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The Muse Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

The Muse Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$39k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$122kEducation$43kRecreation & Sports$38kHuman Services$27kAnimals$27kHousing & Shelter$14kYouth Development$8kEnvironment$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k17 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$59k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PHI DELTA THETA FOUNDATION$11,000
TALISMAN THERAPEUTIC RIDING FOUNDATION$5,000
CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION$5,000
SNOW MASS CHAPEL$2,000
PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION$1,000
CARE OF ALS INC$1,000
CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE$1,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$1,000
SPCA OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY$1,000
AMERICAN PARKINSONS DISEASE ASSOCIATION$1,000
WARRIOR EVENTS$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC$1,000
SPEICAL OLYMPICS MISSOURI$500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 23% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $3k → 7%THE LUV U PROJECT: $500 → 8%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $2k → 7%HERO DOGS INC: $400 → 8%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $1k → 7%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $1k → 7%AARP FOUNDATION: $100 → 14%HERO DOGS INC: $400 → 8%PROMISE LANDING FARM INC: $1k → 11%ARC OF BALTIMORE: $500 → 19%ARC OF BALTIMORE: $300 → 19%ARC OF BALTIMORE: $300 → 19%ARC OF BALTIMORE: $300 → 19%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
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
DE
TN
DC
GA
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$278k · 61 repeat orgs$32k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

61 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 47 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

61
24

Total granted

$278k
$27k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+37%

Still filing today

56%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthAnimalsHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2021–2024 · $15k · revenue +28%
  • PD
    Phi Delta Theta Foundation
    4× · 2020–2024 · $15k · revenue +141%
  • BB
    Bridging Bionics Foundation
    3× · 2020–2022 · $12k · revenue +111%

Funded once

  • KS
    KIM SERIO CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • SO
    SPECIAL OLYMPICS COLORADOgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +50%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $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
Association of Clinical Research Professionals

Acrp promotes excellence in clinical research. we support clinical research professionals through training and development, the exchange of ideas and expertise, and certification. we serve as the preferred source for quality tools,…

Health
2
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
3
University of Maryland Surgical Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
4
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
5
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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6
University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Education
7
University of Maryland Oncology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
8
University of Maryland Facultyphysicians Inc

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland, school of medicine, administrative support services are provided to the physician practices of the university of maryland, including but not limited to information technology,…

Health
9
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
10
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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11
American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation

The mission of the akc canine health foundation, inc. is to fund, advance, and communicate canine health research and science through knowledge and discovery.

Animals
12
American Academy of Dermatology Association Inc

To represent the interests of dermatologists and their patients. to influence and be a credible resource for public and private entities related to all policies and regulations that have the potential to affect the delivery of dermatologic…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Arc Baltimore Inc; the most unlike its peers is Grow Home 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

49 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. 49 of the 89 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)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/49
Grantees still filing
41/49
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TALISMAN THERAPEUTIC RIDING FOUNDATION: $34,500 · OtherTALISMAN THERAPEUTIC RIDING FOUNDATIONJOHNS HOPKINS CHILDRENS' CENTER: $29,000 · OtherJOHNS HOPKINS CHILDRENS' CENTERSNOWMASS CHAPEL & COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $20,000 · OtherSNOWMASS CHAPEL & COMMUNITY CENTER INCPhi Delta Theta Foundation: $15,000 · OtherPhi Delta Theta FoundationROBERT DEWITTER REITREMENT FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Other+48 more: $88,150 · Other+48 moreCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $22,000 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS …LUMINIS HEALTH ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER INC: $4,000 · HealthLUMINIS HEALTH A…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $4,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN…CHRIS KLUG FOUNDATION: $3,000 · HealthCHRIS KLUG FOUND…American Heart Association Inc: $3,000 · HealthAmerican Heart A…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,400 · Health+7 more: $6,800 · Health+7 moreUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $600 · Education+1 more: $300 · EducationTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $10,000 · AnimalsNAPLES ZOO INC: $1,500 · AnimalsSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY MD INC: $1,000 · AnimalsCATS R US INC: $900 · AnimalsRUDE RANCH ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $900 · AnimalsDEFENDERS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS INC: $600 · Animals+1 more: $200 · AnimalsCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesThe Luv U Project in memory of Carolyn C Mattingly Inc: $4,500 · Human ServicesTHE ARC BALTIMORE INC: $1,400 · Human ServicesPROMISE LANDING FARM INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesHero Dogs Inc: $800 · Human Services+1 more: $100 · Human ServicesBridging Bionics Foundation: $12,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CARROLL COUNTY INC: $2,100 · Youth DevelopmentPARTNERS IN CARE MARYLAND INC: $3,000 · PhilanthropyTHE DANNYS DAY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · PhilanthropyARNOLD & WINNIE PALMER FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $100 · Philanthropy
Other$196,650Health$45,200Education$17,900Animals$15,100Human Services$14,800Youth Development$14,100Philanthropy$6,600

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 budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $22,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPhi Delta Theta Foundation: $15,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBridging Bionics Foundation: $12,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS COLORADO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Luv U Project in memory of Carolyn C Mattingly Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 11% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLUMINIS HEALTH ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHRIS KLUG FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPARTNERS IN CARE MARYLAND INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CARROLL COUNTY INC: $2,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DANNYS DAY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNAPLES ZOO INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMountain Rescue Aspen Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWARRIOR EVENTS INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetARNOLD & WINNIE PALMER FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARC BALTIMORE INC: $1,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $1,100 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCHILD LIFE SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUniversity of Maryland Medical System Corporation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BABE RUTH BIRTHPLACE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPROMISE LANDING FARM INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHRIST CHILD SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY MD INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATS R US INC: $900 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetATLANTIC GENERAL HOSPITAL: $900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRUDE RANCH ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHero Dogs Inc: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGrow Home Inc: $600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBEEBE MEDICAL CENTER INC: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION INC: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDEFENDERS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS INC: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MISSOURI INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND INC: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF CARROLL COUNTY INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR STUDENTS RISING ABOVE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SEVERN RIVER ASSOCIATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% 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 CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Phi Delta Theta Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Bridging Bionics Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds The Luv U Project in memory of Carolyn C Mattingly Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LUMINIS HEALTH ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRIS KLUG FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS IN CARE MARYLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CARROLL COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DANNYS DAY FOUNDATION 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.

The United Way of Cen…France-Merrick Founda…Baltimore Community F…America's CharitiesDr Frank C Marino Fou…Community Foundation …Give Back FoundationThe Harry and Jeanett…Amica Companies Found…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…T Rowe Price Program …Jewish Communal Fund
The United Way of Central Maryland IncMD21× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Partners in Care Maryland Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Beebe Medical Center Inc: 5% of income from government
  • University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Arc Baltimore Inc: 1% of income from government
  • University of Maryland Medical System Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 89 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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