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Nature Sacred

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$171k
Granted FY2024still arriving
46
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$17k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$266kEnvironment$182kRecreation & Sports$99kHealth$81kCommunity Improvement$38kArts & Culture$31kHuman Services$29kHousing & Shelter$17kOther$0
02FY2024 · 46 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k41 grants · $103k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $69k
$1,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDS OF PATTERSON PARK$16,500
FRIENDS OF KIRBY LANE PARK$15,500
BACKYARD BASECAMP INC$15,500
BROOKLYN GREENWAY INITIATIVE$11,000
JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY$10,000
INTERSECTION OF CHANGE$9,730
Marian House Inc$8,500
Village Learning Place$8,500
Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama$8,000
GEDCO$7,500
Individual grant recipient$5,500
THE LEAGUE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES$5,500
HOSPITALITY HUB MEMPHIS$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND$5,000
Individual grant recipient$4,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $47k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 58% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Urban Dreams: $7k → 10%HOSPITALITY HUB MEMPHIS: $5k → 17%LANGTON GREEN INC: $5k → 6%LANGTON GREEN INC: $4k → 6%LANGTON GREEN INC: $2k → 6%LANGTON GREEN INC: $2k → 6%BON SECOURS COMMUNITY WORKS: $3k → 19%BON SECOURS COMMUNITY WORKS: $2k → 19%THE LEAGUE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: $6k → 19%ROBERTA'S HOUSE INC: $500 → 19%Marian House Inc: $9k → 19%MARIAN HOUSE: $2k → 19%Marian House Inc: $2k → 19%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
OR
IA
PA
MO
MD
KS
TN
DC
AL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$535k · 27 repeat orgs$206k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 26 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
20

Total granted

$535k
$153k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+18%

Still filing today

74%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • University of Chicago
    2× · 2017–2019 · $81k · revenue +56%
  • FO
    Friends of Patterson Park Inc
    4× · 2021–2024 · $24k · revenue +260%
  • TV
    THE VILLAGE LEARNING PLACE INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $22k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • DU
    Drury Universitygraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $64k · revenue +34%
  • EM
    EMANUEL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $41k · revenue -76%
  • UD
    URBAN DREAMS
    one grant, 2023 · $7k · revenue -23%
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Baltimore Green Space

Baltimore Green Space is a land trust that partners with communities to preserve and support community gardens , forest patches , pocket parks , and other community-managed spaces.

Environment
2
Greater Baybrook Alliance Inc

Greater Baybrook Alliance GBA is a non-profit community development organization whose mission is to act as a catalyst and conduit for equitable development and reinvestment in the Brooklyn, Brooklyn Park, Curtis Bay neighborhoods and…

Community Improvement
3
Greater Baltimore Committee Inc

Greater Baltimore Committee, Inc. is a not-for-profit, civic-interest corporation comprised of business and professional organizations located within the Greater Baltimore Area. Its purpose is to provide a strong, unified and effective…

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4
Baltimore Washington Medical Center Inc

The mission of baltimore washington medical center (bwmc) is to provide the highest quality healthcare services to the communities we serve. our vision is to be the preferred regional medical center through nationally recognized quality,…

Health
5
Baltimore Corps Inc

To cultivate career advancement opportunities for local talent, facilitate talent acquisition for local employers, increase access to capital for local entrepreneurs' social ventures, and foster cross-sector collaboration to address city…

Employment
6
Blue Water Baltimore

To restore the quality of baltimore's rivers, streams and harbor to foster a healthy environment, a strong economy, and thriving communities.

Environment
7
Dc Greens Inc

DC Greens advances health equity by building a just and resilient food system.

Community Improvement
8
Johns Hopkins Community Physicians Inc

Johns hopkins community physicians, inc (jhcp), a valued member of johns hopkins medicine, is a network of medical practices strategically positioned throughout communities in maryland and dc. we strive to meet the needs of each community…

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9
University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical System Inc

The mission of umbwms is to provide the highest quality healthcare services to the communities we serve. our vision is to be the preferred regional medical center through nationally recognized quality, personalized service and outstanding…

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10
Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation

Brooklyn bridge park corporation's mission, d/b/a brooklyn bridge park ("bbp") mission is to provide an exceptional public space that connects people, nature, and the waterfront, through inclusive, innovative, and sustainable management…

Recreation & Sports
11
Baltimore Area Health Education Center

To eliminate health disparities by educating and strengthening the health care workforce. bahec provides interdisciplinary education programs that bridge academic, healthcare, and community settings to transform the health of underserved…

