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The Wolman Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Wolman Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$138k
Granted FY2022
37
Grants FY2022
4
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Human Services$161kArts & Culture$119kEducation$114kRecreation & Sports$27kHousing & Shelter$23kHealth$22kPhilanthropy$19kYouth Development$16kOther$0
02FY2022 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k29 grants · $48k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $90k
$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE HAMPDEN FAMILY CENTER$20,000
FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE$10,000
TEACH FOR AMERICA$10,000
ARTS FOR LEARNING MARYLAND$10,000
CENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES INC$10,000
ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY$10,000
ART WITH A HEART$10,000
SOUTHWEST SPORTS AND FITNESS ALLIANCE$10,000
YMCA OF CENTRAL MARYLAND$5,000
BALTIMORE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE FOUNDATION$5,000
MIDDLE GRADES PARTNERSHIP$5,000
ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE INC$3,250
KENNEDY KRIEGER FOUNDATION INC$2,500
MARYLAND FOOD BANK$2,500
MT WASHINGTON PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL$2,500
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 (FY17–22, $74k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PROMISE LANDING FARM: $500 → 11%ART WITH A HEART: $10k → 19%ART WITH A HEART: $9k → 19%YMCA OF CENTRAL MARYLAND: $5k → 11%THE Y OF CENTRAL MARYLAND: $5k → 11%ART WITH A HEART: $1k → 19%MARYLAND FAMILY NETWORK: $2k → 19%MARYLAND FAMILY NETWORK: $1k → 19%ST VINCENT DEPAUL BALTIMORE: $5k → 19%ST VINCENT DEPAUL BALTIMORE: $5k → 19%ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE INC: $3k → 19%ST VINCENT DEPAUL BALTIMORE: $3k → 19%ST VINCENT DEPAUL BALTIMORE: $3k → 19%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $1k → 19%ASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $1k → 19%CENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES INC: $10k → 19%CENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES: $10k → 19%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $1k → 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.
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$444k · 49 repeat orgs$94k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +63% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

49 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2022, 25 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

49
21

Total granted

$444k
$49k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
+7%

Still filing today

63%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’22
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterHealthCrime & LegalOther
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

  • TH
    The Hampden Family Center Inc
    3× · 2019–2022 · $41k · revenue +10%
  • GH
    Grow Home Inc
    2× · 2019–2020 · $30k · revenue +261%
  • FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC
    2× · 2020–2022 · $20k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE ASSOCIATED JEWISH COMMUNITY FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $16k
  • CC
    CHESAPEAKE CENTER FOR YOUTH AND DEV
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • IH
    INNTERIM HOUSING CORPORATION
    one grant, 2017 · $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
Baltimore Corps Inc

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…

Employment
2
Center Stage Associates Inc

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…

Arts & Culture
3
Maryland Center On Economic Policy Inc

The maryland center on economic policy advances innovative policy ideas to foster broad prosperity and help our state be the standard-bearer for responsible public policy.

Social Science
4
Metropolitan Baltimore Council of Afl-Cio Unions

The council was organized for the purpose of providing its members with adequate representation in various union related matters.

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5
Johns Hopkins Community Physicians Inc

Johns hopkins community physicians, inc (jhcp), a valued member of johns hopkins medicine, is a network of medical practices strategically positioned throughout communities in maryland and dc. we strive to meet the needs of each community…

—
6
The Maryland School for the Blind

As a statewide resource center, the school provides outreach, educational and residential services for students to reach their fullest potential by preparing them to be as successful, independent, and well-rounded contributing members of…

Education
7
Baltimore Montessori Inc

To nurture a love of learning in a small family-like environment by providing an extraordinary and proven montessori public school experience for families in baltimore city.

Education
8
Abilities Network Inc

Cultivating inclusive communities through relationships, innovation and high-quality services.

Health
9
Baltimore Area Health Education Center

To eliminate health disparities by educating and strengthening the health care workforce. bahec provides interdisciplinary education programs that bridge academic, healthcare, and community settings to transform the health of underserved…

Health
10
The Arc Baltimore Inc

The arc baltimore supports people with developmental disabilities to lead fulfilling lives with a sense of belonging, purpose, and meaningful relationships.

Human Services
11
Baltimore Curriculum Project Inc

To develop, implement, and advocate for an innovative, sustainable, and replicable education model that improves students outcomes. in so doing, the baltimore curriculum project will help to raise educational standards and opportunities…

Education
12
Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership Inc

The baltimore regional housing partnership expands housing choices for low-income families who have historically been excluded from housing in well-resourced areas.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Thread Inc; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee 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

