· Private foundation
The Morris a and Clarisse B Mechanic Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k26 grants · $127k
- $10k–50k17 grants · $240k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PIKESVILLE CENTER | $20,000 |
| CENTER STAGE | $20,000 |
| MD FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL MD | $20,000 |
| HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUND | $20,000 |
| MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND | $15,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS OF CENTRAL MD | $15,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $15,000 |
| INNOVATION WORKS | $10,000 |
| PROJECT PLASE | $10,000 |
| SPECIAL OLYMPICS YAP | $10,000 |
| ST MARY'S OUTREACH CENTER | $10,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SUSQUEHANNA | $10,000 |
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 (FY20–24, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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 +30% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.
46 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 70% 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
Backed again, and grew
- HCHARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC5× · 2020–2024 · $120k · revenue +81% · 31% of their budget
- TMTHE MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND6× · 2019–2024 · $90k · revenue +3%
- HFHome for the Aged of Little Sisters of the Poor6× · 2019–2024 · $60k · revenue +42% · 64% of their budget
Funded once
- PDPORT DISCOVERY ADA ACCESSIBILITYone grant, 2019 · $50k
- MCMORGAN CLASS68 ENDOWMENTone grant, 2022 · $15k
- DPDAYSPRING PROGRAMS INCone grant, 2023 · $10k · 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.
To offer assistance and support to the homeless, poor and needy of baltimore with services contributing toward their independence and stability.
44-Bed licensed nursing home in Hyattsville, Maryland that provides nursing care services to its residents
The baltimore regional housing partnership expands housing choices for low-income families who have historically been excluded from housing in well-resourced areas.
Develop and manage affordable housing for low-income individuals and families in baltimore city who are affected by psychiatric disabilities.
Housing unlimited, inc. is a non-profit dedicated to providing affordable, permanent housing opportunities and independent living for adults in mental health recovery.
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.
Humility House extends the healing ministry of Jesus by improving the health of our communities with emphasis on people who are poor and underserved.
Our mission is to provide services of the highest quality for people with cognitive and developmental disabilities and related disorders including autism that optimize each individual's independence and capabilities, ensure…
Cultivating inclusive communities through relationships, innovation and high-quality services.
To empower individuals to lead fulfilling and productive lives at home and in the community.
The organization is affiliated with Associated Catholic Charities, Inc. (ACC) whose mission is "Inspired by the Gospel mandates to love, serve and teach, Catholic Charities provides care and services to improve the lives of Marylanders in…
The organization is affiliated with Associated Catholic Charities, Inc. (ACC) whose mission is "inspired by the Gospel mandates to love, serve, and teach, Catholic Charities provides care and services to improve the lives of Marylanders in…
How this is measured
27 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. 27 of the 70 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 HARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE MARYLAND SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND ↗
- Who funds Home for the Aged of Little Sisters of the Poor ↗
- Who funds PROJECT PLASE INC ↗
- Who funds THE BALTIMORE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds CHESAPEAKE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY ↗
- Who funds HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS INC ↗
- Who funds BELIEVE IN TOMORROW NATIONAL CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHESAPEAKE THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC ↗
- Who funds ST MARYS OUTREACH INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ANNAPOLIS & ANNE ARUNDEL ↗
- Who funds CENTER STAGE ASSOCIATES INC ↗
- Who funds BALTIMORE HEALTHY START INC ↗
- Who funds INNOVATION WORKS 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: The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · The John J Leidy Foundation Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Sharebaby Inc · T Rowe Price Foundation · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Nora Roberts Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · The Huethermcclelland Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Morris a and Clarisse B Mechanic Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Morris a and Clarisse B Mechanic Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Project Plase Inc: 48% of income from government
- Baltimore Healthy Start Inc: 45% of income from government
- Warrior Canine Connection Inc: 6% of income from government
- Chesapeake Shakespeare Company: 2% of income from government
- Marian House Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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