Maryland · Public charity
Maryland Historical Society Inc
The maryland historical society serves the people of maryland, and those interested in maryland history, through stewardship of comprehensive library and museum collections that are central to the state's history but promoting scholarship through publications and by providing educational services at its own campus and throughout the…
- $172k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 21
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $47M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations Maryland Historical Society Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k 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 | 16 | $170k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $200k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $190k | 52% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $182k | 58% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $134k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Spring Museum Inc | $50,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Baltimore Architecture Foundation Inc | $35,500 | 2 | 26% |
| Mid-Atlantic Regional Moving Image Archi | $31,250 | 2 | 12% |
| Montgomery County Historical Society Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Accokeek Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Peerless Rockville Historic Preservation Ltd | $20,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Hosanna Community House Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 16% |
| The Historical Society of Carroll County Maryland Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Historic Takoma Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Adkins Arboretum Ltd | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Maryland Historical Society Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 35 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.
Open a dossier: Maryland Humanities Council Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomer · Nora Roberts Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States · Baltimore Heritage Area Association Inc · Delaplaine Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation
How this is measured
About Maryland Historical Society Inc
- How much does Maryland Historical Society Inc give?
- Maryland Historical Society Inc reported 17 grants totaling $172,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 21 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Maryland Historical Society Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (85%), Environment (8%), Recreation & Sports (2%).
- Who are Maryland Historical Society Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Sandy Spring Museum Inc ($50k), Baltimore Architecture Foundation Inc ($36k), Mid-Atlantic Regional Moving Image Archi ($31k).
- Does Maryland Historical Society Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Maryland Historical Society Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maryland Humanities Council Inc, France-Merrick Foundation Inc, Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomer.
- Where is Maryland Historical Society Inc based?
- Maryland Historical Society Inc is based in MD.
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