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The Mhe Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$594k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.3MEnvironment$1.2MArts & Culture$1.0MHealth$425kHousing & Shelter$250kRecreation & Sports$25kAnimals$14kCivil Rights$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $154k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $993k
  • $250k+2 grants · $845k
$50,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$21M
Total assets

Anchored by a single position: about 96% of reported assets are held in Berkshire Hathaway Class A.

Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$594,017
CHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY$250,629
ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER$152,343
Individual grant recipient$103,808
HISTORIC ANNAPOLIS$102,948
MOUNT SAINT JOSEPH$102,402
CHESAPEAKE ARTS CENTER$100,720
RESOURCE LEGACY FUND$75,477
ARTS COUNCIL OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY$52,500
ARCHBISIHOP SPALDING HIGH SCHOOL$52,450
ARUNDEL RIVERS FEDERATION$50,360
CHESAPEAKE BAY TRUST$50,000
THE TALENT MACHINE COMPANY INC$50,000
AAC LIBRARY FOUNDATION$50,000
ESPERANZA EN ESCANTE$50,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 32% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ESPERANZA EN ESCANTE: $50k → 15%RESOURCE LEGACY FUND: $75k → 12%ARCHBISIHOP SPALDING HIGH SCHOOL: $52k → 6%WATERSHED STEWARDS: $104k → 11%CHESAPEAKE ARTS CENTER: $101k → 11%MOUNT SAINT JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL: $504k → 19%ESPERANZA EN ESCANTE: $40k → 15%ARCHBISIHOP SPALDING HIGH SCHOOL: $52k → 6%WATERSHED STEWARDS: $102k → 11%CHESAPEAKE ARTS CENTER: $51k → 11%MOUNT SAINT JOSEPH: $102k → 19%ARCHBISIHOP SPALDING HIGH SCHOOL: $51k → 6%WATERSHED STEWARDS: $50k → 11%CHESAPEAKE ARTS CENTER: $25k → 11%MOUNT SAINT JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL: $102k → 19%ARCHBISIHOP SPALDING HIGH SCHOOL: $25k → 6%WEST BALTIMORE RAVENS FOOTBALL AND CHEERLEADING ACADEMY INC: $25k → 11%MOUNT SAINT JOSEPH: $50k → 19%MOUNT SAINT JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL: $25k → 19%CHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY: $251k → 6%CHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY: $201k → 6%CHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY: $146k → 6%CHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY: $102k → 6%CHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY: $51k → 6%JOHNS HOPKINS: $52k → 19%CHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY: $25k → 6%JOHNS HOPKINS KRIEGER SCHOOL: $50k → 19%MARYLAND HALL: $594k → 6%HISTORIC ANNAPOLIS: $193k → 6%ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER: $152k → 6%HISTORIC ANNAPOLIS: $138k → 6%HISTORIC ANNAPOLIS: $103k → 6%ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER: $102k → 6%ARTS COUNCIL OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY: $53k → 6%THE LIGHT HOUSE: $51k → 6%MARYLAND HALL: $51k → 6%ARUNDEL RIVERS FEDERATION: $50k → 6%RESILIENCE AUTHORITY OF AA COUNTY: $50k → 6%CHESAPEAKE BAY TRUST: $50k → 6%AAC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $50k → 6%THE LIGHT HOUSE: $49k → 6%ARTS COUNCIL OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY: $44k → 6%AAC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $40k → 6%CHESAPEAKE BAY TRUST: $25k → 6%CHESAPEAKE BAY TRUST: $25k → 6%INDIAN CREEK SCHOOL: $100k → 6%THE TALENT MACHINE COMPANY INC: $50k → 6%THE TALENT MACHINE COMPANY INC: $45k → 6%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.
$4.9M · 22 repeat orgs$313k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
5

Total granted

$4.9M
$178k

Still filing today

73%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $136k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEnvironmentHousing & ShelterHealthEducationAnimalsOther
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

  • CC
    CHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $790k · revenue +116%
  • HA
    HISTORIC ANNAPOLIS INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $439k · revenue +80%
  • LH
    LUMINIS HEALTH ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $293k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • JH
    JOHNS HOPKINS
    one grant, 2023 · $52k
  • RA
    RESILIENCE AUTHORITY OF AA COUNTY
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
  • JH
    JOHNS HOPKINS KRIEGER SCHOOL
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
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
Center Stage Associates Inc

See schedule o.inspired by our home city, baltimore center stage acts as a cultural catalyst for all communities to access theater in every form and engage in compelling conversations. programming: capture the collective imagination and…

Arts & Culture
2
Classic Theatre of Maryland Inc

Classic Theatre of Marylands mission is to produce bold re-imagined entertaining and accessible interpretations of classical works contemporary plays and musicals with a core commitment to the works of Shakespeare and other major…

Arts & Culture
3
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

Chesapeake shakespeare company creates community through energetic, joyful, and accessible classic theatre, bringing our art to baltimore, the state of maryland, and beyond through innovative and comprehensible productions of shakespeare…

Arts & Culture
4
Annapolis Maritime Museum Inc

The annapolis maritime museum educates youth and adults about the annapolis areas rich maritime heritage and the ecology of the chesapeake bay through programs, exhibits, and community events. continued on schedule o

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5
Chesapeake Audubon Society

The chesapeake audubon society works in the maryland region to promote the stewardship of natural ecosystems through conservation, restoration, education, and advocacy.

Environment
6
Anne Arundel County Casa Inc

Advocate for and support abused and neglected children to ensure their right to safe, stable and permanent homes.

