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The Michael and Nancy Klein 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.

$484k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.0MReligion$936kHuman Services$652kInternational$383kHealth$268kHousing & Shelter$240kArts & Culture$168kCrime & Legal$95kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $293k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $175k
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$3.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHESAPEAKE MULTICULTURAL RESOURCE CENTER$100,400
SVDP OF EASTON$75,000
CRITCHLOW ADKINS CHILDREN'S CENTER$40,000
PARTNER FOR SURGERY INC$35,000
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTER INC$25,000
OXFORD COMMUNITY CENTER$25,000
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH$25,000
TALBOT INTERFAITH SHELTER$25,000
TALBOT HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC$25,000
DOVE FUND$20,000
YMCA OF THE CHESAPEAKE$15,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY CHOPTANK$15,000
ST MARY'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH$13,000
WATERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$10,000
IMAGINATION LIBRARY OF TALBOT COUNTY$10,000
02The need
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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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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $346k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%TALBOT HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC: $50k → 10%MID SHORE PRO BONO INC: $35k → 10%TALBOT HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC: $26k → 10%TALBOT HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 10%TALBOT HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 10%TALBOT HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 10%MID SHORE PRO BONO INC: $25k → 10%TALBOT HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 10%TALBOT HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 10%TALBOT HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 10%TALBOT HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC: $25k → 10%MID SHORE PRO BONO INC: $20k → 10%MID SHORE PRO BONO INC: $15k → 10%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
OH
CO
VA
MD
DE
SC
DC
FL
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.8M · 30 repeat orgs$143k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +112% since the first grant, against +49% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
6

Total granted

$3.8M
$118k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+112%
+49%

Still filing today

50%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureHousing & ShelterEducationRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • CM
    CHESAPEAKE MULTICULTURAL RESOURCE CENTER INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $793k · revenue +215%
  • PF
    Partner for Surgery Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $263k · revenue +112%
  • TH
    TALBOT HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $251k · revenue +99%

Funded once

  • CM
    CHANNEL MARKER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +47%
  • WOFFORD COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +49%
  • CC
    CHRON'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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
Healthcare Access Maryland Inc

We are making maryland healthier by connecting residents to insurance and care, educating the community about healthier living, and advocating a more equitable health care system.

Health
2
CalvertHealth Medical Center Inc

Calverthealth medical center provides quality inpatient and ambulatory health care to the people of southern maryland that is accessible, cost-effective and compassionate. chmc works in partnership with the community to improve the health…

Health
3
Howard County Chamber of Commerce

To represent the business community of howard county, maryland

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4
Trinity Health of the Mid-Atlantic Region

We, trinity health of the mid-atlantic region and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.trinity health of the mid-atlantic is a member of…

Health
5
Vcu Health Tappahannock Hospital

To deliver important healthcare services with exceptional quality and patient-centered care.

Health
6
University of Maryland Medical System Corporation

Umms provides a variety of inpatient/outpatient services to people in the maryland area regardless of their ability to pay. revenues are used to help defray the costs of services.

Health
7
Westminster Canterbury On Chesapeake Bay Foundation

To support the mission of westminster-canterbury on chesapeake bay

Health
8
Hospice of the Chesapeake Inc

To improve the quality of life for those in our communities experiencing advanced illness or bereavement through hospice and other pallative care, compassionate support and education.

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9
Upper Chesapeake Properties Inc

Collection of income from office space rentals that allows hospital physicians to treat patients without regard to ability to pay.

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10
Community Health Accreditation Program Inc

Advance the highest quality of home and community-based care.

