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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Maryland, currently The Naval Institute Foundation Inc, University of Pittsburgh, Emory University. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Maryland from out of state.

Who is the largest science funder in Maryland?

The Naval Institute Foundation Inc gives the most to science organizations in Maryland, $66M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Maryland?

$306M reached 131 science organizations in Maryland, from 470 funders. 26% 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 · Science

Who funds science in Maryland

Most of it comes from outside Maryland: only 26% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Funding is concentrated: Johns Hopkins University alone draws 46% of every science grant dollar in Maryland.

$306M

granted

131

organizations

26%

from in-state

The short version

470 funders gave $306M to 131 science organizations in Maryland across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
26% of that came from funders also based in Maryland; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in Maryland is The Naval Institute Foundation Inc, at $66M.
The science organization drawing the most is Johns Hopkins University, at $141M.

Largest funders of science in Maryland

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

1The Naval Institute Foundation Inc$66M 2University of Pittsburgh$25M 3Emory University$21M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$13M 5Northwestern University$13M 6American Heart Association Inc$12M 7Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc$12M 8John J & Mary R Schiff Foundation$9M 9President and Fellows of Harvard College$8M 10The Crawford Taylor Foundation$7M

Science organizations in Maryland that draw the most

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

Johns Hopkins University$141M United States Naval Institute$69M The Naval Institute Foundation Inc$33M

121 other science organizations$26M

How to find science funders in Maryland

1
Start with the funders already active in Maryland
The funders giving the most to science in Maryland are The Naval Institute Foundation Inc, University of Pittsburgh, Emory University. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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
74% of science money in Maryland comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Maryland.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Maryland?: Start with the funders already giving to science in Maryland, currently The Naval Institute Foundation Inc, University of Pittsburgh, Emory University. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Maryland from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in Maryland?: The Naval Institute Foundation Inc gives the most to science organizations in Maryland, $66M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Maryland?: $306M reached 131 science organizations in Maryland, from 470 funders. 26% 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 unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

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

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.