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Venable Foundation Inc

The venable foundation works to promote the health and well-being of the communities where venable's clients and attorneys work and live. The foundation supports a wide range of civic, cultural and charitable endeavors as well as public interest law and legal education, with a central focus on legal assistance and legal education…

$4.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
198
Itemized grants FY2024
188
Organizations funded FY2023
8%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$2.7M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
141 to 215
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$466k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 8% of the organizations Venable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $128k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationCrime & LegalHousing & ShelterArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving190$2.6M8%
FY2023188$2.8M8%
FY2022215$3.3M15%
FY2021168$2.8M12%
FY2020189$3.2M27%
FY2019160$2.5M16%
FY2018141$2.2M32%
FY2017149$3.0Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Crime & Legal$5.2MEducation$3.0MHuman Services$2.3MHousing & Shelter$2.2MHealth$2.2MFood & Nutrition$2.1MArts & Culture$1.3MYouth Development$1.0MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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NY
MA
IA
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MD
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 354 grantees
All grantees of Venable Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Maryland Food Bank Inc$775,00080%
Legal Aid Bureau Inc$550,00081%
Bread for the City Inc$425,00071%
Miriam's Kitchen$395,40081%
The DC Central Kitchen Inc$345,00080%
Higher Achievement Program Inc$305,00081%
Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia$303,50082%
Kind Inc$300,00050%
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles$286,50061%
Hope for Henry Foundation$275,00074%
The Legal Aid Society$222,50080%
The Tahirih Justice Center$206,00071%
House of Ruth$205,00070%
Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City$205,00080%
True Ground Housing Partners Inc$195,00080%
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service Inc$195,00081%
Arlington Free Clinic Inc$190,00081%
Maryland Family Network Inc$185,00080%
Law Foundation of Silicon Valley$183,00080%
Greater DC Diaper Bank$175,00082%
Martha's Table Inc$170,00060%
Five Acres The Boys and Girls' Aid Society of Los Angeles County$170,00080%
Reading Partners$160,00040%
Health Care for the Homeless Inc$160,00050%
Paul's Place Inc$155,00081%
The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Inc$155,00081%
Children's Law Center Inc$150,00080%
Turnaround Inc$150,00071%
Bay Area Legal Aid$150,00011%
Teach for America Inc$150,00070%
Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition$147,50080%
Legal Services of Northern Virginia Inc$145,00071%
Doorways for Women and Families Inc$142,50080%
I Have a Dream Foundation - Los Angeles$140,00055%
Maryland Zoological Society Inc$140,00080%
PathForward Inc$140,00080%
City Harvest Inc$137,50080%
Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland Inc$135,00081%
Some Inc$130,00080%
Center Stage Associates Inc$127,50080%
Heart of Los Angeles Youth Inc$125,00042%
Children's Scholarship Fund Baltimore$121,50073%
March of Dimes Inc$121,38580%
Hippodrome Foundation Inc$121,00061%
Food Bank for New York City$120,00030%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$120,00040%
City Year Inc$120,00060%
Springboard Collaborative$120,00040%
Disability Rights Maryland Inc dba Maryland Disability Law Center Inc$120,00071%
Homeless Persons Representation Project Inc$117,50081%
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc$117,50080%
My Sister's Place Inc$115,00072%
The Child and Family Network Centers Inc$111,00081%
Iona Senior Services$110,00070%
Young Men's Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc$110,00040%
Johns Hopkins University$110,00010%
The Baltimore Station Inc$110,00042%
Public Justice Center Inc$105,00081%
Collegebound Foundation$105,00080%
Open Door Legal$104,00071%
Together We Bake$103,00075%
Elev8baltimoreinc$100,000110%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$100,00010%
Hopewell Cancer Support$100,00083%
Kidsave International Inc$100,00071%
Lava Mae$99,75042%
La Clinica del Pueblo Inc$97,50050%
