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The Charlesmead Foundation at a glance

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The Charlesmead 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.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
35
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$1.9MHealth$1.0MEducation$836kCommunity Improvement$675kRecreation & Sports$370kYouth Development$222kHousing & Shelter$208kCrime & Legal$163kOther$0
02FY2024 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $58k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $172k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $575k
  • $250k+2 grants · $600k
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$23M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
REBUILD METRO$300,000
REBUILD METRO$300,000
COLLEGEBOUND FOUNDATION$125,000
ASHLEY ADDICTION TREATMENT$100,000
REBUILD METRO$75,000
LOTUS HOUSE$75,000
ST BENEDICT'S PREPARATORY SCHOOL$50,000
EVERGLADES FOUNDATION$50,000
MIAMI BEACH BOTANICAL GARDEN$50,000
UNC ARTS & SCIENCES FDN$50,000
DREAM PROGRAM$25,000
ST BENEDICT'S PREPARATORY SCHOOL$25,000
ATTIC YOUTH CENTER$22,000
COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES PHILADELPHIA$20,000
PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTER$20,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $23k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%BALTIMORE OUTREACH SERVICES: $1k → 19%BALTIMORE OUTREACH SERVICES: $500 → 19%BALTIMORE OUTREACH SERVICES: $500 → 19%BALTIMORE OUTREACH SERVICES: $500 → 19%CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $10k → 14%CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $10k → 14%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

VT
NH
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
RI
MD
NC
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.8M · 43 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

43 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

43
18

Total granted

$4.8M
$143k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+43%

Still filing today

40%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentHuman ServicesOther
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

  • THE ATTIC YOUTH CENTER
    6× · 2019–2024 · $222k · revenue +28%
  • TD
    THE DREAM PROGRAM INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $110k · revenue +186%
  • THE PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTER
    6× · 2019–2024 · $85k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • HI
    HELPHOPELIVE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +35%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $11k
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
Cfa Society Baltimore Inc

The cfa society baltimore, inc. was founded in 1948. the cfa society baltimore, inc. was established to provide the financial community with information and knowledge, while advocating ethical conduct with regard to investments and…

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3
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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4
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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5
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
6
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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7
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
8
University of Maryland Family Medicine 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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9
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
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 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
12
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Gbmc Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Baltimore Museum of Art. 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

34 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. 34 of the 71 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
24/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JHU BERMAN INSTITUTE OF BIOETHICS: $560,000 · OtherJHU BERMAN INSTITUTE OF BIOETHICSUMBC FOUNDATION: $402,500 · OtherUMBC FOUNDATIONDARTMOUTH COLLEGE FUND: $375,000 · OtherDARTMOUTH COLLEGE FUNDJOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE: $255,500 · OtherJOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINEIndividual grant recipient: $250,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUNC ARTS & SCIENCES FDN: $200,000 · OtherUNC ARTS & SCIENCES FDNUNC RAMS CLUB: $200,000 · OtherUNC RAMS CLUBCOLLEGEBOUND FOUNDATION: $125,000 · Other+46 more: $969,760 · Other+46 moreCENTER STAGE ASSOCIATES INC: $1,260,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER STAGE ASSOCIATES …+5 more: $53,500 · Arts & CultureREBUILD METRO INC: $675,000 · Community ImprovementREBUILD METR…THE ATTIC YOUTH CENTER: $222,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE DREAM PROGRAM INC: $110,000 · Youth DevelopmentASHLEY INC: $100,000 · HealthGBMC FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $20,000 · HealthHELPHOPELIVE INC: $20,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $10,000 · HealthBISCAYNE BAY WATERKEEPER INC: $60,000 · EnvironmentTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · EnvironmentTHE PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTER: $85,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$3,337,760Arts & Culture$1,313,500Community Improvement$675,000Youth Development$332,000Health$200,000Environment$110,000Crime & Legal$85,000

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 budgetCENTER STAGE ASSOCIATES INC: $1,260,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetREBUILD METRO INC: $675,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetTHE ATTIC YOUTH CENTER: $222,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetCOLLEGEBOUND FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE DREAM PROGRAM INC: $110,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetASHLEY INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTER: $85,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetBISCAYNE BAY WATERKEEPER INC: $60,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetTHE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $26,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCAVES VALLEY GOLF CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetCROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIAMI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHELPHOPELIVE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSHRIVER HALL CONCERT SERIES INC: $16,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetFRIENDS SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFISHER ISLAND PHILANTHROPIC FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE FAMILY TREE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBARRINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetEDUCATION AND HOPE INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetGREEN STREET ACADEMY INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER BALTIMORE CULTURAL ALLIANCE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE OUTREACH SERVICES INC: $2,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSingle Carrot Theatre Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE SEED SCHOOL OF MARYLAND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $500 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.

  • Who funds CENTER STAGE ASSOCIATES INC ↗
  • Who funds REBUILD METRO INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ATTIC YOUTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGEBOUND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE DREAM PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds ASHLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PUBLIC INTEREST LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BISCAYNE BAY WATERKEEPER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds CAVES VALLEY GOLF CLUB FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds MIAMI COUNTRY DAY 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.

T Rowe Price Program …Baltimore Community F…France-Merrick Founda…Sherman Family Founda…The Abell Foundation …Associated Jewish Cha…The Harry and Jeanett…Annie E Casey Foundat…Linehan Family Founda…Blanket Fort Foundati…Clayton Baker TrustThe Bunting Family Fo…
T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving IncMD23.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · Sherman Family Foundation · The Abell Foundation Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Linehan Family Foundation Inc · Blanket Fort Foundation · Clayton Baker Trust · The Bunting Family Foundation

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 Charlesmead Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Charlesmead Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • The Dream Program Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Shriver Hall Concert Series Inc: 9% of income from government
  • The Family Tree Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Center Stage Associates Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Rebuild Metro Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Baltimore Museum of Art: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
7report 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 Charlesmead Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Charlesmead 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 71 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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