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The Community Foundation of Howard County Inc
To improve the quality of life in howard county by inspiring lifelong giving, connecting people, places, and organizations to worthy causes, reaching every demographic in the county, and providing services and support for all residents.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 65
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 53
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.4M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $204,300
- Organizations funded a year
- 38 to 78
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $39M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations The Community Foundation of Howard County Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $220k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 62 | $1.4M | 21% |
| FY2023 | 53 | $1.1M | 26% |
| FY2022 | 55 | $6.6M | 27% |
| FY2021 | 57 | $2.0M | 37% |
| FY2020 | 78 | $3.4M | 50% |
| FY2019 | 38 | $886k | 21% |
| FY2018 | 55 | $794k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 54 | $663k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Homes Housing Inc | $5,300,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Action Council of Howard County Maryland Inc | $1,052,013 | 8 | 1% |
| Howard Community College Educational Foundation Inc | $591,223 | 8 | 4% |
| Akshaya Patra Foundation (Usa) | $492,967 | 6 | 1% |
| Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center Center Inc | $277,322 | 8 | 1% |
| Ed and Fern Hamel Family Foundation | $276,901 | 1 | 17% |
| Neighbor Ride Inc | $235,050 | 8 | 13% |
| The Community Ecology Institute | $213,850 | 4 | 9% |
| Ohana of Howard County Inc | $206,550 | 5 | 52% |
| Junior Achievement USA | $173,380 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 166 grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Community Foundation of Howard County Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 139 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Horizon Foundation of Howard County Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · The Kahlert Foundation Inc · Howard County Arts Council · The Miller Family Foundation Inc · Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · Wr Grace Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Nora Roberts Foundation · Allegis Group Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Community Foundation of Howard County Inc
- How much does The Community Foundation of Howard County Inc give?
- The Community Foundation of Howard County Inc reported 65 itemized grants totaling $1,399,200, out of $1,781,323 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 38 and 78 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Community Foundation of Howard County Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (35%), Public Benefit (12%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are The Community Foundation of Howard County Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Community Homes Housing Inc ($5.3M), Community Action Council of Howard County Maryland Inc ($1.1M), Howard Community College Educational Foundation Inc ($591k).
- Does The Community Foundation of Howard County Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Community Foundation of Howard County Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Horizon Foundation of Howard County Inc, The United Way of Central Maryland Inc, Baltimore Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Community Foundation of Howard County Inc based?
- The Community Foundation of Howard County Inc is based in MD.
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