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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 FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$206k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Health$6.7MCivil Rights$1.3MHousing & Shelter$1.2MHuman Services$791kCommunity Improvement$552kArts & Culture$310kPublic Safety & Disaster$305kRecreation & Sports$273kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 23 grants below total $1,216,622, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,252,617 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $35,995 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 $10k2 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $277k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $928k
$16,622
Median grant
4
States reached
$99M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NETWORK OF MARYLAND$206,000
CASA$206,000
HOWARD COUNTY SPONSORING COMMITTEEPEOPLE ACTING TOGETHER IN HOWARD (PATH)$206,000
BRIDGES TO HOUSING STABILITY$160,000
MARYLAND CONSUMER RIGHTS COALITION DBA ECONOMIC ACTION MARYLAND$150,000
ELEPHANT CIRCLE (FS FOR DOULA ALLIANCE)$40,000
MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF MARYLAND INC$40,000
BLACK EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS NETWORK$30,000
JUSTLIVING ADVOCACY INC$20,000
FUSION PARTNERSHIP - FISCAL SPONSOR FOR BLOOM COLLECTIVE$20,000
STATES NEWSROOM$20,000
FLIGHT-PATH$16,622
MAKINGCHANGE INC$10,000
BUILDING FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN INC$10,000
MARYLAND INCLUSIVE HOUSING$10,000
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 (FY17–24, $1.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 20% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WAY STATION INC: $146k → 6%ACCESSIBLE RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENCE: $10k → 6%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF CENTRAL MARYLAND & GREATER CHESAPEAKE: $20k → 19%AMERICAN RED CROSS CENTRAL MARYLAND CHAPTER: $10k → 19%ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY SERVICES: $75k → 6%SPRINGBOARD COMMUNITY SERVICES: $225k → 11%KOREAN-AMERICAN SENIOR ASSOCIATION: $70k → 6%STILLBORN AND INFANT LOSS SUPPORT: $6k → 11%COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%FIRN INC: $25k → 6%HC DRUGFREE: $15k → 6%DOWNTOWN COLUMBIA ARTS AND CULTURE COMMISSION: $10k → 6%GRASSROOTS CRISIS INTERVENTION CENTER INC: $10k → 6%NEIGHBOR RIDE INC: $10k → 6%OHANA OF HOWARD COUNTY: $10k → 6%NEIGHBORRIDE: $8k → 6%HOWARD COUNTY SPONSORING COMMITTEEPEOPLE ACTING TOGETHER IN HOWARD (PATH): $206k → 6%ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY SERVICES: $95k → 6%HOWARD COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL: $15k → 6%LINDABEN FOUNDATION INC: $15k → 6%NAMI - HOWARD COUNTY: $10k → 6%THE ARC OF HOWARD COUNTY: $50k → 6%THE ARC OF HOWARD COUNTY: $8k → 6%BRIDGES TO HOUSING STABILITY: $160k → 6%ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY SERVICES: $94k → 6%HOPEWORKS OF HOWARD COUNTY: $40k → 6%HOPEWORKS OF HOWARD COUNTY: $15k → 6%HOWARD ECOWORKS: $10k → 6%JUSTLIVING ADVOCACY INC: $7k → 6%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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.2M · 40 repeat orgs$2.5M to everyone else

40 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 29 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
51

Total granted

$9.2M
$2.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+35%

Still filing today

83%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $333k 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
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • MA
    MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL FACULTY OF MARYLAND
    7× · 2017–2023 · $1.8M · revenue +73%
  • HC
    HOWARD COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL INC
    3× · 2017–2020 · $671k · revenue +35%
  • CA
    COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $416k · revenue +128%

Funded once

  • SP
    SHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $450k · revenue +55%
  • FA
    FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF CENTRA
    one grant, 2021 · $225k · revenue +7%
  • WS
    WAY STATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $146k · revenue +50%
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
Howard County Chamber of Commerce

To represent the business community of howard county, maryland

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2
Healthcare Access Maryland Inc

We are making maryland healthier by connecting residents to insurance and care, educating the community about healthier living, and advocating a more equitable health care system.

Health
3
Maryland Center On Economic Policy Inc

The maryland center on economic policy advances innovative policy ideas to foster broad prosperity and help our state be the standard-bearer for responsible public policy.

Social Science
4
Hh Medstar Health Inc

Plan, develop, coordinate, direct and manage an integrated healthcare system.

