Baltimore, Maryland · EIN 521693184. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $2.7M across 78 grants in 2025, a median of $28K each.
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Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.
As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202611329349103361. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.
The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.
The 15 largest of the 78 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.
| # | Recipient | State | Amount | Purpose as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Park School of Baltimore Inc | MD | $176,522 | ENVIRONMENT: SOLAR ARRAY |
| 2 | Earthjustice | CA | $75,000 | ENVIRONMENT |
| 3 | Environmental Defense Fund | DC | $75,000 | ENVIRONMENT: ORPHANED OIL WELLS |
| 4 | Thread Inc | MD | $75,000 | EDUCATION: SUPPORT COST-EFFECTIVE, SCHOOL-BASED AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS |
| 5 | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | MA | $75,000 | ENVIRONMENT : GLIDER TRIPS TO GATHER DATA ABOUT ACIDITY OF GULF STREAM |
| 6 | Archdiocese of Baltimore | MD | $60,000 | EDUCATION: PROMOTE SCHOOL CHOICE FOR BALTIMORE STUDENTS AND PARENTS |
| 7 | Teach for America - Baltimore | MD | $60,000 | EDUCATION: SUPPORT THE RECRUITMENT, TRAINING OF ABLE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS |
| 8 | Audubon Mid-atlantic | MD | $50,000 | ENVIRONMENT: COMMUNITY-CENTERED FOREST RESTORATION IN TWO BALTIMORE CITY PARKS |
| 9 | Blue Water Baltimore | MD | $50,000 | ENVIRONMENT: SUPPORT EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND ITS WATERSHEDS IN BALTIMORE |
| 10 | Center for Climate Change Communication | VA | $50,000 | ENVIRONMENT |
| 11 | Chesapeake Bay Foundation | MD | $50,000 | ENVIRONMENT: SUPPORT EFFORTS IN BALTIMORE TO IMPROVE THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND ITS WATERSHEDS |
| 12 | Children's Scholarship Fund Baltimore | MD | $50,000 | EDUCATION: PROMOTE SCHOOL CHOICE FOR BALTIMORE STUDENTS AND PARENTS |
| 13 | Conservation Law Foundation | MA | $50,000 | ENVIRONMENT |
| 14 | Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | MD | $50,000 | EDUCATION: PROMOTE SCHOOL CHOICE FOR BALTIMORE STUDENTS AND PARENTS |
| 15 | Generation180 | VA | $50,000 | ENVIRONMENT: ELECTRIFY OUR SCHOOLS MD |
| Tax year | Grants | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 82 | $1.8M |
| 2021 | 80 | $2.0M |
| 2022 | 73 | $1.9M |
| 2023 | 66 | $1.7M |
| 2024 | 86 | $2.8M |
| 2025 (partial year) | 78 | $2.7M |
Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.
Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.
Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.
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