Maryland · Private foundation
Sigmund M Hyman 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.
- $14M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,260,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,360,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $913k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Sigmund M Hyman Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $14M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $456k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $329k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $178k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $162k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $282k | 8% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $124k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $14k | 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goucher College | $3,520,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Loyola University Maryland Inc | $3,150,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Franklin & Marshall College | $2,125,000 | 8 | 1% |
| The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore Inc | $1,543,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Baltimore Museum of Art | $1,330,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Maryland Academy of Sciences | $813,000 | 7 | 7% |
| Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City | $655,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Maryland Institute | $260,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $80,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Calvert Hall College of Baltimore City | $45,000 | 7 | n/a |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goucher College | $3,520,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Loyola University Maryland Inc | $3,150,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Franklin & Marshall College | $2,125,000 | 8 | 1% |
| The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore Inc | $1,543,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Baltimore Museum of Art | $1,330,000 | 7 | 4% |
| Maryland Academy of Sciences | $813,000 | 7 | 7% |
| Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City | $655,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Maryland Institute | $260,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $80,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Calvert Hall College of Baltimore City | $45,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Cape Cod Museum of Art Inc | $28,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The Maryland Food Bank Inc | $6,150 | 2 | 0% |
| Hopewell Cancer Support | $3,500 | 6 | 0% |
| NAMI National | $3,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Roland Park Country School Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sigmund M Hyman Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Sigmund M Hyman Foundation Inc
- How much does Sigmund M Hyman Foundation Inc give?
- Sigmund M Hyman Foundation Inc reported 9 grants totaling $14,000,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Sigmund M Hyman Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (63%), Arts & Culture (14%), Philanthropy (10%).
- Who are Sigmund M Hyman Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Goucher College ($3.5M), Loyola University Maryland Inc ($3.1M), Franklin & Marshall College ($2.1M).
- Does Sigmund M Hyman Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sigmund M Hyman 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 Sigmund M Hyman Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Kahlert Foundation Inc, Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Sigmund M Hyman Foundation Inc based?
- Sigmund M Hyman Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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