Student Leadership Network Inc$97,50070%
Anti-Defamation League$96,50040%
Legal Counsel for the Elderly$95,00070%
Homeboy Industries$95,00060%
The Children's Aid Society$92,50080%
Hope Ignites Baltimore Inc$92,50071%
Good Samaritan Family Resource Center of San Francisco$91,00031%
The Maryland Spca Inc$90,00080%
The Literacy Lab$90,00040%
Weingart Center Association$87,50050%
Moveable Feast Inc$87,50061%
The District of Columbia Bar Foundation$87,50060%
Irvine Natural Science Center Inc$85,50081%
DC Greens Inc$85,00061%
Fuel Fund of Maryland Inc$85,00051%
Everybody Wins DC Inc$85,00074%
University of Maryland Medical System Foundation Inc$85,00050%
Arlington Pediatric Center Inc$85,00071%
Fair Girls Inc$85,00044%
Baltimore School for the Arts Foundation Inc$85,00041%
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts$85,00070%
Anacostia Watershed Society Inc$85,00061%
Parks and People Inc$82,50081%
Manna House Inc$82,50063%
Hope and a Home$81,00072%
Bright Beginnings Inc$80,00060%
Alliance for Children's Rights$80,00080%
Everyman Theatre Inc$80,00061%
Special Olympics Maryland Inc$80,00080%
Coalition for the Homeless Inc$80,00070%
The Shepherds Table Inc$77,50071%
The Family Tree Inc$75,00061%
God's Love We Deliver Inc$75,00050%
Creative Alliance Inc$72,50080%
Arlington Retirement Housing Corporation Inc$72,50073%
Maryland New Directions Inc$70,00071%
William Wendt Center for Loss and Healing$70,00070%
Amara Legal Center$70,00072%
Housing Plus Solutions Inc$70,00070%
City Teaching Alliance Inc$70,00050%
Urban Pathways Inc$70,00030%
New York Cares Inc$67,50070%
La Cocina Va$67,50071%
DC Jazz Festival$67,50071%
Homeless Children's Playtime Project$67,50071%
Casa of Baltimore County Inc$67,50072%
San Francisco Food Bank$67,50060%
The Potomac Conservancy Inc$65,00062%
District of Columbia Access to Justice$65,00068%
Digital Harbor Foundation$65,00053%
Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs Inc$65,00060%
Living Classrooms Foundation$65,00060%
Citymeals-On-Wheels$64,00060%
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc$62,50060%
Cool Kids Campaign Foundation Inc$62,50061%
Lawyers Alliance for New York$62,00070%
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest Inc$60,00060%
Fordham University$60,00060%
New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project$60,00060%
Survivors and Advocates for Empowerment Inc$60,00060%
District Alliance for Safe Housing Inc$60,00050%
Operation Dignity Inc$60,00021%
Washington Drama Society Inc$60,00060%
Meals on Wheels of Central Marylandinc$60,00030%
St Francis Neighborhood Center$60,00061%
The Shakespeare Theatre$60,00050%
Her Justice Inc$60,00060%
New York Legal Assistance Group Inc$60,00060%
Freestate Justice Inc$60,00052%
Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc$60,00040%
Everymind Inc$57,50060%
The Frederick B Abramson Memorial Foundation$57,50064%
South Baltimore Learning Corporation$57,50051%
The Fishing School Inc$57,50061%
The Posse Foundation Inc$57,50060%
The Baltimore Children's Museum Inc$55,00070%
Center for Hope Inc$55,00041%
New York University$55,00060%
Fund for Educational Excellence Inc$55,00030%
New Futures$52,50071%
Baltimore Museum of Art$52,50050%
Brem Foundation to Defeat Breast Cancer$52,50071%
Northern Virginia Conservation Trust$52,50071%
The First Tee of Greater Baltimore Inc$52,50062%
Suited for Change$52,50072%
World Central Kitchen Inc$50,00010%
Community Funds Inc$50,0001n/a
Thrive Scholars$50,00050%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$50,00010%
Arlington Food Assistance Center$50,00050%
Brooklyn Community Pride Center Inc$50,00051%
Kingsborough Community College Foundation Inc$50,00053%
Western Center on Law & Poverty Inc$50,00050%
Human-I-T$50,00040%
Habitat for Humanity New York City and Westcherster County Inc$50,00050%
Signature Theatre Inc$50,00050%
Go to Ms Sams Inc$50,0002n/a
Generation Hope$50,00051%
Saving Innocence Inc$50,00050%
Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law$47,50031%
Covenant House Washington DC$47,50050%
The Partnership to End Homelessness Inc$46,00050%
Brooklyn Community Housing and Services$45,00020%
Maryland Association of Non-Profit Organizations$45,00040%
Maryland African American Museum Corporation$45,0004n/a
Nick's Place Inc$45,00054%
The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company$45,00061%
Sasha Bruce Youthwork Inc$45,00050%
The One Love Foundation in Honor of Yeardley Love Inc$45,00021%
Building Bridges Across the River Inc$42,50050%
