· Private foundation
The Hedgelawn Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k15 grants · $39k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MAINSTAY | $15,000 |
| KENT CULTURAL ALLIANCE | $10,000 |
| GARFIELD CENTER FOR THE ARTS | $6,667 |
| HARRIET TUBMAN MUSEUM | $5,000 |
| ECHO HILL OUTDOOR SCHOOL INC | $5,000 |
| CHURCH HILL THEATRE | $4,500 |
| CHOPTANK TOLOMATO LEGACY PROJECT | $3,969 |
| KENT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BAND | $2,500 |
| KENT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WKHS | $2,500 |
| SULTANA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| HORIZON'S | $1,050 |
| MARTIN'S HOUSE | $1,000 |
| HIGH ROAD ARTISANS | $750 |
| Individual grant recipient | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- KCKENT CULTURAL ALLIANCE INC7× · 2017–2024 · $44k · revenue +99%
- TMThe Mainstay Inc5× · 2017–2024 · $42k · revenue +6%
- WCWASHINGTON COLLEGE3× · 2020–2023 · $15k · revenue +29%
Funded once
- VSVIELLA SRL FOR UNIV OF WARWICKone grant, 2020 · $12k
- HFHOPE FELLOWSHIPone grant, 2020 · $12k
- UOUNIVERSTIY OF DELAWAREone grant, 2018 · $10k
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.
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.
The Center brings together diverse interests from the agricultural, forestry, and environmental communities for the purpose of retaining Maryland's working landscapes and the industries they support while protecting and improving the…
Classic Theatre of Marylands mission is to produce bold re-imagined entertaining and accessible interpretations of classical works contemporary plays and musicals with a core commitment to the works of Shakespeare and other major…
To preserve and promote the role that the chesapeake bay watermen played in the shaping of our nation through a historical display of crafts and methods of their trade.
Our mission is to create an environment of discovery about oneself, the peoples, the technologies and the ecologies of the Chesapeake Bay area for all children and the child in us all.
The annapolis maritime museum educates youth and adults about the annapolis areas rich maritime heritage and the ecology of the chesapeake bay through programs, exhibits, and community events. continued on schedule o
The chester historical society (chs) seeks to promote an interest in the history of chester, ct as a prototypical new england small town that has survived and thrived by adapting to changing cultural, economic and demographic environments.
Shriver hall concert series's mission is to enrich the baltimore community through outstanding chamber music and recital experiences.
The baltimore museum of art connects art to baltimore and baltimore to the world, embodying a commitment to artistic excellence and social equity in every decision from art presentation, interpretation, and collecting, to the composition…
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 46 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds KENT CULTURAL ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds The Mainstay Inc ↗
- Who funds SULTANA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds CHURCH HILL THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds MINORITIES IN AQUACULTURE ↗
- Who funds SHORERIVERS INC ↗
- Who funds ECHO HILL OUTDOOR SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds CHESTER RIVER CHORALE INC ↗
- Who funds THE CHOPTANK TOLOMATO LEGACY PROJECT ↗
- Who funds MINARYS DREAM ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF KENT CO MD ↗
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: Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc · Schumann Robert F Fdn-Main · Barbara L Thomas Foundation · Fordi Family Foundation Inc · David a Bramble Foundation Inc · The Llandaff Family Trust · The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Hedgelawn Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hedgelawn Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Kent Cultural Alliance Inc: 27% of income from government
- Shorerivers Inc: 13% of income from government
- Sultana Education Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
- Academy Art Museum Inc: 5% of income from government
- Echo Hill Outdoor School Inc: 5% of income from government
- Washington College: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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