How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in Maryland?

Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in Maryland, currently Washington County Volunteer Fire & Rescu, Freedom Together Foundation, Hall-Halliburton Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Maryland from out of state.

Who is the largest disaster and safety funder in Maryland?

Washington County Volunteer Fire & Rescu gives the most to disaster and safety organizations in Maryland, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to disaster and safety in Maryland?

$18M reached 154 disaster and safety organizations in Maryland, from 256 funders. 35% came from funders also based in Maryland.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Maryland · Disaster and safety

Who funds disaster and safety in Maryland

$18M reached 154 disaster and safety organizations in Maryland, from 256 funders, with no single one dominating.

$18M

granted

154

organizations

35%

from in-state

The short version

256 funders gave $18M to 154 disaster and safety organizations in Maryland across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
35% of that came from funders also based in Maryland; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of disaster and safety in Maryland is Washington County Volunteer Fire & Rescu, at $2M.
The disaster and safety organization drawing the most is The Aopa Foundation Inc, at $7M.

Largest funders of disaster and safety in Maryland

The funders giving the most to disaster and safety organizations in Maryland, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Washington County Volunteer Fire & Rescu$2M 2Freedom Together Foundation$2M 3Hall-Halliburton Foundation Inc$1M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$1M 5Charles Co Chamber of Commerce Military$715k 6National Fallen Firefighters Foundation$668k 7Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$527k 8Allsup Family Charitable Foundation$500k 9Clark Charitable Foundation Inc$500k 10Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Inc$400k

Disaster and safety organizations in Maryland that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

The Aopa Foundation Inc$7M

144 other disaster and safety organizations$4M

National Center for Healthy Housing Inc$2M United States Bomb Technician Assoc$769k First Responder Center for Excellence$668k Friendsville Volunteer Fire & Rescue Depart Inc$667k Alvin S Mintzes Hatzalah of Baltimore$569k

How to find disaster and safety funders in Maryland

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Start with the funders already active in Maryland
The funders giving the most to disaster and safety in Maryland are Washington County Volunteer Fire & Rescu, Freedom Together Foundation, Hall-Halliburton Foundation Inc. A funder already writing disaster and safety checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the disaster and safety organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
65% of disaster and safety money in Maryland comes from funders elsewhere, so national disaster and safety funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Maryland.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a disaster and safety nonprofit in Maryland?: Start with the funders already giving to disaster and safety in Maryland, currently Washington County Volunteer Fire & Rescu, Freedom Together Foundation, Hall-Halliburton Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the disaster and safety organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Maryland from out of state.
Who is the largest disaster and safety funder in Maryland?: Washington County Volunteer Fire & Rescu gives the most to disaster and safety organizations in Maryland, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to disaster and safety in Maryland?: $18M reached 154 disaster and safety organizations in Maryland, from 256 funders. 35% came from funders also based in Maryland.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.