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The Charles T Bauer Charitable 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.

$6.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
46
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
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 2024.

Education$27MEnvironment$4.6MHealth$4.4MHuman Services$2.0MScience & Tech$1.8MYouth Development$1.4MFood & Nutrition$1.2MPhilanthropy$1.2MOther$0
02FY2024 · 46 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $176k
  • $50k–250k30 grants · $3.2M
  • $250k+5 grants · $2.7M
$100,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$106M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Roland Park Country School Inc$1,000,000
Bucknell University$600,000
Living Classrooms$547,750
Boys Latin School of Maryland Inc$313,750
Irvine Natural Science Center Inc$250,000
St Paul's School for Girls$200,000
Johns Hopkins University$200,000
Johns Hopkins Medicine$200,000
Washington & Lee University$200,000
United Community Centers Inc$180,000
Kennedy Krieger Foundation Inc$150,000
Nature Conservancy$150,000
Keep Punching$150,000
Irvine Natural Science Center Inc$120,000
Art with a Heart Inc$120,000
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 (FY17–24, $1.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%United Community Centers Inc: $180k → 11%United Community Centers Inc: $30k → 11%United Community Centers Inc: $30k → 11%United Community Centers Inc: $30k → 11%United Community Centers Inc: $30k → 11%United Community Centers Inc: $30k → 11%United Community Centers Inc: $30k → 11%United Community Centers Inc: $30k → 11%Art with a Heart Inc: $120k → 19%Art With A Heart Inc: $120k → 19%Art with a Heart Inc: $120k → 19%Art with a Heart Inc: $120k → 19%Art with a Heart Inc: $120k → 19%Art with a Heart Inc: $120k → 19%Art with a Heart Inc: $120k → 19%Art With A Heart Inc: $100k → 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
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
TN
TX
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$43M · 51 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

51 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

51
29

Total granted

$43M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+30%

Still filing today

86%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $667k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthEnvironmentAnimalsArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • RP
    ROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $6.0M · revenue +18%
  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $5.7M · revenue +64%
  • Bucknell University
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.8M · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • CB
    CHESAPEAKE BAY OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $200k · revenue +65%
  • MZ
    MARYLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue -15%
  • SO
    Society of St Vincent DePaul Baltim
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
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
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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2
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…

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3
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
4
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
5
University of Maryland Pediatric 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
6
University of Maryland Otorhino-Laryngology-Head & Neck Surgery 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
7
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…

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8
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
9
University of Maryland Dermatologists 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
10
University of Maryland Eye 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
11
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
12
University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates 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…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Maryland Zoological Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is Keep Punching 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

70 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. 70 of the 90 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)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
66/70
Grantees still filing
58/70
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $5,983,232 · EducationROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL INCJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $5,695,293 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYBucknell University: $2,820,000 · EducationBucknell UniversityTHE BOYS' LATIN SCHOOL OF MARYLAND INC: $2,385,000 · EducationTHE BOYS' LATIN SCHOOL OF MARYLAND INCWashington and Lee University: $2,075,000 · EducationWashington and Lee UniversityWASHINGTON COLLEGE: $1,535,000 · EducationWASHINGTON COLLEGEBIOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF MARYLAND INC: $1,400,000 · EducationBIOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF MARYLAND INCThe Girls Charter School Inc dba Lillie May Carroll Jackson Charter: $1,087,107 · Education+7 more: $685,000 · EducationLiving Classrooms: $2,797,750 · OtherLiving ClassroomsCRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL: $1,600,000 · OtherCRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOLTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $550,000 · OtherGILCHRIST HOSPICE CARE INC: $500,000 · OtherMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC: $410,000 · OtherNEXT ONE UP FOUNDATION INC: $570,000 · OtherBALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $645,000 · OtherBALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA …NORTH SHORE HOLIDAY HOUSE INC: $450,000 · OtherPAUL'S PLACE INC: $675,000 · OtherPAUL'S PLACE INC+37 more: $3,559,185 · Other+37 moreIRVINE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER INC: $1,790,000 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $700,000 · EnvironmentCYLBURN ARBORETUM FRIENDS INC: $450,000 · EnvironmentThe Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc: $250,000 · Environment+3 more: $147,000 · EnvironmentGREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER INC: $800,000 · HealthCOOL KIDS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION INC: $705,000 · HealthRETT SYNDROME RESEARCH TRUST INC: $400,000 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $365,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $335,000 · HealthPATHFINDERS FOR AUTISM: $250,000 · Health+3 more: $210,000 · HealthArt With a Heart Inc: $940,000 · Human ServicesUNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $390,000 · Human ServicesSECOND CHANCE - LAST OPPORTUNITY: $150,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL AQUARIUM INC: $950,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $200,000 · AnimalsMARYLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $100,000 · Animals+2 more: $55,000 · AnimalsKENNEDY KRIEGER FOUNDATION INC: $742,987 · PhilanthropyPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $300,000 · PhilanthropyBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $63,400 · Philanthropy
Education$23,665,632Other$11,756,935Environment$3,337,000Health$3,065,000Human Services$1,480,000Animals$1,305,000Philanthropy$1,206,387

