· Private foundation
The Thomas F and Carol M Obrecht Family Foundation
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.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| IRVINE NATURE CENTER | $5,000 |
| SANTA'S HELPERS INC | $2,500 |
| THE BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART | $300 |
| CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION | $250 |
| BETHANY BEACH VOL FIRE DEPT | $150 |
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 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 98% 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
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 +45% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 1 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, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GSGILMAN SCHOOL INCORPORATED4× · 2018–2023 · $42k · revenue +45%
BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART8× · 2017–2024 · $2k · revenue +57%
CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC8× · 2017–2024 · $2k · revenue +53%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $3k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $1k
- BSBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICAone grant, 2023 · $500
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.
The museum connects people to nature by delivering educational classes, programs, exhibits, events and demonstrations. staff and volunteers engage learners of all ages on a 23 acre campus setting. indoor and outdoor learning opportunities…
To inform and enrich the intellectual lives of 20,000 alumni of harvard university in the washington, dc area and to assist harvard university with respect to applicants and undergraduates from the dc area.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.
The cfa society baltimore, inc. was founded in 1948. the cfa society baltimore, inc. was established to provide the financial community with information and knowledge, while advocating ethical conduct with regard to investments and…
The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…
Green acres school challenges and inspires students to live and learn with intellect, curiosity, determination, joy, and compassion.
Glen foerd stewards an eclectic riverfront estate for the enjoyment and educational benefit of the community. drawing from the estate's architecture, art, material culture, and history-as well as its gardens and waterways-glen foerd…
The waldorf school of baltimore educates and inspires children to think, act, and feel with depth, imagination, and purpose.
The mission of the jenkins arboretum & gardens is to preserve natural, tranquil woodlands for community enjoyment, to showcase native plants and a world class collection of rhododendrons and azaleas, and to promote environmental…
The maymont foundation is committed to creating experiences that delight, educate and inspire.
Connecting communities and nature in wisdom and wonder
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 17 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 GILMAN SCHOOL INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds GARRISON FOREST SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds IRVINE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE VALLEYS PLANNING COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds GREEN SPRING VALLEY GARDEN CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds THE MARYLAND SPCA 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Thomas F and Carol M Obrecht Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Thomas F and Carol M Obrecht Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Baltimore Museum of Art: 4% of income from government
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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