Health
12
Baltimore Washington Healthcare Services Inc

To provide the highest quality healthcare services to the community we serve through our vision statement: outstanding people, exceptional service and uncompromising quality.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Baltimore Washington Medical Center Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Georgetown Waterfront Pa. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 44 of the 75 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/44
Grantees still filing
27/44
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Chicago: $80,675 · EducationUniversity of ChicagoDrury University: $64,022 · EducationDrury UniversityTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $50,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PEN…THE VILLAGE LEARNING PLACE INC: $21,500 · EducationTHE VILLAGE LEARNING PLACE INCBackyard Basecamp Inc: $19,500 · EducationBackyard Basecamp Inc+2 more: $1,500 · EducationBROOKLYN GREENWAY INITIATIVE: $175,321 · EnvironmentBROOKLYN GREENWAY INITIATIVEFriends of Patterson Park Inc: $23,500 · EnvironmentFriends of Patterson Park In…+1 more: $3,000 · EnvironmentEMANUEL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $40,896 · OtherEMANUEL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATIONFRIENDS OF KIRBY LANE PARK LTD: $40,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF KIRBY LANE PARK LTDJACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF WANGARI GARDENS: $9,060 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND: $9,000 · OtherRESERVOIR HILL IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL INC: $9,000 · OtherCommunity Foundation of Northeast Alabama: $12,500 · Other+42 more: $109,485 · Other+42 moreLANGTON GREEN INC: $13,000 · Human ServicesMARIAN HOUSE INC: $12,000 · Human ServicesURBAN DREAMS: $7,000 · Human ServicesTHE LEAGUE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: $5,500 · Human ServicesTHE HOSPITALITY HUB OF MEMPHIS: $5,000 · Human ServicesBon Secours Baltimore Community Works Inc: $4,200 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesWashington Parks & People: $27,500 · Community ImprovementREBUILD JOHNSTON SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION INC: $3,500 · Community ImprovementINTERSECTION OF CHANGE INC: $21,240 · HealthJOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER INC: $4,000 · HealthFRANKLIN SQUARE HOSPITAL CENTER INC: $2,500 · Health+2 more: $1,000 · HealthGOVANS ECUMENICAL DEVELOPMENT CORP: $16,500 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $500 · Housing & Shelter
Education$237,197Environment$201,821Other$239,941Human Services$47,200Community Improvement$31,000Health$28,740Housing & Shelter$17,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBROOKLYN GREENWAY INITIATIVE: $175,321 over 5y, 14% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $80,675 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDrury University: $64,022 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMANUEL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $40,896 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetWashington Parks & People: $27,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFriends of Patterson Park Inc: $23,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTHE VILLAGE LEARNING PLACE INC: $21,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetINTERSECTION OF CHANGE INC: $21,240 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetBackyard Basecamp Inc: $19,500 over 3y, 62% of budgetGOVANS ECUMENICAL DEVELOPMENT CORP: $16,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLANGTON GREEN INC: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Foundation of Northeast Alabama: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARIAN HOUSE INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRESERVOIR HILL IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL INC: $9,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetCITY BLOSSOMS INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetURBAN DREAMS: $7,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE LEAGUE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANNAPOLIS MARITIME MUSEUM INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMARYLAND HALL FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAsylee Women Enterprise Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HOSPITALITY HUB OF MEMPHIS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBon Secours Baltimore Community Works Inc: $4,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF GEORGETOWN WATERFRONT PA: $3,500 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetREBUILD JOHNSTON SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBALTIMORE CLAYWORKS INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFILBERT STREET GARDEN: $3,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBaltimore Washington Medical Center Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRANKLIN SQUARE HOSPITAL CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN VISIONARY ART MUSEUM INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStillmeadow Community Projects Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPARKS AND PEOPLE INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCORPORATION OF ST TIMOTHY'S SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPPORTUNITY BUILDERS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTalladega College: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KEY SCHOOL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JAMES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHESAPEAKE REGION ACCESSIBLE BOATING INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLUMINIS HEALTH ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROBERTA'S HOUSE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRENTON ARBORETUM INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

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.

Baltimore Community F…France-Merrick Founda…The United Way of Cen…Annie E Casey Foundat…Associated Jewish Cha…Fund for Educational …T Rowe Price Program …The Harry and Jeanett…The Abell Foundation …The Morris Goldseker …Chesapeake Bay TrustBaltimore Civic Fund …
Baltimore Community Foundation IncMD44.8× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Fund for Educational Excellence Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · The Morris Goldseker Foundation of Maryland Inc · Chesapeake Bay Trust · Baltimore Civic Fund Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Nature Sacred funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nature Sacred. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • St James Development Corporation Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Reservoir Hill Improvement Council Inc: 68% of income from government
  • Parks and People Inc: 43% of income from government
  • Govans Ecumenical Development Corp: 28% of income from government
  • Asylee Women Enterprise Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Roberta's House Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Intersection of Change Inc: 20% of income from government
  • The Village Learning Place Inc: 6% of income from government
  • The American Visionary Art Museum Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Baltimore Clayworks Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Bon Secours Baltimore Community Works Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Marian House Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Annapolis Maritime Museum Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Franklin Square Hospital Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
9report 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
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 75 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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