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The Verdence Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Verdence 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.

$29k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Philanthropy$40kHealth$18kHousing & Shelter$11kInternational$11kHuman Services$6kArts & Culture$5kEducation$4kEnvironment$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,275
Median grant
6
States reached
$354k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$10,300
DAVID LAWRENCE CENTER$5,000
CLOTHES FOR CHRISTMAS ARC DONATION$4,191
BRANDON TOLSON FOUNDATION$1,700
COOL KIDS CAMPAIGN$1,600
WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA$1,275
A CAN CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE$1,056
COOK FOR VETS$1,000
FRIENDSHIP PLACE$1,000
THE BALTIMORE HUNGER PROJECT$655
NAMIORG$523
FUND FOR ALEXANDRIA'S CHILD$312
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 63% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ST VINCENT DE PAUL BALTIMORE: $478 → 19%BRANDON TOLSON FOUNDATION: $2k → 7%HADLEYS BLESSING INC: $500 → 11%FATHER O'NEILL CHARITIES INC: $1k → 11%THE BALTIMORE HUNGER PROJECT: $655 → 11%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.
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 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
The Home for Life Foundation Joseph S Micallef
Philanthropy
2
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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3
The Breathing Room Foundation Inc

The foundation is organized to provide aid and support to individuals and families suffering from the consequences of living with cancer.

Philanthropy
4
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
5
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
6
Blood Cancer United Inc

Our mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Health
7
Fore Hadley Foundation

The fore hadley foundation was created to drive awareness and generate funding for families and children affected by congenital diaphragmatic hernia (cdh). cdh is a rare birth defect that effects roughly 1 in every 2,500 live births per…

Philanthropy
8
Debbie's Dream Foundation

Debbie's dream foundation:curing stomach cancer is dedicated to raising awareness about stomach cancer, providing education, advocacy, and support internationally to patients, families, and caregivers affected by the disease, and advancing…

Human Services
9
The Homeless Families Foundation

The homeless families foundation educates and nurtures children while empowering families to achieve stable housing and self-sufficiency.

Human Services
10
Bonnell Foundation Living With Cystic Fi

To give emotional and/or financial support to parents who have a loved one with cystic fibrosis. educating the community about cystic fibrosis is a critical step in developing research (getting community support), advocacy and overall…

Health
11
Connelly Foundation
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12
Covenant House Washington Dc

Covenant house washington, dc ("chw") provides shelter, crisis care, community services, and outreach services to youth in the washington dc area.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Homecoming Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Father Oneill Charities 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

16 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. 16 of the 27 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
6/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY CHARITABLE DONOR ADVISED FUND: $40,000 · OtherFIDELITY CHARITABLE DONOR ADVISED FUNDHenderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity: $10,300 · OtherHenderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for HumanityRYAN FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · OtherRYAN FOUNDATION INCDAVID LAWRENCE CENTER: $5,000 · OtherDAVID LAWRENCE CENTERCLOTHES FOR CHRISTMAS ARC DONATION: $4,191 · OtherCLOTHES FOR CHRISTMAS ARC DONATION+9 more: $8,191 · Other+9 moreCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $8,460 · HealthCYSTIC FIBR…COOL KIDS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION INC: $1,600 · HealthCOOL KIDS C…PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $1,000 · HealthPANCREATIC …JEWISH NATIONAL FUND-USA INC: $10,000 · InternationalJEWISH NAT…THE BRANDON TOLSON FOUNDATION INC: $1,700 · Human ServicesFATHER ONEILL CHARITIES INC: $1,250 · Human ServicesBALTIMORE HUNGER PROJECT LLC: $655 · Human ServicesHadleys Blessing Inc: $500 · Human ServicesST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE INC: $478 · Human ServicesTOWSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,240 · EducationHOMECOMING PROJECT INC: $1,000 · EducationCAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC: $2,000 · EnvironmentWreaths Across America: $1,275 · Public Benefit
Other$72,682Health$11,060International$10,000Human Services$4,583Education$4,240Environment$2,000Public Benefit$1,275

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHenderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity: $10,300 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $8,460 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTOWSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $3,240 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BRANDON TOLSON FOUNDATION INC: $1,700 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCOOL KIDS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION INC: $1,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWreaths Across America: $1,275 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOMECOMING PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriendship Place: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSisters Circle Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBALTIMORE HUNGER PROJECT LLC: $655 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE INC: $478 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Allegis Group Foundat…The United Way of Cen…Baltimore Community F…National Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Allegis Group Foundation IncMD13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Allegis Group Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 40%
  • St Vincent De Paul of Baltimore Inc: 40% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 27 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.

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