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Maryland Works Inc

To promote economic and workforce development strategies that assure full inclusion of individuals with disabilities and other barriers to employment.

$140k
Granted FY2023
6
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2023.

Employment$195kHealth$148kHuman Services$117kCommunity Improvement$23kHousing & Shelter$10k
02FY2023 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$30,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Life Inc$30,000
Arc of Howard County$30,000
Opportunity Builders Inc$30,000
Whites Janitorial & Maintenance Services$25,000
Falcon Solutions$15,000
Lyles Cleaning Service$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–23, $160k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 63% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%Community Options: $10k → 11%Community Living Inc: $10k → 6%Arc of Howard County: $30k → 6%Chesterwye Center: $10k → 7%Melwood Horticulural Training: $10k → 11%Star Community: $10k → 12%Delmarva Community Services Inc: $10k → 15%Chesterwye Center: $10k → 7%Star Community: $10k → 12%Jewish Community Services: $10k → 19%The League of People with Disabilities: $10k → 19%Associated Catholic Charities: $10k → 11%Associated Catholic Charities Inc: $10k → 11%The Arc Baltimore Inc: $10k → 19%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

41%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$200k · 9 repeat orgs$293k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2023, 8 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
19

Total granted

$200k
$183k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+85%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’23
Human ServicesEmploymentHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • OB
    OPPORTUNITY BUILDERS INC
    2× · 2017–2023 · $40k · revenue +11%
  • SP
    ST PETERS ADULT LEARNING CENTER INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $20k · revenue +14%
  • CC
    CHESAPEAKE CENTER INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $20k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • TL
    THE LEAGUE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIESgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +55%
  • AO
    ARC OF CARROLL COUNTY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +43%
  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +108%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Center for Social Change Inc

Our mission is to provide services of the highest quality for people with cognitive and developmental disabilities and related disorders including autism that optimize each individual's independence and capabilities, ensure…

International
2
Progress Unlimited Inc

To empower individuals to lead fulfilling and productive lives at home and in the community.

Human Services
3
Worcester County Developmental Center Inc

Worcester county developmental center is committed to empoweringadults with developmental and physical disabilities to be productive,responsible, and participating members of the community byidentifying, enhancing, and creating…

Education
4
Diversified Services Inc

To provide training and independent living skills to individuals with development disabilities so they may become as self-reliant as possible and lead more meaningful lives in the community.

Employment
5
The Arc of Centre County Pa Inc

The arc of centre county embodies and protects the human rights of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and practices person-centered planning which actively supports their full inclusion and participation in the…

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6
Lifeworks Incorporated

Lifeworks provides education, jobs and homes for persons with developmental disabilities empowering them to lead meaningful lives within the community. our guiding principles ensure that lifeworks staff and volunteers strive to create and…

Human Services
7
Full Citizenship of Maryland Inc

The organization is organized for charitable, educational and scientific purposes including the development and operation of community integrated, non-sheltered vocational, residential, and social programs.

Human Services
8
Center for Disability Services

Assisting individuals with developmental disabilities, socialization skills, housing, living skills, and respite care.

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9
Greene Arc Inc

Provider of vocational, residential, day support, mental health and advocacy for individuals with disabilities.

Human Services
10
The Arc of the Capital Area

We empower central texans with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families through compassionate case management and innovative programs.

—
11
The Arc of Prince George's County Inc

The arc prince george's county is an inclusive organization committed to empowering people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, their families, and those navigating life-changing circumstances, including seniors and others in…

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12
Community Living Services Incorporated

To improve the quality of life for people with disabilities through the provision of services which enhance individuals' value, create respect, offer choices, and enable them to live and work independently in the community.

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Arc of Howard County Inc and the most unlike its peers is Associated Catholic Charities Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 53 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number23%0%<5yr16%0%5–10yr19%3%10–20yr16%3%20–35yr11%48%35–55yr15%45%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value23%0%<5yr16%0%5–10yr19%5%10–20yr16%5%20–35yr11%43%35–55yr15%48%55yr+

The field is 23% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/35
the rest of the field
15%
5,115/34,310

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 33 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
30/32
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