Civil Rights
7
Delaware Museum of Nature and Science Inc

The museum is an educational corporation formed to ignite a life-long passion for exploring, discovering, and valuing nature and science.

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8
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Inc

The mission of the chesapeake bay maritime museum cbmm is to preserve and explore the history, environment, and people of the chesapeake bay. the vision of the chesapeake bay maritime museum is to be the premier see sched o

Arts & Culture
9
Cape Ann Museum Inc

To foster an appreciation of the quality and diversity of life on cape ann, past and present; to further the knowledge and enjoyment of cape ann history and art; to collect and preserve significant information and artifacts; and to…

Arts & Culture
10
Susquehanna Heritage Corporation

As a designated national and state heritage area, susquehanna heritage corporation works to raise awareness and appreciation of the cultural and economic value of the susquehanna riverlands, and preserve, enhance and celebrate the area's…

Community Improvement
11
Chesapeake Charities Inc

The mission of chesapeake charities, inc. is to provide innovative leadership and quality services that encourage charitable giving, build community resources, and enable donors continued on schedule o

Philanthropy
12
Westminster Canterbury On Chesapeake Bay Foundation

To support the mission of westminster-canterbury on chesapeake bay

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Chesapeake Bay Trust; the most unlike its peers is Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center 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

19 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. 19 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
15/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $697,590 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMOUNT SAINT JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL INC: $662,834 · OtherMOUNT SAINT JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL INCIndividual grant recipient: $255,314 · OtherIndividual grant recipientARCHBISHOP SPALDING HIGH SCHOOL: $210,630 · OtherARCHBISHOP SPALDING HIGH SCHOOLMOUNT SAINT JOSEPH: $152,851 · OtherMOUNT SAINT JOSEPHCHESAPEAKE BAY TRUST: $131,350 · OtherAAC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $130,000 · Other+8 more: $237,626 · Other+8 moreCHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY INC: $790,335 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE CONSERVANC…CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $89,000 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDA…RESOURCES LEGACY FUND: $75,477 · EnvironmentRESOURCES LEGACY FUNDARUNDEL RIVERS FEDERATION INC: $50,360 · EnvironmentHISTORIC ANNAPOLIS INC: $438,522 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC ANNAPOLIS…CHESAPEAKE ARTS CENTER INC: $176,293 · Arts & CultureCHESAPEAKE ARTS CE…THE TALENT MACHINE COMPANY INC: $152,500 · Arts & CultureTHE TALENT MACHINE…CHILDREN'S THEATRE OF ANNAPOLIS INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureSIGNATURE THEATRE INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureLUMINIS HEALTH ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER INC: $292,849 · HealthCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $75,000 · HealthTHE LIGHT HOUSE INC: $140,026 · Housing & ShelterEsperanza En Escalante Inc: $110,000 · Housing & ShelterARTS COUNCIL OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY INC: $116,000 · PhilanthropyINDIAN CREEK SCHOOL INC: $109,705 · EducationMARYLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $14,000 · Animals
Other$2,478,195Environment$1,005,172Arts & Culture$847,315Health$367,849Housing & Shelter$250,026Philanthropy$116,000Education$109,705Animals$14,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY INC: $790,335 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetHISTORIC ANNAPOLIS INC: $438,522 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetLUMINIS HEALTH ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER INC: $292,849 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE ARTS CENTER INC: $176,293 over 3y, 7.5% of budgetTHE TALENT MACHINE COMPANY INC: $152,500 over 8y, 14% of budgetTHE LIGHT HOUSE INC: $140,026 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY TRUST: $131,350 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetARTS COUNCIL OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY INC: $116,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetEsperanza En Escalante Inc: $110,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetINDIAN CREEK SCHOOL INC: $109,705 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $89,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetARUNDEL RIVERS FEDERATION INC: $50,360 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMARYLAND FEDERATION OF ART INC: $50,000 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S THEATRE OF ANNAPOLIS INC: $40,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetSIGNATURE THEATRE INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMARYLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $14,000 over 3y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds HISTORIC ANNAPOLIS INC ↗
  • Who funds LUMINIS HEALTH ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TALENT MACHINE COMPANY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LIGHT HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY TRUST ↗
  • Who funds ARTS COUNCIL OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Esperanza En Escalante Inc ↗
  • Who funds INDIAN CREEK SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds RESOURCES LEGACY FUND ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ARUNDEL RIVERS FEDERATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MARYLAND FEDERATION OF ART INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S THEATRE OF ANNAPOLIS INC ↗
  • Who funds SIGNATURE THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds MARYLAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF THE CHESAPEAKE 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.

Community Foundation …The Jm Kaplan Fund IncT Rowe Price Program …The Helena Foundation…Koch Family Foundatio…Schuh Family Foundati…Arts Council of Anne …Anne Arundel Economic…The United Way of Cen…James G Corckran II C…Davidsonville Ruritan…The Geaton and Joann …
Community Foundation of Anne Arundel CoMD26× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Anne Arundel Co · The Jm Kaplan Fund Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · The Helena Foundation Inc · Koch Family Foundation Inc · Schuh Family Foundation Inc · Arts Council of Anne Arundel County Inc · Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · James G Corckran II Charitable Foundation Inc · Davidsonville Ruritan Foundation Inc · The Geaton and Joann Decesaris Family Foundation Inc

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 Mhe Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Mhe Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 19%
  • Chesapeake Bay Trust: 100% of income from government
  • Historic Annapolis Inc: 45% of income from government
  • Arts Council of Anne Arundel County Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Conservancy Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Arundel Rivers Federation Inc: 19% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Arts Center Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Maryland Zoological Society Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 31 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-PF 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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