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Towercares Foundation Inc

Towercares supports children in need as well as brave and heroic individuals and their families who have sacrificed while protecting our freedom.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
33
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$72k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$738kHuman Services$510kFood & Nutrition$315kYouth Development$179kEducation$163kHousing & Shelter$133kPublic Benefit$99kPhilanthropy$58kOther$0
02FY2025 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 33 grants below total $520,920, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,182,279 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $661,359 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k25 grants · $397k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $72k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$866k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JOHNS HOPKINS CHILDREN'S CENTER$72,420
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY FOOD BANK$30,000
MARYLAND FOOD BANK$27,500
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ANNAPOLIS & ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY$25,000
FORT MEADE ALLIANCE FOUNDATION$25,000
MARYLAND THERAPEUTIC RIDING$20,000
HOWARD COUNTY FOOD BANK$20,000
ELIZABETH DOLE FOUNDATION$20,000
HORIZON DAY CAMP$20,000
CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK$20,000
NEIGHBOR RIDE$18,500
CASEY CARES$15,000
DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION$15,000
TRAVIS MANION FOUNDATION$15,000
FISH OF LAUREL$13,000
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 (FY17–25, $322k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 49% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 8%AMERICAN CORPORATE PARTNERS: $8k → 17%SASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK: $10k → 14%OPERATION FIRST RESPONSE: $15k → 8%NEIGHBOR RIDE: $19k → 6%COMFORT CASES: $10k → 8%Y OF CENTRAL MARYLAND: $15k → 11%AMERICAN CORPORATE PARTNERS: $8k → 17%SASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK: $8k → 14%OPERATION FIRST RESPONSE: $10k → 8%NEIGHBOR RIDE: $9k → 6%COMFORT CASES: $10k → 8%SASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK: $10k → 14%OPERATION FIRST RESPONSE: $10k → 8%NEIGHBOR RIDE: $8k → 6%SASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK: $10k → 14%NEIGHBOR RIDE: $8k → 6%WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION: $8k → 8%WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION: $8k → 8%HORIZON DAY CAMP: $20k → 19%WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION: $8k → 8%COMFORT CASES: $10k → 8%COMFORT CASES: $10k → 8%COMFORT CASES: $10k → 8%COMFORT CASES: $10k → 8%COMFORT CASES: $5k → 8%MARYLAND FAMILY NETWORK: $10k → 19%HORIZON DAY CAMP: $10k → 19%HERO DOGS: $25k → 8%HORIZON DAY CAMP: $8k → 19%HERO DOGS: $10k → 8%HORIZON DAY CAMP: $6k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
PA
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
TN
DC
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 39 repeat orgs$261k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

39 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
13

Total granted

$2.1M
$173k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+17%

Still filing today

92%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $89k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesPublic BenefitHealthEducationPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • TJ
    THE JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL
    9× · 2017–2025 · $372k · revenue +58%
  • MT
    MARYLAND THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $137k · revenue +7%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ANNAPOLIS & ANNE ARUNDEL
    7× · 2018–2025 · $99k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +13%
  • IS
    INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP AND TUITION SERVICES INC
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +9%
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
Healthcare Access Maryland Inc

We are making maryland healthier by connecting residents to insurance and care, educating the community about healthier living, and advocating a more equitable health care system.

Health
2
Meals On Wheels of Central Marylandinc

Meals on wheels of central maryland's charitable mission, to keep homebound people living safely and independently at home through the provision of nutritious meals, personal contact and support services, reduces hospitalization, and…

Food & Nutrition
3
The Moaa Foundation

Carry on charitable and educational programs for active duty military, reserve, national guard, retired, and former members of the uniformed services and their family members and surviving spouses.

Public Benefit
4
NextOp Inc

NextOp helps place talented enlisted service members and veterans into civilian careers through highly individualized preparation and an array of programming.