Health
11
Hospice of the Chesapeake Foundation Inc

To support hospice of the chesapeake, inc., hospice of charles county, calvert hospice in their mission to improve the quality of life for those in our communities experiencing advanced illness or bereavement through hospice, palliative…

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12
First Maryland Disability Trust Inc

To enhance the quality of life, autonomy and dignity of marylanders with disabilities by offering cost effective trust services to protect, manage and use trust assets for beneficiaries while preserving eligibility for public and private…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United 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

20 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. 20 of the 38 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
17/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SVDP OF EASTON INC: $653,599 · OtherSVDP OF EASTON INCCRITCHLOW ADKINS CHILDREN'S CENTER: $275,000 · OtherCRITCHLOW ADKINS CHILDREN'S CENTERHOLY TRINITY CHURCH: $195,000 · OtherHOLY TRINITY CHURCHYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHESAPEAKE INC: $142,000 · OtherYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHESAPEAKE INCHABITAT FOR HUMANITY CHOPTANK INC: $130,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY CHOPTANK INCIMAGINATION LIBRARY OF TALBOT COUNTY: $90,000 · OtherOXFORD COMMUNITY COMMUNITY CENTER: $77,000 · OtherOXFORD KIDS CAMP INC: $80,000 · Other+19 more: $449,650 · Other+19 moreCHESAPEAKE MULTICULTURAL RESOURCE CENTER INC: $792,687 · EducationCHESAPEAKE MULTICULTUR…Partner for Surgery Inc: $263,000 · HealthPartner fo…CHANNEL MARKER INC: $100,000 · HealthCHANNEL MA…+1 more: $7,500 · HealthTALBOT HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC: $251,000 · Human ServicesTALBOT HO…SHORE LEGAL ACCESS INC: $95,000 · Human ServicesSHORE LEG…OXFORD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $112,500 · Arts & CultureOXFORD MUSEUM INC: $22,500 · Arts & CultureTHE DOVE FUND: $120,000 · InternationalTALBOT INTERFAITH SHELTER INC: $85,000 · Housing & ShelterNEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTER INC: $25,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$2,092,249Education$792,687Health$370,500Human Services$346,000Arts & Culture$135,000International$120,000Housing & Shelter$110,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHESAPEAKE MULTICULTURAL RESOURCE CENTER INC: $792,687 over 9y, 20% of budgetSVDP OF EASTON INC: $653,599 over 9y, 29% of budgetPartner for Surgery Inc: $263,000 over 9y, 10% of budgetTALBOT HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC: $251,000 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHESAPEAKE INC: $142,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY CHOPTANK INC: $130,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetTHE DOVE FUND: $120,000 over 7y, 5.7% of budgetOXFORD COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $112,500 over 4y, 9.3% of budgetSHORE LEGAL ACCESS INC: $95,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetTALBOT INTERFAITH SHELTER INC: $85,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetOXFORD KIDS CAMP INC: $80,000 over 8y, 42% of budgetBENEDICTINE SCHOOL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $65,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA: $65,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTALBOT HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $45,000 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetOXFORD MUSEUM INC: $22,500 over 9y, 4.6% of budgetMID SHORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $16,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOFFORD COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 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 MULTICULTURAL RESOURCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SVDP OF EASTON INC ↗
  • Who funds Partner for Surgery Inc ↗
  • Who funds TALBOT HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHESAPEAKE INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY CHOPTANK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DOVE FUND ↗
  • Who funds OXFORD COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CHANNEL MARKER INC ↗
  • Who funds SHORE LEGAL ACCESS INC ↗
  • Who funds TALBOT INTERFAITH SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds OXFORD KIDS CAMP INC ↗
  • Who funds BENEDICTINE SCHOOL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA ↗
  • Who funds TALBOT HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds OXFORD MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds MID SHORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds WOFFORD COLLEGE ↗

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.

Mid Shore Community Foundation IncMD28.2× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc · The Llandaff Family Trust · Dock Street Foundation · The Seip Family Foundation Limited Eevercore Trust CO C/O Ashley Ferriello · Van Strum Foundation 8833023 · Ruth and Robert St John Foundation Inc · Watson Stone Family Foundation Inc · T & M Mitchell Fdn Dima-Blrk · Grayce B Kerr Fund Inc · Qlarant Foundation Inc · Easton Rotary Club Youth and Community Fund Inc · The Peck 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 Michael and Nancy Klein Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Michael and Nancy Klein Foundation 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Habitat for Humanity Choptank Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Shore Legal Access Inc: 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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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Find your warmest path to The Michael and Nancy Klein Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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.

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 38 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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