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The Abell Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$13M
Granted FY2024still arriving
391
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Education$13MCommunity Improvement$13MHuman Services$7.9MCrime & Legal$7.6MEmployment$7.3MHealth$5.1MYouth Development$3.2MHousing & Shelter$2.8MOther$0
02FY2024 · 391 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k106 grants · $251k
  • $10k–50k182 grants · $3.9M
  • $50k–250k97 grants · $7.6M
  • $250k+6 grants · $1.6M
$20,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$296M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE$300,000
CENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES INC$300,000
PROJECT PLASE INC$250,000
INGENUITY PROJECT INC$250,000
BELOVED COMMUNITY SERVICES CORPORATION$250,000
BALTIMORE CURRICULUM PROJECT INC$250,000
THREAD INC$200,000
SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$153,800
CONSCIOUS VENTURE LAB NOVELLA CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP INC$150,000
UPSURGE BALTIMORE COMMUNITY INC$150,000
BALTIMORE'S PROMISE FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE$150,000
ROSE STREET COMMUNITY CENTER SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$150,000
ROSE STREET COMMUNITY CENTER SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$150,000
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY WHITING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING$150,000
REBUILD METRO$135,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $7.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Y OF CENTRAL MARYLAND: $150k → 6%PREPARE INC: $75k → 8%SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $175k → 22%PREPARE INC: $75k → 8%SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $88k → 22%SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $50k → 22%VEHICLES FOR CHANGE INC: $390k → 11%VEHICLES FOR CHANGE INC: $100k → 11%VEHICLES FOR CHANGE INC: $100k → 11%VEHICLES FOR CHANGE INC: $100k → 11%VEHICLES FOR CHANGE INC: $100k → 11%VEHICLES FOR CHANGE INC: $100k → 11%VEHICLES FOR CHANGE INC: $60k → 11%VEHICLES FOR CHANGE INC: $60k → 11%VEHICLES FOR CHANGE INC: $60k → 11%KEYS EMPOWERS INC: $50k → 11%ART WITH A HEART: $50k → 19%TURNAROUND TUESDAY INC: $125k → 19%TURNAROUND TUESDAY INC: $125k → 19%TURNAROUND TUESDAY INC: $125k → 19%ROBERTA'S HOUSE INC: $65k → 19%NO STRUGGLE NO SUCCESS INC: $100k → 19%29TH STREET COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $80k → 19%ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE INC: $75k → 19%NO STRUGGLE NO SUCCESS INC: $65k → 19%FRANCISCAN CENTER INC: $50k → 19%FRANCISCAN CENTER INC: $50k → 19%MARIAN HOUSE INC: $50k → 19%MARIAN HOUSE INC: $50k → 19%FRANCISCAN CENTER INC: $50k → 19%ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE INC: $50k → 19%FRANCISCAN CENTER INC: $50k → 19%ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE INC: $50k → 19%MARIAN HOUSE INC: $50k → 19%MARIAN HOUSE INC: $50k → 19%ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE INC: $50k → 19%CENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES INC: $300k → 19%CENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES INC: $300k → 19%CENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES INC: $300k → 19%CENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES INC: $300k → 19%CENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES INC: $300k → 19%BELOVED COMMUNITY SERVICES CORPORATION: $250k → 19%CASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLAND: $60k → 19%CASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLAND: $60k → 19%CASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLAND: $60k → 19%CASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLAND: $60k → 19%CASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLAND: $60k → 19%CASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLAND: $60k → 19%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

ID
IL
WI
NY
MA
PA
RI
CA
CO
VA
MD
NC
DC
OK
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$58M · 343 repeat orgs$11M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +31% since the first grant, against +10% for the ones you funded once.

343 repeat relationships — 221 still active in FY2024, 122 since wound down; 83 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

343
272

Total granted

$58M
$8.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+10%

Still filing today

72%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TI
    The Ingenuity Project Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.7M · revenue +63%
  • CW
    CIVIC WORKS INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.7M · revenue +94%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +97%

Funded once

  • CY
    CITYWIDE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES INC
    one grant, 2020 · $400k
  • HF
    HIPPODROME FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $333k · revenue +167%
  • TM
    THE MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $300k · revenue +72%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore Foundation
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2
Baltimore Neighborhoods Inc

To advocate fair housing and improving tenant/landlord relations.

