Maryland · Public charity
West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation Inc
To empower west baltimore residents and communities through strategic investments that expand services, amenities, and opportunities that lead to lasting impact on health and quality of life.
- $5.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 62
- Grants FY2025
- 61
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $310,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 61
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $54M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 61 | $5.7M | 20% |
| FY2024 | 61 | $6.1M | 31% |
| FY2023 | 53 | $5.2M | 49% |
| FY2022 | 39 | $4.5M | 74% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $2.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Inc | $1,444,898 | 5 | 0% |
| Center for Hope Inc | $1,303,080 | 5 | 6% |
| Clergy United for the Transformation of Sandtown | $1,270,000 | 4 | 55% |
| Center for Urban Families Inc | $1,125,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Wide Angle Youth Media Inc | $760,000 | 4 | 11% |
| Rebuilding Together Baltimore Inc | $700,000 | 3 | 19% |
| So What Else Inc | $600,000 | 4 | 11% |
| Parks and People Inc | $585,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Uempower of Maryland Inc | $572,500 | 5 | 21% |
| Biotechnical Institute of Maryland Inc | $485,000 | 5 | 19% |
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Where it is load-bearing
West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 9 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 97 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Fund for Educational Excellence Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · T Rowe Price Foundation · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Family League of Baltimore City Inc · Baltimore Civic Fund Inc · Baltimore Children and Youth Fund Inc · The Marion I & Henry J Knott Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation Inc
- How much does West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation Inc give?
- West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation Inc reported 62 grants totaling $5,772,297 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 61 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (14%), Human Services (14%), Education (11%).
- Who are West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Inc ($1.4M), Center for Hope Inc ($1.3M), Clergy United for the Transformation of Sandtown ($1.3M).
- Does West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, The Abell Foundation Inc, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc.
- Where is West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation Inc based?
- West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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