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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 FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$3.4M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$9.8MArts & Culture$2.2MPhilanthropy$1.5MYouth Development$1.2MScience & Tech$813kHealth$7kFood & Nutrition$6k
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,260,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$913k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GOUCHER COLLEGE$3,360,000
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND$3,010,000
FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE$1,960,000
ASSOCIATED JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE$1,400,000
BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART$1,260,000
JOHNS HOPKINS CENTER FOR TALENTED YOUTH$1,120,000
MARYLAND SCIENCE CENTER$700,000
WALTERS ART MUSEUM$700,000
ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY$490,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CALVERT HALL COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL: $10k → 11%MARYLAND SCIENCE CENTER: $700k → 19%GOUCHER COLLEGE: $3.4M → 11%MARYLAND SCIENCE CENTER: $25k → 19%CALVERT HALL COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL: $10k → 11%MARYLAND SCIENCE CENTER: $25k → 19%GOUCHER COLLEGE: $40k → 11%MARYLAND SCIENCE CENTER: $20k → 19%MARYLAND SCIENCE CENTER: $18k → 19%GOUCHER COLLEGE: $40k → 11%MARYLAND SCIENCE CENTER: $15k → 19%MARYLAND SCIENCE CENTER: $10k → 19%GOUCHER COLLEGE: $20k → 11%LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND: $3.0M → 19%LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND: $40k → 19%GOUCHER COLLEGE: $20k → 11%LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND: $20k → 19%LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND: $20k → 19%GOUCHER COLLEGE: $20k → 11%LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND: $20k → 19%LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND: $20k → 19%GOUCHER COLLEGE: $20k → 11%LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND: $20k → 19%JOHNS HOPKINS CENTER FOR TALENTED YOUTH: $1.1M → 11%THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV CENTER FOR TALENTED YOUTH: $40k → 11%JOHNS HOPKINS CENTER FOR TALENTED YOUTH: $20k → 11%THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV CENTER FOR TALENTED YOUTH: $20k → 11%JOHNS HOPKINS CENTER FOR TALENTED YOUTH: $20k → 11%BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $1.3M → 19%THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV CENTER FOR TALENTED YOUTH: $20k → 11%BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $20k → 19%JOHNS HOPKINS CENTER FOR TALENTED YOUTH: $20k → 11%BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $10k → 19%BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $10k → 19%BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $10k → 19%MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART: $255k → 19%BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $10k → 19%BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $10k → 19%ASSOCIATED JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE: $1.4M → 19%WALTERS ART MUSEUM: $700k → 19%ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY: $490k → 19%ASSOCIATED JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE: $143k → 19%ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY: $40k → 19%ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY: $32k → 19%ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY: $30k → 19%ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY: $30k → 19%ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY: $30k → 19%WALTERS ART MUSEUM: $20k → 19%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.
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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$16M · 17 repeat orgs$2k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
1

Total granted

$16M
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+5%

Still filing today

82%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • GC
    GOUCHER COLLEGE
    7× · 2018–2025 · $3.5M · revenue +5%
  • LU
    Loyola University Maryland Inc
    7× · 2018–2025 · $3.1M · revenue +20%
  • MA
    MARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    7× · 2018–2025 · $813k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • RP
    ROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL INC
    one grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue +5%
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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
University of Maryland Oncology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
3
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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4
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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5
University of Maryland Eye Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
6
University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Education
7
University of Maryland Surgical Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
8
University of Maryland Dermatologists Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
9
University of Maryland Pediatric Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
10
Mcdaniel College Inc

Mcdaniel college is a diverse student-centered community committed to excellence in the liberal arts & sciences and professional studies with careful mentoring and attention to the individual. mcdaniel changes lives. we challenge students…

Education
11
University of Maryland Family Medicine Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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12
University of Maryland Otorhino-Laryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Maryland Food Bank 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

16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 19 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
11/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GOUCHER COLLEGE: $3,520,000 · EducationGOUCHER COLLEGEFRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE: $2,125,000 · EducationFRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGEENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY OF BALTIMORE CITY: $655,500 · EducationENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY OF BALTIMORE CITYMaryland Institute: $260,000 · Education+2 more: $82,000 · EducationLoyola University Maryland Inc: $3,150,000 · OtherLoyola University Maryland IncJOHNS HOPKINS CENTER FOR TALENTED YOUTH: $1,180,000 · OtherJOHNS HOPKINS CENTER FOR TALENTED YOU…WALTERS ART MUSEUM: $770,000 · OtherWALTERS ART MUSEUM+2 more: $51,150 · OtherBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $1,330,000 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE MUSEUM…MARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $813,000 · Arts & CultureMARYLAND ACADEMY…+2 more: $58,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ASSOCIATED JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE INC: $1,543,000 · PhilanthropyTHE ASSOCIA…+1 more: $5,750 · PhilanthropyHOPEWELL CANCER SUPPORT: $3,500 · HealthNAMI National: $3,500 · Health
Education$6,642,500Other$5,151,150Arts & Culture$2,201,000Philanthropy$1,548,750Health$7,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGOUCHER COLLEGE: $3,520,000 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetLoyola University Maryland Inc: $3,150,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetFRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE: $2,125,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATED JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE INC: $1,543,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $1,330,000 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetMARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $813,000 over 7y, 6.7% of budgetENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY OF BALTIMORE CITY: $655,500 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetMaryland Institute: $260,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $80,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CAPE COD MUSEUM OF ART INC: $28,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $6,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOPEWELL CANCER SUPPORT: $3,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNAMI National: $3,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $2,000 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.

  • Who funds GOUCHER COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Loyola University Maryland Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE ASSOCIATED JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE INC ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds MARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY OF BALTIMORE CITY ↗
  • Who funds Maryland Institute ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CAPE COD MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPEWELL CANCER SUPPORT ↗
  • Who funds NAMI National ↗
  • Who funds ROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL INC ↗

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.

The Kahlert Foundatio…Baltimore Community F…T Rowe Price Program …Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Kahlert Foundation IncMD13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Kahlert Foundation Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Sigmund M Hyman Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sigmund M Hyman Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Maryland Academy of Sciences: 9% of income from government
  • Loyola University Maryland Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Baltimore Museum of Art: 4% of income from government
  • The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Cape Cod Museum of Art Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Goucher College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Sigmund M Hyman Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 19 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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