Foundations that fund organizations in Baltimore, Maryland
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Baltimore nonprofits
3,297 private foundations gave $941M to Baltimore organizations in their latest filings; 36 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
10,239 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Baltimore around $230K. 43 of these funders are based in Maryland; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 3,297
- Accept applications
- 36
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to Baltimore
- $941M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 10,239
- Typical median grant
- $230K
- Based in MD
- 43%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Baltimore organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 10 | $214M | $2.2M | Preselected only | To support arts internship program; To support data for health; To support research, scholarship and facilities |
| Gates Foundation | Seattle, WA | 79 | $74M | $563K | Yes | Maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; Global health and development public awareness and analysis; Enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology |
| The Stephen & Renee Bisciotti Foundation | Baltimore, MD | 46 | $32M | $110K | Preselected only | General operating; Capital campaign - hilton recreation center; Ozzie newsome scholars program |
| The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc | Owings Mills, MD | 195 | $23M | $25K | Preselected only | To support the general operations of this organization, whi…; To support the general operations of this organization whic…; To support this organizations time and participation in the… |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 31 | $14M | $101K | Yes | Matching gifts; 80585 centering families as drivers of the cash campaign's…; 82369 supporting the data funders collaborative in advancin… |
| Sherman Family Foundation | Baltimore, MD | 64 | $13M | $75K | Preselected only | General operations; General operstions |
| Sigmund M Hyman Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | 8 | $12M | $1.2M | Preselected only | General operating funds |
| The Abell Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | 309 | $11M | $20K | Yes | Matching gifts-programming; Health and human services; Community development |
| The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation | Palo Alto, CA | 6 | $11M | $1.2M | Preselected only | Support for schmidt software engineering center (ssec) at t…; Support to implement the learning engineering virtual insti…; To provide support for retrofitting coal plants for biomass… |
| The Essel Foundation | Purchase, NY | 2 | $11M | $5.5M | Preselected only | Unrestricted grant |
| Margaret a Cargill Foundation | Eden Prairie, MN | 12 | $10M | $625K | Preselected only | Community-led drought mitigation and preparedness; Emergency rapid response fund; Support for its prepared and resilient program |
| Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation | Chevy Chase, MD | 6 | $10M | $135K | Preselected only | General operating support of youth programs; Clark scholars program; Patrick c. walsh discovery and learning laboratory at the b… |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 12 | $10.0M | $230K | Yes | For support of the snf agora institute; For enhancing the african population and health research ce…; For general operating support |
| The Davis Family Foundation Inc | Hanover, MD | 16 | $9.1M | $175K | Preselected only | General use |
| Annie E Casey Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | 249 | $8.7M | $13K | Preselected only | Charitable contribution through the matching gifts program; Provide general operating support; Support meaningful and paid employment, skill development a… |
| France-Merrick Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | 112 | $8.0M | $50K | Yes | Grants are to be used in accordance with the established pu… |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | New York, NY | 16 | $8.0M | $335K | Yes | To support capacity building for the last resort artist ret…; To support the construction of the upton mansion's spaces f…; To support capacity building and planning for civic practic… |
| The Kahlert Foundation Inc | Sykesville, MD | 53 | $7.4M | $50K | Preselected only | Operating support; Volo kids: creating more equitable sports programs in balti…; Hope lodge baltimore relocation and renovation |
| McCutchin-Collins Charitable Trust Mass 031292 | Dover, MA | 1 | $6.3M | $6.3M | Preselected only | Various assistance |
