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The Abell Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$13M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
391
Grants FY2024
304
Organizations funded FY2023
35%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$300,000
Organizations funded a year
265 to 304
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$296M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 35% of the organizations The Abell Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving304$13M27%
FY2023304$14M35%
FY2022288$13M38%
FY2021288$16M47%
FY2020265$13Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$13MCommunity Improvement$13MHuman Services$7.9MCrime & Legal$7.6MEmployment$7.3MHealth$5.1MYouth Development$3.2MHousing & Shelter$2.8MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Ingenuity Project Inc$1,736,500521%
Civic Works Inc$1,712,95454%
Center for Urban Families Inc$1,520,00057%
Thread Inc$1,402,500510%
Vehicles for Change Inc$1,070,00059%
Healthy Neighborhoods Inc$962,47559%
Johns Hopkins University$926,66450%
Rose Street Community Center$899,7843n/a
Public Justice Center Inc$871,25056%
The Workfirst Foundation$850,000547%
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All grantees of The Abell Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Ingenuity Project Inc$1,736,500521%
Civic Works Inc$1,712,95454%
Center for Urban Families Inc$1,520,00057%
Thread Inc$1,402,500510%
Vehicles for Change Inc$1,070,00059%
Healthy Neighborhoods Inc$962,47559%
Johns Hopkins University$926,66450%
Rose Street Community Center$899,7843n/a
Public Justice Center Inc$871,25056%
The Workfirst Foundation$850,000547%
Southeast Community Development Corporation Inc$848,961511%
Baltimore Corps Inc$840,20053%
Roca Inc$770,00032%
Venture for America Inc$740,00044%
AmericanWitness Inc$650,000356%
Homeless Persons Representation Project Inc$610,759511%
Maryland New Directions Inc$600,00059%
Teach for America Inc$585,00050%
Cash Campaign of Maryland Inc$567,62556%
Emerging Technology Centers Inc$565,000328%
St Vincent de Paul of Baltimore Inc$555,76951%
Fund for Educational Excellence Inc$554,50052%
Rebuild Metro Inc$550,00052%
Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland Inc$541,99358%
Banner Neighborhoods Community Corp$498,500512%
Civil Justice Inc$489,957520%
Job Opportunities Task Force Inc$478,000411%
University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc$426,13630%
St Francis Neighborhood Center$416,25035%
Npower Inc$387,50051%
City Teaching Alliance Inc$385,00050%
Turnaround Tuesday Inc$375,000312%
Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition Inc$364,125318%
Franciscan Center Inc$363,57554%
Project Plase Inc$358,50024%
Improving Education Inc$355,00057%
Hippodrome Foundation Inc$333,333117%
Springboard Collaborative$312,50030%
Moveable Feast Inc$308,75052%
An End to Ignorance Inc$300,75057%
Byte Back$300,00044%
The Morgan State University Foundation Inc$300,00013%
Chesapeake Climate Action Network Inc$296,25054%
Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition Inc$295,00046%
Baltimore Kids Chess League Inc$292,500542%
Jews United for Justice Inc$285,00053%
Biotechnical Institute of Maryland Inc$280,00057%
University of Baltimore Foundation Inc$277,18251%
Baltimore Civic Fund Inc$275,02531%
Tuerk House Inc$265,00021%
Young Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc$262,50030%
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service Inc$262,50042%
National Center on Institutions and Alternatives Inc$260,00040%
Baltimore Curriculum Project Inc$255,00024%
University of Maryland Medical System Foundation Inc$250,00021%
Beloved Community Services Corporation$250,00017%
Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake Inc$250,00010%
Health Care for the Homeless Inc$238,18840%
Farm Alliance of Baltimore Inc$230,000512%
The Maryland Food Bank Inc$227,50040%
Neighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore Inc$225,25051%
Imentor Inc$225,00030%
Soccer Without Borders$225,00044%
Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development Inc$222,500310%
Baltimore Tree Trust Inc$222,50043%
Drink at the Well Inc$220,625514%
Baltimore Community Lending Inc$218,12536%
Blue Water Baltimore$216,87542%
St Ambrose Housing Aid Center Inc$212,75052%
Marian House Inc$211,62551%
Wide Angle Youth Media Inc$209,05044%
Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition Inc$205,000312%
