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The Community Foundation of Frederick County Maryland Inc

The community foundation is dedicated to connecting people who care with causes that matter to enrich the quality of life in frederick county now and for future generations.

$8.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
130
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Health$15MReligion$6.7MHuman Services$3.8MEducation$3.6MHousing & Shelter$3.4MMembership Benefit$1.5MArts & Culture$1.5MEmployment$1.4MOther$0
02FY2024 · 130 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 130 grants below total $5,504,536, the rows itemized in this filing. The $8,447,146 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,942,610 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k37 grants · $274k
  • $10k–50k63 grants · $1.4M
  • $50k–250k28 grants · $2.5M
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.3M
$20,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$211M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FREDERICK HEALTH HOSPITAL INC$1,000,769
HOWARD CHAPEL RIDGEVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$311,110
CHURCH OF THE TRANSFIGURATION$247,893
HEARTLY HOUSE INC$209,638
DOWNTOWN FREDERICK PARTNERSHIP INC$191,214
ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC$114,638
FRIENDS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRESS INC$113,300
BEYOND SHELTER$107,265
BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC$107,033
FREDERICK HEALTH HOSPICE$94,876
MISSION OF MERCY INC$87,708
HOOD COLLEGE$87,432
ADVOCATES FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES INC$74,209
FREDERICK COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC$71,891
FREDERICK RESCUE MISSION INC$69,028
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, $4.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 7% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOMEWOOD FOUNDATION INC: $40k → 12%HOMEWOOD FOUNDATION INC: $36k → 12%FREDERICK HEALTH HOSPICE: $156k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY INC: $118k → 6%YMCA OF FREDERICK COUNTY: $97k → 6%FREDERICK HEALTH HOSPICE: $95k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY INC: $88k → 6%YMCA OF FREDERICK COUNTY: $82k → 6%FREDERICK HEALTH HOSPICE: $81k → 6%YMCA OF FREDERICK COUNTY: $78k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY INC: $77k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY INC: $77k → 6%YMCA OF FREDERICK COUNTY: $68k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY INC: $68k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY INC: $66k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY INC: $65k → 6%YMCA OF FREDERICK COUNTY: $61k → 6%YMCA OF FREDERICK COUNTY: $55k → 6%YMCA OF FREDERICK COUNTY: $55k → 6%SECOND CHANCES GARAGE INC: $48k → 6%ON OUR OWN OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $46k → 6%ON OUR OWN OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $39k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY INC: $38k → 6%SPANISH SPEAKING COMMUNITY OF MD INC: $34k → 6%YMCA OF FREDERICK COUNTY: $33k → 6%HOSPICE OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $110k → 6%CENTRO HISPANO DE FREDERICK INC: $79k → 6%CENTRO HISPANO DE FREDERICK INC: $62k → 6%CENTRO HISPANO DE FREDERICK INC: $60k → 6%DAYBREAK ADULT DAY SERVICES: $54k → 6%STUDENT HOMELESSNESS INITIATIVE PARTNERSHIP(SHIP): $52k → 6%CENTRO HISPANO DE FREDERICK INC: $44k → 6%HOSPICE OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $39k → 6%SHIP OF FREDERICK COUNTY: $38k → 6%MARRIAGE RESOURCE CENTER OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $36k → 6%SHIP OF FREDERICK COUNTY: $35k → 6%HEARTLY HOUSE INC: $210k → 6%HEARTLY HOUSE INC: $108k → 6%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $107k → 6%HEARTLY HOUSE INC: $88k → 6%HEARTLY HOUSE INC: $86k → 6%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $78k → 6%HEARTLY HOUSE INC: $65k → 6%HEARTLY HOUSE INC: $57k → 6%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $51k → 6%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $48k → 6%HEARTLY HOUSE INC: $47k → 6%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $39k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
KY
WV
VA
MD
AR
NC
DC
AL
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$41M · 155 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

155 repeat relationships: 104 still active in FY2024, 51 since wound down; 20 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

