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The Lawrence and Ellen Macks Family Foundation of Maryland Inc at a glance

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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.

$220k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $175,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $220,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $45,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$100,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$423k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL$100,000
THE ASSOCIATED JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE$75,000
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 (FY21–24, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 57% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%OCEAN STATE JOB LOT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $30k → 7%SUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATONS INC: $10k → 19%SUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATONS INC: $10k → 19%SUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATONS INC: $10k → 19%SUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATONS INC: $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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 8 repeat orgs$143k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +8% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
6

Total granted

$2.1M
$143k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+5%

Still filing today

88%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
HealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesCivil RightsArts & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TA
    THE ASSOCIATED JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $658k · revenue +8%
  • TU
    THE UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
    3× · 2023–2025 · $300k · revenue +8%
  • SD
    SUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $40k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • AL
    ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue -17%
  • OS
    OCEAN STATE JOB LOT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $30k · revenue 0%
  • SH
    SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue +5%
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
Lifebridge Health Inc

Lifebridge health is dedicated to maintaining and improving the health and well-being of all people in greater baltimore, with special emphasis on baltimore city and baltimore and carroll counties. in so doing, lifebridge is committed to…

Health
2
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
3
Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Long island jewish medical center is part of the northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and…

Health
4
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
5
Kolker-Saxon-Hallock Family Foundation 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…

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6
Luminis Health Inc

Support and encourage quality health care, medical, and related services across anne arundel, prince george's, calvert, queen anne's, and talbot and kent counties, by among other activities, conducting fundraising and other operations for…

Health
7
Baltimore Jewish Council Inc

To foster cooperation and understanding within the jewish community, build relationships and mutual understanding with ethnic, racial, and religious groups across maryland, advocate at all levels of government (continued on schedule o)for…

Education
8
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
9
Mount Sinai Medical Center Foundation

To raise funds to support mount sinai medical center of florida, inc., a not-for-profit acute care teaching and research facility, so that it may provide high quality health care to our diverse community enhanced through teaching,…

Health
10
University of Maryland Family Medicine 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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11
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Foundation

Operating under the name mjhs foundation, the mission of this philanthropic organization is to raise the funds necessary to support the charitable health care efforts of the organizations within the mjhs health system family. with roots…

Health
12
Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida Inc

To provide high quality health care to our diverse community enhanced through teaching, research, charity care and financial responsibility.

Health
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 The Maryland Food Bank 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

15 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. 15 of the 17 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
9/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LAWRENCE AND ELLEN MACKS FAMILY FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA: $1,010,000 · PhilanthropyLAWRENCE AND ELLEN MACKS FAMILY FOUNDATION OF FLORIDATHE ASSOCIATED JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE INC: $657,500 · PhilanthropyTHE ASSOCIATED JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF BALTIMORE INCASSOCIATED JEWISH CHARITIES OF BALTIMORE: $95,500 · PhilanthropyASSOCIATED JEWISH CHARITIES OF BALTIMORETHE UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: $300,000 · HealthTHE UNION MEMORI…SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE INC: $25,000 · HealthSINAI HOSPITAL O…+1 more: $7,500 · HealthTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $30,000 · OtherPIEDMONT LEARNING CENTER INC: $20,000 · OtherJEWISH CAMP AND CONFERENCE SERVICE INC: $20,000 · OtherBETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION: $13,400 · OtherTHE FAMILY TREE INC: $10,000 · OtherCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER NAPLES INC: $6,000 · OtherSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesOCEAN STATE JOB LOT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Human ServicesANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $50,000 · Civil RightsTHE BALTIMORE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $30,000 · Arts & Culture
Philanthropy$1,763,000Health$332,500Other$109,400Human Services$70,000Civil Rights$50,000Arts & Culture$30,000

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

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 budgetASSOCIATED JEWISH CHARITIES OF BALTIMORE: $95,500 over 3y, 0.1% 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 budgetCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER NAPLES INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

T Rowe Price Program …Dicarlo Plank Foundat…Raymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Charities Aid Foundat…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Lawrence and Ellen Macks Family Foundation of Maryland Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lawrence and Ellen Macks Family Foundation of Maryland Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • The Baltimore Children's Museum Inc: 33% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • The Family Tree Inc: 9% of income from government
  • The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.

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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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