Jubilee Baltimore Inc$204,500436%
Helping Up Mission Inc$204,00041%
Kipp Baltimore Inc$200,00011%
Northbay Education Inc$200,00014%
Greenlight Fund Inc$200,00040%
The Compound Inc$200,000137%
Environmental Integrity Project$200,00051%
The Tahirih Justice Center$195,00051%
4MyCity Inc$195,00050%
Latino Economic Development Corporation$195,00050%
No Struggle No Success Inc$190,000343%
Grow Home Inc$185,00046%
Baltimore Development Corporation$185,00031%
Turnaround Inc$180,50634%
Kind Inc$180,00040%
Manna House Inc$175,000215%
Humanim Inc$175,00021%
No Boundaries Coalition Inc$172,45045%
Parks and People Inc$168,12552%
The Loyola School Inc$166,6672n/a
Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Education Fund Inc$163,769414%
The Modern Classrooms Project Inc$162,50031%
New Vision House of Hope Inc$160,00014%
Climate Access Fund Corporation$160,000320%
Maryland Dental Action Coalition Inc$160,000411%
Charm City Care Connection Inc$157,02033%
Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership Inc$156,50030%
The Samaritan Community Inc$156,39156%
Betamore Inc$155,000345%
The Maryland Book Bank Inc$155,00031%
Downtown Partnership of Baltimore Inc$154,07552%
Equal Justice Works$150,00011%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$150,00020%
Green Street Academy Inc$150,00011%
Center for Hope Inc$150,00021%
Govans Ecumenical Development Corp$150,00042%
Prepare Inc$150,000223%
Upsurge Baltimore Community Inc$150,00015%
The Literacy Lab$150,00020%
National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform$150,00012%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$147,50030%
The Urban Alliance Foundation Inc$145,00051%
Building Science Technology and Education Partnerships Inc$143,046510%
Baltimore Green Space$140,250411%
Baltimore Alliance for Careers in Health$140,12135%
Friendly Loving Opportunities Inc$140,000311%
BALTIMORE UNDER GROUND SCIENCE SPACE Inc$137,000168%
Harbor Hospital Inc$135,22420%
Central Baltimore Partnership Inc$135,00014%
Asylee Women Enterprise Inc$133,09956%
Collegebound Foundation$132,37551%
Leveling the Playing Field Inc$130,00051%
St Frances Academy$125,0002n/a
Maryland Institute$125,00040%
South Baltimore Learning Corporation$125,00043%
Human Rights for Kids$125,00047%
The Community School Inc$125,000515%
Roland Park Community Foundation Inc$125,000519%
Associated Catholic Charities Inc$123,58530%
Next One Up Foundation Inc$122,50042%
Sharebaby Inc$121,93852%
Arts for Learning Maryland Inc$121,12550%
Rails to Trails Conservancy$120,00020%
Paul's Place Inc$119,00042%
Innovation Works Inc$118,75046%
Intersection of Change Inc$113,50045%
The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism$110,00010%
Baltimore Community Toolbank Inc$107,500510%
Maryland Philanthropy Network$106,69051%
Casa Inc$105,11231%
Fuel Fund of Maryland Inc$105,00051%
Maryland Community Health Initiatives$103,00012%
Liberty Grace of God$102,400220%
Jane Addams Resource Corporation$100,00013%
Behavioral Health Leadership Institute Inc$100,00023%
Justice Policy Institute$100,00036%
We Rise$100,000262%
Baltimore Squashwise Inc$100,00012%
National Aquarium Inc$100,00010%
Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge$100,00020%
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore$100,00010%
The Family Tree Inc$100,00031%
Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake Inc$100,00020%
Higher Achievement Program Inc$100,00031%
Heartsmiles Inc$100,00024%
Memorial Episcopal Church$100,0001n/a
St Agnes Foundation Inc$100,00022%
Baltimore Medical System Inc$100,00020%
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City Inc$100,00030%
Success for All Foundation Inc$98,81311%
Uempower of Maryland Inc$95,00038%
Family and Children's Services of Centra$90,00030%
Pro Bono Counseling Project Inc$90,00034%
Code in the Schools Inc$90,00032%
Pivot Inc$88,750331%
Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners Inc$85,00021%
Chesapeake Legal Alliance Inc$85,000213%
From Prison Cells to Phd Inc$85,00048%
Identity Access Project$81,685320%
Volunteers of America Inc$80,7791n/a
Maryland Public Interest Research Foundation Inc$80,000315%
Digital Harbor Foundation$80,00011%
29th Street Community Center Inc$80,000124%
So What Else Inc$80,00031%
Art With a Heart Inc$75,62523%
The Women's Housing Coalition Inc$75,62541%
Project Jumpstart Inc$75,00027%
Interfaith Action for Human Rights$75,000320%
Shepherds Clinic Inc$75,00023%
American Lung Association$74,96820%