155
75

Total granted

$41M
$1.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+27%

Still filing today

72%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $362k 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
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementYouth 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

  • FH
    Frederick Health Hospital Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $10.0M · revenue +22%
  • TA
    THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +132%
  • SJ
    SAINT JOHN'S CEMETERY INC
    4× · 2019–2023 · $1.2M · revenue +17% · 33% of their budget

Funded once

  • ET
    EMPOWERED TO LIVE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $75k
  • MO
    MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY INC
    one grant, 2017 · $61k · revenue +20%
  • TG
    THE GREAT FREDERICK FAIR INCgraduated
    2× · 2018–2025 · $53k · revenue +96%
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
Franklin Square Hospital Center Inc

See schedule o medstar franklin square medical center, a member of medstar health, provides the highest quality healthcare and education to our communities.

Health
2
Frederick Health Medical Group Llc

To positively impact the well-being of every individual in our community.

Health
3
The Chamber of Commerce of Frederick County Inc

Connecting businesses and the community through leadership, advocacy and education.

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4
Medstar Health Inc

Plan, develop, coordinate, direct and manage an integrated healthcare system.

Health
5
Nami Frederick County Inc

Our mission is to provide information, understanding, education, and support for persons experiencing mental illness and their families. We are an all volunteer organization that provides its services and information materials free of…

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6
Celebrate Frederick Inc

To plan and implement special events and activities to offer the community a shared cultural experience.

Arts & Culture
7
Feral Cat Rescue Inc

Feral Cat Rescue provides support for spay and neutering feral cats in St. Mary's County, Maryland. Expenses include spay, neutering, vaccination against rabies and distemper, micro chipping, parasite control both internal and external and…

Animals
8
Maryland Foundation for Research & Econo
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9
The Frederick Foundation
Philanthropy
10
The Arc of Prince George's County Inc

The arc prince george's county is an inclusive organization committed to empowering people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, their families, and those navigating life-changing circumstances, including seniors and others in…

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11
Fuel Fund of Maryland Inc

The fuel fund of maryland (ffm) has been supporting bge residential customers since 1981. while we originated from bge, we operate independently to provide financial assistance grants specifically for bge residential customers at risk of…

Housing & Shelter
12
Fred Lind Manor

Fred lind manor provides housing and assisted living services to persons 55 and older.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Supporting Older Adults Through Resources Inc; the most unlike its peers is Get Kids Outside. 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

188 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. 188 of the 253 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.

