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The Bunting Family Foundation at a glance

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The Bunting Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$6.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
104
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Environment$12MEducation$6.0MHuman Services$5.6MArts & Culture$4.7MHealth$2.7MCommunity Improvement$2.1MInternational$1.6MYouth Development$1.3MOther$0
02FY2024 · 104 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $51k
  • $10k–50k54 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k38 grants · $3.6M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.8M
$30,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$78M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION$1,055,624
BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$506,423
B&O RAILROAD MUSEUM$250,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES - BALTIMORE$230,000
CHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY$220,829
BON SECOURS OF MARYLAND FOUNDATION$200,000
Individual grant recipient$200,000
SAVE THE SOUND$175,000
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$165,000
WYPR$150,000
NATIONAL AQUARIUM IN BALTIMORE$137,596
EARTHJUSTICE$130,000
HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS$125,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METROPOLITAN BALTIMORE$100,000
LIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATION$100,000
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 (FY18–24, $2.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PCS FOR PEOPLE: $20k → 14%SPRINGBOARD COLLABORATIVE: $15k → 22%WEAVINGIMPACT: $60k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE NEW JERSEY: $15k → 16%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $25k → 15%WEAVINGIMPACT: $50k → 14%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $19k → 15%WEAVINGIMPACT: $50k → 14%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $15k → 15%ART WITH A HEART: $25k → 19%YMCA OF CENTRAL MARYLAND: $5k → 11%YMCA OF CENTRAL MARYLAND: $5k → 11%YMCA OF CENTRAL MARYLAND: $5k → 11%BON SECOURS OF MARYLAND FOUNDATION: $200k → 19%BON SECOURS OF MARYLAND FOUNDATION: $200k → 19%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF CENTRAL MARYLAND: $40k → 19%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF CENTRAL MARYLAND: $20k → 19%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF CENTRAL MARYLAND: $20k → 19%THE SAMARITAN WOMEN: $10k → 19%THE SAMARITAN WOMEN: $10k → 19%THE SAMARITAN WOMEN: $10k → 19%FRANCISCAN CENTER: $250k → 19%FRANCISCAN CENTER: $160k → 19%FRANCISCAN CENTER: $100k → 19%ARAMINTA FREEDOM INITIATIVE: $75k → 19%HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND: $25k → 19%HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND: $25k → 19%HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND: $25k → 19%ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE: $20k → 19%ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE: $15k → 19%ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE: $15k → 19%ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE: $15k → 19%ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE: $15k → 19%ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE: $15k → 19%FRANCISCAN CENTER: $10k → 19%FRANCISCAN CENTER: $10k → 19%FRANCISCAN CENTER: $7k → 19%FRANCISAN CENTER: $5k → 19%COMMUNITY MEDIATION PROGRAM: $5k → 19%COMMUNITY MEDIATION PROGRAM: $5k → 19%COMMUNITY MEDIATION PROGRAM: $5k → 19%COMMUNITY MEDIATION PROGRAM: $5k → 19%COMMUNITY MEDIATION PROGRAM: $5k → 19%FRANCISCAN CENTER: $5k → 19%COMMUNITY MEDIATION PROGRAM: $5k → 19%COMMUNITY MEDIATION PROGRAM: $5k → 19%ASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES - BALTIMORE: $305k → 19%ASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES - BALTIMORE: $68k → 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

ID
MT
MN
IL
NY
MA
WY
SD
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
KY
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
DC
HI
LA
AL
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$40M · 179 repeat orgs$3.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

179 repeat relationships: 97 still active in FY2024, 82 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

179
62

Total granted

$40M
$2.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+12%

Still filing today

73%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $265k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementHealthOther
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

  • CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $2.7M · revenue +1%
  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +40%
  • NA
    NATIONAL AQUARIUM INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • AC
    ASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC
    one grant, 2021 · $374k · revenue 0%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY
    one grant, 2022 · $300k
  • HF
    HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $250k
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
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
3
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
4
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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5
University of Maryland Facultyphysicians Inc

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

Health
6
Johns Hopkins Community Physicians Inc

Johns hopkins community physicians, inc (jhcp), a valued member of johns hopkins medicine, is a network of medical practices strategically positioned throughout communities in maryland and dc. we strive to meet the needs of each community…

—
7
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

—
8
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

—
9
Abilities Network Inc

Cultivating inclusive communities through relationships, innovation and high-quality services.

