Maryland · Public charity
The Horizon Foundation of Howard County Inc
The horizon foundation works side-by-side with community to build power, advocate for policy change, and dismantle structural racism to achieve better health for everyone in howard county and greater maryland.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 23
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $16,622
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $206,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 32
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $99M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations The Horizon Foundation of Howard County Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $108k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 18 | $1.0M | 39% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $573k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $1.3M | 48% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $2.4M | 41% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $2.4M | 41% |
| FY2019 | 30 | $1.6M | 70% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $1.6M | 90% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $826k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland | $1,815,872 | 7 | 9% |
| Howard County Public School System | $1,169,443 | 4 | n/a |
| Howard County General Hospital Inc | $671,307 | 3 | 0% |
| Sheppard Pratt Health System Inc | $450,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Howard County Sponsoring Committee Inc | $431,700 | 6 | 54% |
| Community Action Council of Howard County Maryland Inc | $415,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Columbia Orchestra of Howard County Inc | $325,000 | 2 | 60% |
| The United Way of Central Maryland Inc | $309,809 | 3 | 0% |
| Association of Community Services of Howard County | $278,479 | 4 | 30% |
| Howard County Chinese School Inc | $278,262 | 5 | 12% |
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Where it is load-bearing
The Horizon Foundation of Howard County Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 9 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 71 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: The Community Foundation of Howard County Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · The Kahlert Foundation Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · Leonard and Helen R Stulman Charitable · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund Inc · Wr Grace Foundation Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Greater Washington Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Horizon Foundation of Howard County Inc
- How much does The Horizon Foundation of Howard County Inc give?
- The Horizon Foundation of Howard County Inc reported 23 itemized grants totaling $1,216,622, out of $1,252,617 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 32 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Horizon Foundation of Howard County Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (56%), Civil Rights (11%), Housing & Shelter (10%).
- Who are The Horizon Foundation of Howard County Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland ($1.8M), Howard County Public School System ($1.2M), Howard County General Hospital Inc ($671k).
- Does The Horizon Foundation of Howard County Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Horizon Foundation of Howard County Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Howard County Inc, The United Way of Central Maryland Inc, The Kahlert Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Horizon Foundation of Howard County Inc based?
- The Horizon Foundation of Howard County Inc is based in MD.
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