Advocates for Children of New York$40,00040%
Triumph Foundation$40,00041%
Rising for Justice Inc$40,00041%
Interfaith Housing Alliance Inc$40,00031%
Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project$40,00041%
DC Bar Pro Bono Center$40,00040%
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition$40,00040%
Mentors Inc Mentors Inc$40,00029%
Wayfinder Family Services$38,50050%
Habitat for Humanity of Northern Va$37,50040%
Alliance For Housing Solutions$37,500510%
Habitat for Humanity of Washington DC & Northern Virginia Inc$37,50030%
Teach Democracy$36,50041%
We Are You Foundation$35,000220%
Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc$35,00030%
Los Angeles Youth Network$35,00030%
The Night Ministry$35,00020%
Capital Area Food Bank Inc$35,00020%
Apa Family Support Services$34,50050%
Turning the Page$33,00052%
Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center Inc$32,50040%
An Open Book Foundation$32,50044%
Brigance Brigade Foundation Inc$30,07033%
Friendship Place$30,00040%
Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers$30,00030%
Access Justice Brooklyn Inc$30,00031%
Motion Picture and Television Fund$30,00030%
A Wider Circle Inc$30,00030%
Federal City Performing Arts Association$30,00031%
Legal Services for Children Inc$30,00040%
Council on the Environment Inc$30,00040%
DC Affordable Law Firm$30,00032%
United Friends of the Children$30,00030%
The Justice and Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco$30,00030%
Asian Pacific American Legal$30,00042%
American Friends of Bucerius Inc$30,000318%
Sarah's Circle$30,00030%
Community Residences INC$30,00020%
Horton's Kids Inc$30,00030%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic Inc$30,00020%
Youth Justice Network Inc$30,00030%
Mobilization for Justice Inc$30,00030%
Wesley Housing Development Corporation of Northern Virginia$30,00030%
Humanim Inc$30,00030%
Helpline Youth Counseling Inc$30,00030%
Chesapeake Bay Trust$30,00030%
National Audubon Society Inc$27,50030%
Vista del Mar Child and Family Services$27,50030%
Whitman-Walker Foundation Inc$27,50030%
Baltimore Tree Trust Inc$25,00031%
New York Common Pantry$25,00020%
Business Volunteers Maryland Inc$25,00031%
Compassionate Care ALS Inc$25,00012%
The San Francisco Particular Council of the Society of St Vincent de Paul$25,00010%
Community Residences Foundation INC$25,00023%
Hollyrod Foundation$25,00014%
Tzedek DC Inc$25,00031%
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Jewish Foundation for Group Homes Inc$22,50030%
Young Playwrights Theater$22,50031%
Hearts to Homes Furnishings Inc$22,50032%
Madison Square Boys and Girls Club Foundation Inc$22,50032%
Ayuda Inc$22,50030%
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Los Angeles$20,50020%
Latin American Youth Center$20,00020%
Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education$20,00020%
University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc$20,00020%
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Inc$20,00020%
Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness$20,00020%
Chicago Children's Advocacy Center$20,00020%
Hollywood Food Coalition$20,00020%
Baltimore Outreach Services Inc$20,00021%
School Justice Project Inc$20,00022%
University of Maryland Foundation Inc$20,00020%
Whitman-Walker Clinic Inc$20,00020%
The District of Columbia Children's Advocacy Center$20,00020%
REAP Climate Center Inc$20,00013%
Bet Tzedek$20,00020%
Thread Inc$20,00020%
Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation$20,00020%
New York University School of Law Foundation$18,00020%
Citydance Ensemble Inc$17,50020%
The Women's Law Center of Md Inc$17,50021%
Christopher Coffland Memorial Fund Inc$17,50021%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington and Affiliate$17,50020%
DC Youth Orchestra Program$16,00021%
Young Men's Christian Association of Delaware$15,00010%
The Theatre Lab Inc$15,00020%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$15,00010%
Fresh Youth Initiatives Inc$15,00020%
Long Island University$15,00020%
Baltimore Curriculum Project Inc$15,00020%
National Aquarium Inc$15,00010%
Chess Challenge in DC$15,00014%
AIDS Service Center of Lower Manhattan Inc$15,00020%
Alameda County Community Food Bank$15,00020%
Madison Square Boys & Girls Club$15,00020%
Watson Institute$15,00010%
Freshfarm Markets$15,00020%
Sanctuary for Families Inc$15,00020%
American Heart Association Inc$15,00010%
Root & Rebound$15,00020%
