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Richard J and Ellen G Bodorff Charitable 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.

$59k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
18
Grants FY2025
11
Organizations funded FY2024
64%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
11 to 22
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$103k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 64% of the organizations Richard J and Ellen G Bodorff Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 64% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEnvironmentRecreation & SportsAnimalsHuman ServicesOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving16$57k50%
FY202411$37k64%
FY202313$12k62%
FY202212$16k50%
FY202122$110k64%
FY202014$87kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$204kHealth$29kEducation$22kHuman Services$18kYouth Development$15kPhilanthropy$8kScience & Tech$8kReligion$3kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
OH
PA
NJ
VA
MD
DE
AZ
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Inc$90,22161%
Mpt Foundation Inc$64,37431%
Broadcasters Foundation of America$23,00050%
Academy Art Museum Inc$22,70051%
Denison University$20,03620%
Del-Mar-Va Council Inc - Boy Scouts of America$15,00020%
Mid-Shore Community Radio Inc$5,5301n/a
Vpm Media Corporation$4,57030%
Talbot Hospice Foundation Inc$2,12530%
Easton Amateur Radio Society Inc$1,7001n/a
Show all 37 grantees
All grantees of Richard J and Ellen G Bodorff Charitable Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Inc$90,22161%
Mpt Foundation Inc$64,37431%
Broadcasters Foundation of America$23,00050%
Academy Art Museum Inc$22,70051%
Denison University$20,03620%
Del-Mar-Va Council Inc - Boy Scouts of America$15,00020%
Mid-Shore Community Radio Inc$5,5301n/a
Vpm Media Corporation$4,57030%
Talbot Hospice Foundation Inc$2,12530%
Easton Amateur Radio Society Inc$1,7001n/a
The Aspen Institute Inc$1,50010%
National Maritime Historical Society$1,50010%
Temple B Nai Israel$1,3602n/a
For All Seasons Inc$1,30020%
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association$1,25020%
Chesapeake Audubon Society$1,03510%
50k Souls Inc$1,0001n/a
National Audubon Society Inc$1,00010%
Avalon Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network Inc$1,00010%
Wye River Upper School Inc$75020%
Talbot Historical Society Inc$60020%
Shorerivers Inc$50010%
Chesapeake Film Festival Inc$50010%
St Michaels Community Center Inc$50010%
Waterfowl Festival Inc$40010%
America's Public Television Stations$34510%
St Marys Episcopal Church$2581n/a
Jewish Family and Children's Service Inc$25010%
St Anselms Abbey School Inc$2501n/a
St Marys - St Alphonsus School$2501n/a
Freedom Rowers Inc$2501n/a
Friends of Easton Volunteer Fire Department Inc$25010%
Spring Lake Memorial Community House$25010%
Young Mens Christian Association of the Chesapeake Inc$2501n/a
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$25010%
Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage Inc$1501n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($52k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Richard J and Ellen G Bodorff Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Inc: $90,221 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetMpt Foundation Inc: $64,374 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBroadcasters Foundation of America: $23,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAcademy Art Museum Inc: $22,700 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetDenison University: $20,036 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDel-Mar-Va Council Inc - Boy Scouts of America: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVpm Media Corporation: $4,570 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTalbot Hospice Foundation Inc: $2,125 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Aspen Institute Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Maritime Historical Society: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFor All Seasons Inc: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCharcot-Marie-Tooth Association: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChesapeake Audubon Society: $1,035 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Audubon Society Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAvalon Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBladder Cancer Advocacy Network Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWye River Upper School Inc: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTalbot Historical Society Inc: $600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetShorerivers Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChesapeake Film Festival Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSt Michaels Community Center Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWaterfowl Festival Inc: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerica's Public Television Stations: $345 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Family and Children's Service Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Easton Volunteer Fire Department Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSpring Lake Memorial Community House: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 27.

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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.

Mid Shore Community Foundation IncMD40.6× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc · The Seip Family Foundation Limited Eevercore Trust CO C/O Ashley Ferriello · The Llandaff Family Trust · Dock Street Foundation · Grayce B Kerr Fund Inc · The Wyman Family Foundation Inc · Ruth and Robert St John Foundation Inc · Watson Stone Family Foundation Inc · T & M Mitchell Fdn Dima-Blrk · Alan M & Mildred S Ravenal Foundation · Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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.

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About Richard J and Ellen G Bodorff Charitable Foundation Inc

How much does Richard J and Ellen G Bodorff Charitable Foundation Inc give?
Richard J and Ellen G Bodorff Charitable Foundation Inc reported 18 grants totaling $59,090 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 22 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Richard J and Ellen G Bodorff Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (63%), Health (9%), Education (7%).
Who are Richard J and Ellen G Bodorff Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Inc ($90k), Mpt Foundation Inc ($64k), Broadcasters Foundation of America ($23k).
Does Richard J and Ellen G Bodorff Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Richard J and Ellen G Bodorff Charitable 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 Richard J and Ellen G Bodorff Charitable Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc, The Seip Family Foundation Limited Eevercore Trust CO C/O Ashley Ferriello, The Llandaff Family Trust.
Where is Richard J and Ellen G Bodorff Charitable Foundation Inc based?
Richard J and Ellen G Bodorff Charitable Foundation Inc is based in MD.

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 58 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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