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The Joseph Meyerhoff Fund Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

The Joseph Meyerhoff Fund Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
92
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$871k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

International$4.6MArts & Culture$4.4MEducation$3.5MPhilanthropy$3.2MCommunity Improvement$2.1MReligion$1.3MHuman Services$1.3MRecreation & Sports$795kOther$0
02FY2024 · 92 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k17 grants · $57k
  • $10k–50k55 grants · $946k
  • $50k–250k18 grants · $1.7M
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.5M
$18,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$45M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC$871,000
ASSOCIATED JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE$596,900
FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE (HILLEL)$225,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BALTIMORE$200,000
BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$200,000
BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART$120,000
NEW ISRAEL FUND$103,000
ISRAEL ON CAMPUS COALITION$100,000
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE$85,000
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$80,000
BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION$75,000
SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$71,678
Individual grant recipient$70,000
INNOVATION WORKS$67,000
FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE$60,000
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, $459k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PIVOT INC: $3k → 16%UNCHAINED AT LAST: $2k → 10%HUDSON VALLEY LGBTQ COMMUNITY CENTER: $3k → 16%PIVOT INC: $3k → 16%HERO DOGS: $3k → 8%YOUNG ADULT INSTITUTE: $2k → 17%ISHSHAH'S PLACE INC: $1k → 11%YMCA: $45k → 11%YMCA: $23k → 11%YMCA: $20k → 11%YMCA: $20k → 11%YMCA: $20k → 11%YMCA: $20k → 11%ART WITH A HEART: $20k → 19%ART WITH A HEART: $15k → 19%ART WITH A HEART: $15k → 19%ART WITH A HEART: $13k → 19%ART WITH A HEART: $10k → 19%ART WITH A HEART: $10k → 19%ART WITH A HEART: $10k → 19%ART WITH A HEART: $10k → 19%HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND: $20k → 19%HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND: $15k → 19%HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND: $15k → 19%HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND: $10k → 19%HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND: $10k → 19%HOUSE OF RUTH MARYLAND: $10k → 19%COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE NETWORK INC: $30k → 19%COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE NETWORK INC: $25k → 19%COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE NETWORK INC: $15k → 19%COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE NETWORK INC: $15k → 19%JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $25k → 19%JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5k → 19%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CA
NE
VA
MD
DE
DC
OK
AL
FL
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$19M · 126 repeat orgs$1.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +48% for those funded once.

126 repeat relationships: 78 still active in FY2024, 48 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

126
79

Total granted

$19M
$687k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+48%

Still filing today

78%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M 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
EducationArts & CultureHealthCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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

  • BS
    BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $1.9M · revenue +68%
  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF BALTIMORE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $513k · revenue +32%
  • TM
    THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $484k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • SC
    STRONG CITY BALTIMORE INC
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +42%
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE CHESAPEAKE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +26%
  • FA
    FARM ALLIANCE OF BALTIMORE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $46k · revenue +539%
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
Baltimore Corps Inc

To cultivate career advancement opportunities for local talent, facilitate talent acquisition for local employers, increase access to capital for local entrepreneurs' social ventures, and foster cross-sector collaboration to address city…

Employment
2
The Arc Baltimore Inc

The arc baltimore supports people with developmental disabilities to lead fulfilling lives with a sense of belonging, purpose, and meaningful relationships.

Human Services
3
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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4
University of Maryland Facultyphysicians Inc

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland, school of medicine, administrative support services are provided to the physician practices of the university of maryland, including but not limited to information technology,…

Health
5
Jews United for Justice Inc

Jews united for justice advances economic, racial, and social justice in the baltimore-washington region by educating and mobilizing our local jewish communities to action.

Religion
6
Visit Baltimore Inc

Visit baltimore is the tourism arm of baltimore, responsible for generating incremental economic benefits through attraction of convention and leisure visitors, and works to provide experience for all guests.

