Maryland · Public charity
Maryland Bar Foundation
To foster and maintain the honor and integrity of the profession of the law, to improve and to facilitate the administration of justice, and to promote the study of the law and law research, and sharing legal knowledge.
- $69k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $27k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,300
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $8,618
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $913k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Maryland Bar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 4 | $27k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $18k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $26k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $49k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $48k | 80% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $21k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland Youth and the Law Inc | $70,336 | 7 | 6% |
| Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland Inc | $60,900 | 9 | 1% |
| The National Judicial College | $15,506 | 2 | 0% |
| The Tahirih Justice Center | $11,070 | 1 | 0% |
| Conflict Resolution Center of Baltimore County Inc | $9,940 | 1 | 2% |
| YWCA of Annapolis & Anne Arundel County Maryland Inc | $8,050 | 1 | n/a |
| Baltimore Court House & Law Museum Inc | $7,850 | 1 | n/a |
| The United Way of Central Maryland Inc | $7,300 | 1 | 0% |
| Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Maryland State Bar Association Inc | $5,300 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland Youth and the Law Inc | $70,336 | 7 | 6% |
| Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland Inc | $60,900 | 9 | 1% |
| The National Judicial College | $15,506 | 2 | 0% |
| The Tahirih Justice Center | $11,070 | 1 | 0% |
| Conflict Resolution Center of Baltimore County Inc | $9,940 | 1 | 2% |
| YWCA of Annapolis & Anne Arundel County Maryland Inc | $8,050 | 1 | n/a |
| Baltimore Court House & Law Museum Inc | $7,850 | 1 | n/a |
| The United Way of Central Maryland Inc | $7,300 | 1 | 0% |
| Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Maryland State Bar Association Inc | $5,300 | 1 | 0% |
| Civil Justice Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Foundation for Baltimore County Public Library | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Maryland Bar 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.
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How this is measured
About Maryland Bar Foundation
- How much does Maryland Bar Foundation give?
- Maryland Bar Foundation reported 4 itemized grants totaling $26,618, out of $69,426 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Maryland Bar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (84%), Human Services (4%), Arts & Culture (4%).
- Who are Maryland Bar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Maryland Youth and the Law Inc ($70k), Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland Inc ($61k), The National Judicial College ($16k).
- Does Maryland Bar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Maryland Bar Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Maryland Bar Foundation based?
- Maryland Bar Foundation is based in MD.
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