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Foundations That Fund Arts & Culture in Maryland

Imperigo has identified 407 funders that made 4,891 grants totaling $335.3M to 611 arts & culture organizations in Maryland, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Arts & Culture Funding in Maryland

Total granted $335.3M
Funders 407
Grants 4,891
Organizations funded 611

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

51. Charles County Charitable Trust
15 grants to 4 organizations · largest $24K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$200K
52. Chapin Davis Foundation Inc
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2025 · 5.6% of their giving
$75K
53. Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Maryland
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2023 · 72.7% of their giving
$20K
54. St Mary's County Arts Council Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023 · 66.7% of their giving
$20K
55. Ellene Brit Christiansen Memorial Fund
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $9K · through 2023 · 36.2% of their giving
$19K
56. Cars for Charity Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $63K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$243K
57. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
10 grants to 1 organization · largest $597K · through 2025
$3.4M
63. Impactassetsinc
34 grants to 13 organizations · largest $590K · through 2024
$1.9M
64. Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation
13 grants to 11 organizations · largest $20K · through 2020 · 1.3% of their giving
$208K
66. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
15 grants to 9 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024
$5.8M
68. Arundel Community Development Services Inc
12 grants to 5 organizations · largest $65K · through 2024
$413K
73. Jewish Communal Fund
26 grants to 10 organizations · largest $652K · through 2024
$2.4M
76. The Bessemer Giving Fund C/O Bessemer Trust Company Trustee
9 grants to 7 organizations · largest $540K · through 2024
$746K
78. Nellie Mae Education Foundation Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2024
$282K
85. Tides Foundation
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $445K · through 2024
$1.2M
90. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
52 grants to 34 organizations · largest $89K · through 2024
$970K
92. Seattle Foundation
38 grants to 13 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024
$548K
96. Maine Community Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $202K · through 2023
$282K
99. Orange County Community Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $106K · through 2024
$412K
101. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $210K · through 2023
$602K
103. AARP
11 grants to 5 organizations · largest $95K · through 2024
$336K
108. East Bay Community Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $411K · through 2024
$411K
109. Charities Aid Foundation America
44 grants to 29 organizations · largest $175K · through 2024
$603K
114. Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $54K · through 2024
$222K
116. Give Back Foundation
17 grants to 5 organizations · largest $22K · through 2025
$194K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to arts & culture work in Maryland, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 16 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

Other Causes Funded in Maryland

About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering arts & culture work, with an address in Maryland. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable arts & culture funding in Maryland, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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