Health
5
Johns Hopkins Community Physicians Inc

Johns hopkins community physicians, inc (jhcp), a valued member of johns hopkins medicine, is a network of medical practices strategically positioned throughout communities in maryland and dc. we strive to meet the needs of each community…

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6
Coordinating Center for Home and Community Care Inc

The mission of The Coordinating Center is to partner with people of all ages and abilities and those who support them in the community to achieve their aspirations for independence, health, and a meaningful community life.

Human Services
7
Abilities Network Inc

Cultivating inclusive communities through relationships, innovation and high-quality services.

Health
8
Maryland Patient Safety Center Inc

To develop and implement strategies to improve the safety of patient care in maryland. mpsc unites stakeholders to champion patient safety, eliminate preventable harm, and accelerate improvements in safety quality across healthcare.

Health
9
Maryland Community Health Initiatives

The organization served approximately 5,000 people - more than 100 people take part in services offered at penn-north each day. clinical services are provided to over 800 clients per year.

Health
10
Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation

Johns hopkins health system corporation provides centralized management of a multi-hospital healthcare system. it is a key component of johns hopkins medicine, a collaboration with the johns hopkins university school of medicine.

Health
11
Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Education Fund Inc

To promote affordable healthcare.

Health
12
Community Mediation Maryland Inc

To advance community mediation in Maryland through educating the public, providing training and quality assurance, conducting research and creatively applying mediation to social challenges.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Maryland Association of Non-Profit Organizations; the most unlike its peers is Maryland Matters 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

79 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. 79 of the 100 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.

9
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
77/79
Grantees still filing
57/79
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL FACULTY OF MARYLAND: $1,815,872 · OtherMEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL FACULTY OF MARYLANDHOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM: $1,169,443 · OtherHOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMCOMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND INC: $415,500 · OtherCOMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND INCCOLUMBIA ORCHESTRA OF HOWARD COUNTY INC: $325,000 · OtherTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HOWARD COUNTY INC: $291,000 · OtherEquity4HC Inc: $271,111 · OtherCASA INC: $261,000 · OtherPTA DELAWARE CONGRESS: $230,000 · Other+48 more: $1,925,746 · Other+48 moreHOWARD COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL INC: $671,307 · HealthHOWARD COUNTY GENE…SHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $450,000 · HealthSHEPPARD PRATT HEA…BEHAVORIAL HEALTH SYSTEMS BALTIMORE: $202,709 · HealthBEHAVORIAL HEALTH …MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF MARYLAND INC: $155,000 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH ASSO…GRASSROOTS CRISIS INTERVENTION CENTER CENTER INC: $153,465 · HealthGRASSROOTS CRISIS …PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MARYLAND INC: $100,000 · HealthHUMANIM INC: $95,000 · HealthMEDSTAR HEALTH INC: $78,450 · HealthCHASE BREXTON HEALTH SERVICES INC: $75,000 · Health+3 more: $33,500 · HealthASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY SERVICES OF HOWARD COUNTY: $278,479 · Human ServicesASSOCIATION O…FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF CENTRA: $225,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY AND CH…BUILDING FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN INC: $221,000 · Human ServicesBUILDING FAMI…LINDABEN FOUNDATION INC: $170,000 · Human ServicesLINDABEN FOUN…WAY STATION INC: $146,000 · Human ServicesWAY STATION I…KOREAN-AMERICAN SENIOR ASSOCIATION HOWARD COUNTY INC: $85,200 · Human ServicesKOREAN-AMERIC…THE ARC OF HOWARD COUNTY INC: $57,500 · Human ServicesHOPEWORKS OF HOWARD COUNTY INC: $50,000 · Human Services+8 more: $165,500 · Human Services+8 moreHoward County Chinese School Inc: $278,262 · Arts & CultureCOLUMBIA FESTIVAL INC: $105,000 · Arts & CulturePEIYING CHINESE SCHOOL INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureMaryland Matters Inc: $65,000 · Arts & CultureSTATES NEWSROOM: $45,000 · Arts & CultureINDIAN CULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF HOWARD COUNTY INC: $32,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCOLUMBIA HOUSING CENTER INC: $245,000 · Housing & ShelterBRIDGES TO HOUSING STABILITY INC: $235,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterHOWARD COUNTY SPONSORING COMMITTEE INC: $431,700 · Community ImprovementCommunity Development Network of Maryland Inc: $36,622 · Community Improvement+2 more: $15,250 · Community ImprovementTHE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC: $309,809 · PhilanthropyPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $20,000 · Philanthropy
Other$6,704,672Health$2,014,431Human Services$1,398,679Arts & Culture$610,262Housing & Shelter$490,000Community Improvement$483,572Philanthropy$329,809

