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The Footlick Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Footlick Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$72k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$367kEducation$254kHealth$244kHuman Services$13kReligion$7kFood & Nutrition$7kArts & Culture$5kPublic Benefit$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $12k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$680
Median grant
3
States reached
$473k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LIFEBRIDGE HEALTH CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT$60,100
HORIZON DAY CAMP$2,500
PIKESVILLE ARMORY FOUNDATION$2,500
PHILANTHROPY TANK$2,500
JEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY$1,000
BALTIMORE HEBREW CONGREGATION$680
EDWARD A MYERBERG CENTER$540
BALTIMORE HUNGER PROJECT$500
WEITZMAN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY$500
THE LEAGUE$500
Individual grant recipient$500
02The need
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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 (FY18–25, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 77% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%THE LEAGUE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES INC: $500 → 19%THE LEAGUE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES INC: $250 → 19%THE LEAGUE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES INC: $250 → 19%THE LEAGUE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES INC: $250 → 19%THE LEAGUE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES INC: $250 → 19%HORIZON DAY CAMP: $3k → 19%HORIZON DAY CAMP: $3k → 19%HORIZON DAY CAMP: $2k → 19%HORIZON DAY CAMP: $1k → 19%HORIZON DAY CAMP: $1k → 19%HORIZON DAY CAMP: $1k → 19%HORIZON DAY CAMP: $500 → 19%BALTIMORE HUNGER PROJECT: $1k → 11%BALTIMORE HUNGER PROJECT: $1k → 11%BALTIMORE HUNGER PROJECT: $500 → 11%BALTIMORE HUNGER PROJECT: $500 → 11%BALTIMORE HUNGER PROJECT: $500 → 11%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$892k · 18 repeat orgs$50k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
12

Total granted

$892k
$47k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+33%

Still filing today

83%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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

  • MS
    MCDONOGH SCHOOL INCORPORATED
    5× · 2017–2024 · $251k · revenue +57%
  • LH
    LIFEBRIDGE HEALTH INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $242k · revenue +88%
  • PT
    PHILANTHROPY TANK INC
    3× · 2021–2025 · $20k · revenue +88%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE ASSOCIATED
    one grant, 2017 · $35k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • GL
    GEM LIVING CLASSROOMS PROGRAM
    one grant, 2022 · $2k
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.

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University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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2
University of Maryland Neurology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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3
University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Education
4
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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5
University of Maryland Oncology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
6
University of Maryland Surgical Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
7
University of Maryland Pediatric Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
8
University of Maryland Facultyphysicians Inc

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland, school of medicine, administrative support services are provided to the physician practices of the university of maryland, including but not limited to information technology,…

Health
9
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
10
University of Maryland Otorhino-Laryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
11
University of Maryland Family Medicine Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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12
University of Maryland Dermatologists Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Samuel D Cozen Memorial Fund. 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

21 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. 21 of the 33 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
18/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ASSOCIATED JEWISH FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE: $343,350 · OtherTHE ASSOCIATED JEWISH FEDERATION OF BALTIMORETHE ASSOCIATED: $35,000 · OtherTHE ASSOCIATED+15 more: $26,210 · Other+15 moreMCDONOGH SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $251,000 · EducationMCDONOGH SCHOOL INCORPORATED+1 more: $500 · EducationLIFEBRIDGE HEALTH INC: $242,100 · HealthLIFEBRIDGE HEALTH INC+1 more: $500 · HealthPHILANTHROPY TANK INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyADMIRALS COVE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropySUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesBALTIMORE HUNGER PROJECT LLC: $3,500 · Human ServicesTHE LEAGUE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: $1,500 · Human ServicesBALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $1,600 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $1,000 · Arts & CultureJEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureWEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY: $680 · Arts & CultureMPT FOUNDATION INC: $250 · Arts & CulturePIKESVILLE ARMORY FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · Public Benefit
Other$404,560Education$251,500Health$242,600Philanthropy$22,000Human Services$15,000Arts & Culture$4,530Public Benefit$2,500

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 budgetMCDONOGH SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $251,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetLIFEBRIDGE HEALTH INC: $242,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPHILANTHROPY TANK INC: $20,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE HUNGER PROJECT LLC: $3,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $3,150 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEDWARD A MYERBERG SENIOR CENTER INC: $2,790 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $1,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LEAGUE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetADMIRALS COVE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INC: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWEITZMAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY: $680 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRAIN ANEURYSM FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDYSLEXIA TUTORING PROGRAM: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAMUEL D COZEN MEMORIAL FUND: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMPT FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPikesville Volunteer Fire Co Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

David & Barbara B Hir…Associated Jewish Cha…The Harvey M Meyerhof…Number Ten Foundation…Herbert Bearman Found…Baltimore Community F…Himmelrich Fund IncEliasberg Family Foun…The Henry and Ruth Bl…The John J Leidy Foun…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…
David & Barbara B Hirschhorn Foundation IncMD19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: David & Barbara B Hirschhorn Foundation Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · The Harvey M Meyerhoff Fund Inc · Number Ten Foundation Inc · Herbert Bearman Foundation · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · Himmelrich Fund Inc · Eliasberg Family Foundation Inc · The Henry and Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Foundation Inc · The John J Leidy Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 Footlick Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Footlick Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Pikesville Armory Foundation Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Pikesville Volunteer Fire Co Inc: 32% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Jewish Museum of Maryland Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Lifebridge Health Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Mcdonogh School Incorporated: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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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How do I get to The Footlick Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Footlick 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 33 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-PF 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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