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Maryland Philanthropy Network
Maryland philantropy network (mpn) maximizes the impact of philanthropic giving on community life through a growing network of diverse, informed and effective grantmakers.
- $735k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 95%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $585k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $120,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 32
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 95% of the organizations Maryland Philanthropy Network funded were first-time grantees, receiving 95% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 5% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $789k 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 | 17 | $565k | 82% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $829k | 95% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $401k | 90% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $254k | 88% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $289k | 71% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $328k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Civic Works Inc | $303,863 | 6 | 1% |
| The Kenneth Battye Charitable Trust | $140,850 | 1 | n/a |
| Healing Cities Inc Dba Healing City Baltimore | $120,000 | 1 | 97% |
| Ignite Capital Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Maryland League of Conservation Voters Inc | $99,255 | 1 | 8% |
| Humanim Inc | $88,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Maryland New Directions Inc | $74,200 | 2 | 6% |
| Baltimore Children and Youth Fund Inc | $69,737 | 1 | 1% |
| Casa Inc | $62,761 | 1 | 0% |
| Sierra Club Foundation | $60,390 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Civic Works Inc | $303,863 | 6 | 1% |
| The Kenneth Battye Charitable Trust | $140,850 | 1 | n/a |
| Healing Cities Inc Dba Healing City Baltimore | $120,000 | 1 | 97% |
| Ignite Capital Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Maryland League of Conservation Voters Inc | $99,255 | 1 | 8% |
| Humanim Inc | $88,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Maryland New Directions Inc | $74,200 | 2 | 6% |
| Baltimore Children and Youth Fund Inc | $69,737 | 1 | 1% |
| Casa Inc | $62,761 | 1 | 0% |
| Sierra Club Foundation | $60,390 | 1 | 0% |
| Chesapeake Climate Action Network Inc | $59,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Center for Climate Strategies Inc | $55,265 | 1 | 12% |
| Institute for Market Transformation | $55,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Just Futures Pbc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Majority Capital Management Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Spotlight Pr LLC | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 100km Ventures | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Invest Detroit Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Strong Children Wellness Medical Group | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Higher Purpose Hub | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Baltimore Alliance for Careers in Health | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Resilnc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Black Leaders Detroit | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Greenmount West Community Center Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 14% |
| Femly | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Revolve Fund Inc | $49,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Smartlogic | $45,625 | 1 | n/a |
| Rocky Mountain Institute | $37,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Associated Black Charities Inc | $37,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Job Opportunities Task Force Inc | $25,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Denkyem | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater Baybrook Alliance Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Echoing Green Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Youth Empowerment Society Inc | $21,002 | 1 | 12% |
| The Family Tree Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Baltimore Development Corporation | $17,080 | 1 | 0% |
| The Equity Brain Trust | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| May Strategies LLC | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Black Women and Girls Fund | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Maryland College Park | $11,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Moses (Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength) | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Cc Design Studium LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Acr Capital | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pelican Fly LLC Dba Fullblast Steam | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fem Equity LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Amani Nicol Wellness | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Narrative Nation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Station North Arts Cafe' | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Justis Connection | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Loyola University Maryland Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Poppa's Custard Company | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Black Mill | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Measured Capital LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maryland Institute | $9,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Notre Dame of Maryland University Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southeast Community Development Corporation Inc | $6,960 | 1 | 0% |
| Libraries Without Borders | $6,400 | 1 | 1% |
| Fusion Partnership Inc | $6,200 | 1 | 0% |
| OUT For JUSTICE INC | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Behavorial Health Systems Baltimore | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Carter Memorial Community Outreach Center Inc | $4,050 | 1 | n/a |
| Immigration Outreach Service Center | $4,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Druid Heights Community Development Corporation | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Park Heights Renaissance Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Charles Village Community Benefits | $3,650 | 1 | n/a |
| Coordinating Hollistic Resources and Services Inc | $3,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Corporation of Concerned Citizens for a Better Brooklyn | $3,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Madisoave Presb Church | $3,190 | 1 | n/a |
| Keys Empowers Inc | $3,150 | 1 | 0% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | $3,150 | 1 | n/a |
| Baltimore Healthy Start Inc | $3,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Law in Action Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Palomino Media Group | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc | $2,650 | 1 | n/a |
| Dmv Daily Media | $2,650 | 1 | n/a |
| Sisters Saving the City | $2,130 | 1 | n/a |
| North Avenue and Hilton St Business & Community Task Force | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Reservoir Hill Improvement Council Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mount Clare Community Council Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Belair-Edison Neighborhoods Inc | $1,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Upton Planning Committee Inc | $1,130 | 1 | 0% |
| Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($160k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Maryland Philanthropy Network supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 43 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: The Abell Foundation Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Foundation · Baltimore Civic Fund Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Fund for Educational Excellence Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · The Morris Goldseker Foundation of Maryland Inc · Robert W Deutsch Foundation
How this is measured
About Maryland Philanthropy Network
- How much does Maryland Philanthropy Network give?
- Maryland Philanthropy Network reported 19 itemized grants totaling $585,002, out of $734,770 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 32 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Maryland Philanthropy Network fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (32%), Employment (28%), Environment (16%).
- Who are Maryland Philanthropy Network's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Civic Works Inc ($304k), The Kenneth Battye Charitable Trust ($141k), Healing Cities Inc Dba Healing City Baltimore ($120k).
- Does Maryland Philanthropy Network fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 95% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Maryland Philanthropy Network?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Abell Foundation Inc, Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund Inc.
- Where is Maryland Philanthropy Network based?
- Maryland Philanthropy Network is based in MD.
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