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David a Bramble Foundation Inc

Chestertown, MD · EIN 52-1982272. Reported 417 grants totalling $758,024 to 126 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,000median grant
$758,024granted, 2021-2024
126organizations funded
92%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,133,948assets, 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. David a Bramble 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 $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $1,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $26,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
190 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
191 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
17 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
16 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
3 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Kent School IncChestertown, MD$96,000442024
Radcliffe Creek SchoolChestertown, MD$54,500442024
Rock Hall Volunteer Fire CompanyRock Hall, MD$43,000442024
Chester River Hospital CenterChestertown, MD$40,000442024
University of MarylandCollege Park, MD$30,017742024
Washington & Jefferson CollegeWashington, PA$25,096332023
Delta Waterfowl FoundationBismarck, ND$24,500442024
Salisbury UniversitySalisbury, MD$20,254742024
Columbus College of A&dColumbus, OH$19,201332024
Mars Hill UniversityMars Hill, NC$18,458332024
Virginia TechBlacksburg, VA$18,000442024
Messiah UniversityMechanicsburg, PA$15,453322024
Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, PA$13,867222024
Embry Riddle UniversityDaytona Beach, FL$13,429112021
Kent State UniversityKent, OH$13,211332023
Compass Regional HospiceCentreville, MD$12,000442024
North Carolina UniversityChapel Hill, NC$12,000332023
St Paul's ChurchChestertown, MD$12,000442024
Maryland Asphalt AssocationGlen Burnie, MD$10,000442024
MtbmaGlen Burnie, MD$10,000442024
Salem United Methodist ChurchChestertown, MD$10,000442024
Open Doors Partners in EducationChestertown, MD$8,000442024
Chestertown Volunteer Fire CompanyChestertown, MD$7,000442024
Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PA$6,000442024
United Way of Kent CountyChestertown, MD$6,000442024
Wesley Chapel Methodist ChurchRock Hall, MD$6,000442024
Arcadia UniversityGlenside, PA$5,891112022
Chesapeake CollegeWye Mills, MD$4,712332024
Betterton Volunteer Fire CoBetterton, MD$4,000442024
Brown UniversityProvidence, RI$4,000112024
Camp Fairlee ManorChestertown, MD$4,000442024
Chesapeake College FoundationWye Mills, MD$4,000442024
Church Hill Volunteer Fire CompanyChurch Hill, MD$4,000442024
Community Fire Co IncRising Sun, MD$4,000442024
Crumpton Volunteer Fire CompanyCrumpton, MD$4,000442024
Emmanuel Church Chester ParishChestertown, MD$4,000442024
Fruitland Volunteer Fire CompanyFruitland, MD$4,000442024
Galena Volunteer Fire CompanyGalena, MD$4,000442024
Goodwill Volunteer Fire CompanyNew Castle, DE$4,000442024
Gunston SchoolCentreville, MD$4,000442024
Hoopers Island Volunteer Fire CompFishing Creek, MD$4,000442024
Hope Fellowship Building FundChestertown, MD$4,000442024
Horizons of Kent and QaChestertown, MD$4,000442024
Kennedyville Volunteer Fire CompanyKennedyville, MD$4,000442024
Kent and Queen Anne's RescueChestertown, MD$4,000442024
Memorial Hospital FoundationEaston, MD$4,000442024
Northern Qa County Backpack ProgBarclay, MD$4,000442024
Queenstown Volunteer Fire CompanyQueenstown, MD$4,000442024
Salvation ArmyHagerstown, MD$4,000442024
Snow Hill Volunteer Fire CompanySnow Hill, MD$4,000442024
St Martin's MinistriesRidgely, MD$4,000442024
Sudlersville Volunteer Fire CompanySudlersville, MD$4,000442024
Sultana Education FoundationChestertown, MD$4,000442024
United States Mechant Marine AcademGreat Neck, NY$4,000112023
University of Maryland Baltimore CoBaltimore, MD$4,000112022
Washington CollegeChestertown, MD$4,000442024
Wye River Upper SchoolCentreville, MD$4,000442024
YMCA of the ChesapeakeEaston, MD$4,000442024
Atlantic General Hospital FoundatioBerlin, MD$3,000332024
Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg, PA$3,000442024
St Andrews School DelawareMiddletown, DE$3,000442024
St Paul's SchoolBrooklandville, MD$3,000442024
Christs Church IuWorton, MD$2,500442024
Kent Attainable Housing IncChestertown, MD$2,500442024
Shore RiversEaston, MD$2,500332024
American Cancer SocietyWashington, DC$2,000442024
American Heart AssociationWashington, DC$2,000442024
Blood Bank of DelmarvaNewark, DE$2,000442024
Chesapeake Bay FoundationAnnapolis, MD$2,000442024
Chester Wye Center IncGrasonville, MD$2,000442024
Childrens Home FoundationEaston, MD$2,000442024
Friends of the Kc Public LibraryKansas City, MO$2,000442024
Homeports IncChestertown, MD$2,000442024
Main Street ChestertownChestertown, MD$2,000442024
Maryland Food Bank - Eastern ShoreSalisbury, MD$2,000442024
Massey Air Museum IncMassey, MD$2,000442024
Olivet United Methodist ChurchCoatesville, PA$2,000222024
Talbot HospiceEaston, MD$2,000442024
Kent County Food PantryChestertown, MD$1,750442024
Junior Acheivement of the Eastern SSalisbury, MD$1,500332024
Millington-Crumpton Food PantryMillington, MD$1,500442024
Rebuilding Together Kent CountyChestertown, MD$1,500442024
Sudlersville Food PantryBarclay, MD$1,500442024
Asbury United Methodist ChurchArnold, MD$1,200442024
Mt Olive AME ChurchFort Myers, FL$1,200442024
Sacred Heart ParishReistertown, MD$1,200442024
St Georges United Methodist ChurchWorton, MD$1,200442024
91ST Bgma IncOxnard, CA$1,000442024
Chester River AssociationChestertown, MD$1,000112021
Chestertown Christian AcademyChestertown, MD$1,000222024
Chracter CountsEaston, MD$1,000442024
Eastern Shore Land ConcervancyGalena, MD$1,000442024
Foundation for the Kent Cty Pub LibChestertown, MD$1,000442024
Garfield Center for the ArtsChestertown, MD$1,000442024
Kc Christmas Basket CommunityGalena, MD$1,000442024
Marshall UniversityHuntington, WV$1,000112021
Maryland Environmental TrustCrownsville, MD$1,000442024
Rochester Institute of TechRochester, NY$1,000112021
Wesley Chapel CemeteryRock Hill, MD$1,000222024
Notre Dame UniversityNotre Dame, IN$975112021
Wilmington UniversityNew Castle, DE$864112021
Camp PecomethCentreville, MD$750332023
Cuyahoga Community CollegeCleveland, OH$696112023
Chesapeake Bay Environmental CtrGrasonville, MD$600332023
Crumpton UMCCrumpton, MD$600112021
Janes United Methodist ChurchRising Sun, MD$600222024
Harve De Grace Decoy MuseumHarve De Grace, MD$550442024
Church Hill TheatreChurch Hill, MD$500442024
Construction AngelsPalm Beach Gardens, FL$500112024
Goose Nation LacrosseColumbia, MD$500112024
Horizons DelmarvaSalisbury, MD$500112024
Kc Medical Adult Day CareChestertown, MD$500222022
Salisbury Univ - Jayces FoundationSalisbury, MD$500222024
Shore Legal AccessEaston, MD$500112024
Upper Shore AgingSilver Spring, MD$500222024
Walk the Walk FoundationMillersville, MD$500112022
YMCA Camp TockwoghWorton, MD$500112024
Boy Scout Troop 165Chestertown, MD$400442024
Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake BayWilmington, DE$400442024
Historical Society of Kent CountyChestertown, MD$400442024
Oyster Recovery PartnershipAnnapolis, MD$400442024
Humane Society of Kent CountyChestertown, MD$300332023
Kent County Wrestling Boosters ClubChestertown, MD$300332024
Haven MinistriesQueenstown, MD$250112024
Salisbury Jaycees Foundation IncSalisbury, MD$200112021
Animal Care Shelter Kent CountyChestertown, MD$100112024

105 of 126 (83%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 92%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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 119 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
48 grants
Health Care
12 grants
Human Services
11 grants
Religion
9 grants
Public Safety & Disaster Relief
8 grants
Arts & Culture
8 grants
Animal Welfare
7 grants
Housing & Shelter
5 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
2021100$189,632$1,000
2022101$200,989$1,000
2023106$199,921$1,000
2024110$167,482$1,000

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. 71% 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
$537K
Pennsylvania
$71K
Ohio
$33K
North Carolina
$30K
North Dakota
$24K
Virginia
$18K
Florida
$15K
Delaware
$10K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund27 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program23 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc19 shared recipientsMid Shore Community Foundation Inc18 shared recipientsThe Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc16 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc14 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. 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 David a Bramble Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 419, Chestertown, MD, 21620. 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 52-1982272 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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