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 budgetROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $5,983,232 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $5,695,293 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBucknell University: $2,820,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BOYS' LATIN SCHOOL OF MARYLAND INC: $2,385,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetWashington and Lee University: $2,075,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetIRVINE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER INC: $1,790,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetWASHINGTON COLLEGE: $1,535,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetBIOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF MARYLAND INC: $1,400,000 over 8y, 31% of budgetThe Girls Charter School Inc dba Lillie May Carroll Jackson Charter: $1,087,107 over 8y, 11% of budgetNATIONAL AQUARIUM INC: $950,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetArt With a Heart Inc: $940,000 over 8y, 6.4% of budgetGREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER INC: $800,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKENNEDY KRIEGER FOUNDATION INC: $742,987 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetCOOL KIDS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION INC: $705,000 over 8y, 10% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $700,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetPAUL'S PLACE INC: $675,000 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetBALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $645,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetNEXT ONE UP FOUNDATION INC: $570,000 over 8y, 16% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $550,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetGILCHRIST HOSPICE CARE INC: $500,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetNORTH SHORE HOLIDAY HOUSE INC: $450,000 over 8y, 14% of budgetCYLBURN ARBORETUM FRIENDS INC: $450,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC: $410,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetRETT SYNDROME RESEARCH TRUST INC: $400,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetUNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $390,000 over 8y, 6.9% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $365,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $335,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $300,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $300,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FAMILY TREE INC: $254,200 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetPATHFINDERS FOR AUTISM: $250,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetThe Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc: $250,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetKEEP PUNCHING INC: $250,000 over 2y, 46% of budgetTHE ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL: $250,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetMARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $220,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $215,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL INC: $200,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SEA LIONS INC DBA PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $200,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetCAROLINE CENTER INC: $165,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetSECOND CHANCE - LAST OPPORTUNITY: $150,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetMARYLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRUBICON PRODUCTIONS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetCAMP PUHTOK FOR BOYS AND GIRLS INC: $100,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetTHE JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLONGBOAT KEY GARDEN CLUB INC: $65,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetNEW HOUR FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN LI I: $61,000 over 6y, 4.7% 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 ROLAND PARK COUNTRY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Bucknell University ↗
  • Who funds THE BOYS' LATIN SCHOOL OF MARYLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds Washington and Lee University ↗
  • Who funds IRVINE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BIOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF MARYLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds The Girls Charter School Inc dba Lillie May Carroll Jackson Charter ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL AQUARIUM INC ↗
  • Who funds Art With a Heart Inc ↗
  • Who funds GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds KENNEDY KRIEGER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COOL KIDS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PAUL'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds NEXT ONE UP FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds GILCHRIST HOSPICE CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH SHORE HOLIDAY HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds CYLBURN ARBORETUM FRIENDS INC ↗
  • Who funds MOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC ↗
  • Who funds RETT SYNDROME RESEARCH TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds CAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FAMILY TREE INC ↗
  • Who funds PATHFINDERS FOR AUTISM ↗
  • Who funds The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc ↗
  • Who funds KEEP PUNCHING INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL 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 Foundation IncMD56.2× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · The Marion I & Henry J Knott Foundation Inc · Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc · The John J Leidy Foundation Inc · The Bunting Family Foundation · The Kahlert Foundation Inc · Thomas Wilson Sanitarium for Children of Baltimore City · Edward St John 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 Charles T Bauer Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Charles T Bauer Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 170%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Land Preservation Trust Inc: 64% of income from government
  • The Baltimore Children's Museum Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Paul's Place Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Cal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc: 12% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Maryland Historical Society Inc: 9% of income from government
  • The Family Tree Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Echo Hill Outdoor School Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Art With a Heart Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Mote Marine Laboratory Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Maryland Zoological Society Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore Inc: 2% of income from government
  • National Aquarium Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Washington College: 0% of income from government
  • Gilchrist Hospice Care Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Epiphany School Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Johns Hopkins Hospital: 0% of income from government
  • The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Greater Baltimore Medical Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
17get no government money at all
18report 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.

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 90 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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