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Wr Grace Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
102
Grants FY2024
126
Organizations funded FY2023
34%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$3,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$300,000
Organizations funded a year
106 to 141
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
15
Total assets, FY2024
$468k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 34% of the organizations Wr Grace Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $245k 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureFood & NutritionYouth 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 arriving99$1.2M30%
FY2023126$848k34%
FY2022106$827k29%
FY2021126$802k40%
FY2020124$1.0M21%
FY2019141$703k33%
FY2018127$679k42%
FY2017123$785kn/a
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What it funded, over time

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

Health$1.4MEducation$1.3MPhilanthropy$1.1MScience & Tech$669kFood & Nutrition$558kHuman Services$364kPublic Safety & Disaster$247kArts & Culture$232kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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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 227 grantees
All grantees of Wr Grace Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Maryland Academy of Sciences$350,00071%
Valero Energy Foundation$300,00013%
Howard Hospital Foundation Inc$274,00083%
Drink at the Well Inc$136,00087%
Wr Grace & Co Employee Disaster Relief Foundation Inc$131,8603100%
American Chemical Society$130,00070%
The Maryland Food Bank Inc$122,60570%
Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank$99,34860%
Capital Area Casa Association$99,00063%
American Heart Association Inc$92,21570%
The United Way of Central Maryland Inc$81,36940%
National Aquarium Inc$80,00070%
Meals on Wheels of Central Marylandinc$67,50070%
The Hospice Foundation of Greater Baton Rouge$64,00070%
Loyola University Maryland Inc$55,00080%
Learning Undefeated Inc$55,00071%
Flying Wings of Louisiana Inc$55,000618%
Kipp DC Public Charter Schools$50,00020%
Columbia Association Inc$50,0001n/a
Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center Center Inc$47,50060%
Hamilton County Schools Tn Department of Education$46,0008n/a
Howard Community College Educational Foundation Inc$45,00050%
The Howard County Conservancy Inc$45,00051%
McNeese State University Foundation$45,00070%
Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana$42,50050%
Making Disciples$42,0006n/a
Community of Curtis Bay Association Inc$40,2004n/a
Baltimore Museum of Industry Inc$40,00080%
Kootenai River Development Council Inc$40,000299%
Share Our Strength$39,49350%
Marian House Inc$36,62240%
Institute of Notre Dame$36,0003n/a
Archdiocese of Baltimore Chancery Inc$35,0001n/a
Loretta Warfield Association$35,0007n/a
Junior Achievement of Central Maryland Inc$35,00070%
Action for Healthy Kids$30,91040%
Columbia Festival Inc$30,00033%
Pilots for Patients$30,00032%
The Rose$30,00030%
Maryland STEM Festival Inc$30,000422%
The Serenity Center Inc$30,00038%
Libby Food Pantry Inc$30,00035%
Chesapeake Arts Center Inc$29,80061%
Sisters Circle Inc$25,00051%
Greater Hope Foundation for Children Inc$25,00050%
Louisiana Tech University Foundation Inc$24,00040%
American Institute of Chemical Engineers$24,00010%
Junior Achievement of Greater Baton Rouge Inc$23,00031%
The Baltimore Children's Museum Inc$22,50050%
Asylee Women Enterprise Inc$22,50030%
Nami Maryland Inc$22,00041%
The Keystone Science School Inc$21,60020%
The Houston Food Bank$20,00020%
The Community College of Baltimore County Foundation Inc$20,00040%
Helping Up Mission Inc$20,00050%
Rain Will Bring Flowers Foundation$20,00029%
Abraham's Tent Association$19,50051%
Stella Maris Inc$19,00070%
Mose & Garrison Siskin Memorial Fdn Inc D/B/A Siskin Children's Institute$18,00040%
Tyrone Area Food Bank$17,000418%
Girl Scouts of Central Maryland Inc$16,00030%
Haven House Inc$16,00061%
Northwestern University$15,54050%
Casa of Linn County Inc$15,00061%
World Trade Center Institute Inc$15,00030%
Boys & Girls Club of Albany$15,00060%
Regents of the University of Michigan$14,9145n/a
Care Help of Sulphur Inc$13,50030%
Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Baton Rouge Inc$13,0001n/a
Albemarle Care Fund$12,500210%
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service Inc$12,50040%
Diabetes Camp of West Virginia Inc$12,00031%
University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc$11,5004n/a
Chattanooga Room in the Inn Inc$11,00070%
Johns Hopkins University$10,10020%
Oregon Food Bank$10,00010%
Council on Economic Education in Maryland Inc$10,00011%
Food Bank of Northwest Indiana Inc$10,00010%
Paralyzed Veterans of America$10,00020%
Community Action Council of Howard County Maryland Inc$10,00030%
Restoration Stage Inc$10,000142%
Chattanooga Area Food Bank Inc$10,00010%
Habitat for Humanity Susquehanna Inc$10,00040%
Building Science Technology and Education Partnerships Inc$10,00021%
Northern Virginia Science Center Foundation$10,0002n/a
Athletes Serving Athletes$10,00040%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$10,00010%
Paralyzed Veterans of America Mid-Atlantic Chapter$10,00022%
Universities Space Research Association$10,00010%
Texas Conservation Fund$9,00072%
Galveston Bay Foundation Inc$8,50060%
Business Volunteers Maryland Inc$8,50060%
Mount Saint Joseph High School Inc$8,1754n/a
University of California- Davis$8,0003n/a
Tennessee Aquarium$8,00080%
