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The Fund for Change Inc

See schedule othe foundation was created to carry out the charitable, educational, and religious purposes of the associated jewish community federation of baltimore, inc. (the associated). The foundation makes grants to public charitable organizations in furtherance of the mission of the associated. Specifically, the fund for change was…

$880k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
37
Grants FY2024
35
Organizations funded FY2023
11%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$24,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
35 to 42
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$124k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 11% of the organizations The Fund for Change Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $83k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Housing & ShelterHuman ServicesPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementEducationArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving36$853k11%
FY202335$891k11%
FY202242$885k5%
FY202141$849k15%
FY202040$785kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Crime & Legal$745kCivil Rights$665kCommunity Improvement$550kPhilanthropy$396kEmployment$338kEnvironment$321kHousing & Shelter$285kPublic Benefit$230kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 56 grantees
All grantees of The Fund for Change Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Fusion Partnership Inc$262,50050%
United Workers Association Inc$250,000525%
Public Justice Center Inc$225,00052%
Maryland Philanthropy Network$220,64051%
No Boundaries Coalition Inc$178,50054%
Community Law Center Inc$175,00057%
Maryland Pesticide Education Network Inc$145,000511%
Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition Inc$135,00054%
Parity Baltimore Incorporated$125,00048%
Jews United for Justice Inc$121,82551%
Black Girls Vote Inc$120,0005n/a
Maryland Center on Economic Policy Inc$115,00053%
North East Housing Initiative Inc$110,45052%
Environmental Integrity Project$106,00041%
Homeless Persons Representation Project Inc$105,00051%
The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore Inc$100,00050%
University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc$100,00040%
Community Development Network of Maryland Inc$95,45058%
South Baltimore Community Land Trust Inc$90,00053%
Center for Popular Democracy Inc$90,00040%
Job Opportunities Task Force Inc$87,50052%
Greater Baybrook Alliance Inc$85,00051%
OUT For JUSTICE INC$80,00043%
Common Cause Education Fund$75,45050%
National Council of Alcoholism & Drug$65,45043%
Youth as Resources Inc$65,00058%
Baltimore Civic Fund Inc$65,00040%
Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development Inc$60,00043%
Casa Inc$60,00030%
Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Education Fund Inc$50,45053%
Maryland Family Network Inc$50,00020%
The Tahirih Justice Center$47,50030%
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service Inc$47,50050%
Food Research & Action Center$40,00030%
Progress Now Education$40,00021%
Cash Campaign of Maryland Inc$37,50031%
Prepare Inc$35,00025%
Baltimore Green Space$35,00027%
ACLU Foundation of Maryland Inc$35,00030%
Project Own Inc$35,00046%
Greenlight Fund Inc$30,00040%
Baltimore Action Legal Team Inc$30,000111%
Mental Health Association of Maryland Inc$27,50030%
University of Maryland College Park$25,0001n/a
Progressive Maryland Education Fund Inc$25,00021%
Chesapeake Climate Action Network Inc$25,00030%
Independent World Television Inc$20,00020%
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Inc$17,5001n/a
Strong City Baltimore Inc$17,5001n/a
Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence Education Fund Inc$15,000113%
Baltimore Neighborhoods Inc$15,0001n/a
Step Up Maryland Incorporated$15,00019%
Maryland Public Interest Research Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Waterkeepers Chesapeake Inc$10,00012%
Intersection Inc$7,50015%
Baltimore-Washington Conference$6,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

The Fund for Change Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 49 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFusion Partnership Inc: $262,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetUnited Workers Association Inc: $250,000 over 5y, 25% of budgetPublic Justice Center Inc: $225,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetMaryland Philanthropy Network: $220,640 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetNo Boundaries Coalition Inc: $178,500 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetCommunity Law Center Inc: $175,000 over 5y, 7.4% of budgetMaryland Pesticide Education Network Inc: $145,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetMaryland Consumer Rights Coalition Inc: $135,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetParity Baltimore Incorporated: $125,000 over 4y, 8.5% of budgetJews United for Justice Inc: $121,825 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetMaryland Center on Economic Policy Inc: $115,000 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetNorth East Housing Initiative Inc: $110,450 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetEnvironmental Integrity Project: $106,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetHomeless Persons Representation Project Inc: $105,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetThe Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore Inc: $100,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Development Network of Maryland Inc: $95,450 over 5y, 7.6% of budgetSouth Baltimore Community Land Trust Inc: $90,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetCenter for Popular Democracy Inc: $90,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJob Opportunities Task Force Inc: $87,500 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetGreater Baybrook Alliance Inc: $85,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetOUT For JUSTICE INC: $80,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetCommon Cause Education Fund: $75,450 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNational Council of Alcoholism & Drug: $65,450 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetYouth as Resources Inc: $65,000 over 5y, 8.3% of budgetBaltimore Civic Fund Inc: $65,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBaltimoreans United in Leadership Development Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetCasa Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMaryland Citizens' Health Initiative Education Fund Inc: $50,450 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetMaryland Family Network Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Tahirih Justice Center: $47,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMaryland Volunteer Lawyers Service Inc: $47,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFood Research & Action Center: $40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetProgress Now Education: $40,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCash Campaign of Maryland Inc: $37,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPrepare Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetBaltimore Green Space: $35,000 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetACLU Foundation of Maryland Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetProject Own Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 6.1% of budgetGreenlight Fund Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBaltimore Action Legal Team Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetMental Health Association of Maryland Inc: $27,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetProgressive Maryland Education Fund Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetChesapeake Climate Action Network Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetIndependent World Television Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMarylanders to Prevent Gun Violence Education Fund Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetStep Up Maryland Incorporated: $15,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetWaterkeepers Chesapeake Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 49.

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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.

Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund IncMD72.6× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Alliance for Open Society Int'L Inc · Foundation to Promote Open Society · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · The Morris Goldseker Foundation of Maryland Inc · Hopewell Fund

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.

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How do I get to The Fund for Change Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Fund for Change Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About The Fund for Change Inc

How much does The Fund for Change Inc give?
The Fund for Change Inc reported 37 grants totaling $880,275 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 42 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does The Fund for Change Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (17%), Civil Rights (15%), Community Improvement (13%).
Who are The Fund for Change Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Fusion Partnership Inc ($263k), United Workers Association Inc ($250k), Public Justice Center Inc ($225k).
Does The Fund for Change Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Fund for Change Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund Inc, The Abell Foundation Inc, Baltimore Community Foundation Inc.
Where is The Fund for Change Inc based?
The Fund for Change Inc is based in MD.

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 58 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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