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3
Baltimore Action Legal Team Inc

Baltimore Action Legal Team is dedicated to pursuing creative, community-driven solutions and movement-oriented lawyering to support the Baltimore community.

Human Services
4
Baltimore Hunger Project Llc

Baltimore hunger project removes the barriers to learning by providing food and resources to children facing food insecurity in our community.

Human Services
5
Metropolitan Baltimore Council of Afl-Cio Unions

The council was organized for the purpose of providing its members with adequate representation in various union related matters.

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6
Live Baltimore Home Center Inc

Live baltimores mission is to recruit and retain baltimore city residents.

Community Improvement
7
Business Volunteers Maryland Inc

Inspire volunteerism and connect motivated people and businesses to nonprofit organizations leading to stronger communities. our programs connect the right people with the right organizations.

Community Improvement
8
Community Mediation Program Inc

To provide free mediation services in the baltimore metropolitan area for the purposes of reducing interpersonal and community violence. the program also provides community education and conflict resolution training.

Human Services
9
Baltimore Area Health Education Center

To eliminate health disparities by educating and strengthening the health care workforce. bahec provides interdisciplinary education programs that bridge academic, healthcare, and community settings to transform the health of underserved…

Health
10
Baltimore Children and Youth Fund Inc

Baltimore children & youth fund stewards public funds to support children and youth in baltimore city. the fund awards grants to community-based, youth-serving organizations and provides capacity-building and technical assistance to…

Youth Development
11
Bridges Baltimore Inc

Bridges baltimore, inc. is committed to the long-term success of baltimore city youth and to providing life changing opportunities for independent school students.

Education
12
Community Mediation Maryland Inc

To advance community mediation in Maryland through educating the public, providing training and quality assurance, conducting research and creatively applying mediation to social challenges.

Crime & Legal

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sisters Circle Inc and the most unlike its peers is Nature Sacred. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 21 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%7%<5yr14%19%5–10yr17%20%10–20yr17%25%20–35yr14%20%35–55yr19%9%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%3%<5yr14%12%5–10yr17%15%10–20yr17%40%20–35yr14%23%35–55yr19%8%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 7% of your grantees by number, and just 3% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%9/477
the rest of the field
13%
3,103/23,686

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 436 of the 701 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