University at Buffalo Foundation Inc$7,50050%
The Life of a Single Mom$7,50031%
Hopeworks of Howard County Inc$7,50030%
The Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc$7,50030%
Pasadena Habitat for Humanity Inc$7,00031%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Chattanooga Inc$7,00040%
Executive Alliance Inc$7,00022%
A Safe Space of St Charles$6,90041%
Michigan State University$6,7003n/a
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute$6,65050%
Carmelite Sistershome for Girls$6,50030%
Historical Assoc of South Haven$6,50041%
West Michigan Cancer Center$6,50040%
Greater Baybrook Alliance Inc$6,50020%
Maryland Family Network Inc$6,00030%
La Porte Education Foundation$6,00041%
Heaven Opens Peoples Eyes Inc$6,0002n/a
Sarah's House$6,00030%
Blue Water Baltimore$6,00020%
Pennsylvania State University$5,8508n/a
The Arc of Howard County Inc$5,50040%
Paul J Kelley Charitable Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Sowela Tech Community College Foundation$5,00020%
Helping Hands Inc$5,00020%
Safety Council of Southwest Louisiana$5,00010%
Ulman Foundation Inc$5,00010%
The Family Tree Inc$5,00020%
Erlanger Foundation$5,00050%
The James and Anne Robinson Foundation Inc$5,000326%
Cancer Services Inc$5,00020%
Empowher Institute Inc$5,00011%
Middle Patuxent Environmental Foundation$5,0001n/a
Towson University Foundation Inc$5,00040%
Michigan Maritime Museum Inc$5,00030%
Bucknell University$4,50060%
Howard County Police Foundation$4,50053%
Georgetown Preparatory School Inc$4,5005n/a
Project Joy & Hope for Texas$4,50010%
Al-Van Humane Society Inc$4,50020%
Hospice at Home Inc$4,5003n/a
Grow Home Inc$4,50020%
New York University$4,00020%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Maryland Inc$4,00040%
Champions Against Cancer Inc$4,0002n/a
A Step Forward Inc$3,50011%
WaterWays$3,50030%
Blessed to Be A Blessing International$3,45041%
The White Mountain School St Mary's in the Mountains$3,00010%
Laporte Bayshore Chamber of Commerce$3,00030%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$3,00010%
Portfolio Resident Services Inc$3,00020%
Crossroads YMCA Inc$3,00020%
University of Michigan$3,00011%
Jacksonville University$3,00030%
Gateway Maryland Inc$3,00030%
The Arc - Iberville Inc$3,00010%
St Lawrence University$3,00010%
United States War Dogs Association Inc$3,00010%
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$3,00010%
Big Love Cancer Care Services$3,00020%
Rotary Club of Columbia Inc$2,60019%
Rotary Club of Columbia Foundation Inc$2,60019%
Roy Maas' Youth Alternatives Inc$2,50010%
Hope for All Inc$2,50010%
Itineris Inc$2,50010%
Fish of Albany Inc$2,50011%
Blessings in a Backpack Inc$2,50010%
Wildfowl Trust Of North America Inc$2,5001n/a
West Virginia University Foundation Inc$2,50030%
Archbishop Curley High School$2,3007n/a
Steam Forward US Dba Hackground$2,0002n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Louisiana Inc$2,00010%
Big Buddy Program$2,00010%
Young Men's Christian Association of Portage Township Inc$2,00010%
Inner County Outreach Inc$2,0002n/a
South Haven Instrumental Music Boosters$2,0001n/a
Franciscan Center Inc$2,0002n/a
Safe Families for Children Alliance$2,00010%
Agape Centric Inc$2,0001n/a
Art With a Heart Inc$2,0002n/a
The Seed School of Maryland$2,00020%
South Haven Scott Club$2,0001n/a
University of Southern Mississippi Foundation$1,90030%
Wake Forest University$1,75010%
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$1,67510%
Senior Services Inc$1,50010%
Volunteers in Public Schools$1,50011%
We Care Inc$1,50011%
Abb Joint Fire Board$1,5001n/a
Luminus Network Inc$1,47510%
Churches for Streets of Hope Inc$1,34811%
University of Richmond$1,25010%
Adrian College$1,25030%
Power Pump Girls Inc$1,1001n/a
United Way of St Charles$1,10010%
Providence College$1,02020%
Oklahoma State University Foundation$1,00010%
Hopewell Cancer Support$1,00010%
Son of a Saint$1,00010%
Leveling the Playing Field Inc$1,00010%
Sunrise Day Camps Association Inc$1,00010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$1,00010%
Osmania University Alumni Association Inc USA$1,00011%
ICING SMILES Inc$1,0001n/a
University of South Alabama$1,0001n/a
Women in Chemicals Incorporated$1,00012%
President and Trustees of Bates College$97140%
Prostate Cancer Foundation$85010%
Gonzaga College High School$8507n/a
Brigham Young University$6503n/a
Iowa State University Foundation$50010%
Charleston Catholic High School$5001n/a
Cherokee Area Council Incorporated Boy Scouts of America$50010%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$50010%
Garrison Forest School Inc$40020%
Calvert Hall College of Baltimore City$3752n/a
Catholic High School of Baltimore Inc$3502n/a
Rice Memorial High School$3001n/a
The University of Florida Foundation Inc$30030%
Clemson University Foundation$25010%
Punahou School$20010%
Marian High School$2001n/a
Shippensburg University Foundation$15010%
Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc$10010%
Citrus County 4-H Association Inc$10010%
Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth$1001n/a
Als Foundation$1001n/a
College of St Scholastica Inc$10010%
McDaniel College Inc$10010%
Georgia Tech Foundation Inc$10010%
Centre College$10010%
