Maryland · Public charity
United Way of Southern Maryland
Serves as agency for fundraising within southern maryland, and provides the allocations of collected funds to participating sec 501c3 organizations.
- $227k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 18
- Itemized grants FY2026
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Itemized, FY2026
- $186k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2026
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 0% of the organizations United Way of Southern Maryland funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 18 | $186k | 89% |
| FY2025 | 1 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $57k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $36k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $80k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $263k | 16% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $179k | 47% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $180k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Maryland Food Bank Inc | $87,168 | 2 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Calvert County Inc | $81,860 | 3 | 13% |
| Farming 4 Hunger Inc | $53,138 | 3 | 5% |
| Calvert Hospice Inc | $53,086 | 3 | 0% |
| End Hunger in Calvert County Inc | $45,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Calvert County Public Schools | $42,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The East-John Youth Center Inc | $41,946 | 4 | 22% |
| Promise Resource Center Inc | $37,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Ampleharvestorg Inc | $36,202 | 1 | 11% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Southern Maryland | $33,071 | 4 | 7% |
Show all 39 grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($108k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget United Way of Southern Maryland supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Charles County Charitable Trust · Give Back Foundation · Help Association Inc · William S Abell Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Anne Arundel Co · God's Bounty Inc · United Way of Charles County Inc · Chesapeake Charities Inc · The Maryland Food Bank Inc · Nora Roberts Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
About United Way of Southern Maryland
- How much does United Way of Southern Maryland give?
- United Way of Southern Maryland reported 18 itemized grants totaling $186,000, out of $227,178 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2025.
- What does United Way of Southern Maryland fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (29%), Philanthropy (16%), Health (11%).
- Who are United Way of Southern Maryland's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: The Maryland Food Bank Inc ($87k), Humane Society of Calvert County Inc ($82k), Farming 4 Hunger Inc ($53k).
- Does United Way of Southern Maryland fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Way of Southern Maryland?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charles County Charitable Trust, Give Back Foundation, Help Association Inc.
- Where is United Way of Southern Maryland based?
- United Way of Southern Maryland is based in MD.
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