Little Essentials$15,00021%
The Studio Theatre Inc$15,00010%
Girl Scouts of Greater NY Inc$15,00020%
Project Create$15,00021%
Neighborhood Legal Services Program of DC$15,00020%
Samaritan Inns Inc$15,00020%
Jubilee Jumpstart$15,00020%
The Big Bam Foundation Inc Dba Breast Treatment Task Force$15,000211%
Bite Me Cancer Inc$12,50025%
Sonoma State University$10,7001n/a
Mobile Medical Care Inc$10,00010%
La Raza Centro Legal - San Francisco$10,00011%
Counsel for Justice$10,00011%
United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation$10,00010%
Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund Inc$10,00010%
Neighborhood Defender Service Inc$10,00010%
Ready to Succeed$10,00012%
United Way of the National Capital Area$10,00010%
Los Angeles Lgbt Center$10,00010%
Infant Welfare Society of Chicago$10,00010%
Affordable Living for the Aging$10,00010%
Brooklyn Public Library$10,00010%
Nest Global$10,00012%
Center for Urban Families Inc$10,00010%
Learning Rights Law Center$10,00011%
Community Law Center Inc$10,00012%
New York City Habitat for Humanity Inc$10,0001n/a
Advocates for Children & Youth Inc$10,00011%
Associated Black Charities Inc$10,00010%
Charm City Youth Lacrosse League Inc$10,0001n/a
Community of Hope$10,00010%
Downtown Baltimore Family Alliance Inc$10,00015%
Georgetown University$10,00010%
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company$10,00011%
Imentor Inc$10,00010%
Cangress Dba Los Angeles Community Action Network$10,00010%
CASA for Children of the District of Columbia$10,00011%
Breathe Southern California$10,00011%
Fordham Law Alumni Association Inc$10,00013%
Meals on Wheels of San Francisco Inc$10,00010%
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law$10,00010%
Usagainstalzheimer's$10,00010%
Fairfax Law Foundation$10,00016%
Baltimore Homecoming Inc$10,00011%
Big Sunday$10,00011%
Project Hospitality Inc$10,00010%
Baltimore Urban Debate League Inc$10,00012%
Maryland Philanthropy Network$9,40611%
Special Olympics Inc$8,50010%
Skechers Foundation$8,0001n/a
Los Angeles House of Ruth$7,50010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$7,50010%
The Producers Club of Md Inc$7,50010%
Child Center and Adult Services Inc Dba Aspire Counseling$7,50011%
National Building Museum$7,50010%
Center for Disability & Elder Law Inc$7,50010%
Washington Jazz Arts Institute$7,5001n/a
Baltimore Educational Scholarship Trust$7,50010%
About Face Theatre Collective Inc$7,50011%
V-Linc Inc$7,50013%
West End Residences Hdfc Inc Dba Homeward NYC$7,50010%
Life-Span$7,50010%
New Endeavors by Women$7,50010%
Byte Back$7,50010%
The Hebrew Home for Aged at Riverdale$7,50010%
Nami Metropolitan Baltimore Inc$7,50011%
Asian American LEAD$7,50011%
Home Again Los Angeles$7,50011%
Independent Marylanders Achieving Growth Through Empowerment Inc$7,50011%
Leadership Center of Arlington$6,50010%
The Downtown Sailing Center Inc$6,00011%
The Maple Counseling Center$6,00010%
Historical Society of Washington DC dba DC History Center$6,00010%
Watts Learning Center Foundation Inc$6,00010%
Matthew Silverman Memorial Foundation$5,5001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Venable Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Maryland Food Bank Inc: $775,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLegal Aid Bureau Inc: $550,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetBread for the City Inc: $425,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetMiriam's Kitchen: $395,400 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetThe DC Central Kitchen Inc: $345,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetHigher Achievement Program Inc: $305,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetLegal Aid Society of the District of Columbia: $303,500 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetKind Inc: $300,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetLegal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles: $286,500 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetHope for Henry Foundation: $275,000 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetThe Legal Aid Society: $222,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Tahirih Justice Center: $206,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetHouse of Ruth: $205,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetEnoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City: $205,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTrue Ground Housing