Maryland · Public charity
Maryland Works Inc
To promote economic and workforce development strategies that assure full inclusion of individuals with disabilities and other barriers to employment.
- $38k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 83%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $14,540
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 83% of the organizations Maryland Works Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 79% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k 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 | 3 | $38k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $140k | 83% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $70k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $70k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $116k | 92% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $96k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opportunity Builders Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Arc of Howard County Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Life Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Whites Janitorial & Maintenance Services | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Penn-Mar Organization Inc (Md) | $22,425 | 2 | 0% |
| Chesapeake Center Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| St Peters Adult Learning Center Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Harford Center Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Scott Key Center Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Chesterwye Center Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Maryland Works Inc 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.
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
How this is measured
About Maryland Works Inc
- How much does Maryland Works Inc give?
- Maryland Works Inc reported 3 grants totaling $38,383 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Maryland Works Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Employment (40%), Health (30%), Human Services (24%).
- Who are Maryland Works Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Opportunity Builders Inc ($40k), The Arc of Howard County Inc ($30k), Life Inc ($30k).
- Does Maryland Works Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Maryland Works Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The United Way of Central Maryland Inc, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc, Resource Connections Inc.
- Where is Maryland Works Inc based?
- Maryland Works Inc is based in MD.
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