17
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
64
Early backer (in before they grew)
179/188
Grantees still filing
137/188
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOWARD CHAPEL-RIDGEVILLE UMC: $2,387,781 · OtherHOWARD CHAPEL-RIDGEVILLE UMCCHURCH OF THE TRANSFIGURATION: $2,008,971 · OtherCHURCH OF THE TRANSFIGURATIONTREASURER OF FREDERICK COUNTY: $1,320,370 · OtherTREASURER OF FREDERICK COUNTYTHE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $1,160,635 · OtherTHE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY INCSAINT JOHN'S CEMETERY INC: $1,158,957 · OtherSAINT JOHN'S CEMETERY INCBEYOND SHELTER FREDERICK INC: $1,017,279 · Other+114 more: $10,858,432 · Other+114 moreFrederick Health Hospital Inc: $9,982,444 · HealthFrederick Health Hospital IncMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $534,870 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $491,329 · Health+14 more: $563,778 · HealthHEARTLY HOUSE INC: $691,078 · Human ServicesHEARTLY HOUS…MISSION OF MERCY INC: $597,037 · Human ServicesMISSION OF M…YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $530,082 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS C…Frederick Health Hospice Inc: $500,540 · Human ServicesFrederick He…BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $382,541 · Human ServicesBLESSINGS IN…CENTRO HISPANO DE FREDERICK INC: $273,366 · Human ServicesCENTRO HISPA…HOMEWOOD LIVING FOUNDATION INC: $239,304 · Human ServicesSECOND CHANCES GARAGE INC: $201,280 · Human ServicesSTUDENT HOMELESSNESS INITIATIVE PARTNERSHIP OF FREDERICK COUNTYINC: $185,099 · Human Services+22 more: $1,105,075 · Human Services+22 moreHOOD COLLEGE: $696,284 · EducationMontgomery County Public Schools Educational Foundation Inc: $486,124 · EducationLIFE AND DISCOVERY INC: $251,031 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $246,334 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $230,594 · EducationCITY YOUTH MATRIX: $76,081 · Education+7 more: $251,237 · EducationFREDERICK RESCUE MISSION INC: $778,029 · Housing & ShelterADVOCATES FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES INC: $522,245 · Housing & ShelterREBUILDING TOGETHER WITH CHIRSTMAS IN APRIL FREDERICK COUNTY MD INC: $105,667 · Housing & ShelterINTERFAITH HOUSING ALLIANCE INC: $62,684 · Housing & Shelter+2 more: $50,156 · Housing & ShelterDOWNTOWN FREDERICK PARTNERSHIP INC: $905,959 · Community ImprovementPRESERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT FUND OF MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY INC: $130,996 · Community Improvement+2 more: $72,944 · Community ImprovementTHE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $397,258 · Arts & CultureTHE DELAPLAINE ARTS CENTER INC: $271,838 · Arts & CultureFrederick County Landmarks Foundation Inc: $164,365 · Arts & CultureTHE FREDERICK ARTS COUNCIL INC: $103,661 · Arts & CultureWEINBERG CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $57,224 · Arts & CultureBISHOP MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND NATURE INC: $40,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $64,305 · Arts & Culture
Other$19,912,425Health$11,572,421Human Services$4,705,402Education$2,237,685Housing & Shelter$1,518,781Community Improvement$1,109,899Arts & Culture$1,098,651