Black Women Build - Baltimore Inc$73,85023%
Saint Luke's Youth Center Inc$73,00046%
Maryland Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics$71,730140%
Baltimore Urban Debate League Inc$71,00036%
Holistic Life Foundation Inc$70,00041%
Episcopal Housing Corporation$69,75033%
Roland Park Country School Inc$68,75050%
Waterkeepers Chesapeake Inc$67,50027%
Baltimore Outreach Services Inc$67,50044%
The Be Org Inc$66,563210%
Healthcare Access Maryland Inc$66,14440%
Roberta's House Inc$65,64312%
Maryland Alliance of Public Charter Schools Inc$60,00037%
Tntp Inc$60,00020%
I Am Mentality Inc$60,00036%
STEM Champions of Baltimore Inc$60,0002n/a
Goucher College$60,00010%
Baltimore Safe Haven Corp$60,00023%
Light of Truth Center Inc$59,85646%
Open Works Inc$55,00052%
Keys Empowers Inc$55,00023%
North East Housing Initiative Inc$55,00031%
International Rescue Committee INC$52,25040%
Rebuilding Together Baltimore Inc$50,75031%
Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance Inc$50,25043%
Energy Justice Network$50,0003n/a
Per Scholas Inc$50,00010%
University of Maryland Foundation Inc$50,00020%
Benefits Data Trust$50,00010%
Advocates for Children & Youth Inc$50,00015%
Dent Education Inc$50,00026%
From The Heart Productions$50,00011%
Libraries Without Borders$50,00014%
Building Our Nations Daughters Inc$50,000218%
Charlottes Web Enrichment Center$50,000173%
Baltimore Neighborhood Development Corp$50,000128%
At Jacobs Well Inc$50,000111%
Frank J Battaglia Signal 13 Foundation Inc$50,0001n/a
ACLU Foundation of Maryland Inc$50,00011%
Maryland Family Network Inc$47,72530%
The Family Recovery Program Inc$47,20013%
City Life Community Builders Ltd$45,00032%
Bon Secours Baltimore Health System Foundation Inc$44,0001n/a
Julie Community Center Inc$43,136135%
Adopt a Block Inc$42,500512%
Chase Brexton Health Services Inc$42,50020%
Reading Partners$40,00010%
Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence Education Fund Inc$40,000135%
Maryland Regional Direct Services Collaborative Inc$40,0002n/a
Friends of Gwynns FallsLeakin Park$40,000142%
Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore Inc$39,00020%
Baltimore Public Media Corporation$37,90050%
Lydia's House in Southeast$37,50015%
Everyman Theatre Inc$36,00030%
Baltimore Urban Baseball Association Inc$35,00027%
The United Way of Central Maryland Inc$35,00010%
Neighborhood Design Center Inc$35,00012%
Institute for Energy & Environmental Research$35,000117%
Meals on Wheels of Central Marylandinc$35,00040%
Baltimore Urban Leadership Foundation aka The Door$35,00029%
Adelante Latina Inc$35,00043%
Gaudenzia Foundation Inc$35,00010%
Mount Vernon Virtuosi Inc$35,000212%
Aziza PE&CE$35,00025%
Faith and Work Enterprises Inc$34,000116%
Ridge to Reefs Inc$33,89124%
Youth Empowerment Society Inc$33,500119%
The Gil Sandler Fund Inc$32,20035%
Maryland Citizens for the Arts$31,75052%
Baltimore Healthy Start Inc$30,00011%
The Book Thing of Baltimore Inc$30,00028%
B'More Clubhouse Inc$30,00013%
STEM Center of Excellence Inc$30,000162%
Mentoring Mentors Inc$30,000111%
Greater Baybrook Alliance Inc$30,00021%
New Life Food Pantry Inc$27,53031%
Environment America Research and Policy Center Inc$26,00012%
The Baltimore Station Inc$25,65011%
OUT For JUSTICE INC$25,50022%
Baltimore Jewelry Center$25,26142%
House Of Change Inc$25,2004n/a
Freestate Justice Inc$25,00012%
Sierra Club Foundation$25,00010%
Children's Scholarship Fund Baltimore$25,00051%
Mother Seton Academy Inc$25,0002n/a
Catherines Family and Youth Services$25,0001n/a
Parentchild Inc$25,00010%
Clergy United for the Transformation of Sandtown$25,0001n/a
McElderry Park Community Assoc Inc$25,0003n/a
Cherry Hill Eagles Foundation Inc$25,00014%
Chapter One Nfp$25,00010%
Focus on Children United for Success$25,000338%
New American Community Lending Corporation$25,00012%
The Movement Team$24,75012%
Dayspring Programs Inc$22,65110%
Charles Street Development Corp$22,60038%
Baltimore Re-Entry Resources Inc D/B/A Return Home Baltimore$21,750125%
Chizuk Amuno Congregation$21,2503n/a
Community Law Center Inc$20,25022%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$20,00020%
Yleana Leadership Foundation Inc$20,00022%
Basic Automotive Training and Sponsorship Inc$20,0001n/a
The Village Incorporated$20,00026%
Groundswell Inc$20,00020%
Maryland Reads Inc$20,00016%
Means Database Inc$20,00010%
Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts Inc$20,00010%
Fishes & Loaves Pantry Inc$20,000215%
