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· Private foundation

The Baltimore Orioles Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$1.4M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$2.4MArts & Culture$541kPhilanthropy$337kHealth$309kHuman Services$185kRecreation & Sports$114kFood & Nutrition$93kYouth Development$77kOther$0
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $63k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $178k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.4M
$6,409
Median grant
7
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLLEGEBOUND FOUNDATION$1,439,957
JUST IN POWER KIDS INC$25,608
MARYLAND FOOD BANK$25,000
HEART OF AMERICA FOUNDATION$25,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HARFORD COUNTY$20,000
CAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INC$20,000
TRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS (TAPS)$15,000
GOLD STAR MOTHERS MARYLAND CHAPTER INC$15,000
I AM ALS$11,858
U EMPOWER OF MARYLAND INC$10,723
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS$10,000
CENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES INC$7,151
GREATER BALTIMORE URBAN LEAGUE$6,409
THE BALTIMORE STATION$5,438
THE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $73k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 34% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%DT MURPHY FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $5k → 6%BENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $5k → 8%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $4k → 6%JUST IN POWER KIDS INC: $26k → 6%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $2k → 6%COLUMBIA COMMUNITY CARE: $5k → 6%BRANDON TOLSON FOUNDATION INC: $500 → 7%THE HAVEN: $545 → 9%ROSE OF SHARON EQUESTIAN SCHOOL: $3k → 11%THE HAVEN: $265 → 9%ART WITH A HEART: $4k → 19%SAFE ALTERNATIVE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION: $3k → 19%CENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES INC: $7k → 19%GREATER BALTIMORE URBAN LEAGUE: $6k → 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

NY
MA
IA
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
KS
TN
DC
GA
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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.8M · 37 repeat orgs$2.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

37 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
168

Total granted

$3.8M
$1.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+19%

Still filing today

78%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $129k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
PhilanthropyEducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • BS
    BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $400k · revenue +82%
  • SS
    SARATOGA SPONSOR-A-SCHOLAR
    3× · 2021–2023 · $75k · revenue +12%
  • TM
    THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC
    4× · 2019–2025 · $48k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $900k
  • PF
    PATHFINDERS FOR AUTISMgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $60k · revenue +31%
  • IO
    INTERSECTION OF CHANGE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue 0%
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
The Arc Baltimore Inc

The arc baltimore supports people with developmental disabilities to lead fulfilling lives with a sense of belonging, purpose, and meaningful relationships.

Human Services
3
Family League of Baltimore City Inc

FAMILY LEAGUE OF BALTIMORE SERVES AS AN ARCHITECT OF CHANGE IN BALTIMORE BY PROMOTING DATA DRIVEN, COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVES AND ALIGNING RESOURCES TO CREATE LASTING OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. THIS PAST YEAR REFLECTS…

Human Services
4
Visit Baltimore Inc

Visit baltimore is the tourism arm of baltimore, responsible for generating incremental economic benefits through attraction of convention and leisure visitors, and works to provide experience for all guests.

—
5
Baltimore Educational Scholarship Trust

The baltimore educational scholarship trust, in partnership with our seventeen independent member schools, recruits and supports through the admissions process academically ambitious, african american students with financial need from the…

Education
6
Blackbird Laboratories Inc

Blackbird laboratories is an independent nonprofit medical research organization based in baltimore that is focused on conducting medical and scientific research in conjunction with nonprofit hospitals and academic institutions,…

Health
7
The Baltimore Children's Museum Inc

Port discovery children's museum's mission is to connect purposeful play and learning within its walls and beyond.

Arts & Culture
8
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
9
Greater Baltimore Committee Inc

Greater Baltimore Committee, Inc. is a not-for-profit, civic-interest corporation comprised of business and professional organizations located within the Greater Baltimore Area. Its purpose is to provide a strong, unified and effective…

—
10
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.

—
11
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
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Thread Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Constance and Brooks Robinson Charitable Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

