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The Lawrence and Ellen Macks Family Foundation of Maryland Inc

See schedule othe foundation was created to carry out the charitable, educational, and religious purposes of the associated: jewish community federation of baltimore, inc. (the associated). The foundation makes grants to public charitable organizations in furtherance of the mission of the associated.

$220k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
2
Itemized grants FY2025
8
Organizations funded FY2024
38%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$175k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$100,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
5 to 8
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$423k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 38% of the organizations The Lawrence and Ellen Macks Family Foundation of Maryland Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

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HealthPhilanthropyCivil RightsHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving2$175k0%
FY20248$362k38%
FY20237$1.3M29%
FY20227$215k57%
FY20215$156kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Philanthropy$1.8MHealth$333kHuman Services$80kCivil Rights$50kReligion$33kFood & Nutrition$30kArts & Culture$30kEducation$20k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 14 grantees
All grantees of The Lawrence and Ellen Macks Family Foundation of Maryland Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Lawrence and Ellen Macks Family Foundation of Florida$1,010,000299%
The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore Inc$657,50050%
The Union Memorial Hospital$300,00030%
Anti-Defamation League$50,00010%
Sunrise Day Camps Association Inc$40,00040%
The Maryland Food Bank Inc$30,00030%
Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation$30,00010%
The Baltimore Children's Museum Inc$30,00020%
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Inc$25,00010%
Piedmont Learning Center Inc$20,0001n/a
Jewish Camp and Conference Service Inc$20,00020%
Beth Israel Congregation$13,4002n/a
The Family Tree Inc$10,00010%
Nch Healthcare System Inc$7,5001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

The Lawrence and Ellen Macks Family Foundation of Maryland Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLawrence and Ellen Macks Family Foundation of Florida: $1,010,000 over 2y, 99% of budgetThe Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore Inc: $657,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetThe Union Memorial Hospital: $300,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSunrise Day Camps Association Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Maryland Food Bank Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOcean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation: $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Baltimore Children's Museum Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSinai Hospital of Baltimore Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Camp and Conference Service Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Family Tree Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 11.

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.

T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving IncMD16.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Dicarlo Plank Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

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About The Lawrence and Ellen Macks Family Foundation of Maryland Inc

How much does The Lawrence and Ellen Macks Family Foundation of Maryland Inc give?
The Lawrence and Ellen Macks Family Foundation of Maryland Inc reported 2 itemized grants totaling $175,000, out of $220,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does The Lawrence and Ellen Macks Family Foundation of Maryland Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (76%), Health (14%), Human Services (3%).
Who are The Lawrence and Ellen Macks Family Foundation of Maryland Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Lawrence and Ellen Macks Family Foundation of Florida ($1.0M), The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore Inc ($658k), The Union Memorial Hospital ($300k).
Does The Lawrence and Ellen Macks Family Foundation of Maryland Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Lawrence and Ellen Macks Family Foundation of Maryland Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc, Dicarlo Plank Foundation, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund.
Where is The Lawrence and Ellen Macks Family Foundation of Maryland Inc based?
The Lawrence and Ellen Macks Family Foundation of Maryland Inc is based in MD.

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 17 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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