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7
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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8
University of Maryland Oncology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
9
Blackbird Laboratories Inc

Blackbird laboratories is an independent nonprofit medical research organization based in baltimore that is focused on conducting medical and scientific research in conjunction with nonprofit hospitals and academic institutions,…

Health
10
Cfa Society Baltimore Inc

The cfa society baltimore, inc. was founded in 1948. the cfa society baltimore, inc. was established to provide the financial community with information and knowledge, while advocating ethical conduct with regard to investments and…

—
11
University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Education
12
University of Maryland Neurology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore Inc; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Herring Run Parks 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

168 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 168 of the 223 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
49
Early backer (in before they grew)
163/168
Grantees still filing
130/168
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $2,661,521 · PhilanthropyPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS …THE ASSOCIATED JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE INC: $1,546,400 · PhilanthropyTHE ASSOCIATED JEWISH COMMU…THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $668,900 · PhilanthropyTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF N…SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC: $395,965 · PhilanthropySOUTHEAST COMMUNITY DEVELOP…BALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $348,672 · PhilanthropyBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDAT…THE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC: $344,000 · PhilanthropyTHE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL M…+4 more: $107,000 · PhilanthropyPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $871,000 · OtherPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INCFOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE (HILLEL): $621,000 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE (HI…JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF BALTIMORE INC: $512,500 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF BALTIMORE …THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $484,000 · OtherTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INCIndividual grant recipient: $285,000 · OtherLIVING CLASSROOMS FOUNDATION: $285,000 · OtherFriends of Patterson Park Inc: $278,074 · OtherANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $385,000 · Other+111 more: $4,475,502 · Other+111 moreBALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $1,925,000 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE SYMPHONY …BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $430,000 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF…THE BALTIMORE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $360,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BALTIMORE CHILD…MARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $325,500 · Arts & CultureMARYLAND ACADEMY OF…CREATIVE ALLIANCE INC: $255,000 · Arts & CultureCREATIVE ALLIANCE I…ARTS FOR LEARNING MARYLAND INC: $210,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER STAGE ASSOCIATES INC: $210,000 · Arts & Culture+15 more: $634,084 · Arts & Culture+15 moreFUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $449,400 · EducationFUND FOR EDU…ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY OF BALTIMORE CITY: $350,000 · EducationENOCH PRATT …ISRAEL ON CAMPUS COALITION INC: $325,000 · EducationISRAEL ON CA…City Neighbors Foundation Inc: $254,000 · EducationCity Neighbo…AFYA BALTIMORE INC: $241,000 · EducationAFYA BALTIMO…UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC: $225,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY O…JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $195,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKIN…INSTITUTE FOR ISLAMIC CHRISTIAN AND JEWISH STUDIES INC: $150,000 · EducationINSTITUTE FO…The Ingenuity Project Inc: $140,000 · EducationAMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC: $125,000 · EducationCIVIC WORKS INC: $120,000 · Education+14 more: $238,000 · Education+14 moreNEW ISRAEL FUND: $529,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $175,000 · InternationalAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $145,000 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $129,000 · InternationalNORTH AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ORANIM INC: $125,000 · InternationalThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $125,000 · InternationalAMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $100,000 · InternationalFriends of the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism: $98,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAOZ-SEAL INC: $70,000 · International+1 more: $30,000 · InternationalHEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS INC: $428,000 · Community ImprovementBANNER NEIGHBORHOODS COMMUNITY CORP: $230,000 · Community ImprovementLIVE BALTIMORE HOME CENTER INC: $154,200 · Community ImprovementHAMILTON-LAURAVILLE MAIN STREET INC: $135,000 · Community ImprovementMaryland Alliance of Public Charter Schools Inc: $130,000 · Community ImprovementBALTIMORE HOMECOMING INC: $90,000 · Community ImprovementINNOVATION WORKS INC: $67,000 · Community Improvement+5 more: $86,500 · Community ImprovementBELAIR-EDISON NEIGHBORHOODS INC: $417,500 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE CHESAPEAKE INC: $50,000 · Housing & Shelter
Philanthropy$6,072,458Other$8,197,076Arts & Culture$4,349,584Education$2,812,400International$1,526,000Community Improvement$1,320,700Housing & Shelter$467,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $2,661,521 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetBALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $1,925,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATED JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE INC: $1,546,400 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $668,900 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $529,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF BALTIMORE INC: $512,500 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $484,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $449,400 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $430,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetHEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS INC: $428,000 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetBELAIR-EDISON NEIGHBORHOODS INC: $417,500 over 8y, 7.6% of budgetSOUTHEAST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC: $395,965 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $385,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BALTIMORE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $360,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY OF BALTIMORE CITY: $350,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $348,672 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC: $344,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetMARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: $325,500 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetISRAEL ON CAMPUS COALITION INC: $325,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetFriends of Patterson Park Inc: $278,074 over 8y, 7.8% of budgetCREATIVE ALLIANCE INC: $255,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetCity Neighbors Foundation Inc: $254,000 over 5y, 37% of budgetJEWISH GRANDPARENTS NETWORK INC: $250,000 over 5y, 36% of budgetAFYA BALTIMORE INC: $241,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetBANNER NEIGHBORHOODS COMMUNITY CORP: $230,000 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC: $225,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPARKS AND PEOPLE INC: $220,500 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetARTS FOR LEARNING MARYLAND INC: $210,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetCENTER STAGE ASSOCIATES INC: $210,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $195,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetB'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION: $195,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $175,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLIVE BALTIMORE HOME CENTER INC: $154,200 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR ISLAMIC CHRISTIAN AND JEWISH STUDIES INC: $150,000 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetYMCA OF CUMBERLAND MARYLAND INC: $147,500 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $145,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ingenuity Project Inc: $140,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetNATIONAL AQUARIUM INC: $140,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHAMILTON-LAURAVILLE MAIN STREET INC: $135,000 over 8y, 9.0% of budgetMaryland Alliance of Public Charter Schools Inc: $130,000 over 8y, 12% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION: $129,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ORANIM INC: $125,000 over 5y, 20% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $125,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY INC: $125,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMARYLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $120,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCIVIC WORKS INC: $120,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetEVERYMAN THEATRE INC: $119,084 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF CENTRAL MARYLANDINC: $110,000 over 8y, 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.

