How do I find funders for a health nonprofit in Maryland?

Start with the funders already giving to health in Maryland, currently The Johns Hopkins Hospital, The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust. Then look at who funds the health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Maryland from out of state.

Who is the largest health funder in Maryland?

The Johns Hopkins Hospital gives the most to health organizations in Maryland, $108M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to health in Maryland?

$694M reached 336 health organizations in Maryland, from 1,234 funders. 62% 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 · Health

Who funds health in Maryland

$694M reached 336 health organizations in Maryland, from 1,234 funders, with no single one dominating.

$694M

granted

336

organizations

62%

from in-state

The short version

1,234 funders gave $694M to 336 health organizations in Maryland across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
62% of that came from funders also based in Maryland; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of health in Maryland is The Johns Hopkins Hospital, at $108M.
The health organization drawing the most is Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation, at $111M.

Largest funders of health in Maryland

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

1The Johns Hopkins Hospital$108M 2The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation$73M 3The Chicago Community Trust$30M 4Johns Hopkins Hospital Endowment$28M 5Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital$25M 6Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$19M 7University of Maryland St Joseph Medical Center Foundation Inc$17M 8Clark Charitable Foundation Inc$16M 9Johns Hopkins All Children's Foundation$13M 10Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$12M

Health organizations in Maryland that draw the most

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

326 other health organizations$294M

Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation$111M Naf Hotline Fund$68M Vose River Charitable Fund$57M The Johns Hopkins Hospital$54M All Children's Research Institute Inc$30M UMSJ Health System LLC$17M Medstar Health Inc$16M

How to find health funders in Maryland

1
Start with the funders already active in Maryland
The funders giving the most to health in Maryland are The Johns Hopkins Hospital, The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust. A funder already writing health checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the health 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
38% of health money in Maryland comes from funders elsewhere, so national health funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Maryland.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a health nonprofit in Maryland?: Start with the funders already giving to health in Maryland, currently The Johns Hopkins Hospital, The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust. Then look at who funds the health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Maryland from out of state.
Who is the largest health funder in Maryland?: The Johns Hopkins Hospital gives the most to health organizations in Maryland, $108M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to health in Maryland?: $694M reached 336 health organizations in Maryland, from 1,234 funders. 62% 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.