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The Community Trust Foundation Inc

To strengthen the region by working in partnership with donors and community groups to: build philanthropic resources, connect donors to organizations/programs they care about, make effective grants that impact needs

$526k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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$617kArts & Culture$375kEnvironment$358kYouth Development$213kHuman Services$115kRecreation & Sports$46kPhilanthropy$45kReligion$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 21 grants below total $252,744, the rows itemized in this filing. The $525,627 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $272,883 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 $10k7 grants · $49k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $204k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WVU FOUNDATION$30,000
MUSIC AT PENN ALPS INC$22,800
EMMANUAL EPISCOPAL PARISH INC$20,000
ALLEGANY YOUTH ENRICHMENT PROG SERV INC$19,000
GARRETT COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$16,500
DEEP CREEK WATERSHED FND INC$12,400
GARRETT LAKES ARTS FESTIVAL$12,000
ALLEGANY COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER$11,369
MT LAKE PARK HIST ASSOC$10,000
THE SALVATION ARMY - CUMBERLAND$10,000
ALLEGANY COUNTY UNITED WAY$10,000
JANE GATES HERITAGE HOUSE$10,000
EVERGREEN HERITAGE CENTER FOUNDATION INC$10,000
MINERAL CO HISTORICAL FND$10,000
GARRETT COLLEGE FOUNDATION$8,725
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 (FY21–23, $33k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%AGING & FAMILY SERVC OF MINERAL CO: $15k → 16%AGING & FAMILY SERVICES OF MINERAL COUNTY INC: $10k → 16%YMCA OF CUMBERLAND INC: $8k → 18%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.
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 23 repeat orgs$192k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
11

Total granted

$1.7M
$113k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+12%

Still filing today

78%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $79k 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
EducationArts & CultureEnvironmentPhilanthropyHuman ServicesAnimalsOther
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

  • EH
    EVERGREEN HERITAGE CENTER FOUNDATIO
    5× · 2017–2024 · $346k · revenue +53% · 39% of their budget
  • WV
    WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $205k · revenue +5%
  • GM
    GARRETT MENTORS INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $160k · revenue +17% · 86% of their budget

Funded once

  • SG
    SOUTHERN GARRETT BAND BOOSTERS INC ATTN AMANDA BRAYgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +145%
  • RA
    ROBOTICS AND ENGINEERING INgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +83%
  • IA
    INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LIONS CLUBS
    one grant, 2021 · $14k
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
Cumberland County Historical Society

Historical library & museums

Arts & Culture
2
Great Allegheny Passage Conservancy

Founded in 1995 to coordinate the completion of the great allegheny passage, a 150-mile non-motorized path connecting pittsburgh and cumberland, maryland, the great allegheny passage conservancy promotes the great allegheny passage and…

Environment
3
Ann Arrundell County Historical Society Inc

To foster an interest in the history of anne arundel county, maryland.

—
4
Garrett County Arts Council Inc

Gcac's vision is for garrett county to have a vibrant and sustainable arts community for artists, their audiences, and the community at large. the arts connect our shared humanity, and transform individuals and our garrett county community…

Arts & Culture
5
Historical Society of Kent Co Md

County historical society providing for preservation and collection of materials relating to local county history. maintain and operate historic house museum.

Arts & Culture
6
Washington County Historical Society Inc

The organization is charged with fostering an interest in the history of washington county, maryland and the vicinity.

Arts & Culture
7
Westmoreland County Museum & Library Inc

Preservation and promotion of the history, traditions, and culture of westmoreland county, virginia and preservation of historical records of the county.

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8
Chesapeake Chamber Music Inc T/a Chesapeake Music

Provide professional musical concerts and events to the general public on the delmarva penninsula.

Arts & Culture
9
Baltimore County Historical Society Inc

The Historical Society of Baltimore County Collects, Preserves and Interprets the Rich History of Baltimore County for the Education and Enjoyment of Present and Future Generations.

—
10
Heritage Tourism Alliance of Montgomery County Inc

The organization was organized to implement, within montgomery county maryland, the applicable provisions of the state of maryland heritage areas authority. the organization promotes the preservation and stewardship of historic, cultural,…

Arts & Culture
11
Kent Cultural Alliance Inc

To encourage, promote, and support arts and humanities activities in kent county, md and the upper eastern shore region of maryland.

—
12
Washington County Cultural Trust

The organization shall be anon-profit entity comprised of interested citizens and business leaders throught the region that will actively engage in the preservation of historical buildings, properties and artifacts throughout washington…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Garrett County Maryland Community Action Committee; the most unlike its peers is Jane Gates Heritage House Inc Sukh Gates. 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