Health
10
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
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
University of Maryland Oncology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sisters Circle Inc; 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.
04the grantee network

170 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. 170 of the 247 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
38
Early backer (in before they grew)
167/170
Grantees still filing
121/170
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHOLIC CHARITIES - BALTIMORE: $3,232,718 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES - BALTIMOREHEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $675,000 · OtherNATIONAL AQUARIUM INC: $1,295,589 · OtherNATIONAL AQUARIUM INC+104 more: $14,833,988 · Other+104 moreCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $2,727,360 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION…EARTHJUSTICE: $1,240,979 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICECHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY INC: $1,095,535 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY IN…SAVE THE SOUND: $574,811 · EnvironmentSAVE THE SOUNDTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $444,972 · EnvironmentYELLOWSTONE TO YUKON: $389,245 · EnvironmentCLIMATE CONSERVATION DBA CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION: $381,812 · EnvironmentTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $378,311 · EnvironmentBLACKFOOT CHALLENGE INC: $350,886 · EnvironmentAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $326,739 · Environment+13 more: $1,874,119 · Environment+13 moreBALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $1,093,135 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE S…THE VENETOULIS INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL JOURNALISM: $700,000 · Arts & CultureTHE VENETOU…B&O RAILROAD MUSEUM INC: $500,000 · Arts & CultureB&O RAILROA…BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $316,000 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE M…BALTIMORE PUBLIC MEDIA CORPORATION: $300,000 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE P…THE MONTANA PROJECT INC: $190,000 · Arts & CultureHIPPODROME FOUNDATION INC: $181,269 · Arts & CultureMARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $160,000 · Arts & CultureMARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $150,000 · Arts & Culture+12 more: $840,174 · Arts & Culture+12 moreJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1,312,712 · EducationJOHNS HOPK…WASHINGTON COLLEGE: $826,984 · EducationWASHINGTON…CIVIC WORKS INC: $549,495 · EducationCIVIC WORK…UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC: $310,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY…INDEPENDENT COLLEGE FUND OF MARYLAND INC: $175,000 · EducationCITY TEACHING ALLIANCE INC: $175,000 · EducationINSTITUTE FOR ISLAMIC CHRISTIAN AND JEWISH STUDIES INC: $163,000 · EducationBALTIMORE EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP TRUST: $140,000 · Education+8 more: $545,346 · Education+8 moreFRANCISCAN CENTER INC: $547,000 · Human ServicesBon Secours Baltimore Community Works Inc: $400,000 · Human ServicesASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $373,715 · Human ServicesWeavingImpact Inc: $160,000 · Human ServicesST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE INC: $95,000 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC: $83,500 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $80,000 · Human ServicesTHE HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesAraminta Freedom Initiative: $75,000 · Human Services+5 more: $182,500 · Human ServicesINNOVATION WORKS INC: $330,292 · Community ImprovementCENTRAL BALTIMORE PARTNERSHIP INC: $300,000 · Community ImprovementHISTORIC EAST BALTIMORE COMMUNITY ACTION COALITION INC: $200,000 · Community ImprovementREBUILD METRO INC: $200,000 · Community ImprovementNDN COLLECTIVE INC: $130,000 · Community ImprovementWATERFRONT PARTNERSHIP OF BALTIMORE INC: $100,000 · Community ImprovementIWIKUA: $60,000 · Community ImprovementMOSAIC COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $60,000 · Community ImprovementHEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS INC: $60,000 · Community Improvement+4 more: $130,000 · Community ImprovementNORTHERN KENYA FUND: $628,000 · PhilanthropyBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $435,000 · PhilanthropyPERSON TO PERSON INC: $295,000 · PhilanthropyTHE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC: $105,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $73,500 · Philanthropy
Other$20,037,295Environment$9,784,769Arts & Culture$4,430,578Education$4,197,537Human Services$2,071,715Community Improvement$1,570,292Philanthropy$1,536,500

