How to apply
Please go to our website, lockhartv.org. Contact: Kate Rawson Powell, 1600 West 41st Street Suite 700, Baltimore, MD, 4108379400 Deadlines: Please go to our website, lockhartv.org. Restrictions: Please go to our website, lockhartv.org.
Quoted from Part XV of the foundation's 2025 Form 990-PF; the full text is in the filing. Confirm on the foundation's website before you write.
Grants paid in 2025
Top 60 of 78 grants by amount · from Form 990-PF Part XV
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Park School of Baltimore IncBaltimore, MD | Environment: solar array | $177K |
| EarthjusticeSan Francisco, CA | Environment | $75K |
| Environmental Defense FundWashington, DC | Environment: orphaned oil wells | $75K |
| Thread IncBaltimore, MD | Education: support cost-effective, school-based after-school programs | $75K |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionWoods Hole, MA | Environment : glider trips to gather data about acidity of gulf stream | $75K |
| Archdiocese of BaltimoreBaltimore, MD | Education: promote school choice for baltimore students and parents | $60K |
| Teach for America - BaltimoreBaltimore, MD | Education: support the recruitment, training of able instructional leaders for public schools | $60K |
| Audubon Mid-AtlanticBaltimore, MD | Environment: community-centered forest restoration in two baltimore city parks | $50K |
| Blue Water BaltimoreBaltimore, MD | Environment: support efforts to improve the chesapeake bay and its watersheds in baltimore | $50K |
| Center for Climate Change CommunicationFairfax, VA | Environment | $50K |
| Chesapeake Bay FoundationAnnapolis, MD | Environment: support efforts in baltimore to improve the chesapeake bay and its watersheds | $50K |
| Children's Scholarship Fund BaltimoreBaltimore, MD | Education: promote school choice for baltimore students and parents | $50K |
| Conservation Law FoundationBoston, MA | Environment | $50K |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit High SchoolBaltimore, MD | Education: promote school choice for baltimore students and parents | $50K |
| Generation180Charlottesville, VA | Environment: electrify our schools md | $50K |
| Maryland Climate PartnersBaltimore, MD | Environment : sub general fund | $50K |
| Modern Classrooms Project IncWashington, DC | Education: support the recruitment, training, and mentoring of able instructional leaders for public schools | $50K |
| Parity Baltimore IncorporatedBaltimore, MD | Education: vacant housing initiative | $50K |
| Re-Build Metro IncBaltimore, MD | Education: vacant housing initiative | $50K |
| St James Development Corporation IncBaltimore, MD | Environment: support greening efforts in baltimore that are visible to the wider community | $50K |
| Strong Schools MarylandBaltimore, MD | Education: baltimore children will have access to a quality publiceducation in pre-k - 8th grade | $50K |
| Middle Grades PartnershipBaltimore, MD | Education : sub summer learning | $45K |
| Baltimore Symphony OrchestraBaltimore, MD | Education: orchkids. support cost-effective, school-based after-school programs | $40K |
| Bridges Baltimore IncBaltimore, MD | Education : sub summer learning | $40K |
| City Teaching AllianceBaltimore, MD | Education: support the recruitment, training and mentoring of able instructional leaders for public schools | $40K |
| Community Law CenterBaltimore, MD | Community development: support organizations that provide technical assistance and enhance the capabilities of groups that are working for… | $40K |
| Kipp BaltimoreBaltimore, MD | Education: support programs that challenge motivated students in public schools | $40K |
| Tntp Inc - Baltimore City Teaching ResidencyNew York, NY | Education: support the recruitment and training of able instructional leaders for public schools | $40K |
| Collegebound FoundationBaltimore, MD | Education: support programs that challenge motivated students in baltimores public schools | $35K |
| Enoch Pratt Free LibraryBaltimore, MD | Education: branch improvement fund | $35K |
| Ingenuity Project IncBaltimore, MD | Education: support programs that challenge motivated students in baltimore's public schools. | $35K |
| Sierra Club FoundationWest Hartford, CT | Environment | $35K |