Ursinus College$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 176 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Wr Grace Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 184 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMaryland Academy of Sciences: $350,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetValero Energy Foundation: $300,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetHoward Hospital Foundation Inc: $274,000 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetDrink at the Well Inc: $136,000 over 8y, 7.2% of budgetWr Grace & Co Employee Disaster Relief Foundation Inc: $131,860 over 3y, 100% of budgetAmerican Chemical Society: $130,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Maryland Food Bank Inc: $122,605 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Baton Rouge Food Bank: $99,348 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCapital Area Casa Association: $99,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $92,215 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe United Way of Central Maryland Inc: $81,369 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNational Aquarium Inc: $80,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Central Marylandinc: $67,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Hospice Foundation of Greater Baton Rouge: $64,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLoyola University Maryland Inc: $55,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLearning Undefeated Inc: $55,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetFlying Wings of Louisiana Inc: $55,000 over 6y, 18% of budgetKipp DC Public Charter Schools: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGrassroots Crisis Intervention Center Center Inc: $47,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHoward Community College Educational Foundation Inc: $45,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetThe Howard County Conservancy Inc: $45,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetMcNeese State University Foundation: $45,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana: $42,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBaltimore Museum of Industry Inc: $40,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetKootenai River Development Council Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 99% of budgetShare Our Strength: $39,493 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMarian House Inc: $36,622 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetJunior Achievement of Central Maryland Inc: $35,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetAction for Healthy Kids: $30,910 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetColumbia Festival Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetPilots for Patients: $30,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetThe Rose: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMaryland STEM Festival Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetThe Serenity Center Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 8.0% of budgetLibby Food Pantry Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetChesapeake Arts Center Inc: $29,800 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetSisters Circle Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetGreater Hope Foundation for Children Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLouisiana Tech University Foundation Inc: $24,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Institute of Chemical Engineers: $24,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJunior Achievement of Greater Baton Rouge Inc: $23,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetThe Baltimore Children's Museum Inc: $22,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAsylee Women Enterprise Inc: $22,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetNami Maryland Inc: $22,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetThe Keystone Science School Inc: $21,600 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Community College of Baltimore County Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHelping Up Mission Inc: $20,000 over 5y, 0.1% 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 184.

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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 United Way of Central Maryland IncMD61× affinity35 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · Albemarle Foundation · The Marion I & Henry J Knott Foundation Inc · France-Merrick Foundation Inc · The Kahlert Foundation Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · The John J Leidy Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc

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 Wr Grace Foundation Inc

How much does Wr Grace Foundation Inc give?
Wr Grace Foundation Inc reported 102 grants totaling $1,266,202 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 106 and 141 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Wr Grace Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (21%), Education (19%), Philanthropy (16%).
Who are Wr Grace Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Maryland Academy of Sciences ($350k), Valero Energy Foundation ($300k), Howard Hospital Foundation Inc ($274k).
Does Wr Grace Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Wr Grace Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Wr Grace Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The United Way of Central Maryland Inc, Baltimore Community Foundation Inc, Albemarle Foundation.
Where is Wr Grace Foundation Inc based?
Wr Grace 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 407 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-PF 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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