?
- Kiwanis Foundation of Bethesda Maryland Inc reported 14 grants totaling $55,165 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Kiwanis Foundation of Bethesda Maryland Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (26%), Youth Development (19%), Recreation & Sports (18%).
- Who are Kiwanis Foundation of Bethesda Maryland Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National Council of YMCAs of the USA ($289k), Miracle League of Montgomery County Maryland Inc ($190k), YMCA of Cumberland Maryland Inc ($166k).
- Does Kiwanis Foundation of Bethesda Maryland Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kiwanis Foundation of Bethesda Maryland Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Kiwanis Foundation of Bethesda Maryland Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Nora Roberts Foundation, Clark-Winchcole Foundation, Greater Washington Community Foundation.
- Where is Kiwanis Foundation of Bethesda Maryland Inc based?
- Kiwanis Foundation of Bethesda Maryland Inc is based in MD.
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