· Public charity
Visit Baltimore Inc
Visit baltimore is the tourism arm of baltimore, responsible for generating incremental economic benefits through attraction of convention and leisure visitors, and works to provide experience for all guests.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2022
- Under $10k3 grants · $12k
- $10k–50k19 grants · $602k
- $50k–250k15 grants · $1.7M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BALTIMORE HOTEL CORPORATION DBA HILTON BALTIMORE INNER HARBOR | $242,595 |
| INNER HARBOR EAST HOTEL II OPERATOR LLC BALTIMORE MARRIOTT WATERFRONT | $241,634 |
| BALTIMORE HOTEL XLV OWNER LLC (RENAISSANCE BALTIMORE) | $199,332 |
| BALTIMORE MARRIOTT INNER HARBOR CAMDEN YDS | $167,926 |
| SCMD TOWER 2 LLC DBA CROWNE PLAZA BALTIMORE | $116,010 |
| HARBOR EAST PARCEL B-HOTEL LLC HILTON GARDEN INN BALTIMORE INNER HARBOR | $111,523 |
| IHM SUBTENANT DBA SHERATON INNER HARBOR HOTEL | $108,319 |
| MCSAM HOTEL BALTIMORE HARBOR LLC DBA RADISSON HOTEL DOWNTOWN-INNER HARBOR | $103,832 |
| HARBOR EAST PARCEL D HOTEL LLC DBA FOUR SEASONS HOTEL BALTIMORE | $82,040 |
| 511 S CENTRAL AVENUE LLC | $66,658 |
| HIT TRS HOLDING COURTYARD BALTIMORE INNER HARBOR HOTEL MARRIOTT COURTYAR | $65,696 |
| RESIDENCE INN BALTIMORE JOHNS HOPKINS CAMPUS LSH GE GATEWAY 2 LLC | $62,171 |
| SUMMIT HOTEL TRS 137 LLC RESIDENCE INN BALTIMORE | $60,569 |
| BEST WESTERN TRAVEL PLAZA | $56,082 |
| MVH BALTIMORE HOTEL HOTEL INDIGO BALTIMORE-MT VERNON | $51,916 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
33 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2022, 1 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $117k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BHBALTIMORE HOTEL CORPORATION DBA HILTON BALTIMORE INNER HARBOR2× · 2021–2022 · $611k
- IHINNER HARBOR EAST HOTEL II OPERATOR LLC2× · 2021–2022 · $584k
- BHBALTIMORE HOTEL XLV OWNER LLC (RENAISSANCE BALTIMORE)2× · 2021–2022 · $533k
Funded once
- HBHOTEL BALTIMORE OPCO LPone grant, 2021 · $227k
- DIDAYS INN INNER HARBOR INCone grant, 2021 · $213k
- KBKHP2 BALTIMOREone grant, 2021 · $201k
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.
1 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. 1 of the 52 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Visit Baltimore Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Visit Baltimore Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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