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The Kenneth L Greif Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Kenneth L Greif Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$398k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$155k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$955kHealth$374kRecreation & Sports$365kReligion$120kHuman Services$93kYouth Development$93kPhilanthropy$48kArts & Culture$40kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $160k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $225k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$8.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE PARK SCHOOL$155,000
AMERICAN CAMPING FOUNDATION INC$70,000
THE SOUL CENTER$30,000
JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE$30,000
THE ASSOCIATED JEWISH FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE$17,500
SHEPPARD PRATT$12,500
COLLEGEBOUND FOUNDATION$10,000
BALTIMORE CLAYWORKS$10,000
BAY STREET THEATER$10,000
GILMAN SCHOOL$10,000
GOUCHER COLLEGE PRISON EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP$10,000
BALTIMORE LEADERSHIP SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN$10,000
PROJECT PNEUMA INC$10,000
LIVE LIKE BLAINE FOUNDATION$7,000
BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART$2,500
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 93% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%PARK SCHOOL CORPORATION: $118k → 7%BAY STREET THEATER: $10k → 7%AMERICAN CAMPING FOUNDATION INC: $85k → 9%ASHLEY ADDICTION AND TREATMENT CENTER: $100k → 7%HAZON: $15k → 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BALTIMORE: $43k → 19%AMERICAN CAMPING FOUNDATION INC: $80k → 9%ASHLEY ADDICTION AND TREATMENT CENTER: $50k → 7%HAZON - ADAMAH: $10k → 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BALTIMORE: $20k → 19%AMERICAN CAMPING FOUNDATION INC: $70k → 9%THE PARK SCHOOL: $171k → 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BALTIMORE: $20k → 19%AMERICAN CAMPING FOUNDATION INC: $70k → 9%THE PARK SCHOOL: $168k → 11%GILMAN SCHOOL: $10k → 19%AMERICAN CAMPING FOUNDATION INC: $60k → 9%THE PARK SCHOOL: $166k → 11%THE PARK SCHOOL: $155k → 11%GILMAN SCHOOL: $10k → 19%THE SOUL CENTER: $30k → 11%THE SOUL CENTER: $23k → 11%GILMAN SCHOOL: $10k → 19%THE SOUL CENTER: $21k → 11%THE SOUL CENTER: $21k → 11%SHEPPARD PRATT: $41k → 11%SHEPPARD PRATT: $27k → 11%COLLEGEBOUND FOUNDATION: $15k → 19%SHEPPARD PRATT: $13k → 11%COLLEGEBOUND FOUNDATION: $15k → 19%SHEPPARD PRATT: $13k → 11%COLLEGEBOUND FOUNDATION: $15k → 19%GOUCHER COLLEGE PRISON EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP: $10k → 11%COLLEGEBOUND FOUNDATION: $10k → 19%BALTIMORE CLAYWORKS: $10k → 11%JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE: $48k → 19%JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE: $45k → 19%JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE: $30k → 19%PROJECT PNEUMA INC: $25k → 19%PROJECT PNEUMA INC: $25k → 19%PROJECT PNEUMA INC: $25k → 19%THE ASSOCIATED JEWISH FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE: $18k → 19%THE ASSOCIATED JEWISH FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE: $15k → 19%BALTIMORE LEADERSHIP SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN: $15k → 19%THE ASSOCIATED JEWISH FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE: $15k → 19%PROJECT PNEUMA INC: $10k → 19%BALTIMORE LEADERSHIP SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN: $10k → 19%BALTIMORE LEADERSHIP SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN: $10k → 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.
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 19 repeat orgs$66k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
7

Total granted

$2.0M
$36k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+26%

Still filing today

68%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthAnimalsRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • TP
    THE PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $777k · revenue +20%
  • AC
    AMERICAN CAMPING FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $365k · revenue +36%
  • SP
    SHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $94k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • H
    HAZON
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
  • HA
    HAZON - ADAMAH
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • ET
    EVERYMAN THEATRE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +26%
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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
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…

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3
Bullis School

Bullis school provides a student-centered balanced experience in academics, arts, athletics and community service. bullis uniquely prepares all students to become caring citizens and creative, critical thinkers who will thrive in…

Education
4
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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5
The Waldorf School of Baltimore Inc

The waldorf school of baltimore educates and inspires children to think, act, and feel with depth, imagination, and purpose.

