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Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc

Baltimore, MD · EIN 01-0912891. Reported 1,225 grants totalling $12.2M to 834 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,500median grant
$12.2Mgranted, 2020-2024
834organizations funded
27%of grantees funded again the next year
$6,218,151assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $7,000; the smallest was $20 and the largest $810,269. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
306 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
469 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
172 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
149 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
63 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
38 grants
$100,000 and Up
28 grants

Every organization it funded

All 834 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which this organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this foundation actually has a relationship with.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Uncommon GivingCharleston, SC$1,550,019622024
Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD$462,500552024
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterTowson, MD$400,000442024
The Nature Conservancy of VirginiaArlington, VA$305,000332024
United Way of Central MarylandBaltimore, MD$302,500432024
Mercy Medical CenterBaltimore, MD$300,000332024
John Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD$250,000112023
National Aquarium in BaltimoreBaltimore, MD$250,000332024
Roca IncChelsea, MA$200,000442024
Waterfront Partnership of BaltimoreBaltimore, MD$194,436652024
University of Maryland MedicineBaltimore, MD$175,000112024
Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound SchoolBaltimore, MD$166,667222024
B-360 Baltimore IncBaltimore, MD$160,000332024
Bard Prison InitiativeAnnandale, NY$155,000332022
Maryland History and Culture CenterBaltimore, MD$135,000332022
Shock Trauma at University of Maryland MBaltimore, MD$125,000112023
The AssociatedBaltimore, MD$125,000442023
Umms Foundationshock Trauma CelebBaltimore, MD$125,000112023
Junior Achievement of Central MarylandBaltimore, MD$124,085442024
Chesapeake Bay FoundationAnnapolis, MD$113,800552024
Living Classrooms FoundationBaltimore, MD$110,750222024
Catholic CharitiesBaltimore, MD$110,000222024
The Nature ConservancyCharlottesville, VA$110,000212021
Baltimore Symphony OrchestraBaltimore, MD$109,100442024
Washington CollegeChestertown, MD$101,000332022
Smithsonians National Zoological Park and Conservation Biology InstituteWashington, DC$100,000112024
The Alfred E Smith Memorial FoundationnNew York, NY$100,000112023
Business Executives for National SecuritWashington, DC$85,000332024
Outward BoundBaltimore, MD$83,333112023
Baltimore Homecoming IncBaltimore, MD$75,000222023
Baltimore Sports Tourism Development Council IncBaltimore, MD$75,000222021
Nature SacredAnnapolis, MD$75,000222021
Ron Brown Scholar ProgramCharlottesville, VA$70,200442024
Back on My Feet - BaltimorePhiladelphia, PA$65,500332024
Beth Tfiloh CongregationBaltimore, MD$65,000332023
The Maryland Zoo in BaltimoreBaltimore, MD$65,000552024
Maryland Science CenterBaltimore, MD$62,000222024
Virginia Wesleyan UniversityVirginia Beach, VA$60,500442024
Greenlight Fund BaltimoreBoston, MA$60,000222023
Greenlight BaltimoreBoston, MA$60,000332024
The Ingenuity ProjectBaltimore, MD$58,700332024
Institute for Responsible CitizenshipWashington, DC$55,000332023
I Am MentalityBaltimore, MD$52,500332022
B-360Baltimore, MD$51,000222021
Archdiocese of BaltimoreBaltimore, MD$50,000332022
BensWashington, DC$50,000112024
Baltimore Corps IncBaltimore, MD$50,000112020
DivincAustin, TX$50,000222022
Institute of Marine and Environmental TechnologyBaltimore, MD$50,000112024
Johns Hopkins School of NursingBaltimore, MD$50,000112024
National Park FoundationWashington, WA$50,000112023
