How do I find funders for a food and agriculture nonprofit in Maryland?

Start with the funders already giving to food and agriculture in Maryland, currently Tournaments for Charity, Arundel Community Development, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the food and agriculture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Maryland from out of state.

How much grant money goes to food and agriculture in Maryland?

$43M reached 81 food and agriculture organizations in Maryland, from 429 funders. 44% 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 · Food and agriculture

Who funds food and agriculture in Maryland

Maryland's food and agriculture organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$43M

granted

organizations

44%

from in-state

The short version

429 funders gave $43M to 81 food and agriculture organizations in Maryland across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
44% of that came from funders also based in Maryland; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of food and agriculture in Maryland is Tournaments for Charity, at $6M.
The food and agriculture organization drawing the most is Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation Inc, at $6M.

Largest funders of food and agriculture in Maryland

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

1Tournaments for Charity$6M 2Arundel Community Development$3M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$2M 4Baltimore Community Foundation Inc$1M 5Greater Washington Community Foundation$1M 6The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg$1M 7American Online Giving Foundation Inc$1M 8National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$1M 9Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$991k 10University of Maryland Medical System Corporation$851k

Food and agriculture organizations in Maryland that draw the most

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

71 other food and agriculture organizations$13M

Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation Inc$6M Anne Arundel County Food Bank Inc$5M Manna Food Center Inc$4M First Fruits Farm Inc$4M Meals on Wheels of Central Marylandinc$3M Paul's Place Inc$3M

How to find food and agriculture funders in Maryland

1
Start with the funders already active in Maryland
The funders giving the most to food and agriculture in Maryland are Tournaments for Charity, Arundel Community Development, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing food and agriculture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the food and agriculture 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
56% of food and agriculture money in Maryland comes from funders elsewhere, so national food and agriculture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Maryland.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a food and agriculture nonprofit in Maryland?: Start with the funders already giving to food and agriculture in Maryland, currently Tournaments for Charity, Arundel Community Development, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the food and agriculture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Maryland from out of state.
Who is the largest food and agriculture funder in Maryland?: Tournaments for Charity gives the most to food and agriculture organizations in Maryland, $6M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to food and agriculture in Maryland?: $43M reached 81 food and agriculture organizations in Maryland, from 429 funders. 44% 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.