· Private foundation
The May Foundation of Maryland
Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2021
- Under $10k13 grants · $42k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
- $250k+1 grant · $735k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $734,800 |
| FOR ALL SEASONS | $15,000 |
| HAVEN MINISTRIES | $10,000 |
| MID SHORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| TALBOT INTERFAITH SHELTER | $5,000 |
| MARTIN'S HOUSE AND BARN | $5,000 |
| THE COUNTRY SCHOOL | $4,000 |
| RADCLIFFE CREEK SCHOOL | $4,000 |
| WYE RIVER UPPER SCHOOL | $4,000 |
| KENT SCHOOL | $4,000 |
| JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL MD | $2,500 |
| JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF EASTERN SHORE | $2,500 |
| QA CO MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,500 |
| MID SHORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
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 +57% since the first grant, against -6% for those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2021, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (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 FY2021, 7% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $738k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HMHAVEN MINISTRIES INC3× · 2019–2021 · $40k · revenue +320%
- FAFOR ALL SEASONS INC2× · 2018–2021 · $35k · revenue +203%
- SMSAINT MARTINS MINISTRIES INC4× · 2017–2021 · $28k · revenue +69%
Funded once
- NSNEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTER INCone grant, 2019 · $4k · revenue -6%
- QLQACHS LIONS BOOSTERS INCone grant, 2018 · $4k · revenue -91%
- CCCROSSROADS COMMUNITY INCone grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +15%
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.
Sbcs, a title 1 school, seeks to provide each child with the tools necessary to live a fulfilling, productive life. the rigorous expeditionary learning (el) school model is engaging and student-centered. el cultivates students' love of…
Provide financial scholarships to children who have had a parent or guardian who has suffered a catastrophic or fatal accidental injury or occupational disease while working for a maryland employer
The highlands school's mission is to educate students with learning differences and achievement gaps.
An independent, co-ed school providing education to students in years pre-k through twelve.
To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.
Green acres school challenges and inspires students to live and learn with intellect, curiosity, determination, joy, and compassion.
Chester charter scholars academy prepare children to employ their intellectual and creative powers to enrich their community.
Our purpose is to establish an educational foundation of curiosity, confidence, and competence while practicing kindness to oneself, the community and nature.
The christian academy provides christian education to 300 students from kindergarten to 12th grade. the christian academy is a college-preparatory school.
Culpeper christian school exists to please the lord jesus christ and to train students by working with the home to build academic excellence on the word of god. the school served approximately 150 students from k-3 preschool through 8th…
The williams school builds with each child the foundation for academic, moral and social success. a williams school student embodies confidence, integrity and a love of learning.
Christian school
How this is measured
18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 31 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 HAVEN MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds FOR ALL SEASONS INC ↗
- Who funds SAINT MARTINS MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds KENT SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds THE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds RADCLIFFE CREEK SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds WYE RIVER UPPER SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds THE GUNSTON SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds TALBOT INTERFAITH SHELTER INC ↗
- Who funds MID SHORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY FREE LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds CHARACTER COUNTS MID SHORE INC ↗
- Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds QACHS LIONS BOOSTERS INC ↗
- Who funds CROSSROADS COMMUNITY INC ↗
- Who funds CASA OF TALBOT COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC ↗
- Who funds QUEEN ANNES ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH 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: Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc · Dock Street Foundation · The Llandaff Family Trust · The Clifton Foundation Inc · The Salmon Foundation Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · David a Bramble Foundation Inc · The Seip Family Foundation Limited Eevercore Trust CO C/O Ashley Ferriello · Grayce B Kerr Fund Inc · Friel Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Baird Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The May Foundation of Maryland funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The May Foundation of Maryland. Bigger dots raise more.
- For All Seasons Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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