Maryland · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in Maryland

Imperigo has identified 410 funders that made 2,245 grants totaling $403.0M to 301 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 $403.0M
Funders 410
Grants 2,245
Organizations funded 301

Top Funders — page 4 of 4

216. West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation IncRegrantor
38 grants to 16 organizations · largest $350K · through 2024 · 18.7% of their giving
$4.5M
217. The Young People's Project IncRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $650K · through 2024 · 88.8% of their giving
$1.6M
218. Associated Catholic Charities IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.7M · through 2021 · 14.0% of their giving
$1.7M
219. Alliance for Open Society Int'l IncRegrantor
17 grants to 5 organizations · largest $250K · through 2023 · 8.2% of their giving
$2.0M
220. Baltimore Development CorporationRegrantor
4 grants to 4 organizations · largest $749K · through 2024 · 62.8% of their giving
$799K
221. University of Maryland Medical System CorporationRegrantor
14 grants to 7 organizations · largest $630K · through 2024 · 9.2% of their giving
$1.5M
222. Maryland InstituteRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $469K · through 2024 · 24.4% of their giving
$469K
223. Public Justice Center IncRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $149K · through 2023 · 81.7% of their giving
$440K
224. Fund for Educational Excellence IncRegrantor
27 grants to 9 organizations · largest $575K · through 2024 · 4.8% of their giving
$1.8M
225. Baltimore Corps IncRegrantor
5 grants to 4 organizations · largest $195K · through 2022 · 25.1% of their giving
$415K
226. Rising for Justice IncRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $139K · through 2024 · 42.7% of their giving
$387K
227. Sb7 Coalition IncRegrantor
9 grants to 5 organizations · largest $75K · through 2024 · 27.3% of their giving
$380K
228. Civic Works IncRegrantor
17 grants to 12 organizations · largest $183K · through 2024 · 14.0% of their giving
$496K
229. Park Heights Renaissance IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $305K · through 2024 · 29.5% of their giving
$305K
230. National Employment Law ProjectRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $279K · through 2024 · 6.6% of their giving
$899K
231. Johns Hopkins UniversityRegrantor
42 grants to 18 organizations · largest $2.3M · through 2024
$10.8M
232. American Arbitration Association - Int'l Centre for Dispute Resolution Fndn IncRegrantor
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $653K · through 2025 · 6.4% of their giving
$678K
233. Management Sciences for Health IncRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $280K · through 2024 · 4.2% of their giving
$917K
234. East-West Management Institute IncRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $185K · through 2024 · 7.7% of their giving
$482K
235. DC Fiscal Policy Institute IncRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $62K · through 2024 · 40.4% of their giving
$144K
236. Nelp ActionRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $125K · through 2023 · 89.3% of their giving
$125K
237. NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund IncRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $80K · through 2023 · 9.5% of their giving
$260K
238. The Reinvestment Fund IncRegrantor
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $919K · through 2020 · 2.3% of their giving
$1.1M
239. Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts IncRegrantor
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $42K · through 2023 · 15.2% of their giving
$149K
240. National Institute for Criminal Justice ReformRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $180K · through 2023 · 5.4% of their giving
$360K

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. 13 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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