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 budgetFrederick Health Hospital Inc: $9,982,444 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetTHE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $1,160,635 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetSAINT JOHN'S CEMETERY INC: $1,158,957 over 4y, 33% of budgetBEYOND SHELTER FREDERICK INC: $1,017,279 over 9y, 8.3% of budgetDOWNTOWN FREDERICK PARTNERSHIP INC: $905,959 over 9y, 13% of budgetFREDERICK RESCUE MISSION INC: $778,029 over 9y, 2.8% of budgetHOOD COLLEGE: $696,284 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetHEARTLY HOUSE INC: $691,078 over 9y, 5.1% of budgetMISSION OF MERCY INC: $597,037 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetC BURR ARTZ TRUST: $594,674 over 9y, 78% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $534,870 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $530,082 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetADVOCATES FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES INC: $522,245 over 9y, 14% of budgetFrederick Health Hospice Inc: $500,540 over 7y, 8.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $491,329 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMontgomery County Public Schools Educational Foundation Inc: $486,124 over 9y, 9.2% of budgetFRIENDS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRESS: $430,835 over 8y, 18% of budgetFREDERICK COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $415,927 over 9y, 4.3% of budgetPATTY POLLATOS FUND INC: $409,905 over 3y, 26% of budgetTHE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $397,258 over 9y, 14% of budgetUNITED WAY OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $383,687 over 9y, 4.5% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $382,541 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetCENTRO HISPANO DE FREDERICK INC: $273,366 over 6y, 47% of budgetTHE DELAPLAINE ARTS CENTER INC: $271,838 over 9y, 3.1% of budgetTHE MARYLAND 4-H FOUNDATION INC: $261,628 over 9y, 4.4% of budgetMARYLAND FFA FOUNDATION INC: $255,413 over 9y, 27% of budgetLIFE AND DISCOVERY INC: $251,031 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $246,334 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEWOOD LIVING FOUNDATION INC: $239,304 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetADVENTIST HEALTHCARE INC: $234,963 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $230,594 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLITERACY COUNCIL OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $205,326 over 9y, 15% of budgetSECOND CHANCES GARAGE INC: $201,280 over 9y, 5.1% of budgetSTUDENT HOMELESSNESS INITIATIVE PARTNERSHIP OF FREDERICK COUNTYINC: $185,099 over 7y, 5.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF FREDERICK COUNTY MD: $175,321 over 8y, 4.3% of budgetADVOCATES FOR THE AGING OF FREDERICK MD INC: $169,140 over 7y, 44% of budgetAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $165,958 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFrederick County Landmarks Foundation Inc: $164,365 over 9y, 26% of budgetCHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS PARTNERSHIP INC: $159,571 over 8y, 17% of budgetPhoenix Foundation of Maryland Inc: $146,295 over 6y, 12% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FREDERICK CO: $133,981 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetPRESERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT FUND OF MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY INC: $130,996 over 6y, 100% of budgetSPANISH-SPEAKING COMMUNITY OF MARYLAND INC: $130,386 over 7y, 6.7% of budgetSETON CENTER INC: $124,533 over 6y, 6.1% of budgetSUPPORTING OLDER ADULTS THROUGH RESOURCES INC: $123,775 over 4y, 14% of budgetFriends of the Child Advocacy Center: $120,500 over 5y, 63% of budgetWalkersville Volunteer Rescue Co Inc: $112,527 over 5y, 7.4% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $110,718 over 8y, 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 Frederick Health Hospital Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds SAINT JOHN'S CEMETERY INC ↗
  • Who funds BEYOND SHELTER FREDERICK INC ↗
  • Who funds DOWNTOWN FREDERICK PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds FREDERICK RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOOD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds HEARTLY HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds MISSION OF MERCY INC ↗
  • Who funds C BURR ARTZ TRUST ↗
  • Who funds MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ADVOCATES FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES INC ↗
  • Who funds Frederick Health Hospice Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Montgomery County Public Schools Educational Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRESS ↗
  • Who funds FREDERICK COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PATTY POLLATOS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRO HISPANO DE FREDERICK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DELAPLAINE ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MARYLAND 4-H FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MARYLAND FFA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFE AND DISCOVERY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOMEWOOD LIVING FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ADVENTIST HEALTHCARE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ↗

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.

Delaplaine Foundation…Ausherman Family TrustAusherman Family Foun…United Way of Frederi…William E Cross Found…G Frank Thomas Fdn In…The Helen J Serini Fo…Dr Henry P & M Page D…Tourism Council of Fr…Nora Roberts Foundati…Joseph D Baker Fund I…The George L Shields …
Delaplaine Foundation IncMD126.6× affinity63 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Delaplaine Foundation Inc · Ausherman Family Trust · Ausherman Family Foundation · United Way of Frederick County Inc · William E Cross Foundation Inc · G Frank Thomas Fdn Inc Main · The Helen J Serini Foundation Inc · Dr Henry P & M Page Durkee Laughlin Foundation Inc · Tourism Council of Frederick County Inc · Nora Roberts Foundation · Joseph D Baker Fund Inc · The George L Shields 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 Community Foundation of Frederick County Maryland Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Community Foundation of Frederick County Maryland Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 550%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Life and Discovery Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Friends for Neighborhood Progress: 55% of income from government
  • Center for Adoption Support and Education Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Land and Cultural Preservation Fund Inc: 51% of income from government
  • The African American Resources-Cultural and Heritage Society Inc: 49% of income from government
  • The Pride Center of Maryland Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Brunswick Main Street Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Partners in Care Maryland Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Heartly House Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Interfaith Housing Alliance Inc: 27% of income from government
  • The Frederick Arts Council Inc: 24% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Spanish-Speaking Community of Maryland Inc: 10% of income from government
  • The Delaplaine Arts Center Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Bishop Museum of Science and Nature Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Downtown Frederick Partnership Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Frederick Health Hospital Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Adventist Healthcare Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Mount Saint Mary's University Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Community Options Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Maryland Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Mcdaniel College Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Ranch Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
55get no government money at all
41report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
4rely 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 253 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $9.7M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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