Maryland · Private foundation
Renewal Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $601k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Renewal Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $601,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $601,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Renewal Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 2 | $53k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $20k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $28k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $1k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Outreach Services Inc | $53,240 | 3 | 6% |
| Homeless Persons Representation Project Inc | $32,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Baltimore Hunger Project LLC | $11,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Weekend Backpacks Baltimore Inc | $10,150 | 2 | 2% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($5k), not named here.
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: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Renewal Foundation Inc
- How much does Renewal Foundation Inc give?
- Renewal Foundation Inc reported 1 grants totaling $601,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Renewal Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (97%), Housing & Shelter (1%), Crime & Legal (1%).
- Who are Renewal Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2023: Baltimore Outreach Services Inc ($53k), Homeless Persons Representation Project Inc ($33k), Baltimore Hunger Project LLC ($11k).
- Does Renewal Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Renewal Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Renewal Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc, Network for Good.
- Where is Renewal Foundation Inc based?
- Renewal Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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