· Private foundation
The Kiefer Foundation Inc
Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2022
- Under $10k11 grants · $4k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $55k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST BARNABAS AND ST SUSANN COPTIC CH | $30,203 |
| THE GREEN MOUNT SCHOOL | $25,000 |
| MISSION HELPERS OF THE SACRED | $750 |
| WILLIAM BAER SCHOOL | $600 |
| SACRED HEARTS PARISH | $600 |
| LUTHERAN MISSION SOCIETY | $500 |
| MARYVALE PREPARATORY SCHOOL | $500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $250 |
| COMMUNITY CRISIS CENTER | $250 |
| FOUNDATION FOR BALTIMORE COUNTY PUB | $250 |
| TUNNELS TO TOWERS | $250 |
| WESTMINSTER RESCUE MISSION | $250 |
| CELTIC ARTS FOUNDATION | $250 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 96% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 100% of The Kiefer Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 89% of the giving stays in MD; by stated purpose, 0%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2022, 1 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AHAmerican Heart Association Inc2× · 2020–2021 · $4k · revenue +53%
- CACELTIC ARTS FOUNDATION2× · 2020–2022 · $3k · revenue +129%
- TWThe William S Baer School2× · 2020–2022 · $2k · revenue +111%
Funded once
- TCTHE COPTIC ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCone grant, 2021 · $14k
- K4KARS 4 KIDS INCone grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue -16%
- MLMARTINI LUTHERAN CHURCHone grant, 2020 · $1k
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.
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.
The mission of the capital area food bank (the food bank or cafb) is to help our neighbors thrive by creating more equitable access to food and opportunity through community partnerships.
Manna food center, inc strives to end hunger in our community through education, advocacy, and food distribution to individuals and partner agencies. manna's guiding principles are to be service-driven, community- centered and…
We mobilize and educate our community to ensure equitable access to nutritious and familiar food. we do this by raising, and soliciting funds for the acquisition, storage, growing, collection and distribution of food to low income citizens…
The hugo w. moser research institute at kennedy krieger, inc. (the "research institute") is an internationally recognized research facility finding answers to problems and injuries that affect a child's developing brain. researchers have…
Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…
Freshfarm is a washington, dc-based nonprofit that builds a more equitable, sustainable, and resilient food system in the mid-atlantic region by producing innovative solutions in partnership with local communities and organizations. we…
To solve 2 major social issues simultaneously: food waste & hunger. nourish now is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit food bank, specialized in food recovery and providing donations from grocers, caterers, restaurants, bakeries, and other food donors…
The mission of cardinal mccloskey community charter school is to address the academic, social-emotional and developmental needs of its students in a safe, supportive and trauma-sensitive learning environment. the school is committed to…
Houston food bank's mission is to provide food for better lives. last year we provided access to 136 million nutritious meals in 18 counties in southeast texas through our 1,600 community partners which includes food pantries, soup…
As a statewide resource center, the school provides outreach, educational and residential services for students to reach their fullest potential by preparing them to be as successful, independent, and well-rounded contributing members of…
Cultivate local food systems prioritizing health, equity, and sustainability, from farm forward.
Our mission is to enable our neighbors westmoreland county residents who are hungry or at risk of hunger to have ready access to food.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 24 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 THE GREENMOUNT SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds CELTIC ARTS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KARS 4 KIDS INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY CRISIS CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds The William S Baer School ↗
- Who funds WESTMINSTER RESCUE MISSION ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK 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.
Open a dossier: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Kiefer Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kiefer Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
- Kars 4 Kids Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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