Maryland · Private foundation
The Madeline Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2024
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $76,193
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $650,999
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 24
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $35M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations The Madeline Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 25 | $2.5M | 4% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $1.7M | 8% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $1.6M | 17% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $3.4M | 20% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $1.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cylburn Arboretum Friends Inc | $3,052,919 | 5 | 56% |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc | $1,090,390 | 5 | 1% |
| Planned Parenthood of Maryland Inc | $628,134 | 5 | 1% |
| Thread Inc | $604,262 | 5 | 3% |
| Rebuild Metro Inc | $488,352 | 5 | 2% |
| Pomfret School Incorporated | $462,342 | 3 | 1% |
| Baltimore Squashwise Inc | $375,443 | 5 | 6% |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | $350,266 | 5 | n/a |
| Center for Urban Families Inc | $340,352 | 5 | 2% |
| Center Stage Associates Inc | $268,580 | 5 | 2% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cylburn Arboretum Friends Inc | $3,052,919 | 5 | 56% |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc | $1,090,390 | 5 | 1% |
| Planned Parenthood of Maryland Inc | $628,134 | 5 | 1% |
| Thread Inc | $604,262 | 5 | 3% |
| Rebuild Metro Inc | $488,352 | 5 | 2% |
| Pomfret School Incorporated | $462,342 | 3 | 1% |
| Baltimore Squashwise Inc | $375,443 | 5 | 6% |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | $350,266 | 5 | n/a |
| Center for Urban Families Inc | $340,352 | 5 | 2% |
| Center Stage Associates Inc | $268,580 | 5 | 2% |
| Greenlight Fund Inc | $250,489 | 5 | 1% |
| The William S Baer School | $199,310 | 2 | 20% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $165,060 | 3 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $163,904 | 3 | 0% |
| Soccer Without Borders | $107,058 | 4 | 1% |
| Green Street Academy Inc | $76,086 | 1 | 1% |
| Sisters Circle Inc | $36,731 | 3 | 2% |
| Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City | $31,861 | 5 | 0% |
| Maryland Family Network Inc | $20,103 | 2 | 0% |
| Irvine Natural Science Center Inc | $10,764 | 5 | 0% |
| Housing Options & Planning Enterprises Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Madeline Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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: Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Sherman Family Foundation · Clayton Baker Trust · The Abell Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Arbor Dog Foundation Inc · Thomas Wilson Sanitarium for Children of Baltimore City · France-Merrick Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Madeline Foundation
- How much does The Madeline Foundation give?
- The Madeline Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $2,526,039 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 24 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Madeline Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (45%), Education (13%), Youth Development (9%).
- Who are The Madeline Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Cylburn Arboretum Friends Inc ($3.1M), Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc ($1.1M), Planned Parenthood of Maryland Inc ($628k).
- Does The Madeline Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Madeline Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Madeline Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore, Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Madeline Foundation based?
- The Madeline Foundation is based in MD.
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