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Richard J and Ellen G Bodorff Charitable Foundation Inc at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$25k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$204kHealth$29kEducation$22kHuman Services$18kYouth Development$15kPhilanthropy$8kScience & Tech$8kReligion$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$103k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MPT FOUNDATION INC$25,000
MIDSHORE COMMUNITY RADIO$5,530
CHESAPEAKE BAY MARITIME MUSEUM$5,500
DELMARVA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA$5,000
ACADEMY ART MUSEUM$5,000
BROADCASTERS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA$3,500
EASTON AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY$1,700
MID-SHORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC$1,110
NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY$1,000
BLADDER CANCER ADVOCACY NETWORK$1,000
FOR ALL SEASONS$1,000
CRITCHLOW-ADKINS CHILDREN'S CENTER$1,000
50K SOULS$1,000
TALBOT HISTORICAL SOCIETY$500
MIDSHORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $250 → 11%SPRING LAKE COMMUNITY HOUSE: $250 → 6%TALBOT HOSPICE: $1k → 10%TALBOT HOSPICE: $500 → 10%TALBOT HOSPICE: $375 → 10%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
OH
PA
NJ
VA
MD
DE
AZ
DC
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$254k · 14 repeat orgs$65k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
35

Total granted

$254k
$54k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+14%

Still filing today

86%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentHealthEducationRecreation & 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

  • CB
    CHESAPEAKE BAY MARITIME MUSEUM INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $90k · revenue +176%
  • MF
    MPT FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2020–2025 · $64k · revenue +76%
  • BF
    BROADCASTERS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
    5× · 2020–2025 · $23k · revenue +69%

Funded once

  • MP
    MARYLAND PUBLIC TELEVISION
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • YO
    YMCA OF THE CHESAPEAKE
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
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
Delaware Museum of Nature and Science Inc

The museum is an educational corporation formed to ignite a life-long passion for exploring, discovering, and valuing nature and science.

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2
Annapolis Maritime Museum Inc

The annapolis maritime museum educates youth and adults about the annapolis areas rich maritime heritage and the ecology of the chesapeake bay through programs, exhibits, and community events. continued on schedule o

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3
Chesapeake Bay Trust

Chesapeake bay trust is a public, nonprofit grant-making organization created to promote public awareness of and participation in the restoration and protection of the chesapeake bay and its tributaries. (see schedule o for continuation)…

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4
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
5
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

Chesapeake shakespeare company creates community through energetic, joyful, and accessible classic theatre, bringing our art to baltimore, the state of maryland, and beyond through innovative and comprehensible productions of shakespeare…

Arts & Culture
6
Bay Journal Media Inc

Bay-journal media is a non-profit whose mission is to expand independent, unbiased reporting that informs the public about environmental issues affecting the chesapeake bay and which inspires effective action to restore, protect, and…

Environment
7
Friends of the Delaware Canal Inc

The friends of the delaware canal is an independent, non-profit organization working to restore, preserve, and improve the delaware canal and its surroundings.

Environment
8
Pride of Baltimore Inc

To promote historical maritime education, foster economic development and tourism, and represent the people of maryland in every port she visits. pride of baltimore ii set sail as the goodwill ambassador for the state of maryland in 1988.…

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9
Medical Society of Delaware

To guide, serve and support delaware physicians, promoting the practice and profession of medicine to enhance the health of our communities.

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10
Eastern Shore Land Conservancy Inc

Eastern shore land conservancy is committed to preserving and sustaining the vibrant communities of the eastern shore and the lands and waters that connect them.

Environment
11
Delmarva Discovery Center & Museum Inc

To foster appreciation of delmarva's unique natural and cultural heritage through education, exploration and enjoyment.

Arts & Culture
12
The Baltimore Children's Museum Inc

Port discovery children's museum's mission is to connect purposeful play and learning within its walls and beyond.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is National Audubon Society Inc. 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

32 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. 32 of the 58 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
20/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHESAPEAKE BAY MARITIME MUSEUM INC: $90,221 · Arts & CultureCHESAPEAKE BAY MARITIME MUSEUM INCMPT FOUNDATION INC: $64,374 · Arts & CultureMPT FOUNDATION INCACADEMY ART MUSEUM INC: $22,700 · Arts & CultureACADEMY ART MUSEUM INC+5 more: $11,945 · Arts & Culture+5 moreBROADCASTERS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $23,000 · OtherBROADCASTERS FOUNDATION OF AMERICADEL-MAR-VA COUNCIL INC - BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $15,000 · OtherDEL-MAR-VA COUNCIL INC - BOY SCOUTS…MARYLAND PUBLIC TELEVISION: $10,406 · OtherMARYLAND PUBLIC TELEVISIONIndividual grant recipient: $10,221 · OtherIndividual grant recipientYMCA OF THE CHESAPEAKE: $10,000 · OtherYMCA OF THE CHESAPEAKECRITCHLOW-ADKINS CHILDREN'S CENTER: $6,625 · OtherCRITCHLOW-ADKINS CHILDREN'S CENTERHORN POINT LAB (UMES): $5,000 · Other+31 more: $20,782 · Other+31 moreDENISON UNIVERSITY: $20,036 · EducationWYE RIVER UPPER SCHOOL INC: $750 · EducationMID SHORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $7,766 · PhilanthropyTALBOT HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC: $2,125 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE INC: $250 · Human ServicesSPRING LAKE MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOUSE: $250 · Human ServicesCHESAPEAKE AUDUBON SOCIETY: $1,035 · EnvironmentNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentSHORERIVERS INC: $500 · EnvironmentCHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH ASSOCIATION: $1,250 · HealthBLADDER CANCER ADVOCACY NETWORK INC: $1,000 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $250 · Health
Arts & Culture$189,240Other$101,034Education$20,786Philanthropy$7,766Human Services$2,625Environment$2,535Health$2,500

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 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 budgetMID SHORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $7,766 over 4y, 0.0% 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
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.

Mid Shore Community F…The Seip Family Found…The Llandaff Family T…Dock Street FoundationGrayce B Kerr Fund IncThe Wyman Family Foun…Ruth and Robert St Jo…Watson Stone Family F…T & M Mitchell Fdn Di…Alan M & Mildred S Ra…Clark Charitable Foun…The Robert Wood Johns…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Richard J and Ellen G Bodorff Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard J and Ellen G Bodorff Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 17%
  • For All Seasons Inc: 22% of income from government
  • St Michaels Community Center Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Shorerivers Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Avalon Foundation Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Academy Art Museum Inc: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 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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