LIFE INC — $30,000 · OtherLIFE INCWhites Janitorial & Maintenance Services — $25,000 · OtherWhites Janitorial & Maintenance ServicesST PETERS ADULT LEARNING CENTER INC — $20,000 · OtherST PETERS ADULT LEARNING CENTER INCWEACHIEVE INC — $20,000 · OtherWEACHIEVE INCTHE HARFORD CENTER INC — $20,000 · OtherTHE HARFORD CENTER INCFalcon Solutions — $15,000 · OtherFalcon SolutionsARC OF CARROLL COUNTY INC — $10,000 · OtherNATIONAL CENTER ON INSTITUTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES INC — $10,000 · OtherLyles Cleaning Service — $10,000 · OtherTHE ARC NORTHERN CHESAPEAKE REGION INC — $10,000 · OtherOPPORTUNITIES INC — $10,000 · OtherTHE ARC MONTGOMERY COUNTY INC — $7,500 · OtherTHE ARC OF HOWARD COUNTY INC — $30,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARC OF HOWARD COUNTY INCCHESTERWYE CENTER INC — $20,000 · Human ServicesCHESTERWYE CENTER INCASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC — $20,000 · Human ServicesASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INCSTAR COMMUNITY INC — $20,000 · Human ServicesSTAR COMMUNITY INCTHE LEAGUE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES — $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE LEAGUE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIESJEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES INCCommunity Options Inc — $10,000 · Human ServicesCommunity Options IncMELWOOD HORTICULTURAL TRAINING CENTER INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesMELWOOD HORTICULTURAL TRAINING CENTER I…BAYSIDE COMMUNITY NETWORK INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesBAYSIDE COMMUNITY NETWORK INCCOMMUNITY LIVING INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY LIVING INCDELMARVA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesDELMARVA COMMUNITY SERVICES INCTHE ARC BALTIMORE INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARC BALTIMORE INCOPPORTUNITY BUILDERS INC — $40,000 · EmploymentOPPORTUNITY BUILDERS INCCHESAPEAKE CENTER INC — $20,000 · EmploymentCHESAPEAKE CENTER INCSCOTT KEY CENTER INC — $20,000 · EmploymentSCOTT KEY CENTER INCSPECTRUM SUPPORT INC — $10,000 · EmploymentSPECTRUM SUPPORT INCARDMORE ENTERPRISES INC — $10,000 · EmploymentARDMORE ENTERPRISES INCNEW HORIZONS SUPPORTED SERVICES INC — $10,000 · EmploymentNEW HORIZONS SUPPORTED SERV…SEEC — $8,910 · EmploymentSEECFELLO INC — $8,905 · HealthPENN-MAR ORGANIZATION INC (MD) — $7,425 · Health
Other$187,500Human Services$170,000Employment$118,910Health$16,330

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetOPPORTUNITY BUILDERS INC — $40,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE ARC OF HOWARD COUNTY INC — $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLIFE INC — $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetST PETERS ADULT LEARNING CENTER INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCHESAPEAKE CENTER INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCHESTERWYE CENTER INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSCOTT KEY CENTER INC — $20,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetWEACHIEVE INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HARFORD CENTER INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LEAGUE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARC OF CARROLL COUNTY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Options Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECTRUM SUPPORT INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMELWOOD HORTICULTURAL TRAINING CENTER INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER ON INSTITUTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARDMORE ENTERPRISES INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBAYSIDE COMMUNITY NETWORK INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY LIVING INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW HORIZONS SUPPORTED SERVICES INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ARC NORTHERN CHESAPEAKE REGION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPPORTUNITIES INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDELMARVA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARC BALTIMORE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEEC — $8,910 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFELLO INC — $8,905 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARC MONTGOMERY COUNTY INC — $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPENN-MAR ORGANIZATION INC (MD) — $7,425 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The United Way of Cen…The Harry and Jeanett…Resource Connections …Prince George's Provi…Foundation for Childr…Truist Foundation IncThe Albertsons Compan…Enterprise Holdings F…Baltimore Community F…SourceamericaAmerica's CharitiesGreater Washington Co…
The United Way of Central Maryland IncMD20.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Resource Connections Inc · Prince George's Provider Council Inc · Foundation for Children With Intell Ectual & Developmental Disabilities · Truist Foundation Inc · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · Sourceamerica · America's Charities · Greater Washington Community Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Maryland Works Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Melwood Horticultural Training Center Inc — 72% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Center Inc — 60% of income from government
  • Associated Catholic Charities Inc — 9% of income from government
  • Star Community Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Weachieve Inc — 1% of income from government
  • The Arc Baltimore Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Community Options Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 33 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines