Maryland · Private foundation
The Jean and Sidney Silber Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $460k
- Granted FY2021
- 24
- Grants FY2021
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Jean and Sidney Silber Foundation Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year The Jean and Sidney Silber Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 18 organizations, $460k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $55,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 3
- Total assets, FY2021
- $3.5M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 30% of the organizations The Jean and Sidney Silber Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 23 | $405k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $291k | 26% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $253k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $318k | 62% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $331k | 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 FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City | $440,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Teach for America Inc | $165,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Baltimore Curriculum Project Inc | $57,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Code in the Schools Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Center for Urban Families Inc | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Arts for Learning Maryland Inc | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Maryland Food Bank Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Paul's Place Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Parks and People Inc | $45,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Art With a Heart Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 1% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City | $440,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Teach for America Inc | $165,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Baltimore Curriculum Project Inc | $57,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Code in the Schools Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Center for Urban Families Inc | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Arts for Learning Maryland Inc | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Maryland Food Bank Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Paul's Place Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Parks and People Inc | $45,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Art With a Heart Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Dyslexia Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Project Pneuma Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Job Opportunities Task Force Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Creative Alliance Inc | $11,185 | 1 | 0% |
| Green Street Academy Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Baltimore Design School Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Baltimore City Public Schools | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wide Angle Youth Media Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Digital Harbor Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fund for Educational Excellence Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Thread Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Druid Heights Community Development Corporation | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($435k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Jean and Sidney Silber Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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: Fund for Educational Excellence Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Sherman Family Foundation · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Family League of Baltimore City Inc · Lockhart Vaughan Foundation · The Morris Goldseker Foundation of Maryland Inc
How this is measured
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About The Jean and Sidney Silber Foundation Inc
- How much does The Jean and Sidney Silber Foundation Inc give?
- The Jean and Sidney Silber Foundation Inc reported 24 grants totaling $460,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does The Jean and Sidney Silber Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Philanthropy (71%), Education (17%), Religion (3%).
- Who are The Jean and Sidney Silber Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City ($440k), Teach for America Inc ($165k), Baltimore Curriculum Project Inc ($58k).
- Does The Jean and Sidney Silber Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Jean and Sidney Silber Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Jean and Sidney Silber Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fund for Educational Excellence Inc, France-Merrick Foundation Inc, The Abell Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Jean and Sidney Silber Foundation Inc based?
- The Jean and Sidney Silber Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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