Public Benefit
5
Military Officers Association of America

Preserve and protect earned benefits for our uniformed services, veterans, their families, and surviving spouses through advocacy, leadership, education and service. provide first-class service to our members. we are the leading voice on…

Public Benefit
6
Moveable Feast Inc

Moveable feast's mission is to improve the health of marylanders experiencing food insecurity and chronic illness by preparing and delivering medically tailored meals and providing nutrition education, thereby achieving racial, social, and…

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7
Washington Dc Meals on Wheels Inc

We deliver healthy delicious meals to our home-bound neighbors. With a vision of creating a more interconnected resilient and compassionate community our program supports entire family systems. In 2024 236 volunteers delivered 55,642 meals…

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8
University of Maryland Facultyphysicians Inc

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland, school of medicine, administrative support services are provided to the physician practices of the university of maryland, including but not limited to information technology,…

Health
9
Maryland New Directions Inc

Maryland new directions' mission is to train and coach people facing career and life transitions to overcome barriers, restore self-belief, and acquire the skills and tools needed to secure employment on a path to a living wage.

Health
10
Abilities Network Inc

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

Health
11
Upmc Western Maryland Corporation

The mission of upmc western maryland is to serve our community by providing outstanding patient care and to shape tomorrow's health system through clinical & technological innovation, research and education.

Health
12
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fisher House Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Johns Hopkins Hospital. 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

54 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. 54 of the 59 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
52/54
Grantees still filing
37/54
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL: $371,766 · HealthTHE JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITALMARYLAND THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC: $137,000 · HealthMARYLAND THERAPEUTIC RIDING…Mercy Medical Angels: $19,665 · Health+3 more: $42,500 · Health+3 moreHOSPICE OF THE CHESAPEAKE FOUNDATION INC: $87,500 · OtherHOSPICE OF THE CHESAPEAKE FOUNDATION…THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $55,025 · OtherTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INCMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF THE MID-ATLANTIC INC: $49,500 · OtherMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF THE MID-AT…FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $47,500 · OtherFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INCINTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP AND TUITION SERVICES INC: $25,000 · OtherMARYLAND CENTER FOR VETERANS EDUCATION AND TRAINING INC: $60,000 · OtherMARYLAND CENTER FOR VETERANS EDUCATI…BRIDGES TO HOUSING STABILITY INC: $28,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ANNAPOLIS & ANNE ARUNDEL: $99,087 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ANNAPOLIS & AN…CASEY CARES FOUNDATION INC: $77,500 · OtherCASEY CARES FOUNDATION INCCAMP ATTAWAY INC: $42,500 · OtherCAMP ATTAWAY INCJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC: $25,000 · Other+11 more: $149,370 · Other+11 moreCOMFORT CASES INC: $65,400 · Human ServicesCOMFORT CASES I…SUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $43,500 · Human ServicesSUNRISE DAY CAM…NEIGHBOR RIDE INC: $42,000 · Human ServicesNEIGHBOR RIDE I…SASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK INC: $37,500 · Human ServicesSASHA BRUCE YOU…Hero Dogs Inc: $35,000 · Human ServicesHero Dogs IncOPERATION FIRST RESPONSE INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesOPERATION FIRST…WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC: $22,500 · Human ServicesWARRIOR CANINE …AMERICAN CORPORATE PARTNERS: $16,000 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc: $15,000 · Human Services+1 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesFORT MEADE ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC: $77,500 · PhilanthropyFORT MEADE…Travis Manion Foundation: $55,000 · PhilanthropyTravis Man…PARTNERS IN CARE MARYLAND INC: $45,000 · PhilanthropyPARTNERS I…OUR MILITARY KIDS INC: $40,000 · PhilanthropyOUR MILITA…+1 more: $5,105 · PhilanthropyANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $85,000 · Food & NutritionCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $45,000 · Food & NutritionFISH OF LAUREL INC: $33,000 · Food & NutritionPAUL'S PLACE INC: $15,000 · Food & NutritionNATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION: $80,000 · Public BenefitUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $20,000 · Public BenefitCARING FOR MILITARY FAMILIES THE ELIZABETH DOLE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Public BenefitLEADERSHIP MARYLAND INC: $19,000 · Public BenefitNO WARRIOR LEFT BEHIND INC: $11,500 · Public BenefitMARYLAND VETERANS TR: $10,000 · Public BenefitBLUE STAR FAMILIES INC: $7,500 · Public BenefitA WIDER CIRCLE INC: $55,000 · EducationTHE FORT MEADE SPOUSES CLUB: $29,000 · EducationLITERACY COUNCIL OF CARROLL COUNTY INC: $27,500 · EducationDEFENSE INTELLIGENCE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Education
Health$570,931Other$745,982Human Services$321,900Philanthropy$222,605Food & Nutrition$178,000Public Benefit$168,000Education$136,500

