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The Greater Bel Air Community Foundation Inc

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$52k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
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.

Community Improvement$150kRecreation & Sports$96kEducation$79kPhilanthropy$50kPublic Benefit$36kHealth$15kHuman Services$6kArts & Culture$6k
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $40,536, the rows itemized in this filing. The $52,334 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $11,798 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 $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$99k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ROCKFIELD FOUNDATION$25,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HC$10,000
THE HIGHLAND SCHOOL$5,536
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 (FY21–21, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%LASOS INC: $6k → 7%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.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$214k · 4 repeat orgs$184k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
15

Total granted

$214k
$179k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-3%
+25%

Still filing today

75%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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
Community ImprovementEducationHealthRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesOther
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

  • WW
    WINTER WONDERLAND INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $80k · revenue -57% · 72% of their budget
  • RF
    ROCKFIELD FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2018–2024 · $60k · revenue +77%
  • CL
    CEDAR LANE SPORTS FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $38k · revenue -3%

Funded once

  • JC
    JOHN CARROLL SCHOOL INC
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MD UPPER CHESAPEAKE
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • TC
    THE CHAR HOPE FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +725%
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
Historical Society Harford Cou

Preserve the history of Harford County, Maryland

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2
Harford Volunteer Fire Company

To provide fire protection, rescue and ambulance services to a community of approximately 4000 people.

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3
Hyattsville Community Development Corporation

To develop arts and public spaces in the community; to spur economic development and the quality of community life in hyattsville; to encourage widespread community leadership for community revitalization; to promote educational activities…

Community Improvement
4
The Humane Society of Harford County Inc

The humane society of harford county's mission is to promote the humane treatment of homeless, stray and abandoned animals by providing shelter, care, adoptions and community education.

Animals
5
Churchville Recreation Council Inc

To conduct recreational and educational activities to benefit the town of churchville and bel air citizens.

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6
Maryland Agricultural Resource Council Inc

For the benefit of the citizens of md to enhance their knowledge and appreciation for agricultural businesses. to educate and assist farmers in developing agricultural operations that are viable and environmentally sustainable.

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7
Harford Land Trust Inc

The preservation of land and conservation of natural resources for public enjoyment and passive recreation.

Environment
8
Howard County Chamber of Commerce

To represent the business community of howard county, maryland

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9
Community Development Network of Maryland Inc

To promote, strengthen, and advocate for the community development sector throughout Marylands urban, suburban, and rural communities.

Community Improvement
10
Liberty Community Development Corp Inc

Our misson is to enhance the quality of life for residents in maryland. we accomplish our mission through community service programs and community outreach initiatives that promote improvement in the quality of youth and their families.

Human Services
11
Harford County Volunteer Fire and Emergency Services Association Inc

To promote successful volunteer fire and emergency medical service operations within harford county, maryland.

Public Safety & Disaster
12
Hc Drugfree Inc

HC DrugFree provides prevention, treatment, recovery, and health, wellness resources and education to help Howard County residents develop knowledge and skills to understand and address behavioral health disorders substance abuse and…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Harford County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Chesapeake Therapeutic Riding Inc. 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

11 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. 11 of the 21 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
5/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WINTER WONDERLAND INC: $80,000 · OtherWINTER WONDERLAND INCTOWN OF BEL AIR: $36,000 · OtherTOWN OF BEL AIRJOHN CARROLL SCHOOL INC: $25,000 · OtherJOHN CARROLL SCHOOL INCUNIVERSITY OF MD UPPER CHESAPEAKE: $25,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MD UPPER CHESAPEAKEPATTERSON MILL ATHLETIC BOOSTERS INC: $14,000 · OtherPATTERSON MILL ATHLETIC BOOSTERS INCFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETE: $12,500 · OtherC MILTON WRIGHT ATHLETIC BOOST: $10,000 · OtherTHE LIRIODENDRON FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · OtherPROSPECT MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $10,000 · OtherHARFORD COUNTY 4-H CLUBS INCORPORATED: $10,000 · Other+3 more: $18,010 · Other+3 moreROCKFIELD FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · Community ImprovementROCKFIELD FOUNDATI…BEL AIR DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 · Community ImprovementBEL AIR DOWNTOWN A…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HARFORD COUNTY INC: $40,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY …CEDAR LANE SPORTS FOUNDATION INC: $37,500 · Recreation & SportsCEDAR LAN…CHESAPEAKE THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC: $13,389 · EducationTHE HIGHLANDS SCHOOL INC: $5,536 · EducationTHE CHAR HOPE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · HealthLASOS Inc: $6,000 · Human Services
Other$250,510Community Improvement$70,000Philanthropy$40,000Recreation & Sports$37,500Education$18,925Health$15,000Human Services$6,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWINTER WONDERLAND INC: $80,000 over 4y, 72% of budgetROCKFIELD FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HARFORD COUNTY INC: $40,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetCEDAR LANE SPORTS FOUNDATION INC: $37,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetCHESAPEAKE THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC: $13,389 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetTHE LIRIODENDRON FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetBEL AIR DOWNTOWN ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetHARFORD COUNTY 4-H CLUBS INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetLASOS Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTHE HIGHLANDS SCHOOL INC: $5,536 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.

Kleins Shoprite of Ma…The Dresher Foundatio…Community Foundation …Oluv C Joynor Foundat…The Bank of America C…Amazonsmile Foundation
Kleins Shoprite of Maryland Charitable Fund IncMD24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kleins Shoprite of Maryland Charitable Fund Inc · The Dresher Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Harford County Inc · Oluv C Joynor Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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 Greater Bel Air Community Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Greater Bel Air Community Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 Greater Bel Air Community Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Greater Bel Air Community 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 21 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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