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6
Center Stage Associates Inc

See schedule o.inspired by our home city, baltimore center stage acts as a cultural catalyst for all communities to access theater in every form and engage in compelling conversations. programming: capture the collective imagination and…

Arts & Culture
7
Barclay College

The mission of barclay college is to prepare students in a bible-centered environment for effective christian life, service, and leadership.

Education
8
Five Smooth Stones Foundation Inc

Baltimore collegiate school for boys provides the finest liberal arts education possible to baltimore's next generation of young men, ensuring that they will become responsible citizens trained to lead and serve our community, our nation,…

Education
9
Maryland Institute

Degree granting college-maryland institute college of art is a private college dedicated to the education of professional artists and the further advancement of art in the community.

Education
10
Barton College

Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…

Education
11
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
12
Behavior Analyst Certification Board Inc

We protect consumers of behavior analysis services by systematically establishing, promoting, and disseminating professional standards.

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Foundation for the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women; the most unlike its peers is Baltimore Museum of Art. 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

20 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. 20 of the 29 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
17/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC: $776,500 · EducationTHE PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INCFOUNDATION FOR THE BALTIMORE LEADERSHIP SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN: $45,000 · EducationLIVE LIKE BLAINE FOUNDATION: $35,500 · EducationGILMAN SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $30,000 · Education+1 more: $10,000 · EducationASHLEY ADDICTION AND TREATMENT CENTER: $150,000 · OtherASHLEY ADDICTION AND TREATMENT C…JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE: $123,000 · OtherJOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINETHE SOUL CENTER: $94,500 · OtherTHE SOUL CENTERJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF BALTIMORE INC: $83,000 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF BALTI…COLLEGEBOUND FOUNDATION: $55,000 · OtherCOLLEGEBOUND FOUNDATIONTHE ASSOCIATED JEWISH FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE: $47,500 · OtherTHE ASSOCIATED JEWISH FEDERATION…+5 more: $45,000 · Other+5 moreAMERICAN CAMPING FOUNDATION INC: $365,000 · Recreation & SportsAMERICAN CAMPING FO…SHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $93,500 · HealthTHE RYR-1 FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Health+1 more: $2,500 · HealthPROJECT PNEUMA INC: $92,500 · Youth DevelopmentBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $15,000 · Arts & CultureBAY STREET THEATRE FESTIVAL INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE CLAYWORKS INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureEVERYMAN THEATRE INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MARYLAND SPCA INC: $2,000 · AnimalsBALTIMORE ANIMAL RESCUE AND CARE SHELTER BARCS: $500 · AnimalsNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $500 · AnimalsSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $2,000 · Crime & Legal
Education$897,000Other$598,000Recreation & Sports$365,000Health$101,000Youth Development$92,500Arts & Culture$40,000Animals$3,000Crime & Legal$2,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC: $776,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN CAMPING FOUNDATION INC: $365,000 over 5y, 22% of budgetSHEPPARD PRATT HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $93,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT PNEUMA INC: $92,500 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF BALTIMORE INC: $83,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCOLLEGEBOUND FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE BALTIMORE LEADERSHIP SCHOOL FOR YOUNG WOMEN: $45,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetLIVE LIKE BLAINE FOUNDATION: $35,500 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetGILMAN SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBAY STREET THEATRE FESTIVAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGOUCHER COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE CLAYWORKS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE RYR-1 FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetEVERYMAN THEATRE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLewy Body Dementia Association Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MARYLAND SPCA INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE ANIMAL RESCUE AND CARE SHELTER BARCS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 Kathy L Shapiro F…France-Merrick Founda…T Rowe Price Program …Associated Jewish Cha…Baltimore Community F…Patricia and Mark Jos…The Harry and Jeanett…Annie E Casey Foundat…American Endowment Fo…Jacob S Shapiro Found…Trp Shawe FndatnLockhart Vaughan Foun…
The Kathy L Shapiro Foundation Inc IncMD22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Kathy L Shapiro Foundation Inc Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · Patricia and Mark Joseph Shelter Foundation Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Jacob S Shapiro Foundation · Trp Shawe Fndatn · Lockhart Vaughan 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 Kenneth L Greif Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kenneth L Greif Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Everyman Theatre Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Baltimore Clayworks Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Baltimore Museum of Art: 4% of income from government
  • Jewish Community Center of Baltimore Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Goucher College: 0% of income from government
  • Sheppard Pratt Health System Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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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Find your warmest path to The Kenneth L Greif Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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 29 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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