| The Haron Dahan Foundation Inc C/O J Eisner | Baltimore, MD | 6 | $6.0M | $150K | Preselected only | General; Dahan beth tfiloh endowment fund; General support of dahan community school |
| Eagle Foundation | Omaha, NE | 2 | $5.8M | $2.9M | Preselected only | Program and Project Support |
| Crane Family Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | 66 | $5.5M | $20K | Yes | To further the exempt purpose of the organization. |
| The John Martin Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $5.5M | $5.5M | Preselected only | Endowments in honor of john c. martin at institute of human… |
| The Morris Goldseker Foundation of Maryland Inc | Baltimore, MD | 98 | $5.3M | $40K | Yes | Supporting grant |
| Mary Catherine Bunting Foundation Inc C/O Knollwood Investment Advisory | Hunt Valley, MD | 48 | $5.1M | $50K | Preselected only | To further the exempt purpose of the organization |
| Jpmorgan Chase Foundation | New York, NY | 55 | $5.1M | $1,250 | Preselected only | Matching contribution (general operating support); In support of neighborhood revitalization; In support of underserved small business expansion |
| W P Carey Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 14 | $4.7M | $14K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Milton Roberts Tw | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $4.7M | $4.7M | Preselected only | General support |
| The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust | New York, NY | 4 | $4.6M | $1.0M | Preselected only | Helping mothers and newborns survive and thrive; Expanding community recovery and resilience; Development of an aptamer-based biosensor for continuous in… |
| The Hackerman Foundation Inc | Towson, MD | 79 | $4.5M | $30K | Preselected only | Community assistance; Synogogue; Jewish community center |
| Conrad N Hilton Foundation | Westlake Village, CA | 4 | $4.4M | $1.1M | Yes | To equip local faith-based leaders and organizations to del…; To strengthen the capacity of women religious in kenya, zam…; To develop a workforce program that braids together federal… |
| Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Inc | Stamford, CT | 4 | $4.3M | $616K | Preselected only | Diagnostics; Patient support; Research |
| T Rowe Price Foundation | Baltimore, MD | 159 | $4.2M | $15K | Yes | Financial well-being; Creativity and innovation; Youth opportunity |
| Good Ventures Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 4 | $4.1M | $116K | Preselected only | Health security scholars program; Ai safety work; The center for health security |
| The Pfizer Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 30 | $4.0M | $225 | Preselected only | Matching gifts; Volunteer program; Access to innovative care - breast cancer project |
| Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation | Redmond, WA | 1 | $4.0M | $4.0M | Preselected only | To provide general support |
| Lilly Endowment Inc | Indianapolis, IN | 7 | $3.9M | $50K | Yes | Employee matching gift(s); Characterdevelop in children museums; Religion & cultural inst initiative |
| The Schooner Foundation C/O Schooner Capital LLC | Boston, MA | 4 | $3.9M | $879K | Preselected only | Building Community Voices Fund; Focused Support |
| Laura and John Arnold Foundation | Houston, TX | 10 | $3.9M | $238K | Preselected only | To provide non-partisan technical assistance to help states…; To conduct research to assess how medicare advantage plans…; To evaluate the implementation of two neighborhood communit… |
| E Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind | Greenwich, CT | 1 | $3.6M | $3.6M | Yes | Research "a murine model to investigate vitreous aging"rese… |
| The Charles T Bauer Charitable Foundation | Baltimore, MD | 22 | $3.5M | $100K | Preselected only | General support; International Immunosuppression & Transplant Skin Cancer Co…; Women's Wellness & Healthy Aging Program and general support |
| The Bunting Family Foundation C/O Knollwood Investment Advisory | Hunt Valley, MD | 61 | $3.4M | $20K | Preselected only | To further the exempt purpose of the organization |
| The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | 81 | $3.4M | $25K | Yes | general support; matching gift; support for the community schools program |
| Freedom Together Foundation | New York, NY | 3 | $3.4M | $1.1M | Preselected only | Strengthening black frontline leaders, communities, and mov…; Addressing racial equity by advancing healthy, lead safe an…; Exploring the role of zinc ring fingers in parkinson's dise… |
| The Orokawa Foundation Inc C/O Martin J Eby | Towson, MD | 27 | $3.3M | $50K | Preselected only | Endowment fund |
| Musk Foundation | Austin, TX | 1 | $3.3M | $3.3M | Preselected only | Support stem education and digital literacy for youth |
| Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc | New York, NY | 2 | $3.3M | $1.6M | Preselected only | Support for naacp youth and college project on college affo…; Advancing civic engagement |
| Dr Miriam & Sheldon G Adelson Medical Research Foundation | Needham, MA | 1 | $3.1M | $3.1M | Preselected only | Medical research |
| The Gilbert Family Foundation | Detroit, MI | 2 | $3.1M | $1.5M | Preselected only | Detroit community initiatives; Economic mobility |
| Leonard and Helen R Stulman Charitable | Baltimore, MD | 26 | $3.0M | $100K | Preselected only | General; Program support |
| The Madeline Foundation | Baltimore, MD | 20 | $2.9M | $72K | Preselected only | Unrestricted |
| The Aaron & Lillie Straus Fdn Inc 9830002 | Baltimore, MD | 32 | $2.8M | $33K | Yes | General |
| Robert W Deutsch Foundation | Baltimore, MD | 57 | $2.8M | $20K | Yes | General operating grant |
| Alain Locke Scholarship Trust | Wisconsin Rapids, WI | 1 | $2.8M | $2.8M | Yes | Charitable fund. |
| Middendorf Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | 1 | $2.8M | $2.8M | Yes | General purpose |
| The Goldsmith Family Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | 30 | $2.6M | $5,000 | Yes | General |
| One8 Foundation | Boston, MA | 3 | $2.5M | $25K | Preselected only | Community; Education; Youth development |
| Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation | Erie, PA | 2 | $2.5M | $1.3M | Preselected only | Unrestricted; Nextladder ventures partnership |
| Marvin H Weiner Foundation Inc | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 6 | $2.4M | $192K | Yes | Faculty endowments and educational scholarships; Spinal cord navigation program; Division of cardiology - cardiac arythmia center |
| Foundation to Promote Open Society | New York, NY | 4 | $2.4M | $400K | Preselected only | To provide general support; To support a fellowship and conference to examine the ways…; To support a research effort for policymakers and scholars… |
| The Joseph Meyerhoff Fund Inc | Baltimore, MD | 62 | $2.3M | $17K | Yes | Unrestricted |
| Wal-Mart Foundation | Bentonville, AR | 2 | $2.3M | $1.1M | Yes | People in supply chains; Economic opportunity in retail |
| Walton Family Foundation Inc | Bentonville, AR | 2 | $2.3M | $1.1M | Preselected only | To support the launch of a new nonprofit organization, Rena…; To support Expansion of higher education offerings and scho… |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 7 | $2.2M | $230K | Preselected only | In support of methods development to advance cell atlases,…; To support new concepts and technologies to advance knowled…; To elucidate the dynamics of inertial particles in turbulen… |
| The Gordon and Marilyn Macklin Foundation Inc | North Bethesda, MD | 1 | $2.2M | $2.2M | Preselected only | Johns hopkins university - funding of johns hopkins ataxia… |
| Benjamin Leon Jr Charitable Foundation Inc | Doral, FL | 1 | $2.2M | $2.2M | Preselected only | Charity |
| The J Willard and Alice S Marriott Foundation | Bethesda, MD | 2 | $2.2M | $1.1M | Preselected only | Marriott disaster relief fund; General operating support |
| Truist Foundation Inc | Orlando, FL | 16 | $2.2M | $25K | Yes | Building career pathways to; Thriving communities; Strengthening small |
| The Ellen Wp Wasserman Foundation | Baltimore, MD | 12 | $2.1M | $13K | Yes | General purpose of recipient |
| The Ford Foundation | New York, NY | 10 | $2.0M | $194K | Yes | General support; Core support for preoccupied: indigenizing the museum, a se…; Core support for the p150 network, an effort to convene and… |
| Jerome L Greene Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $2.0M | $2.0M | Preselected only | Further 501(c)(3) charitable purpose |
| Troesh Family Foundation | Henderson, NV | 1 | $2.0M | $2.0M | Preselected only | General program |
| Merkin Family Foundation | Marina del Rey, CA | 1 | $2.0M | $2.0M | Preselected only | Medical research |
| The David and June Trone Family Foundation | Bethesda, MD | 1 | $2.0M | $2.0M | Yes | Trone center for justice and equality |
| Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation C/O Eve Fugiel | Glenview, IL | 3 | $1.9M | $653K | Preselected only | General support |
| Ujala Foundation | Bonita Springs, FL | 1 | $1.9M | $1.9M | Preselected only | General purpose contribution |
| The Simons Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 19 | $1.9M | $96K | Preselected only | Simons investigator in physics; Nonlinear problems in geometry; The absolute point in geometry and algebra |