| Success for All FoundationTowson, MD | Education: literacy intervention for baltimore city school children | $35K |
| Union of Concerned ScientistsWashington, DC | Environment | $35K |
| Baltimore BannerBaltimore, MD | Environment: support environmental journalism | $30K |
| Baltimore Tree Trust IncBaltimore, MD | Environment: support greening efforts that are visible to the wider community | $30K |
| Building StepsBrooklandville, MD | Education: support programs that challenge motivated students in public schools | $30K |
| Let's Go Boys and Girls IncBaltimore, MD | Education: support cost-effective, school-based after-school programs | $30K |
| Maryland Alliance of Public Charter SchoolsBaltimore, MD | Education: promote school choice for baltimore students and parents | $30K |
| Baltimore School for the Arts Foundation IncBaltimore, MD | Education: support cost-effective, school-based after school programs | $25K |
| Central Maryland Transportation AllianceBaltimore, MD | Community development: support organizations that have a record of attracting financial investments for neighborhood revitalization efforts | $25K |
| Enoch Pratt Free LibraryBaltimore, MD | Education: emergent literacy program. support childhood literacy in the very earliest years. | $25K |
| Friends of the Jones FallsBaltimore, MD | Environment: support efforts in baltimore to improve the chesapeake bay and its watersheds | $25K |
| Helping Oppressed People Excel Hope BaltimoreBaltimore, MD | Other | $25K |
| ImentorBaltimore, MD | Education: support cost-effective after school programs | $25K |
| Leveling the Playing Field IncWashington, DC | Education: support cost-effective after-school programs | $25K |
| Living Classrooms FoundationBaltimore, MD | Education: early childhood education program | $25K |
| Nature SacredAnnapolis, MD | Environment: support greening efforts that are visible to the wider community | $25K |
| Next One UpBaltimore, MD | Education: support cost-effective after-school programs | $25K |
| Rails to Trails ConservancyWashington, DC | Community development: advancement of chinquapin run park trail and baltimore greenway | $25K |
| Save the SoundincNew Haven, CT | Environment | $25K |
| Springboard CollaborativePhiladelphia, PA | Education: sub summer learning: literacy intervention for baltimore city school children | $25K |
| University of Maryland Foundation IncBaltimore, MD | Education: sub summer learning: reach together math summer program | $25K |
| Village Learning PlaceBaltimore, MD | Education: support cost-effective, school-based after-school programs | $25K |
| Wide Angle Youth MediaBaltimore, MD | Education: support cost-effective after-school programs | $25K |
| Emmanuel Episcopal ChurchBaltimore, MD | Other | $24K |
| Neighborhood Design Center IncBaltimore, MD | Community development: support organizations that provide technical assistance and enhance the capabilities of groups that are working for… | $22K |
| 29th Street Community CenterBaltimore, MD | Education: support summer and after-school programs | $20K |
| Arts Every DayBaltimore, MD | Education: baltimore children will have access to a quality public education in pre-k - 8th grade | $20K |
| Code in the SchoolsBaltimore, MD | Education: support cost-effective after school programs | $20K |
By state: Maryland 60 · District of Columbia 5 · Massachusetts 2 · Virginia 2 · California 1 · Connecticut 3
About this foundation
Lockhart Vaughan Foundation Inc is a private grantmaking foundation in Baltimore, Maryland, administered in care of Kate Rawson Powell, tax-exempt since 1991. Private foundations must pay out roughly 5% of their assets each year, mostly as grants to 501(c)(3) public charities.
Does Lockhart Vaughan Foundation Inc accept grant applications?
Yes. On its 2025 Form 990-PF the foundation indicates it accepts applications. Please go to our website, lockhartv.org. Deadlines: Please go to our website, lockhartv.org..
How much does Lockhart Vaughan Foundation Inc give each year?
In tax year 2025 it paid $2.7M across 78 grants, a median of $28K.
Where does Lockhart Vaughan Foundation Inc give?
Maryland (60 grants), District of Columbia (5 grants), Massachusetts (2 grants) and elsewhere, per its latest filing.
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