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The Brick Companies Foundation Inc

To support programs and initiatives that benefit the communities in which our businesses operate.

$86k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$56k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$213kHealth$142kEnvironment$139kEducation$117kHuman Services$64kYouth Development$16kFood & Nutrition$10kAnimals$6k
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $71,046, the rows itemized in this filing. The $86,109 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $15,063 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $56k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOLE IN THE WALL GANG CAMP$55,546
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY FOOD BANK$10,000
THE SENIOR DOG SANCTUARY OF MD$5,500
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 (FY17–20, $24k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 23% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF BALTIMORE: $6k → 19%YMCA CAMP LETTS: $11k → 6%YMCA CAMP LETTS: $8k → 6%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

35%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$248k · 7 repeat orgs$457k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
14

Total granted

$248k
$386k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+19%

Still filing today

86%
93%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $71k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationEnvironmentRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesHealthFood & NutritionOther
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

  • AA
    ANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2019–2023 · $40k · revenue +31%
  • SR
    SCENIC RIVERS LAND TRUST INC
    3× · 2018–2021 · $31k · revenue +46%
  • TB
    The Brendan Corporation
    2× · 2019–2020 · $16k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • LH
    LUMINIS HEALTH ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER INC
    one grant, 2022 · $130k · revenue +11%
  • AR
    ARUNDEL RIVERS FEDERATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $56k · revenue -1%
  • CR
    CAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +92%
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
Annapolis Maritime Museum Inc

The annapolis maritime museum educates youth and adults about the annapolis areas rich maritime heritage and the ecology of the chesapeake bay through programs, exhibits, and community events. continued on schedule o

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2
Blue Water Baltimore

To restore the quality of baltimore's rivers, streams and harbor to foster a healthy environment, a strong economy, and thriving communities.

Environment
3
Arundel Community Development Services Inc

See schedule oprovide a vehicle to develop programs, implement strategies and complete projects which further housing and community development goals and advance the common good and general welfare of communities and residents,…

Housing & Shelter
4
Middle Patuxent Environmental Foundation
Philanthropy
5
Chesapeake Audubon Society

The chesapeake audubon society works in the maryland region to promote the stewardship of natural ecosystems through conservation, restoration, education, and advocacy.

Environment
6
The Severn River Association Inc

Connect the people who live, work, and play on the severn river to restore and protect it for all of our communities

Environment
7
Anacostia Community Boathouse Association

Anacostia Community Boathouse Association (ACBA) is a volunteer-run organization that provides opportunities for non-motorized recreational water activities such as rowing and paddling through its member organizations, which include three…

Recreation & Sports
8
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation's (CBF) mission, simply stated, is to Save the Bay. See Schedule O for Continuation (page 48)

Environment
9
Anacostia Watershed Society Inc

Aws's mission is to protect and restore the anacostia river by bringing partners and communities together to achieve a clean and safe anacostia river for the benefit of all living in its watershed and for future generations.

Environment
10
Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation

To serve business needs and to increase anne arundel county economic base through job growth and investment.

Community Improvement
11
Anacostia Riverkeeper Inc

To protect and restore the Anacostia River for all those who live work and play in the watershed and to advocate for a clean healthy river for all its communities.

Environment
12
The Potomac Conservancy Inc

Potomac conservancy safeguards the land and waters of the potomac river and its tributaries and connects people to this national treasure.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Arundel Rivers Federation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Smithsonian Institution. 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

24 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/24
Grantees still filing
16/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHESAPEAKE REGION ACCESSIBLE BOATING INC: $118,104 · Recreation & SportsCHESAPEAKE REGION ACCESSIBLE …HOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC: $55,546 · Recreation & SportsHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND IN…PARKS AND PEOPLE INC: $7,500 · Recreation & SportsLUMINIS HEALTH ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER INC: $130,000 · HealthLUMINIS HEALTH ANNE …CAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · EducationCAL RIPKEN SR FOUN…ANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · EducationANNE ARUNDEL COMMU…Start the Adventure in Reading (STAIR) - Annapolis Inc: $11,000 · EducationStart the Adventur…QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY FREE LIBRARY: $10,000 · EducationQUEEN ANNE'S COUNT…ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $6,100 · EducationARUNDEL RIVERS FEDERATION INC: $56,000 · EnvironmentARUNDEL RIVERS FE…SCENIC RIVERS LAND TRUST INC: $30,550 · EnvironmentSCENIC RIVERS LAN…ANNAPOLIS GREEN INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentANNAPOLIS GREEN I…SHORERIVERS INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentTHE BERNIE HOUSE: $40,000 · OtherTHE BERNIE HOUS…The Brendan Corporation: $15,500 · OtherThe Brendan Cor…BACK CREEK CONSERVANCY INC: $15,000 · OtherBACK CREEK CONS…CHESAPEAKE BAYSAVERS FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · OtherCHESAPEAKE BAYS…ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $10,000 · OtherANNE ARUNDEL CO…THE SENIOR DOG SANCTUARY: $5,500 · OtherTHE SENIOR DOG …SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $5,000 · OtherDULUTH AREA FAMILY YMCA: $31,490 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON: $18,112 · Human ServicesASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $5,500 · Human ServicesPROVIDENCE OF MARYLAND INC: $12,250 · Employment
Recreation & Sports$181,150Health$130,000Education$117,100Environment$111,550Other$98,500Human Services$55,102Employment$12,250

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 budgetLUMINIS HEALTH ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER INC: $130,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE REGION ACCESSIBLE BOATING INC: $118,104 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetARUNDEL RIVERS FEDERATION INC: $56,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC: $55,546 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BERNIE HOUSE: $40,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetDULUTH AREA FAMILY YMCA: $31,490 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSCENIC RIVERS LAND TRUST INC: $30,550 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetANNAPOLIS GREEN INC: $20,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON: $18,112 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Brendan Corporation: $15,500 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetBACK CREEK CONSERVANCY INC: $15,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetPROVIDENCE OF MARYLAND INC: $12,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStart the Adventure in Reading (STAIR) - Annapolis Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetQUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY FREE LIBRARY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAYSAVERS FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 35% of budgetPARKS AND PEOPLE INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $6,100 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHORERIVERS INC: $5,000 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.

Community Foundation …Arundel Community Dev…The Jm Kaplan Fund IncT Rowe Price Program …Koch Family Foundatio…Norman J Fisher and D…Jerome S and Grace H …Chesapeake Bay TrustWilliam J and Dorothy…Anne Arundel Economic…Morgan Stanley Global…The Pfizer Foundation…
Community Foundation of Anne Arundel CoMD26× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Anne Arundel Co · Arundel Community Development Services Inc · The Jm Kaplan Fund Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Koch Family Foundation Inc · Norman J Fisher and Doris Fisher Foundation · Jerome S and Grace H Murray Foundation · Chesapeake Bay Trust · William J and Dorothy K O'Neill Foundation Inc · Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Pfizer 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 Brick Companies Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Brick Companies Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Parks and People Inc: 43% of income from government
  • Arundel Rivers Federation Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Shorerivers Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Cal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Associated Catholic Charities Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to The Brick Companies 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 24 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

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

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

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