· Private foundation
Philip E and Carole R Ratcliffe Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k1 grant · $3k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $47k
- $50k–250k10 grants · $1.2M
- $250k+11 grants · $7.5M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| YMCA OF QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY - 2020 | $3,000,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000,000 |
| CCBC - 2024 | $810,913 |
| MICA | $441,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $400,000 |
| FIU - 2024 | $380,000 |
| FIU FL INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY | $312,500 |
| SU - 2023 | $300,000 |
| AACC FOUNDATION - ESI 2022 | $300,000 |
| CCBC - 2022 | $275,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $270,656 |
| NACCE - 2023 | $240,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $176,267 |
| WASHINGTON COLLEGE - 2024 | $152,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE REEF | $149,200 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.
38 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 30 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.9M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- OROYSTER RECOVERY PARTNERSHIP INC4× · 2017–2020 · $1.9M · revenue +20%
- MIMICA INC2× · 2023–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +5%
- AAANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC3× · 2017–2019 · $1.3M · revenue +132%
Funded once
- FCFERRY COVE SHELLFISH GRANTone grant, 2021 · $1.5M
- FCFERRY COVE SHELLFISH GRANT 2023one grant, 2023 · $825k
- AAANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGEone grant, 2020 · $450k
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.
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.
The Center brings together diverse interests from the agricultural, forestry, and environmental communities for the purpose of retaining Maryland's working landscapes and the industries they support while protecting and improving the…
Serving the interests of independent higher education and supporting the work of campus leaders throughout the state of maryland.
To serve as a forum for the resolution of region-wide issues and the attainment of regional goals in the southern maryland region
The University System of Maryland Foundation, Inc promotes, galvanizes and supports the advancement of public higher education in Maryland through leadership and engagement in philanthropy, asset management, and stewardship. The Foundation…
Washington college challenges and inspires emerging citizen leaders to discover lives of purpose and passion.core valueswe share these values of our founding patron, george washington: integrity, determination, curiosity, civility,…
Youth sailing virginia's mission is to teach life skills to high school, middle school youth and their families in the commonwealth of virginia through safe, fun and competitive, recreational and educational community sailing programs with…
Education of maritime-ecology and boating to youths and young adults.
The mission of the i-fund is to provide college access, choice and opportunities by raising funds, principally from businesses and foundations, to provide scholarships and grants to students attending i-fund member institutions. the i-fund…
See schedule othe harrisburg university of science and technology offers innovative academic and research programs in science and technology that respond to local and global needs. the institution fosters a diverse community of learners,…
To provide financial and other support for the dissemination of education in martinsville and henry county, virginia, including but not limited to support of new college institute.
How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 82 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
Open a dossier: The Northrop Grumman Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Philip E and Carole R Ratcliffe Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Philip E and Carole R Ratcliffe Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Oyster Recovery Partnership Inc: 3% of income from government
- Salisbury University Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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