Maryland · Private foundation
The Muse Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $39k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $11,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 66
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $59k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations The Muse Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100 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 | 18 | $39k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $5k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 51 | $83k | 12% |
| FY2021 | 66 | $96k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 62 | $88k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $22,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Snowmass Chapel & Community Center Inc | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Phi Delta Theta Foundation | $15,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Bridging Bionics Foundation | $12,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Wild Animal Sanctuary | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Colorado | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Luv U Project in memory of Carolyn C Mattingly Inc | $4,500 | 2 | 11% |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 51 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($143k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Muse Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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: The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · America's Charities · Dr Frank C Marino Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Anne Arundel Co · Give Back Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Amica Companies Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Jewish Communal Fund
How this is measured
About The Muse Foundation Inc
- How much does The Muse Foundation Inc give?
- The Muse Foundation Inc reported 18 grants totaling $39,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 66 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Muse Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (39%), Education (14%), Recreation & Sports (12%).
- Who are The Muse Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation ($22k), Snowmass Chapel & Community Center Inc ($20k), University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc ($15k).
- Does The Muse Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Muse Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Muse Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The United Way of Central Maryland Inc, France-Merrick Foundation Inc, Baltimore Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Muse Foundation Inc based?
- The Muse Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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