| Lockhart Vaughan Foundation | Baltimore, MD | 56 | $1.9M | $25K | Yes | Education: promote school choice for baltimore students and…; Education: baltimore children will have access to a quality…; Education: support programs that challenge motivated studen… |
| Gracias Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $1.9M | $1.9M | Preselected only | General operating expenses in its entirety. |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | Los Altos, CA | 9 | $1.9M | $175K | Yes | Fellowships for Science and Engineering; Environment and Science; Just Societies |
| Philip E and Carole R Ratcliffe Foundation Inc | Annapolis, MD | 5 | $1.8M | $275K | Yes | Unrestricted use by recipient |
| Clayton Baker Trust | Baltimore, MD | 65 | $1.7M | $20K | Yes | Education; Community development; Environment |
| Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | 46 | $1.7M | $23K | Yes | Program support |
| Kenneth S Battye Charitable Trust | Lutherville, MD | 25 | $1.6M | $50K | Preselected only | To further the exempt purpose; to further the exempt purpose |
| David & Barbara B Hirschhorn Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | 69 | $1.6M | $18K | Yes | general support; support for the Social Worker in the Library program; support for the Summer Arts & Learning Academy |
| The Marion I & Henry J Knott Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | 57 | $1.6M | $7,500 | Yes | Operations |
| Jack & Mae Rosenberg Charitable Trust | New York, NY | 3 | $1.6M | $500K | Preselected only | General |
| The Arhant Social Foundation Inc | Clifton, VA | 1 | $1.6M | $1.6M | Preselected only | Grant to create reading curriculum to support literacy impr… |
| The Harvey M & Lyn P Meyerhoff Fund Inc | Baltimore, MD | 1 | $1.5M | $1.5M | Yes | Unrestricted |
| Ruth Carol Fund Inc | Baltimore, MD | 6 | $1.5M | $175K | Preselected only | Support exempt purposes |
| John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation | Chicago, IL | 3 | $1.5M | $335K | Preselected only | To organize and convene the safety and justice challenge ne…; To organize and convene a network of selected jurisdictions…; In support of pretrial justice institute to administer trav… |
| The Baltimore Orioles Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | 9 | $1.5M | $5,438 | Yes | Community support |
| The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund | Pleasanton, CA | 2 | $1.5M | $738K | Yes | 2023 vision: human and animal well-being; Community conversations steering committee 2024-25 |
| The Goldman Sachs Foundation | New York, NY | 2 | $1.5M | $728K | Preselected only | Grant to implement the 10,000 small businesses initiative i… |
| Herman & Walter Samuelson Foundation Inc | Towson, MD | 19 | $1.5M | $30K | Preselected only | Sandra r. berman infusion center; Homeless children backpack program; Cemetery maintenance |
| The Skip Viragh Foundation Inc | Reno, NV | 5 | $1.5M | $352K | Preselected only | Support for long-term drug abuse recovery services; Educate those in a crisis pregnancy situation; Provides a variety of services to the homeless, and support… |
| Blanket Fort Foundation | Towson, MD | 39 | $1.4M | $25K | Preselected only | General need |
| Ralph Halloran Residuary Trust | Pennington, NJ | 1 | $1.4M | $1.4M | Preselected only | Unrestricted general |
| The William G Baker Jr Memorial Fund | Pittsburgh, PA | 38 | $1.4M | $14K | Yes | General support; Dance baltimore; Out of the blocks |
| The Wallace Foundation | New York, NY | 2 | $1.3M | $673K | Preselected only | To support the participation of Baltimore City Public Schoo… |
Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV, latest electronic return per foundation (2026-10-28). "Accepts applications" reflects the foundation's own checkbox on Part XV line 2. Grants to individuals excluded.
Common questions
Which foundations give to nonprofits in Baltimore, Maryland?
The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc, Gates Foundation, The Stephen & Renee Bisciotti Foundation, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and 95 others reported grants to Baltimore organizations on their latest Form 990-PF.
How do I approach a foundation that doesn't accept applications?
A foundation that checks "contributes only to preselected organizations" on its 990-PF won't review a cold proposal. Look at who it funds, find a shared board member, grantee or advisor, and ask for an introduction. Foundations that accept applications usually list a contact and deadlines in Part XV; we show that text on each foundation's page.
Is this list complete?
No. It covers private foundations (Form 990-PF filers) whose latest electronic return lists at least one grant to an organization in Baltimore. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.