Fostering Change Network Foundation$20,0001n/a
Family Survivor Network$20,00025%
Mariposa Child Success Programs Inc$20,00023%
Delaware Maryland Synod of the Evan Gelical Lutheran Church in America$19,5001n/a
Birthday Book Project Inc$18,0002n/a
Associated Black Charities Inc$17,50021%
No Turning Back Llc$15,64425%
Jaebonnah Blackie and Zobon Kingg Resource Center Inc$15,0002n/a
Greater Baltimore Committee Inc$15,00030%
Robs Barbershop Community Foundation$15,00019%
Outcast Food Network$15,000215%
Beginning Effective Recovery Together$15,0003n/a
LED LADIES Corp DBA Thee Vine$15,0002n/a
Cloverdale Ac Bba Inc$14,500219%
Young Victorian Theatre Company$14,25044%
Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound School Inc$13,00040%
Pennsylvania Avenue Black Arts and Entertainment District$12,50011%
Sisters Academy of Baltimore Inc$12,5005n/a
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$12,50030%
Alternative Directions Inc$12,5001n/a
Creative Alliance Inc$12,00030%
Scholars Strategy Network$11,83310%
Bit Community Center Inc$11,17537%
Ability Alliance Ltd$10,0001n/a
Saving Me 4 Me Corp$10,0001n/a
Fusion Partnership Inc$10,00010%
Nature Sacred$10,00011%
Phillips Programs$10,00010%
Peaceplayers International$10,00010%
Make Space$10,00014%
Bmore Empowered Inc$10,00011%
Safe Alternative Foundation for Education Inc$10,00021%
The Groundtruth Project Inc$10,00010%
The Tiny News Collective Inc$10,00011%
You Artistry Collaborative Inc$10,0001n/a
Heaven on Earth Now Inc$10,00015%
Forever Maryland Inc$10,00012%
Samuel Ready Scholarships Inc$10,00021%
Friends of Sisson Street Park Corp$10,0001n/a
Requity Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Baltimore Urban League Inc$10,00010%
Equity Matters Inc$10,00012%
Somebody Cares Baltimore Inc$10,00012%
Another Life Saved Organization$10,00012%
Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center Inc$10,00010%
St Marys Outreach Inc$10,00017%
Visions Select Baseball Inc$10,0001n/a
Tendea Family Inc$10,0001n/a
The Mosaic Group Foundation Inc Formerly Connect Maryland Inc$10,00013%
Caroline Center Inc$10,00010%
LARCHE Inc$10,00010%
We Will All Rise$10,00011%
Joy Baltimore Corp$10,0001n/a
Baltimore Architecture Foundation Inc$10,00026%
Start School Later Inc$10,00014%
Maryland Center on Economic Policy Inc$10,00011%
Center for Climate Strategies Inc$10,00011%
Uplift Alliance Inc$10,00011%
Susanna Wesley House Inc$10,00014%
The Tender Bridge Inc$10,000111%
Filbert Street Garden$10,00013%
Genxt Ministries Inc$10,000112%
The Nolita Project Inc$10,00014%
The Banner Lake Club Inc$10,00011%
Hearts Place Services Inc$10,000110%
Charles Village Community Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
BRIDGE Maryland Inc$10,000111%
Restoring Ivy Collective Inc$10,0001n/a
Black Executive Directors Network$10,000113%
Phase 3 Training Corporation$10,000115%
P E a C E Team LLC$10,0001n/a
For My Kidz Inc$10,00014%
Htp Homes Inc$10,00013%
The Agoge Project$10,00018%
Youth as Resources Inc$10,00016%
Child First Authority Inc$10,00010%
Girls Getting Better Foundati$10,0001n/a
Brown Girl Wellness Incorporated$10,00015%
Womens Wellness Lounge Inc$10,0001n/a
Baltimore Bolts Inc$10,0002n/a
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc$10,00010%
Ignite Capital Inc$10,00014%
Neighbor to Family Inc$10,00010%
Chill Station$9,25013%
Esis House$9,000111%
Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City$7,50030%
Casa Juan Diego$7,5001n/a
Bemorecaring Inc$7,50031%
Holy Family Hospital of Bethlehem Foundation$7,5001n/a
Bolton Hill Community Association Inc$7,50018%
Linden Community Inc$7,500114%
Trash Free Maryland Corporation$7,45026%
Victorine Q Adams Gardens Inc$7,0001n/a
East Baltimore Community School Inc$6,12510%
Wombwork Productions Inc$6,00011%
Bear Belair Edison Area Revitalization Inc$6,0001n/a
1012 Sports Inc$5,50021%
Tael Enterprise Inc$5,0001n/a
Life Empowerment Community Outreach$5,0001n/a
Clay Pots Inc$5,0001n/a
Park Heights Saints Community Cente$5,00017%
Main Street Housing Inc$5,00011%
Institute of Notre Dame$5,0001n/a
Community Development Network of Maryland Inc$5,00012%
Succor Transitional Program Inc$5,00015%
Nature Worx Inc$5,00016%
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship$5,00010%
The Empowerment Center Inc$5,00010%
Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre Inc$5,00012%
National Council on Teacher Quality Inc$5,00010%
The Assoc for the Public Defender of Maryland Ltd$5,00012%
Leader Breeders Inc$5,00013%