48 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. 48 of the 83 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)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/48
Grantees still filing
40/48
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ASSOCIATED JEWISH COMMUNITY FD: $43,500 · OtherTHE ASSOCIATED JEWISH COMMUNITY FDMIDDLE GRADES PARTNERSHIP: $20,000 · OtherMIDDLE GRADES PARTNERSHIPTHE ASSOCIATED JEWISH COMMUNITY FUND: $16,000 · OtherTHE ASSOCIATED JEWISH COMMUNITY FUNDUMB FOUNDATION: $11,500 · OtherCHESAPEAKE CENTER FOR YOUTH AND DEV: $10,000 · OtherYOUNG AUDIENCES: $10,000 · OtherGOODWILL INDUSTRIES: $8,500 · OtherBALTIMORE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS: $8,500 · OtherTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $8,000 · Other+41 more: $95,750 · Other+41 moreGrow Home Inc: $30,000 · Arts & CultureGrow Home IncBALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $15,500 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE SYMPHON…ARTS FOR LEARNING MARYLAND INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureARTS FOR LEARNING…Maryland Humanities Council Inc: $7,000 · Arts & CultureMaryland Humaniti…EVERYMAN THEATRE INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureEVERYMAN THEATRE …BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $3,500 · Arts & CultureARTS EDUCATION IN MARYLAND SCHOOLS ALLIANCE INC: $3,000 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $9,500 · Arts & Culture+6 moreCENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesCENTER FOR URBA…Art With a Heart Inc: $19,500 · Human ServicesArt With a Hear…ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE INC: $18,250 · Human ServicesST VINCENT DE P…Young Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Chr…MARYLAND FAMILY NETWORK INC: $2,500 · Human Services+3 more: $3,500 · Human ServicesFUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $20,000 · EducationFUND FOR EDU…ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY OF BALTIMORE CITY: $20,000 · EducationENOCH PRATT …Teach for America Inc: $10,000 · EducationTeach for Am…The Ingenuity Project Inc: $6,000 · EducationThe Ingenuit…THE BALTIMORE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE FOUNDATION AND ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 · EducationTHE BALTIMOR…+1 more: $500 · EducationThe Hampden Family Center Inc: $40,500 · Crime & LegalPUBLIC JUSTICE CENTER INC: $1,500 · Crime & LegalPARKS AND PEOPLE INC: $17,000 · Recreation & SportsSOUTHWEST SPORTS AND FITNESS ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsHOPEWELL CANCER SUPPORT: $11,000 · HealthMt Washington Pediatric Hospital Inc: $7,188 · Health
Other$231,750Arts & Culture$83,500Human Services$73,750Education$61,500Crime & Legal$42,000Recreation & Sports$27,000Health$18,188

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 budgetThe Hampden Family Center Inc: $40,500 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetGrow Home Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetFUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY OF BALTIMORE CITY: $20,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetArt With a Heart Inc: $19,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetST VINCENT DE PAUL OF BALTIMORE INC: $18,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPARKS AND PEOPLE INC: $17,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $15,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOPEWELL CANCER SUPPORT: $11,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARTS FOR LEARNING MARYLAND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHWEST SPORTS AND FITNESS ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMt Washington Pediatric Hospital Inc: $7,188 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMaryland Humanities Council Inc: $7,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS INC: $6,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTRAL SCHOLARSHIP BUREAU INC: $6,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Ingenuity Project Inc: $6,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHREAD INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BALTIMORE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE FOUNDATION AND ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEVERYMAN THEATRE INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetINNTERIM HOUSING CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE CHESAPEAKE INC: $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFUEL FUND OF MARYLAND INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FAMILY TREE INC: $3,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetARTS EDUCATION IN MARYLAND SCHOOLS ALLIANCE INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCOLLEGEBOUND FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST AMBROSE HOUSING AID CENTER INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARYLAND FAMILY NETWORK INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKENNEDY KRIEGER FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PEALE CENTER FOR BALTIMORE HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetPUBLIC JUSTICE CENTER INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF CENTRAL MARYLANDINC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWALTERS ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF MARYLAND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN VISIONARY ART MUSEUM INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCity Neighbors Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROMISE LANDING FARM INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCREATIVE ALLIANCE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetV-LINC INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Baltimore Community F…Associated Jewish Cha…T Rowe Price Program …The Abell Foundation …T Rowe Price Foundati…France-Merrick Founda…The John J Leidy Foun…The Bunting Family Fo…The United Way of Cen…The Harry and Jeanett…David & Barbara B Hir…Brown Advisory Charit…
Baltimore Community Foundation IncMD63.6× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Foundation · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · The John J Leidy Foundation Inc · The Bunting Family Foundation · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · David & Barbara B Hirschhorn Foundation Inc · Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Maryland Family Network Inc: 66% of income from government
  • Maryland Humanities Council Inc: 60% of income from government
  • Parks and People Inc: 43% of income from government
  • St Vincent De Paul of Baltimore Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Center for Urban Families Inc: 36% of income from government
  • Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Young Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Everyman Theatre Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Thread Inc: 12% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Associated Catholic Charities Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Shriver Hall Concert Series Inc: 9% of income from government
  • The Family Tree Inc: 9% of income from government
  • The Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture Inc: 8% of income from government
  • The American Visionary Art Museum Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Public Justice Center Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Baltimore Museum of Art: 4% of income from government
  • Art With a Heart Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Jewish Museum of Maryland Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Health Care for the Homeless Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Fund for Educational Excellence Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Arts for Learning Maryland Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Mt Washington Pediatric Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
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.
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How do I get to The Wolman Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Wolman Family Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 83 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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