19
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
127
Early backer (in before they grew)
421/436
Grantees still filing
286/436
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BALTIMORE'S PROMISE FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE — $1,487,350 · OtherBALTIMORE'S PROMISE FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCERose Street Community Center — $899,784 · Other+118 more — $23,867,889 · Other+118 moreThe Ingenuity Project Inc — $1,736,500 · EducationThe Ingenuity Pro…CIVIC WORKS INC — $1,712,954 · EducationCIVIC WORKS INCJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — $926,664 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNI…Teach for America Inc — $585,000 · EducationTeach for America…FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC — $554,500 · EducationFUND FOR EDUCATIO…UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC — $426,136 · EducationCITY TEACHING ALLIANCE INC — $385,000 · EducationIMPROVING EDUCATION INC — $355,000 · Education+12 more — $2,409,182 · Education+12 moreCENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES INC — $1,520,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR U…VEHICLES FOR CHANGE INC — $1,070,000 · Human ServicesVEHICLES FOR…CASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLAND INC — $567,625 · Human ServicesCASH CAMPAIG…ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE INC — $555,769 · Human ServicesST VINCENT D…Turnaround Tuesday Inc — $375,000 · Human ServicesTurnaround T…FRANCISCAN CENTER INC — $363,575 · Human ServicesFRANCISCAN C…SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE — $312,500 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc — $262,500 · Human ServicesBELOVED COMMUNITY SERVICES CORPORATION — $250,000 · Human ServicesDRINK AT THE WELL INC — $220,625 · Human Services+5 more — $855,716 · Human Services+5 moreHEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS INC — $962,475 · Community ImprovementHEALTHY NEIG…VENTURE FOR AMERICA INC — $740,000 · Community ImprovementVENTURE FOR …Emerging Technology Centers Inc — $565,000 · Community ImprovementEmerging Tec…REBUILD METRO INC — $550,000 · Community ImprovementREBUILD METR…BANNER NEIGHBORHOODS COMMUNITY CORP — $498,500 · Community ImprovementBANNER NEIGH…NPOWER INC — $387,500 · Community ImprovementNPOWER INCHISTORIC EAST BALTIMORE COMMUNITY ACTION COALITION INC — $295,000 · Community ImprovementNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF BALTIMORE INC — $225,250 · Community ImprovementBaltimoreans United in Leadership Development Inc — $222,500 · Community ImprovementBALTIMORE COMMUNITY LENDING INC — $218,125 · Community Improvement+10 more — $1,662,591 · Community Improvement+10 morePUBLIC JUSTICE CENTER INC — $871,250 · Crime & LegalAmericanWitness Inc — $650,000 · Crime & LegalPRO BONO RESOURCE CENTER OF MARYLAND INC — $541,993 · Crime & LegalCIVIL JUSTICE INC — $489,957 · Crime & LegalMARYLAND VOLUNTEER LAWYERS SERVICE INC — $262,500 · Crime & LegalKIND INC — $180,000 · Crime & LegalEQUAL JUSTICE WORKS — $150,000 · Crime & LegalNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM — $150,000 · Crime & LegalCENTER FOR HOPE INC — $150,000 · Crime & Legal+1 more — $100,000 · Crime & LegalTHREAD INC — $1,402,500 · Youth DevelopmentROCA INC — $770,000 · Youth DevelopmentBALTIMORE KIDS CHESS LEAGUE INC — $292,500 · Youth DevelopmentIMENTOR INC — $225,000 · Youth DevelopmentNEXT ONE UP FOUNDATION INC — $122,500 · Youth Development+3 more — $300,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE WORKFIRST FOUNDATION — $850,000 · EmploymentBALTIMORE CORPS INC — $840,200 · EmploymentJOB OPPORTUNITIES TASK FORCE INC — $478,000 · EmploymentBYTE BACK — $300,000 · EmploymentTHE URBAN ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC — $145,000 · EmploymentBuilding Science Technology and Education Partnerships Inc — $143,046 · EmploymentJANE ADDAMS RESOURCE CORPORATION — $100,000 · Employment
Other$26,255,023Education$9,090,936Human Services$6,353,310Community Improvement$6,326,941Crime & Legal$3,545,700Youth Development$3,112,500Employment$2,856,246

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your 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 budgetTHE MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $300,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetBYTE BACK — $300,000 over 4y, 3.6% 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
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds The Ingenuity Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds CIVIC WORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES INC ↗
  • Who funds THREAD INC ↗
  • Who funds VEHICLES FOR CHANGE INC ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Rose Street Community Center ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC JUSTICE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WORKFIRST FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE CORPS INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCA INC ↗
  • Who funds VENTURE FOR AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds AmericanWitness Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOMELESS PERSONS REPRESENTATION PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds MARYLAND NEW DIRECTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds CASH CAMPAIGN OF MARYLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds Emerging Technology Centers Inc ↗
  • Who funds ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE INC ↗
  • Who funds FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds REBUILD METRO INC ↗
  • Who funds PRO BONO RESOURCE CENTER OF MARYLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds BANNER NEIGHBORHOODS COMMUNITY CORP ↗
  • Who funds CIVIL JUSTICE INC ↗
  • Who funds JOB OPPORTUNITIES TASK FORCE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ST FRANCIS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NPOWER INC ↗
  • Who funds CITY TEACHING ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds Turnaround Tuesday Inc ↗
  • Who funds MARYLAND CONSUMER RIGHTS COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds FRANCISCAN CENTER INC ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Baltimore Community F…France-Merrick Founda…T Rowe Price Foundati…The United Way of Cen…The Morris Goldseker …Fund for Educational …The Harry and Jeanett…Annie E Casey Foundat…Robert W Deutsch Foun…Baltimore Civic Fund …The Jacob and Hilda B…Zanvyl and Isabelle K…
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

