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University of Maryland Medical System Corporation

Umms provides a variety of inpatient/outpatient services to people in the maryland area regardless of their ability to pay.

$2.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
32
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$987k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Health$11MFood & Nutrition$4.2MEducation$591kHuman Services$579kCommunity Improvement$514kPhilanthropy$358kYouth Development$280kInternational$71kOther$0
02FY2025 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 32 grants below total $2,156,965 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $2,429,652 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $272,687 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k23 grants · $361k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.7M
$10,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$5.3B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MEALS ON WHEELS CENTRAL MD$986,932
BALTIMORE COMMUNITY LENDING$431,063
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$250,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL$50,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE - BALTIMORE$50,000
BALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL BSA$35,000
KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE$35,000
SOUTHWEST PARTNERSHIP INC$35,000
CHESAPEAKE DOWN SYNDROME$25,000
CRISTO REY CORPORATE INTERNSHIP$20,520
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF BALTIMORE$20,000
LIVE BALTIMORE HOME CENTER$20,000
CITY OF BALTIMORE DEVELOPMENT$15,000
COUNCIL OF STATE$12,500
BLACK GIRLS VOTE FOR HER$12,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $563k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%UNITEDHEALTHCARE CHILDRENS FOUNDATION IN: $9k → 11%HARFORD COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $40k → 7%Community Family Life Services: $10k → 14%CHESAPEAKE DOWN SYNDROME: $25k → 11%TRANSFORMING LIVES COMMUNITY: $30k → 19%SOUTHERN MARYLAND FOOD BANK: $25k → 8%Transforming Lives Community: $9k → 19%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $100k → 19%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE BALTIMORE: $70k → 19%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE - BALTIMORE: $50k → 19%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE MARYLAND: $20k → 19%BELOVED COMMUNITY SERVICES CORPORATION: $8k → 19%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE - BALTIMORE: $78k → 19%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE - BALTIMORE: $70k → 19%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF BALTIMORE: $20k → 19%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

MN
IA
PA
KY
VA
MD
AZ
DC
GA
TX

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$16M · 34 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +26% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

34 repeat relationships — 19 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
43

Total granted

$16M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
0%

Still filing today

94%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $177k 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
HealthHuman ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • UO
    University of Maryland Medical System Foundation Inc
    6× · 2017–2025 · $9.2M · revenue +29% · 26% of their budget
  • BC
    BALTIMORE COMMUNITY LENDING INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +81%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    6× · 2018–2025 · $550k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • AC
    AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $250k · revenue -80%
  • CA
    CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC
    one grant, 2023 · $200k · revenue +13%
  • FF
    FIRST FRUITS FARM INC
    one grant, 2023 · $75k · revenue -36%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical System Inc

The mission of umbwms is to provide the highest quality healthcare services to the communities we serve. our vision is to be the preferred regional medical center through nationally recognized quality, personalized service and outstanding…

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2
University of Maryland Medical System Corporation

Umms provides a variety of inpatient/outpatient services to people in the maryland area regardless of their ability to pay. revenues are used to help defray the costs of services.

Health
3
Baltimore Washington Medical Center Inc

The mission of baltimore washington medical center (bwmc) is to provide the highest quality healthcare services to the communities we serve. our vision is to be the preferred regional medical center through nationally recognized quality,…

Health
4
University of Maryland Physicians 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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5
University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health System Inc

To assist in the management of and to provide services to related healthcare affiliates.

Health
6
University of Maryland Surgical 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…

Health
7
Baltimore Washington Healthcare Services Inc

To provide the highest quality healthcare services to the community we serve through our vision statement: outstanding people, exceptional service and uncompromising quality.

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8
University of Maryland Family Medicine 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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9
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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10
University of Maryland Oncology 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…

Health
11
University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates 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…

Education
12
University of Maryland Pediatric 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…

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Baltimore Washington Medical Center Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is Living Legacy Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 37 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr16%10%5–10yr18%7%10–20yr16%27%20–35yr12%36%35–55yr16%20%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr16%3%5–10yr18%2%10–20yr16%58%20–35yr12%16%35–55yr16%20%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%2/92
the rest of the field
15%
4,529/30,890

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

80 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 80 of the 91 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
76/80
Grantees still filing
42/80
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

