Maryland · Private foundation
The Contino Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $311k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $561k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations The Contino Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $311k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $256k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $282k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $83k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $264k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $257k | 31% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $281k | 53% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $203k | 65% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The United Way of Central Maryland Inc | $425,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Notre Dame of Maryland University Inc | $95,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Joseph Parish | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Towson University Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Innovation Works Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Maryland St Joseph Medical Center Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| B&O Railroad Museum Inc | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Notre Dame Preparatory School | $12,500 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 32 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The United Way of Central Maryland Inc | $425,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Notre Dame of Maryland University Inc | $95,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Joseph Parish | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Towson University Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Innovation Works Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Maryland St Joseph Medical Center Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| B&O Railroad Museum Inc | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Notre Dame Preparatory School | $12,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Search Ministries Inc | $12,500 | 5 | n/a |
| The Morgan Family Foundation Inc | $11,300 | 2 | 5% |
| Pregnancy Support Center of Carroll County Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Calvert Hall College of Baltimore City | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Johns Hopkins University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Archbishop Curley High School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Patricks Chapel Historical Society Inc | $7,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Associated Catholic Charities Inc | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Stella Maris Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mother Seton Academy Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Mark the Evangelist Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Global Shareresource Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Mercy High School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The First Tee of Greater Baltimore Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Howard Hospital Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Carson Scholars Fund Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Joan of Arc School | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Relief Services | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| New Pathways to Enterprise Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Uncuffed Ministries | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Park Heights Saints Community Cente | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mercy Hospital Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Contino Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 Marion I & Henry J Knott Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · The Thomas B and Elizabeth M Sheridan Foundation Inc · Edward St John Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Batza Family Foundation Inc · The O'Neil Family Foundation Inc · The Kahlert Foundation Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · Middendorf Foundation Inc · The Bunting Family Foundation
How this is measured
About The Contino Family Foundation
- How much does The Contino Family Foundation give?
- The Contino Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $311,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Contino Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (27%), Youth Development (25%), Education (22%).
- Who are The Contino Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The United Way of Central Maryland Inc ($425k), Notre Dame of Maryland University Inc ($95k), Cristo Rey Jesuit High School ($40k).
- Does The Contino Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Contino Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Contino Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Marion I & Henry J Knott Foundation Inc, T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc, Baltimore Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Contino Family Foundation based?
- The Contino Family Foundation is based in MD.
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