· Private foundation
The Robert W Awalt Sr 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, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k11 grants · $43k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $53k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BOYS HOPE OF MARYLAND | $22,500 |
| MARYLAND FOOD BANK | $10,000 |
| HELPING UP MISSION | $10,000 |
| LIVING CLASSROOMS | $10,000 |
| THE LIGHTHOUSE INC | $8,125 |
| ST JUDES CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $7,500 |
| HOUSE OF RUTH | $5,000 |
| MAINE ISLAND TRAIL ASSOCIATION | $5,000 |
| ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY SPCA | $3,125 |
| AA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY | $3,125 |
| BARCS | $3,125 |
| BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA | $2,000 |
| NATIONAL PARKS FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| LAKES REGION CONSERVATION TRUST | $2,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $1,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 70% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 9 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, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TMTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC8× · 2017–2024 · $95k · revenue +57%
- TLTHE LIGHT HOUSE INC8× · 2017–2024 · $91k · revenue +46%
- HUHELPING UP MISSION INC7× · 2017–2024 · $63k · revenue +83%
Funded once
- BCBALTIMORE CLAYWORKS INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +28%
- CFCOLLEGEBOUND FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +137%
- WMWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONALgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +115%
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.
Greater Baybrook Alliance GBA is a non-profit community development organization whose mission is to act as a catalyst and conduit for equitable development and reinvestment in the Brooklyn, Brooklyn Park, Curtis Bay neighborhoods and…
To cultivate career advancement opportunities for local talent, facilitate talent acquisition for local employers, increase access to capital for local entrepreneurs' social ventures, and foster cross-sector collaboration to address city…
See schedule o.inspired by our home city, baltimore center stage acts as a cultural catalyst for all communities to access theater in every form and engage in compelling conversations. programming: capture the collective imagination and…
Create a more accessible, sustainable, prosperous and livable national capital region by being a discussion forum, expert resource, issue advocate, and catalyst for action.
The mission of the washington county free library system is to continually improve our service to the public by:* providing the public with free access to library materials in a variety of formats* promoting community enrichment, economic…
To restore the quality of baltimore's rivers, streams and harbor to foster a healthy environment, a strong economy, and thriving communities.
The arc baltimore supports people with developmental disabilities to lead fulfilling lives with a sense of belonging, purpose, and meaningful relationships.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
Visit baltimore is the tourism arm of baltimore, responsible for generating incremental economic benefits through attraction of convention and leisure visitors, and works to provide experience for all guests.
Port discovery children's museum's mission is to connect purposeful play and learning within its walls and beyond.
Founded in 2001, gbca is a leading nonprofit provider of services to artists and cultural organizations in the region. (see schedule o)
Classic Theatre of Marylands mission is to produce bold re-imagined entertaining and accessible interpretations of classical works contemporary plays and musicals with a core commitment to the works of Shakespeare and other major…
How this is measured
19 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. 19 of the 33 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 THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds THE LIGHT HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds HELPING UP MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds CREATIVE ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds Lakes Region Conservation Trust ↗
- Who funds PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF ANNAPOLIS AND A A CO INC ↗
- Who funds BALTIMORE CLAYWORKS INC ↗
- Who funds Maine Island Trail Association ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds BALTIMORE ANIMAL RESCUE AND CARE SHELTER BARCS ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL LOVE INC ↗
- Who funds COLLEGEBOUND FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds LE MONDO ↗
- Who funds FUEL FUND OF MARYLAND INC ↗
- Who funds CLAY ART CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FOXG1 Research 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: T Rowe Price Foundation · Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts Inc · Robert W Deutsch Foundation · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · Nora Roberts Foundation · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Robert W Awalt Sr Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Robert W Awalt Sr Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
- Helping Up Mission Inc: 6% of income from government
- Baltimore Clayworks Inc: 5% of income from government
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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