University of Maryland Medical System Foundation Inc — $9,164,253 · EducationUniversity of Maryland Medical System Foundation IncCAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INC — $443,000 · Education+6 more — $144,069 · EducationMEALS ON WHEELS OF CENTRAL MARYLANDINC — $2,234,803 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS …CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC — $200,000 · Food & NutritionCAPITAL AREA FOO…+2 more — $85,000 · Food & NutritionBALTIMORE COMMUNITY LENDING INC — $1,204,751 · Community ImprovementBALTIMORE…SOUTHWEST PARTNERSHIP INC — $255,000 · Community ImprovementSOUTHWEST…+5 more — $100,000 · Community Improvement+5 moreTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC — $385,000 · OtherTHE MARYLA…GREATER BALTIMORE COMMITTEE INC — $140,630 · OtherGREATER BA…Charles Regional Medical Center Foundation Inc — $70,150 · OtherBaltimore Washington Medical Center Foundation Inc — $65,000 · OtherMARYLAND MATERNITY ACCESS COALITION — $60,000 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC — $100,000 · OtherJUNIOR ACH…BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $67,500 · Other+36 more — $729,770 · Other+36 moreAmerican Heart Association Inc — $550,235 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $250,000 · HealthUpper Chesapeake Health Foundation Inc — $117,500 · HealthMt Washington Pediatric Hospital Inc — $77,500 · HealthINFINITE LEGACY INC — $65,000 · Health+10 more — $123,950 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF MARYLAND INC — $387,500 · Human ServicesHARFORD COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC — $40,000 · Human ServicesTransforming Lives Community Development Corporation — $38,970 · Human ServicesDOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF MARYLAND — $25,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON — $25,000 · Human ServicesASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC — $20,000 · Human Services+3 more — $26,500 · Human ServicesBALTIMORE CIVIC FUND INC — $438,243 · PhilanthropyTHE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC — $27,500 · PhilanthropyMt Washington Pediatric Foundation Inc — $27,000 · PhilanthropyLIVING LEGACY FOUNDATION — $25,000 · PhilanthropyBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 · Philanthropy
Education$9,751,322Food & Nutrition$2,519,803Community Improvement$1,559,751Other$1,618,050Health$1,184,185Human Services$562,970Philanthropy$542,743

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUniversity of Maryland Medical System Foundation Inc — $9,164,253 over 6y, 26% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF CENTRAL MARYLANDINC — $2,234,803 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetBALTIMORE COMMUNITY LENDING INC — $1,204,751 over 3y, 13% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $550,235 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCAL RIPKEN SR FOUNDATION INC — $443,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetBALTIMORE CIVIC FUND INC — $438,243 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF MARYLAND INC — $387,500 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC — $385,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSOUTHWEST PARTNERSHIP INC — $255,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC — $200,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER BALTIMORE COMMITTEE INC — $140,630 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetUpper Chesapeake Health Foundation Inc — $117,500 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC — $101,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC — $100,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetMt Washington Pediatric Hospital Inc — $77,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFIRST FRUITS FARM INC — $75,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCharles Regional Medical Center Foundation Inc — $70,150 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $67,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINFINITE LEGACY INC — $65,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBaltimore Washington Medical Center Foundation Inc — $65,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetMARYLAND MATERNITY ACCESS COALITION — $60,000 over 2y, 50% of budgetCaring Cupboard LLC — $50,000 over 1y, 68% of budgetASSOCIATED BLACK CHARITIES INC — $45,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetBALTIMORE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION INC — $45,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetKENNEDY KRIEGER EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHARFORD COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC — $40,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTransforming Lives Community Development Corporation — $38,970 over 2y, 8.1% of budgetNAMI MARYLAND INC — $30,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetUNIV OF MD CAPITAL REGION HEALTH FOUNDATION INC — $30,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetDOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP OF BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC — $30,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC — $27,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMt Washington Pediatric Foundation Inc — $27,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLIVING LEGACY FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFUEL FUND OF MARYLAND INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FORUM FOR BLACK PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBLACK GIRLS VOTE 4 HER INC — $22,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetBALTIMORE AREA COUNCIL #220 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $21,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD TRADE CENTER INSTITUTE INC — $21,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLIVE BALTIMORE HOME CENTER INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetEVERYMAN THEATRE INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FAMILY TREE INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBALTIMORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Medical Association — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAssociation for Multcultural Affairs in Transplantation — $15,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Baltimore Community F…The United Way of Cen…T Rowe Price Foundati…Brown Advisory Charit…Johns Hopkins Univers…France-Merrick Founda…Johns Hopkins Health …T Rowe Price Program …Annie E Casey Foundat…The Harry and Jeanett…Associated Jewish Cha…The Abell Foundation …
Baltimore Community Foundation IncMD52.2× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · T Rowe Price Foundation · Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc · Johns Hopkins University · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · The Abell Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization University of Maryland Medical System Corporation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 190%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Southwest Partnership Inc — 50% of income from government
  • Paul's Place Inc — 29% of income from government
  • Baltimore Community Lending Inc — 28% of income from government
  • First Fruits Farm Inc — 26% of income from government
  • Everyman Theatre Inc — 15% of income from government
  • Cal Ripken Sr Foundation 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
  • World Trade Center Institute Inc — 9% of income from government
  • Maryland Academy of Sciences — 9% of income from government
  • Harford Community Action Agency Inc — 9% of income from government
  • The Family Tree Inc — 9% of income from government
  • Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Chase Brexton Health Services Inc — 4% of income from government
  • University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Beloved Community Services Corporation — 3% of income from government
  • Kennedy Krieger Education and Community Services Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Health Care for the Homeless Inc — 2% of income from government
  • The United Way of Central Maryland Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Mt Washington Pediatric Hospital Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
19get no government money at all
23report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 91 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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