National Park FoundationWashington, DC$50,000222022
Reginald F Lewis MuseumBaltimore, MD$50,000112022
The Be OrgBaltimore, MD$50,000222022
The Fund for Johns Hopkins MedicineBaltimore, MD$50,000112021
Thebe OrgBaltimore, MD$50,000112024
Chesapeake Bay TrustAnnapolis, MD$45,000442024
Helping Up MissionBaltimore, MD$45,000442024
Mount Vernon Place ConservancyBaltimore, MD$45,000442024
First Fruits FarmFreeland, MD$44,250442024
Signal 13 FoundationBaltimore, MD$43,500442024
Enoch Pratt Free LibraryBaltimore, MD$40,000442024
The Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA$40,000112022
Volo Kids FoundationBaltimore, MD$33,275332024
NAMI Metropolitan BaltimoreBaltimore, MD$32,500332024
The Family TreeBaltimore, MD$32,500332023
Warrior Reunion FoundationTimonium, MD$32,500332022
B&o Railroad MuseumBaltimore, MD$31,000222023
Cristo Rey Corporate Internship ProgramBaltimore, MD$31,000112020
Freestate JusticeBaltimore, MD$30,200222023
Boston Symphony OrchestraBoston, MA$30,000222024
Ceres IncBoston, MA$30,000322024
Johns Hopkins Childrens CenterBaltimore, MD$30,000112024
Mercy Health FoundationBaltimore, MD$30,000222021
World Central KitchenWashington, DC$25,250222024
Maryland SPCA IncBaltimore, MD$25,100222021
Angel Wings for VeteransNorfolk, VA$25,000112024
Appalachain Trail ConservacyHarpes Ferry, WV$25,000112024
Boy Scouts of AmericaBaltimore, MD$25,000112024
Beth TfihohBaltimore, MD$25,000112024
Business Executives for National Security) 2020 Membership RenewalWashington, DC$25,000112020
Carey Business SchoolBalitmore, MD$25,000112022
Central Intercollegiate Athletic AssociaCharlotte, NC$25,000112020
Delaware State UniversityDover, DE$25,000112022
Friends of Rash Field ParkBaltimore, MD$25,000112020
Goucher - GpepBaltimore, MD$25,000112023
Greater Washington Community FoundationWashington, DC$25,000332023
International Women's ForumWashington, DC$25,000112021
Pratt LibraryBaltimore, MD$25,000112020
Reginad F Lewis MuseumBaltimore, MD$25,000112024
The 3RDColumbia, MD$25,000332023
The Harriett HouseBaltimore, MD$25,000112020
Warrior Canine ConnectionBoyds, MD$25,000112024
Council for Economic Education (invest in Girls)New York, NY$24,900222024
DimeWeddington, NC$22,000332023
Center for Urban FamiliesBaltimore, MD$21,020222024
Ronald Mcdonald HouseBaltimore, MD$21,000112020
Breast Cancer AllianceGreenwich, CT$20,700332023
Elizabeth River ProjectNorfolk, VA$20,500112022
Access College FoundationNorfolk, VA$20,300332024
Boys & Girls Club of Metropolitan BaltimBaltimore, MD$20,000112023
Beth TfilohBaltimore, MD$20,000112020
Boy Scouts of America Baltimore Area CouncilBaltimore, MD$20,000222022
Carolina for Kibera Inc (cfk Africa)Chapel Hill, NC$20,000112024
GilchristHunt Valley, MD$20,000112023
Johns Hopkins Children's CenterBaltimore, MD$20,000222022
Maryland Center for History and CutureBaltimore, MD$20,000112023
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA$20,000112022
One LoveBaltimore, MD$20,000112023
One Love FoundationPikesville, MD$20,000112024
Penn-MarFreeland, MD$20,000332024
US Lacrosse IncSparks, MD$20,000112021
Emerald Necklace ConservancyBoston, MA$19,750222022
Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community SchoolPikesville, MD$18,000112020
Association of Nature Center AdministratorsLogan, UT$17,500222022
Austin Parks FoundationAustin, TX$17,360222022
Council for Economic EducationNew York, NY$17,200332023
Charles River Watershed AssociationBoston, MA$16,500322022
Maryland Philanthropy NetworkBaltimore, MD$16,160442024
Boys and Girls Clubs- Greater WashingtonWashington, DC$16,000112022
Howard Community College Educational Fou NdationColumbia, MD$16,000222022
The Chris Wilson FoundationNew York, NY$16,000112021
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers ServiceBaltimore, MD$15,800222023
National Museum of Racing and Hall of FaSaratoga Springs, NY$15,700332024
Lutheran World ReliefBaltimore, MD$15,500112021
Bryan H Botti Memorial FndUpperco, MD$15,069222023
Adams Country Community FndGettysburg, PA$15,000222022
Anti-Defamation LeagueNew York, NY$15,000112021
B'more ClubhouseBaltimore, MD$15,000112023
Baltimore Next Generation Investing EvenBaltimore, MD$15,000222024
DC PrepWashington, DC$15,000112022
Heroes IncWashington, DC$15,000332022
Loyola University MarylandBaltimore, MD$15,000222023
Madison Square Boys & Girls Club FoundatNew York, NY$15,000222022
Masonville Cove Urban Wildlife Refuge PaBaltimore, MD$15,000112020
National Sporting Library and MuseumMiddleburg, VA$15,000112021
Next One UpBaltimore, MD$15,000112024
Stroud Water Research CenterAvondale, AZ$15,000222022
Tee Up for One LoveBaltimore, MD$15,000112024
USA LacrosseSparks, MD$15,000112022
Wolf Trap FoundationVienna, VA$15,000222022
Don Bosco Cristo ReyTakoma Park, MD$14,900222022
James Wah FoundationCockeysville, MD$14,000222024
Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of PsychiatryBaltimore, MD$14,000222022
Nature ScaredAnnapolis, MD$14,000112023
Orange County Literacy CouncilCarrboro, NC$12,750222021
Baltimore Area Council Scouting AmericaBaltimore, MD$12,500112024
Downtown Sailing CenterBaltimore, MD$12,500222023
John Jay College Foundation IncNew York, NY$12,500112021
Methodist Home for ChildrenRaleigh, NC$12,500332022
University of Virginia - Virginia Film FCharlottesville, VA$12,500112023
USA Lacrosse FoundationSparks, MD$12,500222024
Virginia Museum of Fine ArtsRichmond, VA$12,500222024
World Cares CenterNew York, NY$12,500332024
Creative ActionAustin, TX$12,000332022
Foundation for Baltimore County Public LTowson, MD$11,500222024
Urban Arts PartnershipNew York, NY$11,250332022
Ladew Topiary GardensMonkton, MD$11,100222024
Washington Jesuit AcademyWashington, DC$11,100332022
Community Foundation of Howard CountyColumbia, MD$11,000112020
Fair ChanceSilver Spring, MD$11,000222022
Mount Washington Pediatric HospitalBaltimore, MD$11,000222022
Boys and Girls Clubs of Central VaCharlottesville, VA$10,700222022
The Bryan H Botti Memorial FoundationUpperco, MD$10,646222024
The Walters Art MuseumBaltimore, MD$10,500332023
Creative AllianceBaltimore, MD$10,250332023
Potomac Community Resources IncPotomac, MD$10,100222023
American Jewish CommitteePhiladelphia, PA$10,000222022
Austin Community Foundation Women's FundAustin, TX$10,000222023
Associated Black CharitiesBaltimore, MD$10,000112021
Associated Black Charities (abc)Baltimore, MD$10,000112020
Baltimore Community Foundation IncBaltimore, MD$10,000112021
Baltimore Next Generation Investing EventBaltimore, MD$10,000112020
Clubhouse InternationalNew York, NY$10,000112022
Cape Henry Collegiate School IncVirginia Beach, VA$10,000222022
Chris Wilson FoundationBaltimore, MD$10,000112021
Community Foundation Texas Hill CountryKerrville, TX$10,000112024
Escuela Agricola Panamericana IncWashington, DC$10,000112022
Fells Point Main StreetBaltimore, MD$10,000112023
Harlem Lacrosse - BaltimoreBaltimore, MD$10,000112024
Health Equity InternationalNewton, MA$10,000112020
Him for Her IncOakland, CA$10,000222021
Holy ApostlesNew York, NY$10,000222022
Jdrf (juvenile Diabetes Research Fndn)Washington, DC$10,000112020
Lbj FoundationAustin, TX$10,000112022
Leukemia & Lymphoma SocietyNew York, NY$10,000112022
Living ClassroomsBaltimore, MD$10,000222024
Loyola Early Learning CenterBaltimore, MD$10,000222022
Next GenBaltimore, MD$10,000112023
National Sporting Library & MuseumMiddleburg, VA$10,000112020
Norton Museum of ArtWest Palm Beach, FL$10,000112020
Penn-Mar Human ServicesFreeland, MD$10,000112020
Pleasant View Historical AssociationGaithersburg, MD$10,000112020
Portfolios With PurposeNew York, NY$10,000112020
Pride of Baltimore IncBaltimore, MD$10,000112024
Ron Brown Scholar FundCharlottesville, VA$10,000112020
The Baltimore Next Generation InvestmentBaltimore, MD$10,000112022
The LeadershipBaltimore, MD$10,000112023
The Arc of the USWashington, DC$10,000332022
The Chris Long FoundationClayton, MO$10,000112024
The Nashville SymphonyNashville, TN$10,000112024
Tumtum Tree FoundationBirmingham, AL$10,000112024
Umb Foundation IncBaltimore, MD$10,000112022
US Secret Service Association FoundatiWest Des Moines, IA$10,000112023
University of Maryland Francis King CareBaltimore, MD$10,000112021
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of LawBaltimore, MD$10,000112020
WillowdaleKennett Square, PA$10,000222022
Catholic Charities of BaltimoreBaltimore, MD$9,500332022
Economic Mobility Pathways (empath)Boston, MA$9,250332023
Baltimore School for the ArtsBaltimore, MD$9,000332023
Pine Street InnBoston, MA$9,000222022
Steamship Trade Association Charitable LBaltimore, MD$9,000332023
Fight for Children IncWashington, DC$8,550112021
Comm Fnd of Howard CoColumbia, MD$8,500222023
Camp Airy & Camp LouiseBaltimore, MD$8,500222022
Habitat for Humanity Metro MarylandSilver Spring, MD$8,500222022
Montana Equestrian Events IncWhitefish, MT$8,500222024
The Boston Foundation IncBoston, MA$8,500322022
Tidalhealth FoundationSalisbury, MD$8,500442023
Maryland Food BankBaltimore, MD$8,053322021
AjcPhiladelphia, PA$8,000112023
CASA for Travis CountryAustin, TX$8,000112023
Catch a Lift FundLutherville, MD$8,000222022
Els for Autism FoundationVirginia Beach, VA$8,000112023
The Contemporary Austin Museum IncAustin, TX$8,000112021
Waterloo GreenwayAustin, TX$8,000112020
Dell Children's FoundationAustin, TX$7,750222022
Irvine Nature CenterOwings Mills, MD$7,500222022
Junior AchievementWashington, DC$7,500112024
Mercy Medical AngelsNorfolk, VA$7,500112024
Preservation MarylandBaltimore, MD$7,500222022
Wear Blue Run to RememberUniversity Place, WA$7,500112022
Women's Foundation of Boston IncBoston, MA$7,500222022
Invest in Girls a Program of the Counci L for Economics EducationNew York, NY$7,200112021
Academy of Music of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA$7,000322022
Associated Sulpicians of the USBaltimore, MD$7,000112022
Andrew Roddick FoundationAustin, TX$7,000112021
Athletes for HopeBethesda, MD$7,000222022
Fellowship of Christian AthletesWestminster, MD$7,000332022
PathnorthWashington, DC$7,000112022
Sibley Memorial HospitalWashington, DC$7,000112022
The Watershed InstitutePennington, NJ$7,000332023
GedcoBaltimore, MD$6,750332022
GladBoston, MA$6,500222023
Madison Square Boys & Girls ClubNew York, NY$6,500112020
St Elizabeth SchoolBaltimore, MD$6,500332023
The Washington School for GirlsWashington, DC$6,500222022
United Way of South Hampton RoadsNorfolk, VA$6,300332024
Texas Songwriters AssociationAustin, TX$6,250112022
Austin PBSAustin, TX$6,000112021

249 of 834 (30%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 27%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 597 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
108 grants
Human Services
75 grants
Arts & Culture
65 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
45 grants
Youth Development
36 grants
Health Care
35 grants
Environment
34 grants
Recreation & Sports
28 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
2020214$1,381,302$2,500
2021319$1,972,911$2,500
2022332$2,352,857$2,500
2023203$3,142,077$2,000
2024157$3,319,046$2,500

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 58% of this one's giving went to organizations in Maryland. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Maryland
$7.0M
South Carolina
$1.6M
Virginia
$903K
District of Columbia
$632K
Massachusetts
$587K
New York
$571K
Texas
$208K
Pennsylvania
$205K

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Funders that support the same organizations

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Maryland.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 901 South Bond Street Ste 400, Baltimore, MD, 21231. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 01-0912891 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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