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Abell Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 390%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge — 100% of income from government
  • Baltimore Tree Trust Inc — 100% of income from government
  • Baltimore Alliance for Careers in Health — 100% of income from government
  • Maryland Alliance of Public Charter Schools Inc — 100% of income from government
  • Open Works Inc — 96% of income from government
  • Downtown Partnership of Baltimore Inc — 96% of income from government
  • Roca Inc — 78% of income from government
  • Civic Works Inc — 63% of income from government
  • New Vision House of Hope Inc — 63% of income from government
  • Saint Luke's Youth Center Inc — 48% of income from government
  • Central Baltimore Partnership Inc — 46% of income from government
  • Parks and People Inc — 43% of income from government
  • St Vincent De Paul of Baltimore Inc — 40% of income from government
  • Project Plase Inc — 39% of income from government
  • Center for Urban Families Inc — 36% of income from government
  • Southeast Community Development Corporation Inc — 35% of income from government
  • Paul's Place Inc — 29% of income from government
  • Northbay Education Inc — 28% of income from government
  • Baltimore Community Lending Inc — 28% of income from government
  • Baltimore Safe Haven Corp — 28% of income from government
  • Govans Ecumenical Development Corp — 28% of income from government
  • Asylee Women Enterprise Inc — 26% of income from government
  • Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance Inc — 23% of income from government
  • Civil Justice Inc — 23% of income from government
  • Baltimore Squashwise Inc — 23% of income from government
  • Young Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc — 22% of income from government
  • Neighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore Inc — 22% of income from government
  • Roberta's House Inc — 21% of income from government
  • Intersection of Change Inc — 20% of income from government
  • Turnaround Inc — 18% of income from government
  • Moveable Feast Inc — 18% of income from government
  • Jubilee Baltimore Inc — 16% of income from government
  • Healthy Neighborhoods Inc — 16% of income from government
  • Vehicles for Change Inc — 16% of income from government
  • Baltimore Corps Inc — 15% of income from government
  • Betamore Inc — 15% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University — 12% of income from government
  • Thread Inc — 12% of income from government
  • Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland Inc — 11% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Cash Campaign of Maryland Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Associated Catholic Charities Inc — 10% of income from government
  • Black Women Build - Baltimore Inc — 10% of income from government
  • Family and Children's Services of Centra — 10% of income from government
  • The Family Tree Inc — 9% of income from government
  • Casa Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Pro Bono Counseling Project Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Episcopal Housing Corporation — 8% of income from government
  • Maryland New Directions Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Baltimore Medical System Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake Inc — 7% of income from government
  • 4MyCity Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service Inc — 7% of income from government
  • The Morgan State University Foundation Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Helping Up Mission Inc — 6% of income from government
  • Banner Neighborhoods Community Corp — 6% of income from government
  • Rebuild Metro Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Public Justice Center Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Art With a Heart Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Hippodrome Foundation Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake Inc — 4% of income from government
  • University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Beloved Community Services Corporation — 3% of income from government
  • Wide Angle Youth Media Inc — 3% of income from government
  • The Women's Housing Coalition Inc — 2% of income from government
  • The Boys and Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore — 2% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Digital Harbor Foundation — 2% of income from government
  • Franciscan Center Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Marian House Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Health Care for the Homeless Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Center for Hope Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Fund for Educational Excellence Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Arts for Learning Maryland Inc — 1% of income from government
  • National Aquarium Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Humanim Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Goucher College — 0% of income from government
  • Harbor Hospital Inc — 0% of income from government
  • National Center On Institutions and Alternatives Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Holistic Life Foundation Inc — 0% of income from government
  • University of Maryland Foundation Inc — 0% of income from government
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39get no government money at all
56report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
9rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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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.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 701 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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