137 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 137 of the 223 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
27
Early backer (in before they grew)
132/137
Grantees still filing
85/137
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLLEGEBOUND FOUNDATION: $2,609,636 · OtherCOLLEGEBOUND FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $900,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+123 more: $1,127,842 · Other+123 moreBALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $400,000 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE …SARATOGA SPONSOR-A-SCHOLAR: $75,000 · Arts & CultureSARATOGA S…SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $20,000 · Arts & Culture+8 more: $42,988 · Arts & Culture+8 moreCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HARFORD COUNTY INC: $117,700 · PhilanthropyBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CONSTANCE AND BROOKS ROBINSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyUEMPOWER OF MARYLAND INC: $30,723 · PhilanthropyKENNEDY KRIEGER FOUNDATION INC: $27,500 · PhilanthropyMajor League Baseball Charities Inc: $25,000 · PhilanthropyFORT MEADE ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyGOLD STAR MOTHERS MARYLAND CHAPTER INC: $15,000 · Philanthropy+8 more: $38,161 · PhilanthropyPATHFINDERS FOR AUTISM: $60,000 · HealthINTERSECTION OF CHANGE INC: $50,000 · HealthI AM ALS: $16,858 · HealthTRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC: $15,000 · HealthSARASOTA MEDICAL PREGNANCY CENTER INC: $10,000 · HealthAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $6,981 · Health+7 more: $19,834 · HealthAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $40,000 · Human ServicesJust In Power Kids Inc: $25,608 · Human ServicesBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $11,130 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES INC: $7,151 · Human ServicesBALTIMORE URBAN LEAGUE INC: $6,409 · Human ServicesBENDER JCC OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $5,000 · Human ServicesColumbia Community Care: $5,000 · Human ServicesArt With a Heart Inc: $4,181 · Human Services+4 more: $8,310 · Human ServicesCAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationCALVERT SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $20,000 · EducationFUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $15,000 · EducationThe Bold Foundation Inc: $10,000 · EducationENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY OF BALTIMORE CITY: $6,000 · EducationTHE BALTIMORE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE FOUNDATION AND ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 · EducationIMPROVING EDUCATION INC: $5,000 · EducationTeach for America Inc: $5,000 · Education+7 more: $13,391 · EducationBALTIMORE SPORTS TOURISM DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsLEAGUE OF DREAMS INC: $17,500 · Recreation & SportsTBW CHARITIES INC: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsNORTH CARROLL RECREATION COUNCIL: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsST MICHAELS COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $2,500 · Recreation & Sports+3 more: $2,969 · Recreation & Sports
Other$4,637,478Arts & Culture$537,988Philanthropy$374,084Health$178,673Human Services$112,789Education$104,391Recreation & Sports$57,969

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOLLEGEBOUND FOUNDATION: $2,609,636 over 2y, 17% of budgetBALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $400,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HARFORD COUNTY INC: $117,700 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetSARATOGA SPONSOR-A-SCHOLAR: $75,000 over 3y, 7.8% of budgetThe Baltimore Station Inc: $60,438 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetPATHFINDERS FOR AUTISM: $60,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINTERSECTION OF CHANGE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetTHE CONSTANCE AND BROOKS ROBINSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $47,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJames Mosher Associates Inc: $45,877 over 5y, 46% of budgetJACKIE ROBINSON FOUNDATION INC: $42,263 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUEMPOWER OF MARYLAND INC: $30,723 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetKENNEDY KRIEGER FOUNDATION INC: $27,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJust In Power Kids Inc: $25,608 over 1y, 17% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF SARASOTA COUNTY: $25,380 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetMajor League Baseball Charities Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE SPORTS TOURISM DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMICA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 49% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF THE MID-ATLANTIC INC: $24,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $22,456 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFORT MEADE ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetNational Womans Party: $20,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetCALVERT SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEAGUE OF DREAMS INC: $17,500 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetI AM ALS: $16,858 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHELPING UP MISSION INC: $13,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $11,130 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSARASOTA MEDICAL PREGNANCY CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METROPOLITAN BALTIMORE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Bold Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOperation Second Chance Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS FOUNDATIONINC: $9,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INC: $7,484 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $6,981 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE URBAN LEAGUE INC: $6,409 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BALTIMORE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE FOUNDATION AND ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSHAPE MARYLAND: $5,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetNATIONAL BLACK JUSTICE COALITION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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…The United Way of Cen…The Abell Foundation …T Rowe Price Foundati…Allegis Group Foundat…The Marion I & Henry …The Harry and Jeanett…Annie E Casey Foundat…Fund for Educational …France-Merrick Founda…The Kahlert Foundatio…Gulf Coast Community …
Baltimore Community Foundation IncMD51.3× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Foundation · Allegis Group Foundation Inc · The Marion I & Henry J Knott Foundation Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Fund for Educational Excellence Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · The Kahlert Foundation Inc · Gulf Coast Community Foundation 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Baltimore Orioles Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Baltimore Orioles Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 400%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center: 53% of income from government
  • The Maryland School for the Blind: 47% of income from government
  • Southeast Community Development Corporation Inc: 35% of income from government
  • St Michaels Community Center Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Intersection of Change Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Moveable Feast Inc: 18% of income from government
  • National Black Justice Coalition Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Thread Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Cal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc: 12% of income from government
  • The Baltimore Station Inc: 11% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Maryland Academy of Sciences: 9% of income from government
  • Mission of Love Charities Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Helping Up Mission Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Columbia Community Care: 5% of income from government
  • Baltimore Sports Tourism Development Council Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Art With a Heart Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Mote Marine Laboratory Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Fusion Partnership Inc: 3% of income from government
  • United Way of South Sarasota County 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
  • Bender Jcc of Greater Washington: 1% of income from government
  • All Faiths Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
  • United Way Suncoast Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Fund for Educational Excellence Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
40get no government money at all
28report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
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How do I get to The Baltimore Orioles Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Baltimore Orioles Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 223 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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