Open Foundations · Maryland

The Abell Foundation Inc

Baltimore, Maryland · EIN 526036106. 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 $12.7M across 375 grants in 2024, a median of $20K each.

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$12.7M
paid in 2024
375
grants paid
$20K
median grant
21%
to first-time recipients
$296.4M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
ROBERT C EMBRY JR PRESIDENT THE ABE
Address
111 SOUTH CALVERT STREET SUITE 2300, BALTIMORE, MD, 212026174
Phone
4105471300
Form the request should take
TO APPLY FOR FUNDING, PLEASE GO TO THE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE FOR DETAILED INFORMATION. HTTPS://ABELL.ORG/GRANTS
Submission deadline
GRANT REQUESTS ARE CONSIDERED 5 TIMES PER YEAR. PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE FOR THE SCHEDULE.
Restrictions on awards
THE FOUNDATION ACCEPTS REQUESTS FOR PROGRAMS SERVING DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON BALTIMORE CITY. NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS MUST BE DESIGNATED BY THE IRS AS 501C3 AND 509A ORGANIZATIONS. APPLICANTS MUST INCLUDE A COPY OF THEIR LATEST IRS DETERMINATION LETTER AND FEDERAL TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (EIN). WHILE ALL INTERNET BROWSERS SUPPORT OUR APPLICATION, GOOGLE CHROME IS THE PREFERRED BROWSER.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202523179349102977. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

health humanmatching gifts-programmingcommunity developmentworkforce developmentjustice addictioncriminal justiceeducation

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 375 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Center for Urban Families IncMD$300,000WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
2University of Maryland BaltimoreMD$300,000CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND ADDICTION
3Baltimore Curriculum Project IncMD$250,000EDUCATION
4Beloved Community Services CorporationMD$250,000CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND ADDICTION
5Ingenuity Project IncMD$250,000EDUCATION
6Project Plase IncMD$250,000CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND ADDICTION
7Thread IncMD$200,000EDUCATION
8Southeast Community Development CorporationMD$153,800WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
9Baltimore's Promise Fund for Educational ExcellenceMD$150,000EDUCATION
10Conscious Venture Lab Novella Center for Entrepreneurship IncMD$150,000COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
11Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of EngineeringMD$150,000COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
12Rose Street Community Center Southeast Community Development CorporationMD$150,000WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
13Upsurge Baltimore Community IncMD$150,000COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
14Rebuild MetroMD$135,000COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
15Turnaround Tuesday IncMD$125,000WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020344$12.2M
2021379$15.5M
2022366$13.0M
2023394$13.7M
2024375$12.7M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Maryland92%
District of Columbia4%
New York2%
Massachusetts1%
Pennsylvania1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Andrew a GreenVICE PRESIDENT · 2024
Christy WyskielTRUSTEE · 2024
David BrambleTRUSTEE · 2024
Eileen M O'rourkeDIRECTOR IMPACT INVESTING · 2024
Esthel SummerfieldSECRETARY · 2024
Frances M KeenanSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT · 2024
George L Bunting JrCHAIRMAN · 2024
Jacqueline HrabowskiTRUSTEE · 2024
Kevin AbellTRUSTEE · 2024
Mary Page MichelTRUSTEE · 2024
Robert C Embry JrPRESIDENT · 2024
Timothy J LordanCFO · 2024

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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