United Covenant Union Inc$5,000113%
Elijah Cummings Youth Program in Israel Inc$5,00012%
Union Baptist Church$5,0001n/a
Greater Remington Improvement Association$5,00016%
Youth of the Diaspora$5,00014%
City of Abraham Church and Ministries Inc$5,0001n/a
Better Waverly Community Organization Inc$5,0001n/a
The Maryland Public Policy Institute Inc$5,00013%
DC Peace Team$5,0001n/a
Lazarus Rite$5,00011%
Gilchrist Hospice Care Inc$5,00010%
Five Smooth Stones Foundation Inc$5,00010%
City of Refuge Baltimore Inc$5,00011%
Waverly Main Street Inc$5,00014%
Liberty's Promise$5,00010%
Philanthropy Tank Inc$5,0001n/a
Girls on the Run of the Greater Chesapeake$5,00011%
Medtech Innovator$5,00010%
The House of Ruth Maryland Inc$5,00020%
Financial Empowerment Movement Inc$5,0001n/a
Amazing Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church$4,8001n/a
Community Law in Action Inc$4,60613%
Roland Park Annual Fund Incorporated$4,37532%
Friends of Herring Run Parks Inc$4,00051%
Mindful Mentors Inc$4,00027%
Todd Eustace and Irene Reyna Empowerment Scholarship$3,95528%
Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance Inc$3,87540%
Bolton Hill Nursery Inc$3,75010%
The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore Inc$3,75010%
Cultured Pearls of Service Inc$3,67825%
Cornerstone Community Housing Inc$3,14440%
Loch Raven Improvement Assoc Inc$3,0001n/a
Beyond Rhetoric Corporation$2,9001n/a
The Maryland Spca Inc$2,70030%
Church of the Redeemer$2,6255n/a
Hopewell Cancer Support$2,53820%
Afro Charities Inc$2,50010%
Sunrise Day Camps Association Inc$2,50010%
Sun Valley Community School Inc$2,50010%
Baltimore Montessori Inc$2,25030%
Mpt Foundation Inc$2,15030%
The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College$2,12530%
The Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs Incorporated$2,00040%
City Center Residents Association Inc$2,0001n/a
Baltimore Heritage Incorporated$1,95050%
Maryland Art Place Inc$1,87511%
Alumni & Friends of Roland Park Ele$1,50048%
Talmar Inc$1,50011%
Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter Barcs$1,37520%
American Chestnut Land Trust Inc$1,37530%
Cylburn Arboretum Friends Inc$1,25030%
University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc$1,25020%
Fellowship for Performing Arts Inc$1,25010%
Comprehensive Housing Assistance Inc$1,25010%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$1,25010%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$1,00030%
Next City Inc$1,00010%
Baltimore Design School Inc$75020%
Experiential Environmental Education Inc$75010%
The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Inc$62510%
Arts Every Day Inc$62510%
Greater Pikesville Recreation CouncilIn$62510%
Sisters Circle Inc$62510%
Backyard Basecamp Inc$50010%
Swim Across America Inc$27630%
The Village Learning Place Inc$25010%
Nami Metropolitan Baltimore Inc$25010%
Williams College$25010%
Animal Allies Rescue Foundation Inc$25010%
Love & Cornbread$25010%
Station North Tool Library Inc$2501n/a
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc$12510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 224 recipients with no EIN on record ($15M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Abell Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 19 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Ingenuity Project Inc: $1,736,500 over 5y, 21% of budgetCivic Works Inc: $1,712,954 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetCenter for Urban Families Inc: $1,520,000 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetThread Inc: $1,402,500 over 5y, 9.5% of budgetVehicles for Change Inc: $1,070,000 over 5y, 8.9% of budgetHealthy Neighborhoods Inc: $962,475 over 5y, 9.0% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $926,664 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPublic Justice Center Inc: $871,250 over 5y, 6.5% of budgetThe Workfirst Foundation: $850,000 over 5y, 47% of budgetSoutheast Community Development Corporation Inc: $848,961 over 5y, 11% of budgetBaltimore Corps Inc: $840,200 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetRoca Inc: $770,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetVenture for America Inc: $740,000 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetAmericanWitness Inc: $650,000 over 3y, 56% of budgetHomeless Persons Representation Project Inc: $610,759 over 5y, 11% of budgetMaryland New Directions Inc: $600,000 over 5y, 