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 JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL: $371,766 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMARYLAND THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC: $137,000 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF ANNAPOLIS & ANNE ARUNDEL: $99,087 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetHOSPICE OF THE CHESAPEAKE FOUNDATION INC: $87,500 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $85,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL MILITARY FAMILY ASSOCIATION: $80,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCASEY CARES FOUNDATION INC: $77,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetFORT MEADE ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC: $77,500 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetCOMFORT CASES INC: $65,400 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetMARYLAND CENTER FOR VETERANS EDUCATION AND TRAINING INC: $60,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $55,025 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetA WIDER CIRCLE INC: $55,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTravis Manion Foundation: $55,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF THE MID-ATLANTIC INC: $49,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $47,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN CARE MARYLAND INC: $45,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $43,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCAMP ATTAWAY INC: $42,500 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetNEIGHBOR RIDE INC: $42,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetOUR MILITARY KIDS INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSASHA BRUCE YOUTHWORK INC: $37,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHero Dogs Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetOPERATION FIRST RESPONSE INC: $35,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetFISH OF LAUREL INC: $33,000 over 3y, 9.0% of budgetBRIDGES TO HOUSING STABILITY INC: $28,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLITERACY COUNCIL OF CARROLL COUNTY INC: $27,500 over 4y, 9.7% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC: $22,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY MARYLAND INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Medical Angels: $19,665 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLEADERSHIP MARYLAND INC: $19,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER ON INSTITUTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES INC: $18,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPREVENTION OF BLINDNESS SOCIETY OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CORPORATE PARTNERS: $16,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPAUL'S PLACE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFINAL SALUTE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetDEFENSE INTELLIGENCE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetNO WARRIOR LEFT BEHIND INC: $11,500 over 2y, 34% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUSA CARES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOSPICE OF THE CHESAPEAKE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARYLAND FAMILY NETWORK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUSO OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBLUE STAR FAMILIES INC: $7,500 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.

The United Way of Cen…The Kahlert Foundatio…America's CharitiesNora Roberts Foundati…Arundel Community Dev…Community Foundation …Give Back FoundationThe Harry and Jeanett…The Community Foundat…Phillips Charitable F…Edward St John Founda…Clark-Winchcole Found…
The United Way of Central Maryland IncMD36.5× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · The Kahlert Foundation Inc · America's Charities · Nora Roberts Foundation · Arundel Community Development Services Inc · Community Foundation of Anne Arundel Co · Give Back Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Howard County Inc · Phillips Charitable Foundation · Edward St John Foundation Inc · Clark-Winchcole 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 Towercares Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Towercares Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Maryland Family Network Inc: 66% of income from government
  • Community Action Council of Howard County Maryland Inc: 44% of income from government
  • Partners in Care Maryland Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Paul's Place Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Young Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc: 22% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • A Wider Circle Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Warrior Canine Connection Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Everymind Inc: 4% of income from government
  • National Center On Institutions and Alternatives Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Johns Hopkins Hospital: 0% of income from government
  • Comfort Cases Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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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Find your warmest path to Towercares 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 59 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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