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%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $2,727,360 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1,312,712 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL AQUARIUM INC: $1,295,589 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $1,240,979 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY INC: $1,095,535 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetBALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $1,093,135 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetWASHINGTON COLLEGE: $826,984 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHE VENETOULIS INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL JOURNALISM: $700,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetHEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $675,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetNORTHERN KENYA FUND: $628,000 over 6y, 38% of budgetSAVE THE SOUND: $574,811 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetCIVIC WORKS INC: $549,495 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetFRANCISCAN CENTER INC: $547,000 over 6y, 14% of budgetB&O RAILROAD MUSEUM INC: $500,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL INC: $495,275 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $444,972 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $435,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $410,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBon Secours Baltimore Community Works Inc: $400,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetYELLOWSTONE TO YUKON: $389,245 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetCLIMATE CONSERVATION DBA CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION: $381,812 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $378,311 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $373,715 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Land Institute: $353,697 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetBLACKFOOT CHALLENGE INC: $350,886 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetINNOVATION WORKS INC: $330,292 over 4y, 17% of budgetAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $326,739 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $325,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $323,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $316,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC: $310,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetGILCHRIST HOSPICE CARE INC: $301,692 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCENTRAL BALTIMORE PARTNERSHIP INC: $300,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetBALTIMORE PUBLIC MEDIA CORPORATION: $300,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetNEXT ONE UP FOUNDATION INC: $298,685 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetYAAK VALLEY FOREST COUNCIL: $297,000 over 7y, 15% of budgetPERSON TO PERSON INC: $295,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetHEALTHCARE ACCESS MARYLAND INC: $275,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetBRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $268,274 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetTHE JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL: $260,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMt Washington Pediatric Hospital Inc: $250,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetINNOVATION WORKS INC: $250,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $234,119 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $205,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $200,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF METROPOLITAN BALTIMORE: $200,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetHISTORIC EAST BALTIMORE COMMUNITY ACTION COALITION INC: $200,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetREBUILD METRO INC: $200,000 over 3y, 2.3% 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.

  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL AQUARIUM INC ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE VENETOULIS INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL JOURNALISM ↗
  • Who funds HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN KENYA FUND ↗
  • Who funds SAVE THE SOUND ↗
  • Who funds CIVIC WORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds FRANCISCAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds B&O RAILROAD MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds Bon Secours Baltimore Community Works Inc ↗
  • Who funds YELLOWSTONE TO YUKON ↗
  • Who funds CLIMATE CONSERVATION DBA CENTER FOR LARGE LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION ↗
  • Who funds THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds The Land Institute ↗
  • Who funds BLACKFOOT CHALLENGE INC ↗
  • Who funds INNOVATION WORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN RIVERS INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GILCHRIST HOSPICE CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL BALTIMORE PARTNERSHIP INC ↗

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 Abell Foundation …France-Merrick Founda…The United Way of Cen…T Rowe Price Foundati…The John J Leidy Foun…The Morris Goldseker …Brown Advisory Charit…The Joseph Meyerhoff …The Harry and Jeanett…Associated Jewish Cha…Mary Catherine Buntin…
Baltimore Community Foundation IncMD110.2× affinity64 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · T Rowe Price Foundation · The John J Leidy Foundation Inc · The Morris Goldseker Foundation of Maryland Inc · Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc · The Joseph Meyerhoff Fund Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Mary Catherine Bunting 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 Bunting Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bunting Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 270%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Baltimore Tree Trust Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Open Works Inc: 96% of income from government
  • Civic Works Inc: 63% of income from government
  • East Norwalk Blue Inc: 60% of income from government
  • National Park Trust Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Southwest Partnership Inc: 50% 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
  • Casa of Baltimore County Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Save the Sound: 37% of income from government
  • Covenant House New Jersey Inc: 34% of income from government
  • The Baltimore Children's Museum Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Conservancy Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Araminta Freedom Initiative: 26% of income from government
  • First Fruits Farm Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Young Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Family Crisis Center of Baltimore County Inc: 21% of income from government
  • The House of Ruth Maryland Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Moveable Feast Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Community Mediation Program Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Healthy Neighborhoods Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Everyman Theatre Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 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
  • Associated Catholic Charities Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Maryland Historical Society Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Maryland Academy of Sciences: 9% of income from government
  • The Family Tree Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Baltimore Museum of Industry Inc: 7% of income from government
  • B&o Railroad Museum Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Center Stage Associates Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Stevenson University: 6% of income from government
  • The American Visionary Art Museum Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Rebuild Metro Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Person to Person Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Public Justice Center Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Arts Every Day Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Baltimore Museum of Art: 4% 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
  • Mosaic Community Services Inc: 4% of income from government
  • University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Maryland Zoological Society Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Bon Secours Baltimore Community Works Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Wide Angle Youth Media Inc: 3% 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
  • Franciscan Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Health Care for the Homeless Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The United Way of Central Maryland Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Lifebridge Health Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Arts for Learning Maryland Inc: 1% of income from government
  • National Aquarium Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Washington College: 0% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Gilchrist Hospice Care Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Johns Hopkins Hospital: 0% of income from government
  • Mt Washington Pediatric Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
27get no government money at all
30report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
5rely 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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Find your warmest path to The Bunting Family Foundation 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 247 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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