9.4% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $585,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCash Campaign of Maryland Inc: $567,625 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetEmerging Technology Centers Inc: $565,000 over 3y, 28% of budgetSt Vincent de Paul of Baltimore Inc: $555,769 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetFund for Educational Excellence Inc: $554,500 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetRebuild Metro Inc: $550,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetPro Bono Resource Center of Maryland Inc: $541,993 over 5y, 8.2% of budgetBanner Neighborhoods Community Corp: $498,500 over 5y, 12% of budgetCivil Justice Inc: $489,957 over 5y, 20% of budgetJob Opportunities Task Force Inc: $478,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetUniversity of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc: $426,136 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSt Francis Neighborhood Center: $416,250 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetNpower Inc: $387,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCity Teaching Alliance Inc: $385,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetTurnaround Tuesday Inc: $375,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetMaryland Consumer Rights Coalition Inc: $364,125 over 3y, 18% of budgetFranciscan Center Inc: $363,575 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetProject Plase Inc: $358,500 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetImproving Education Inc: $355,000 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetHippodrome Foundation Inc: $333,333 over 1y, 17% of budgetSpringboard Collaborative: $312,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMoveable Feast Inc: $308,750 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetAn End to Ignorance Inc: $300,750 over 5y, 6.8% of budgetByte Back: $300,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetThe Morgan State University Foundation Inc: $300,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetChesapeake Climate Action Network Inc: $296,250 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetHistoric East Baltimore Community Action Coalition Inc: $295,000 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetBaltimore Kids Chess League Inc: $292,500 over 5y, 42% of budgetJews United for Justice Inc: $285,000 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetBiotechnical Institute of Maryland Inc: $280,000 over 5y, 7.4% of budgetUniversity of Baltimore Foundation Inc: $277,182 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetBaltimore Civic Fund Inc: $275,025 over 3y, 0.7% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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 Foundation IncMD242.8× affinity215 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 · T Rowe Price Foundation · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · The Morris Goldseker Foundation of Maryland Inc · Fund for Educational Excellence Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Robert W Deutsch Foundation · Baltimore Civic Fund Inc · The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation Inc · Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund Inc

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.

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Find your warmest path to The Abell 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.

About The Abell Foundation Inc

How much does The Abell Foundation Inc give?
The Abell Foundation Inc reported 391 grants totaling $13,360,002 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 265 and 304 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Abell Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (19%), Community Improvement (18%), Human Services (11%).
Who are The Abell Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Ingenuity Project Inc ($1.7M), Civic Works Inc ($1.7M), Center for Urban Families Inc ($1.5M).
Does The Abell Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Abell Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Abell Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, France-Merrick Foundation Inc, T Rowe Price Foundation.
Where is The Abell Foundation Inc based?
The Abell Foundation Inc is based in MD.

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 701 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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