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SylvanLaureate Foundation Inc at a glance

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SylvanLaureate Foundation Inc

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$9k
Granted FY2021
1
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

International$4.0MEducation$2.5MArts & Culture$1.6MPhilanthropy$660kHuman Services$405kPublic Benefit$300kHealth$292kCommunity Improvement$125kOther$0
02FY2021 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$8,625
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCORPORATED$8,625
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 (FY17–20, $290k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 66% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $50k → 6%SUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $20k → 6%SUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $10k → 6%SUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $10k → 6%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL MARYLA: $100k → 11%SUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $10k → 6%YMCA OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC: $15k → 11%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL MARYLA: $10k → 11%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL MARYLA: $10k → 11%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF MARYLAND INC: $25k → 19%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF MARYLAND INC: $25k → 19%MARIAN HOUSE INC: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
OR
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
AR
TN
SC
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.9M · 37 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

37 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2021, 36 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
55

Total granted

$8.9M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+43%

Still filing today

86%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21
EducationHealthInternationalArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHuman 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TB
    THE BALTIMORE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $1.2M · revenue +102%
  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2019–2020 · $1.1M · revenue +25%
  • YM
    Young Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc
    3× · 2017–2020 · $135k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $250k · revenue +22%
  • GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $125k · revenue +36%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue +61%
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.

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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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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 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
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 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
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 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
8
University of Maryland Facultyphysicians Inc

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland, school of medicine, administrative support services are provided to the physician practices of the university of maryland, including but not limited to information technology,…

Health
9
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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10
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
11
University of Maryland Neurology 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 Emergency 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…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Leaders Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ugandan Water Project. 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

78 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. 78 of the 93 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)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
76/78
Grantees still filing
60/78
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FOUNDATION: $3,935,786 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL YOUTH FOUNDATION+10 more: $119,181 · InternationalJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1,105,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYTeach for America Inc: $300,000 · EducationTeach for America IncUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FO…GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $125,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYBALTIMORE EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP TRUST: $120,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · EducationFUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $92,500 · EducationNEW LEADERS INC: $90,000 · Education+8 more: $160,000 · Education+8 moreTHE BALTIMORE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $1,170,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BALTIMORE C…BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $85,000 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE SYMPH…CENTER STAGE ASSOCIATES INC: $55,000 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $117,500 · Arts & Culture+6 moreTHE RICHARD W RILEY INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT POLI: $250,000 · OtherTHE RICHARD W …BALTIMORE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · OtherBALTIMORE SCHO…CRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL: $142,500 · OtherCRISTO REY JES…LIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATION INC: $110,000 · OtherLIVING CLASSRO…RYAN BANKS ACADEMY: $100,000 · OtherRYAN BANKS ACA…STRONG CITY BALTIMORE INC: $75,000 · OtherSTRONG CITY BA…THE FAMILY TREE INC: $70,000 · OtherONEPEOPLE INC: $50,000 · OtherTHE RICHARD W RILEY INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT: $50,000 · OtherBALTIMORE CORPS INC: $50,000 · OtherBUSINESS VOLUNTEERS MARYLAND INC: $50,000 · Other+25 more: $265,100 · Other+25 moreBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $360,000 · PhilanthropyTHE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC: $175,000 · PhilanthropyKENNEDY KRIEGER FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyThe William S Baer School: $25,000 · PhilanthropyYoung Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc: $135,000 · Human ServicesSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF MARYLAND INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesWEEKEND BACKPACKS BALTIMORE INC: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesUniversity of Maryland Medical System Corporation: $100,000 · HealthSHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $50,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $30,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $25,000 · HealthTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $25,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MARYLAND INC: $20,000 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Health+5 more: $11,400 · Health
International$4,054,967Education$2,342,500Arts & Culture$1,427,500Other$1,362,600Philanthropy$660,000Human Services$300,000Health$276,400

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 budgetINTERNATIONAL YOUTH FOUNDATION: $3,935,786 over 4y, 6.8% of budgetTHE BALTIMORE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $1,170,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1,105,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $360,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $300,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC: $175,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBALTIMORE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc: $135,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $125,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP TRUST: $120,000 over 4y, 6.4% of budgetUniversity of Maryland Medical System Corporation: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetRYAN BANKS ACADEMY: $100,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetKENNEDY KRIEGER FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $100,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetFUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $92,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNEW LEADERS INC: $90,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $85,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTilting Futures Incorporated: $75,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSTRONG CITY BALTIMORE INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FAMILY TREE INC: $70,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetCENTER STAGE ASSOCIATES INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICA ACHIEVES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF MARYLAND INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBALTIMORE CORPS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBUSINESS VOLUNTEERS MARYLAND INC: $50,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetSHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Innovation Foundation Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetARTS EDUCATION IN MARYLAND SCHOOLS ALLIANCE INC: $40,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARTS FOR LEARNING MARYLAND INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC: $32,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC: $32,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $28,625 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetECHOING GREEN INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe William S Baer School: $25,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetDO SOMETHING INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MARYLAND INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNT VERNON PLACE CONSERVANCY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetBALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL #220 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBALTIMORE PUBLIC MEDIA CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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…Associated Jewish Cha…France-Merrick Founda…The United Way of Cen…T Rowe Price Program …Brown Advisory Charit…T Rowe Price Foundati…The Harry and Jeanett…The Jacob and Hilda B…Patricia and Mark Jos…The Joseph Meyerhoff …The Bunting Family Fo…
Baltimore Community Foundation IncMD48.8× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation Inc · Patricia and Mark Joseph Shelter Foundation Inc · The Joseph Meyerhoff Fund Inc · The Bunting Family 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 SylvanLaureate Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from SylvanLaureate Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 170%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Mount Vernon Place Conservancy Inc: 40% of income from government
  • The Baltimore Children's Museum Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Young Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc: 22% of income from government
  • International Youth Foundation: 17% of income from government
  • Baltimore Corps Inc: 15% of income from government
  • 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
  • The Family Tree Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Center Stage Associates Inc: 7% of income from government
  • The American Visionary Art Museum Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Digital Harbor Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Marian House Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The United Way of Central Maryland Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Fund for Educational Excellence Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Arts for Learning Maryland Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Miami Children's Museum Inc Fka Miami Youth Museum: 0% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Maryland Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Gilchrist Hospice Care Inc: 0% of income from government
  • University of Maryland Medical System Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Sheppard Pratt Health System Inc: 0% of income from government
  • University of Maryland Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Ocala Symphony Orchestra Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
17get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 93 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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