Maryland · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Crime & Legal Aid in Maryland

Imperigo has identified 151 funders that made 793 grants totaling $170.0M to 87 crime & legal aid organizations in Maryland, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Crime & Legal Aid Funding in Maryland

Total granted $170.0M
Funders 151
Grants 793
Organizations funded 87

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Maryland Legal Services Corporation
44 grants to 16 organizations · largest $29.4M · through 2024 · 75.8% of their giving
$104.2M
2. Legal Services Corporation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $6.5M · through 2023 · 1.2% of their giving
$29.4M
3. Jill Fox Memorial Fund
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $667K · through 2024 · 80.3% of their giving
$1.3M
4. Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund Inc
36 grants to 11 organizations · largest $79K · through 2024 · 12.3% of their giving
$1.0M
5. The United Way of Central Maryland Inc
33 grants to 13 organizations · largest $488K · through 2024 · 4.4% of their giving
$2.3M
6. The Fund for Change Inc
25 grants to 6 organizations · largest $75K · through 2024 · 14.9% of their giving
$648K
7. The Freedom Fund
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $448K · through 2024 · 7.8% of their giving
$831K
8. The Francis D Murnaghan Jr Appellate Advocacy Fellowship Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $105K · through 2021 · 100.0% of their giving
$314K
9. Venable Foundation Inc
37 grants to 9 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 5.2% of their giving
$782K
10. Consumer Health First
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $173K · through 2019 · 63.9% of their giving
$173K
11. Somerset County Local Management Board Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $181K · through 2021 · 9.0% of their giving
$276K
12. Baltimore Community Foundation Inc
31 grants to 15 organizations · largest $183K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$1.4M
13. Whiteford Taylor & Preston Charitable Trust
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024 · 22.9% of their giving
$70K
14. Fraternal Order of Police
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$62K
15. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States Inc
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 2.7% of their giving
$292K
16. The Horizon Foundation of Howard County Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $206K · through 2024 · 2.9% of their giving
$206K
17. Rotary Club of Annapolis Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2022 · 12.0% of their giving
$40K
18. Richman Family Foundation Inc
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$215K
19. Community Foundation of Anne Arundel Co
8 grants to 4 organizations · largest $126K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$239K
20. Baltimore Children and Youth Fund Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2024
$348K
21. Foundation II of the American College of Trial Lawyers Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2020 · 2.6% of their giving
$100K
22. Connections Thru Life Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $156K · through 2024
$226K
23. Associated Black Charities Inc C/O Chris Thornton
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $135K · through 2022
$265K
24. Arundel Community Development Services Inc
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $103K · through 2024
$317K
25. The Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation C/O Gcbm
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $90K · through 2025 · 1.3% of their giving
$96K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to crime & legal aid 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. 10 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 crime & legal aid 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 crime & legal aid funding in Maryland, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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