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Society for the Preservation of Maryland Antiquities Inc

Founded in 1931 as the society for the preservation of maryland antiquities, preservation maryland is dedicated to preserving maryland's historic buildings, neighborhoods, landscapes, and archaeological sites through outreach, funding, and advocacy.

$13k
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Education$25kArts & Culture$24kEnvironment$19kHousing & Shelter$15kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kHuman Services$9kReligion$7kCrime & Legal$6k
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $7,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $13,431 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $5,931 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$7,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CIVIC WORKS INC$7,500
02The need
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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 (FY22–22, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BALTIMORE URBAN LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $9k → 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 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.

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Baltimore County Historical Society Inc

The Historical Society of Baltimore County Collects, Preserves and Interprets the Rich History of Baltimore County for the Education and Enjoyment of Present and Future Generations.

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2
Central Baltimore Partnership Inc

The mission of the central baltimore partnership cbp is to galvanize the renaissance of the neighborhoods of central baltimore, creating a diverse, equitable community where everyone can thrive. the organization pursues its mission by…

Community Improvement
3
Baltimore Corps Inc

To cultivate career advancement opportunities for local talent, facilitate talent acquisition for local employers, increase access to capital for local entrepreneurs' social ventures, and foster cross-sector collaboration to address city…

Employment
4
Downtown Partnership of Baltimore Inc

Promote, advance and stimulate civic, business, commercial and residential interests and general welfare in and around the charles street corridor of baltimore city and adjoining areas.

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5
Howard County Historical Society

To collect, preserve and share the diverse history of all the peoples of howard county

Arts & Culture
6
Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore Foundation
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Society for the Preservation of Maryland Antiquities Inc

Founded in 1931 as the society for the preservation of maryland antiquities, preservation maryland is dedicated to preserving maryland's historic buildings, neighborhoods, landscapes, and archaeological sites through outreach, funding, and…

Arts & Culture
8
The Valleys Planning Council Inc

Conserving open spaces; protecting baltimore county's agricultural, natural, historic and scenic resources; and working to promote a balanced and rational use of land for the benefit of present and future generations.

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9
Baltimore Green Space

Baltimore Green Space is a land trust that partners with communities to preserve and support community gardens , forest patches , pocket parks , and other community-managed spaces.

Environment
10
Greater Baybrook Alliance Inc

Greater Baybrook Alliance GBA is a non-profit community development organization whose mission is to act as a catalyst and conduit for equitable development and reinvestment in the Brooklyn, Brooklyn Park, Curtis Bay neighborhoods and…

Community Improvement
11
Baltimore Heritage Incorporated

To preserve historic places in Baltimore.

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12
Community Development Network of Maryland Inc

To promote, strengthen, and advocate for the community development sector throughout Marylands urban, suburban, and rural communities.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Civic Works Inc; the most unlike its peers is Baltimore Urban Leadership Foundation aka the Door. 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

12 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. 12 of the 14 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
5/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OLD STONE TAVERN: $10,000 · OtherOLD STONE TAVERNHOWARD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · OtherHOWARD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCPATAPSCO HERITAGE GREENWAY INC: $10,000 · OtherPATAPSCO HERITAGE GREENWAY INCTHE SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FEDERAL HILL AND FELL'S POINT INC: $7,500 · OtherTHE SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FEDERAL HILL AN…CASA INC: $7,500 · OtherCASA INCST JOHNS EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $7,000 · OtherST JOHNS EPISCOPAL CHURCHST MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 · EducationST MARY'S COLLEG…CIVIC WORKS INC: $7,500 · EducationCIVIC WORKS INCCREATIVE ALLIANCE INC: $7,500 · Arts & CultureCREATIVE ALLIA…THE PEALE CENTER FOR BALTIMORE HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE INC: $7,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PEALE CENT…CYLBURN ARBORETUM FRIENDS INC: $9,000 · EnvironmentBaltimore Urban Leadership Foundation aka The Door: $9,000 · Human ServicesSOUTHWEST PARTNERSHIP INC: $7,500 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY LAW CENTER INC: $6,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$52,000Education$16,500Arts & Culture$14,500Environment$9,000Human Services$9,000Community Improvement$7,500Crime & Legal$6,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHOWARD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetPATAPSCO HERITAGE GREENWAY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetST MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCYLBURN ARBORETUM FRIENDS INC: $9,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBaltimore Urban Leadership Foundation aka The Door: $9,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetCIVIC WORKS INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FEDERAL HILL AND FELL'S POINT INC: $7,500 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetSOUTHWEST PARTNERSHIP INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCASA INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCREATIVE ALLIANCE INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE PEALE CENTER FOR BALTIMORE HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY LAW CENTER INC: $6,000 over 1y, 1.0% 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.

Baltimore Community F…France-Merrick Founda…Annie E Casey Foundat…T Rowe Price Program …Maryland Humanities C…The Abell Foundation …The Morris Goldseker …T Rowe Price Foundati…Baltimore Civic Fund …The United Way of Cen…The Harry and Jeanett…Johns Hopkins Univers…
Baltimore Community Foundation IncMD19.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Maryland Humanities Council Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · The Morris Goldseker Foundation of Maryland Inc · T Rowe Price Foundation · Baltimore Civic Fund Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Johns Hopkins University

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 Society for the Preservation of Maryland Antiquities Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Society for the Preservation of Maryland Antiquities Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 50%
  • Civic Works Inc: 63% of income from government
  • Southwest Partnership Inc: 50% of income from government
  • The Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Casa Inc: 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 14 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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