· Private foundation
The Nora Roberts Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k9 grants · $27k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
- $250k+1 grant · $2.1M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| COMMUNITY FOUDNATION OF WASHINGTON COUNTY | $2,090,000 |
| DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE | $10,000 |
| THE CHILDREN'S TREEHOUSE | $6,000 |
| KABOOM | $5,000 |
| FOR OTIS SAKE | $5,000 |
| GIRLS ON THE RUN | $3,250 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| THE CARTER CENTER | $2,000 |
| COUSTEAU SOCIETY | $1,000 |
| HATTERAS ISLAND RESCUE | $1,000 |
| RADIO HATTERAS | $1,000 |
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, $169k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 39% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 40% of The Nora Roberts Family Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 93% of the giving stays in MD; by stated purpose, 55%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
37 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 28 since wound down; 2 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, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.1M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SASHARPSBURG AREA EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE3× · 2020–2022 · $150k · revenue +50%
- OWOperation Warm Inc3× · 2020–2022 · $58k · revenue +172%
- DODefenders of Wildlife4× · 2020–2024 · $50k · revenue +41%
Funded once
- CICHILDREN IN NEED INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $27k · revenue +84%
- MOMISSION OF MERCY INCone grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +11%
- HCHATTERAS CIVIC ASSOCIATIONone grant, 2023 · $10k
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.
Feral Cat Rescue provides support for spay and neutering feral cats in St. Mary's County, Maryland. Expenses include spay, neutering, vaccination against rabies and distemper, micro chipping, parasite control both internal and external and…
The hero rescue is formed by a network of volunteers and fosters committed to saving lives of animals at risk of euthanasia, abuse, and neglect. by relocating animals from over crowded shelters to maryland for adequate veterinary care,…
Wildlife rescue, inc. is dedicated to alleviating the suffering of sick, injured and orphaned animals. we assist maryland residents with emergencies, rescue and rehabilitation of wildlife with the goal of release back to nature. provide…
Concern's mission: concern brings hope, offers opportunity, and inspires change. concern's vision: to encourage growth and promote positive healthy lives.
Manna food center, inc strives to end hunger in our community through education, advocacy, and food distribution to individuals and partner agencies. manna's guiding principles are to be service-driven, community- centered and…
Founded in 1920 by mccormick spice company's entrepreneur willoughby mccormick, building families for children (bfc), formerly baptist family & children's services, exists to prove a safe, nurturing family for ever child and a supportive,…
Our mission is to help fill some of the gaps with the things these kids need most - backpacks and school supplies, warm new coats for winter and gifts to help make the holidays special. We work with local schools, shelters and churches to…
To save lives & relieve suffering through health interventions & related activities that strengthen communities affected by conflict, natural disasters & disease outbreaks.
Provide injured, ill, and orphaned wild animals with compassionate rehabilitative care, release them back to nature, and educate the public on the importance of these animals and how to help and co-exist with them.
Comfort cases was founded on a mission to provide comfort and support to the youth entering the foster care system. comfort cases provides cases filled with new essential and comfort items for youth.
Advancing hope, healing, and resilience for those impacted by trauma, abuse, and violence through comprehensive response, treatment, education, and prevention.
The westminster rescue mission is a community that provides clinical, physical, and spiritual resources to heal the addicted and feed the hungry. we take a holistic approach with christ as the foundation of our work.
How this is measured
28 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. 28 of the 46 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 SHARPSBURG AREA EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ↗
- Who funds Operation Warm Inc ↗
- Who funds Defenders of Wildlife ↗
- Who funds FAHRNEY-KEEDY MEMORIAL HOME INC AKA FAHRNEY-KEEDY HOME AND VILLAGE ↗
- Who funds Childrens Treehouse Child Development Center Inc ↗
- Who funds THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN IN NEED INC ↗
- Who funds KABOOM INC ↗
- Who funds ONLY MAKE BELIEVE INC ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON COUNTY FREE LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds FIRST HOSE COMPANY OF BOONSBORO INC ↗
- Who funds GLENN DALE FIRE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds StoryBook Treasures Inc ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds FRISCO FIRE PREVENTION ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE CARTER CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds MISSION OF MERCY INC ↗
- Who funds PROJECT CAMP INC ↗
- Who funds SAN MAR CHILDREN'S HOME INC ↗
- Who funds FOUR STATES CHRISTIAN MISSIONS INC ↗
- Who funds Tabithas Table Inc ↗
- Who funds Girls on the Run of Mid and Western Mary ↗
- Who funds FREDERICK RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds RADIO HATTERAS INC ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL LOVE 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: Nora Roberts Foundation · The Community Foundation of Washington County Maryland Inc · The Jone L Bowman Foundation Inc · Alice V & David W Fletcher Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Nora Roberts Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Nora Roberts Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- San Mar Children's Home Inc: 29% of income from government
- The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
How this is measured
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