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL FACULTY OF MARYLAND: $1,815,872 over 7y, 9.2% of budgetHOWARD COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL INC: $671,307 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $450,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOWARD COUNTY SPONSORING COMMITTEE INC: $431,700 over 6y, 54% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND INC: $415,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetCOLUMBIA ORCHESTRA OF HOWARD COUNTY INC: $325,000 over 2y, 60% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC: $309,809 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HOWARD COUNTY INC: $291,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY SERVICES OF HOWARD COUNTY: $278,479 over 4y, 30% of budgetHoward County Chinese School Inc: $278,262 over 5y, 12% of budgetEquity4HC Inc: $271,111 over 5y, 13% of budgetCASA INC: $261,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCOLUMBIA HOUSING CENTER INC: $245,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetBRIDGES TO HOUSING STABILITY INC: $235,000 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetFAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF CENTRA: $225,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetBUILDING FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN INC: $221,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetELEPHANT CIRCLE: $206,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetBEHAVORIAL HEALTH SYSTEMS BALTIMORE: $202,709 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLINDABEN FOUNDATION INC: $170,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF MARYLAND INC: $155,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetGRASSROOTS CRISIS INTERVENTION CENTER CENTER INC: $153,465 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetWAY STATION INC: $146,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT: $145,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOLUMBIA FESTIVAL INC: $105,000 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetTHE HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE NETWORK OF MARYLAND INC: $100,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MARYLAND INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHUMANIM INC: $95,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMaryland Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics: $80,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetMEDSTAR HEALTH INC: $78,450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHASE BREXTON HEALTH SERVICES INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPEIYING CHINESE SCHOOL INC: $75,000 over 2y, 35% of budgetMARYLAND HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION: $74,904 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMaryland Matters Inc: $65,000 over 3y, 7.5% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY ECOLOGY INSTITUTE: $62,000 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $58,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARC OF HOWARD COUNTY INC: $57,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHOPEWORKS OF HOWARD COUNTY INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGILCHRIST HOSPICE CARE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHC DRUGFREE INC: $47,500 over 2y, 19% of budgetSTATES NEWSROOM: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMT HEBRON HIGH SCHOOL PTSA: $40,000 over 1y, 72% of budgetFLIGHT-PATH: $40,000 over 1y, 78% of budgetCommunity Development Network of Maryland Inc: $36,622 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetLUMINUS NETWORK INC: $31,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetNATIONAL FAMILY RESILIENCY CENTER INC: $30,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJustliving Advocacy Inc: $27,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetCommunity Services Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% 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.

The Community Foundat…The United Way of Cen…The Kahlert Foundatio…France-Merrick Founda…Leonard and Helen R S…The Harry and Jeanett…The Abell Foundation …Baltimore Community F…Zanvyl and Isabelle K…Wr Grace Foundation I…Associated Jewish Cha…Greater Washington Co…
The Community Foundation of Howard County IncMD67.3× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Horizon Foundation of Howard County Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Horizon Foundation of Howard County Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 250%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Autism Society of Maryland Inc: 67% of income from government
  • Community Action Council of Howard County Maryland Inc: 44% of income from government
  • My Covenant Place: 33% of income from government
  • Accessible Resources for Independence Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Hopeworks of Howard County Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Maryland Association of Non-Profit Organizations: 27% of income from government
  • Medstar Health Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Columbia Festival Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • On Our Own of Maryland Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Family and Children's Services of Centra: 10% of income from government
  • Howard County Arts Council: 9% of income from government
  • Casa Inc: 8% of income from government
  • The Howard County Conservancy Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Chase Brexton Health Services Inc: 4% of income from government
  • The United Way of Central Maryland Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Behavorial Health Systems Baltimore: 1% of income from government
  • Way Station Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Humanim Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Maryland Hospital Association: 0% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Maryland Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Gilchrist Hospice Care Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Sheppard Pratt Health System Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Institute for Healthcare Improvement: 0% of income from government
  • Howard County General Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
25get no government money at all
20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 100 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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