Partners Inc: $195,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMaryland Volunteer Lawyers Service Inc: $195,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetArlington Free Clinic Inc: $190,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetMaryland Family Network Inc: $185,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLaw Foundation of Silicon Valley: $183,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetGreater DC Diaper Bank: $175,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetMartha's Table Inc: $170,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFive Acres The Boys and Girls' Aid Society of Los Angeles County: $170,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetReading Partners: $160,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHealth Care for the Homeless Inc: $160,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPaul's Place Inc: $155,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetThe Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Inc: $155,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetChildren's Law Center Inc: $150,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTurnaround Inc: $150,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetBay Area Legal Aid: $150,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $150,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCapital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition: $147,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetLegal Services of Northern Virginia Inc: $145,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetDoorways for Women and Families Inc: $142,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetI Have a Dream Foundation - Los Angeles: $140,000 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetMaryland Zoological Society Inc: $140,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetPathForward Inc: $140,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCity Harvest Inc: $137,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPro Bono Resource Center of Maryland Inc: $135,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetSome Inc: $130,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCenter Stage Associates Inc: $127,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetHeart of Los Angeles Youth Inc: $125,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetChildren's Scholarship Fund Baltimore: $121,500 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $121,385 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHippodrome Foundation Inc: $121,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetFood Bank for New York City: $120,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLos Angeles Regional Food Bank: $120,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCity Year Inc: $120,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSpringboard Collaborative: $120,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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 Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationDC110.7× affinity64 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · United Way of the National Capital Area · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · Nora Roberts Foundation · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · T Rowe Price Foundation · The Sidley Austin 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.

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About Venable Foundation Inc

How much does Venable Foundation Inc give?
Venable Foundation Inc reported 198 itemized grants totaling $2,707,500, out of $3,984,900 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 141 and 215 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Venable Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (22%), Education (13%), Human Services (10%).
Who are Venable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Maryland Food Bank Inc ($775k), Legal Aid Bureau Inc ($550k), Bread for the City Inc ($425k).
Does Venable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Venable Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company, United Way of the National Capital Area.
Where is Venable Foundation Inc based?
Venable Foundation Inc is based in MD.

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 360 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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