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Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in Maryland

Imperigo has identified 405 funders that made 2,182 grants totaling $392.1M to 298 community improvement organizations in Maryland, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Community Improvement Funding in Maryland

Total granted $392.1M
Funders 405
Grants 2,182
Organizations funded 298

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States Inc
10 grants to 8 organizations · largest $240K · through 2024 · 5.7% of their giving
$605K
27. Umb Health Sciences Research Park Corporation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $64K · through 2024 · 11.3% of their giving
$277K
28. American College of Dentists Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $77K · through 2024 · 15.7% of their giving
$197K
29. The Onestar Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2019 · 2.4% of their giving
$1.2M
30. The Community Foundation of Frederick County Maryland Inc
22 grants to 7 organizations · largest $191K · through 2023 · 2.9% of their giving
$878K
31. Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund Inc
16 grants to 7 organizations · largest $52K · through 2024 · 5.5% of their giving
$453K
32. Berks Alliance
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $75K · through 2023 · 15.9% of their giving
$150K
33. Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $153K · through 2019 · 12.3% of their giving
$153K
34. Associated Black Charities Inc C/O Chris Thornton
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $385K · through 2019 · 2.3% of their giving
$805K
35. Dorchester General Hospital Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $71K · through 2024 · 13.1% of their giving
$127K
36. Greater Washington Community Foundation
62 grants to 25 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$2.9M
37. The New World Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $500K · through 2023 · 2.5% of their giving
$520K
38. Children's Equity Fund
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $300K · through 2022 · 2.3% of their giving
$550K
39. Pearlstone Family Fund Inc
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024 · 4.5% of their giving
$260K
40. Deutsche Bank Microcredit Development Fund Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2019 · 25.0% of their giving
$50K
41. Latino Economic Development Corporation
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $690K · through 2024
$996K
42. The Fall River Rotary Club Charitable Foundation Trust
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $26K · through 2020 · 62.0% of their giving
$46K
43. Asphalt Paving Association of Iowa
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $44K · through 2019 · 68.2% of their giving
$44K
44. The Maryland Center Bowie State University
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $80K · through 2022 · 9.9% of their giving
$80K
45. T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc
36 grants to 16 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024
$1.8M
46. Free and Accepted Masons of Ohio Grand Lodge
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $16K · through 2022 · 13.6% of their giving
$37K
47. The Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2022 · 55.6% of their giving
$25K
48. The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2023
$1.1M
49. The Horizon Foundation of Howard County Inc
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $75K · through 2024 · 2.5% of their giving
$182K
50. East Baltimore Development Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $11K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$22K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to community improvement 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. 12 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.

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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 community improvement 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 community improvement funding in Maryland, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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