32 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. 32 of the 42 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
20/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $205,000 · EducationWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCGARRETT MENTORS INC: $160,000 · EducationGARRETT MENTORS INCGARRETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONINC ATTN CHERIE KRUG: $125,422 · EducationGARRETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONINC …WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE: $120,000 · EducationWEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE+4 more: $57,697 · Education+4 moreEVERGREEN HERITAGE CENTER FOUNDATIO: $346,000 · EnvironmentEVERGREEN HERITAGE CE…DEEP CREEK WATERSHED FOUNDATION INC: $12,400 · EnvironmentALLEGANY COUNTY BOARD OF ED: $60,000 · OtherALLEGANY COUNTY BOARD OF…EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $50,000 · OtherEMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURC…ALLEGANY MUSEUM INC: $41,500 · OtherALLEGANY MUSEUM INCGARRETT COUNTY INTERSCHOLASTIC MOUNTAIN BIKE TEAM INC: $32,000 · OtherGARRETT COUNTY INTERSCHO…GODS ARK OF SAFETY INC: $30,000 · OtherGODS ARK OF SAFETY INCASSOCIATED CHARITIES OF CUMBERLAND INC: $30,000 · OtherASSOCIATED CHARITIES OF …THE SALVATION ARMY: $20,000 · OtherGARRETT COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $16,500 · OtherINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LIONS CLUBS: $13,500 · OtherWestern MD Health Sys Foundation: $15,600 · Other+11 more: $86,298 · Other+11 moreMUSIC AT PENN ALPS INC: $90,712 · Arts & CultureMUSIC AT PENN…ALLEGANY ARTS COUNCIL: $45,250 · Arts & CultureALLEGANY ARTS…MOUNTAINSIDE BAROQUE INC: $31,340 · Arts & CultureMOUNTAINSIDE …MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK HISTORICAL ASSOC: $27,000 · Arts & CultureMOUNTAIN LAKE…GARRETT LAKES ARTS FESTIVAL INC: $19,000 · Arts & CultureGARRETT LAKES…CUMBERLAND SUMMER THEATRE INC: $16,500 · Arts & CultureCUMBERLAND SU…COUNTY UNITED WAY INC: $141,111 · PhilanthropyCOUNTY UN…JANE GATES HERITAGE HOUSE INC SUKH GATES: $10,000 · PhilanthropyJANE GATE…AGING & FAMILY SERVICES OF MINERAL COUNTY INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesYMCA OF CUMBERLAND MARYLAND INC: $7,983 · Human ServicesALLEGANY YOUTH ENRICHMENT PROGRAM CO BOTTOM LINE ACCOUNTING: $29,314 · Youth Development
Education$668,119Environment$358,400Other$395,398Arts & Culture$229,802Philanthropy$151,111Human Services$32,983Youth Development$29,314

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 budgetEVERGREEN HERITAGE CENTER FOUNDATIO: $346,000 over 5y, 39% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $205,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGARRETT MENTORS INC: $160,000 over 6y, 86% of budgetCOUNTY UNITED WAY INC: $141,111 over 7y, 6.5% of budgetGARRETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONINC ATTN CHERIE KRUG: $125,422 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE: $120,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMUSIC AT PENN ALPS INC: $90,712 over 5y, 87% of budgetALLEGANY ARTS COUNCIL: $45,250 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetALLEGANY MUSEUM INC: $41,500 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetMOUNTAINSIDE BAROQUE INC: $31,340 over 3y, 9.7% of budgetASSOCIATED CHARITIES OF CUMBERLAND INC: $30,000 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetALLEGANY YOUTH ENRICHMENT PROGRAM CO BOTTOM LINE ACCOUNTING: $29,314 over 2y, 39% of budgetMOUNTAIN LAKE PARK HISTORICAL ASSOC: $27,000 over 3y, 8.5% of budgetAGING & FAMILY SERVICES OF MINERAL COUNTY INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGARRETT LAKES ARTS FESTIVAL INC: $19,000 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetCUMBERLAND SUMMER THEATRE INC: $16,500 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetGARRETT COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $16,500 over 1y, 13% of budgetWestern MD Health Sys Foundation: $15,600 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetROBOTICS AND ENGINEERING IN: $14,966 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetFROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDAT: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDEEP CREEK WATERSHED FOUNDATION INC: $12,400 over 1y, 11% of budgetALLEGANY COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER: $11,369 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetGARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAllegany County Library System: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMARYLAND SALEM CHILDREN'S TRUST INC: $9,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetYMCA OF CUMBERLAND MARYLAND INC: $7,983 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLAVALE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INC: $6,770 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetTHE GREATER CUMBERLAND COMMITTEEIN: $6,250 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetHART FOR ANIMALS INC: $5,100 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

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.

Maryland Humanities C…The Doug and Betsey S…American Woodmark Fou…Kate Bill & Diane Fou…Firstenergy FoundationNora Roberts Foundati…Delfest Foundation IncAmerican Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Maryland Humanities Council IncMD19.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 9 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Maryland Humanities Council Inc · The Doug and Betsey Schwab and Family Foundation Inc · American Woodmark Foundation Inc · Kate Bill & Diane Foundation · Firstenergy Foundation · Nora Roberts Foundation · Delfest Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Community Trust Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Community Trust Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 140%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 32%
  • Allegany Arts Council: 37% of income from government
  • Garrett County Maryland Community Action Committee: 32% of income from government
  • Evergreen Heritage Center Foundatio: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
14get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.
05Through Plinth

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Find your warmest path to The Community Trust Foundation Inc 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 42 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.

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