Maryland · Nonprofit
WEST BALTIMORE RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION INC
WEST BALTIMORE RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $250 to it, the largest being FRANCE-MERRICK FOUNDATION INC ($250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.4M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $250
- Net assets
- $17M
What West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation Inc does
Mission
To empower west baltimore residents and communities through strategic investments that expand services, amenities, and opportunities that lead to lasting impact on health and quality of life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
During fy 25, wbrf awarded 71 grants totaling $5.87 million. Within the four key portfolio areas, $390,000 was awarded for food access, $2,607,297 for population health strategies, $1,425,000 for workforce development, and $1,425,000 for youth mentoring programming. In addition, $20,000 was awarded in small neighborhood grants to support one-time events with activities in alignment with our portfolios.
$6,400,613 spentof which $5,772,297 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $6,400,613.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $22M to $36M (+67%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Kurt Sommer
Executive director
Board chair
Leslie R Simmons
Board chair (EVP & COO of lbh)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
Left out of every figure on this page: $43M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Lifebridge Health Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money WEST BALTIMORE RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of WEST BALTIMORE RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of WEST BALTIMORE RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like WEST BALTIMORE RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 55 related entities
- Calhoun Street Investments LLC · disregarded
- Calhoun Street Investments II LLC · disregarded
- Carroll Hospital Center Inc · exempt
- Bridginglife Inc · exempt
- Carroll Hospital Center Foundation Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WEST BALTIMORE RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION INC?
- WEST BALTIMORE RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $250 to it, the largest being FRANCE-MERRICK FOUNDATION INC ($250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WEST BALTIMORE RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $250 in grants to WEST BALTIMORE RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of WEST BALTIMORE RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION INC?
- FRANCE-MERRICK FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WEST BALTIMORE RENAISSANCE FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing