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The Eddie C and C Sylvia Brown Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Eddie C and C Sylvia Brown Family Foundation Inc

The primary mission and exempt purpose of the eddie c.

$153k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$20k
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 2025.

Education$6.9MArts & Culture$5.6MPhilanthropy$408kCivil Rights$91kYouth Development$91kPublic Benefit$36kCommunity Improvement$35kEnvironment$33kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $127,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $152,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $25,000 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $105k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE BALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$20,000
LILLIE MAY CARROLL JACKSON PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL$15,000
EVERYMAN THEATRE$10,000
THE INGENUITY PROJECT$10,000
THREAD INC$10,000
WIDE ANGLE YOUTH MEDIA INC$10,000
ARTS EVERY DAY INC$10,000
YOUTH EMPOWERED SOCIETY (YES)$10,000
HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS INC$10,000
YMCA OF CENTRAL MARYLAND$7,500
BALTIMORE DESIGN SCHOOL$7,500
PAUL'S PLACE INC$7,500
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 (FY21–25, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%YMCA OF CENTRAL MARYLAND: $8k → 11%YMCA OF CENTRAL MARYLAND: $8k → 11%YMCA OF CENTRAL MARYLAND: $8k → 11%YMCA OF CENTRAL MARYLAND: $8k → 11%YOUTH EMPOWERED SOCIETY (YES): $10k → 19%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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.6M · 17 repeat orgs$4.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
11

Total granted

$8.6M
$4.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+7%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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

  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2017–2020 · $1.3M · revenue +64%
  • FS
    FRIENDS SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $500k · revenue +22%
  • LC
    LIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2020 · $400k · revenue +58%

Funded once

  • THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2021 · $3.8M · revenue +11%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    2× · 2019–2023 · $100k · revenue +75%
  • BS
    BALTIMORE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue -22%
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
Baltimore Corps Inc

To cultivate career advancement opportunities for local talent, facilitate talent acquisition for local employers, increase access to capital for local entrepreneurs' social ventures, and foster cross-sector collaboration to address city…

Employment
2
Baltimore Curriculum Project Inc

To develop, implement, and advocate for an innovative, sustainable, and replicable education model that improves students outcomes. in so doing, the baltimore curriculum project will help to raise educational standards and opportunities…

Education
3
Five Smooth Stones Foundation Inc

Baltimore collegiate school for boys provides the finest liberal arts education possible to baltimore's next generation of young men, ensuring that they will become responsible citizens trained to lead and serve our community, our nation,…

Education
4
Collegebound Foundation

Collegebound empowers baltimore city schools' students to successfully pursue and complete a college degree or other post-secondary options. as a trusted advocate for city-wide college access, retention, and graduation, we provide…

—
5
The Maryland School for the Blind

As a statewide resource center, the school provides outreach, educational and residential services for students to reach their fullest potential by preparing them to be as successful, independent, and well-rounded contributing members of…

Education
6
Baltimore Area Health Education Center

To eliminate health disparities by educating and strengthening the health care workforce. bahec provides interdisciplinary education programs that bridge academic, healthcare, and community settings to transform the health of underserved…

Health
7
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
8
Bullis School

Bullis school provides a student-centered balanced experience in academics, arts, athletics and community service. bullis uniquely prepares all students to become caring citizens and creative, critical thinkers who will thrive in…

Education
9
Baltimore Montessori Inc

To nurture a love of learning in a small family-like environment by providing an extraordinary and proven montessori public school experience for families in baltimore city.

Education
10
Baltimore Public Media Corporation

We connect, inform, and enrich the voices and communities of baltimore and the world.

Arts & Culture
11
Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Inc

Promote religious, charitable, and educational interests of its members and constituent monthly meetings.

Religion
12
Baltimore Lab School Inc

Baltimore Lab School is an innovative learning community fostering scholarship and creativity in students with different learning styles. In an environment of inquiry and hands-on exploration, Baltimore Lab School students learn to…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Baltimore Educational Scholarship Trust; the most unlike its peers is Open Society Institute. 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

35 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.

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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
24/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $3,750,000 · EducationTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITYJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1,250,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYFRIENDS SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC: $500,000 · EducationFRIENDS SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INCLIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATION: $400,000 · EducationLIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATIONENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY OF BALTIMORE CITY: $314,224 · EducationMaryland Institute: $300,000 · Education+8 more: $284,163 · EducationBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $3,500,000 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ARTCENTER STAGE ASSOCIATES INC: $1,501,250 · Arts & CultureCENTER STAGE ASSOCIATES INCBALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $400,000 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC+3 more: $142,500 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $503,163 · PhilanthropyOPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE: $50,000 · PhilanthropyASSOCIATED BLACK CHARITIES INC: $91,344 · OtherBALTIMORE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · OtherHOPE IGNITES BALTIMORE INC: $25,000 · OtherHEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $10,000 · OtherCoastal Mountains Land Trust: $33,333 · OtherPAUL'S PLACE INC: $15,000 · OtherTHERE GOES MY HERO INC: $10,000 · OtherTHREAD INC: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentSisters Circle Inc: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentYoung Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc: $30,000 · Human ServicesYouth Empowerment Society Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesPRT REACH FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · Community Improvement
Education$6,798,387Arts & Culture$5,543,750Philanthropy$553,163Other$234,677Youth Development$41,000Human Services$40,000Community Improvement$35,000

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 budgetTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $3,750,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $3,500,000 over 3y, 8.0% of budgetCENTER STAGE ASSOCIATES INC: $1,501,250 over 3y, 10% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1,250,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $503,163 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC: $500,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetLIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATION: $400,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetBALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $400,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY OF BALTIMORE CITY: $314,224 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMaryland Institute: $300,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHESAPEAKE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: $105,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetASSOCIATED BLACK CHARITIES INC: $91,344 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetThe Girls Charter School Inc dba Lillie May Carroll Jackson Charter: $86,663 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetBALTIMORE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetOPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRT REACH FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetTHREAD INC: $35,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCoastal Mountains Land Trust: $33,333 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ingenuity Project Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetBALTIMORE EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP TRUST: $30,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetEVERYMAN THEATRE INC: $27,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPAUL'S PLACE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHERE GOES MY HERO INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetYouth Empowerment Society Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetFUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMUEL READY SCHOLARSHIPS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetARTS EVERY DAY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWIDE ANGLE YOUTH MEDIA INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBALTIMORE DESIGN SCHOOL INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSisters Circle Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 1.2% 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.

Baltimore Community F…T Rowe Price Program …T Rowe Price Foundati…The United Way of Cen…Associated Jewish Cha…The Jacob and Hilda B…Brown Advisory Charit…The Abell Foundation …France-Merrick Founda…The Harry and Jeanett…Annie E Casey Foundat…The Bunting Family Fo…
Baltimore Community Foundation IncMD33.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · T Rowe Price Foundation · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation Inc · Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · 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 Eddie C and C Sylvia Brown Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Eddie C and C Sylvia Brown Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Paul's Place Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Young Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Shakespeare Company: 16% of income from government
  • Everyman Theatre Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Thread Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Living Classrooms Foundation: 7% of income from government
  • Center Stage Associates Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Arts Every Day Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Baltimore Museum of Art: 4% of income from government
  • University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Wide Angle Youth Media Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Health Care for the Homeless Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Fund for Educational Excellence Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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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Find your warmest path to The Eddie C and C Sylvia Brown Family 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 34 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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