  • Who funds PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ASSOCIATED JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW ISRAEL FUND ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF BALTIMORE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS INC ↗
  • Who funds BELAIR-EDISON NEIGHBORHOODS INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds THE BALTIMORE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY OF BALTIMORE CITY ↗
  • Who funds BALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds MARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds ISRAEL ON CAMPUS COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Patterson Park Inc ↗
  • Who funds CREATIVE ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds City Neighbors Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH GRANDPARENTS NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds AFYA BALTIMORE INC ↗
  • Who funds BANNER NEIGHBORHOODS COMMUNITY CORP ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PARKS AND PEOPLE INC ↗
  • Who funds ARTS FOR LEARNING MARYLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER STAGE ASSOCIATES INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds B'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds LIVE BALTIMORE HOME CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR ISLAMIC CHRISTIAN AND JEWISH STUDIES INC ↗

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.

Baltimore Community F…France-Merrick Founda…T Rowe Price Foundati…The United Way of Cen…The Abell Foundation …The Jacob and Hilda B…Associated Jewish Cha…The Bunting Family Fo…The Harry and Jeanett…The Morris Goldseker …Annie E Casey Foundat…The John J Leidy Foun…
Baltimore Community Foundation IncMD103.6× affinity59 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Foundation · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · The Bunting Family Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · The Morris Goldseker Foundation of Maryland Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · The John J Leidy Foundation Inc

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 Joseph Meyerhoff Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Joseph Meyerhoff Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 350%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Maryland Alliance of Public Charter Schools Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Civic Works Inc: 63% of income from government
  • Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street Inc: 59% of income from government
  • Parks and People Inc: 43% of income from government
  • Postpartum Support International: 43% of income from government
  • Mount Vernon Place Conservancy Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Casa of Baltimore County Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Southeast Community Development Corporation Inc: 35% of income from government
  • The Baltimore Children's Museum Inc: 33% of income from government
  • York Street Project: 32% of income from government
  • Belair-Edison Neighborhoods Inc: 32% of income from government
  • Maryland Association of Non-Profit Organizations: 27% of income from government
  • Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Baltimore Squashwise Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Epilepsy Foundation of America: 22% of income from government
  • The House of Ruth Maryland Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Moveable Feast Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Shakespeare Company: 16% of income from government
  • Healthy Neighborhoods Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Everyman Theatre Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Harford Family House Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland Inc: 11% of income from government
  • The Baltimore Station Inc: 11% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Maryland Academy of Sciences: 9% of income from government
  • The Family Tree Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Casa Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Citizen Schools Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Baltimore Museum of Industry Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Community Assistance Network Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Center Stage Associates Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Banner Neighborhoods Community Corp: 6% of income from government
  • Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Arts Every Day Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Baltimore Museum of Art: 4% of income from government
  • Art With a Heart Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake Inc: 4% of income from government
  • University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Maryland Zoological Society Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Fusion Partnership Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Baltimore Festival of the Arts Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Digital Harbor Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Pivot Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Jewish Community Center of Baltimore Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Jewish Museum of Maryland Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The United Way of Central Maryland Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Lifebridge Health Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Fund for Educational Excellence Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Arts for Learning Maryland Inc: 1% of income from government
  • National Aquarium Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Maryland Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Gilchrist Hospice Care Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Hope for Haiti Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Johns Hopkins Hospital: 0% of income from government
  • Mt Washington Pediatric Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
35get no government money at all
32report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely 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.
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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 223 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-PF 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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