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Kleins Shoprite of Maryland Charitable

Forest Hill, MD · EIN 45-5512541. Reported 135 grants totalling $347,674 to 69 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,000median grant
$347,674granted, 2021-2024
69organizations funded
62%of grantees funded again the next year
$119,809assets, 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. Kleins Shoprite of Maryland Charitable 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 $2,500; the smallest was $120 and the largest $45,167. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
44 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
75 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
13 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
Upper Chesapeake Health FoundationBel Air, MD$125,467442024
Ladew GardensMonkton, MD$30,000442024
Harford County Public Library FoundationBelcamp, MD$13,000332024
Char Hope FoundationBel Air, MD$12,590332024
Harford County 4-HStreet, MD$11,981332023
Community Foundation of Harford CountyBel Air, MD$10,000222022
Bel Air Downtown AllianceBel Air, MD$9,050442024
Harford Community College FoundationBel Air, MD$8,800442024
Harford United Charities IncBel Air, MD$8,500442024
Greater Bel Air Community Foundation IncBel Air, MD$8,000442024
John Carroll SchoolBel Air, MD$7,700332023
Harford Land Trust IncBel Air, MD$7,575442024
Harford County Farm FairBel Air, MD$7,500222023
Arc Northern Chesapeake RegionAberdeen, MD$5,750332024
National Brain Tumor SocietyNewton, MA$5,050112022
The Highlands School IncBel Air, MD$4,000442024
Historical Society of Harford County IncBel Air, MD$3,750112022
Bel Air Independence Day Committee IncBel Air, MD$3,600332023
Winter Wonderland IncBel Air, MD$3,500222024
The Albert P Close FoundationBel Air, MD$3,495222024
Qg Community Charities IncBel Air, MD$3,054222023
Chesapeake Therapeutic RidingAbingdon, MD$3,000112023
Harford County Education FoundationBel Air, MD$2,950442024
Harford Day SchoolBel Air, MD$2,880332024
Harford Christian SchoolDarlington, MD$2,500222024
Society of Italian American BusinessmenBel Air, MD$2,500332023
Boys & Girls Clubs of Harford CountyBel Air, MD$2,240442024
Baltimore Area Council ScoutsBaltimore, MD$2,000112021
Boy Scouts of America Baltimore Area CouncilBel Air, MD$2,000222024
SarcBel Air, MD$2,000222022
St Margaret SchoolBel Air, MD$2,000222024
Havre De Grace Decoy Museum IncHavre De Grace, MD$1,825332024
Harford Family HouseAberdeen, MD$1,750222023
Addiction Connection ResourceFallston, MD$1,500112022
Church Creek Elementary School PTABelcamp, MD$1,500112023
Susquehannock Wildlife Society IncDarlington, MD$1,500112023
The Level FoundationDarlington, MD$1,500222024
Laila's GiftAberdeen, MD$1,030112024
Aberdeen Volunteer Fire CompanyAberdeen, MD$1,000112021
Harford County Bar FoundationBel Air, MD$1,000112024
Harford County Deputy Sheriff's Benevolent FundBel Air, MD$1,000222024
Harford County Municial Lodge #128Aberdeen, MD$1,000112021
Harford County Sheriff's FoundationBel Air, MD$1,000222024
Homecoming Project IncBel Air, MD$1,000112023
Jacksonville Volunteer Fire CompanyPhoenix, MD$1,000112021
LasosBel Air, MD$1,000112022
Maryland Center for the ArtsBel Air, MD$1,000112022
Pathfinders for AutismHunt Valley, MD$1,000112021
St Margaret ChurchBel Air, MD$1,000222024
United Way of Central MDBaltimore, MD$1,000112023
Volun-TeenBel Air, MD$1,000112022
Pets on Wheels Foundation BaltimoreBaltimore, MD$767222024
Family and Childrens Services MarylandBel Air, MD$750112024
Anna's HouseBel Air, MD$500112021
Fresh Start Furnishings MDAberdeen, MD$500112024
Lifebridge HealthBaltimore, MD$500112022
Mason-Dixon Community ServicesStreet, MD$500112024
Nutley Family Services BureauNutley, NJ$500112021
Springboard Community ServicesBaltimore, MD$500112023
The Agape ProjectsBel Air, MD$500112024
The Miracle League of Harford CountyForest Hill, MD$500222023
Harford County Chamber of CommerceBel Air, MD$350112024
Bel Air Lions FoundationBel Air, MD$300112022
Jarrettsville Recreation CouncilJarrettsville, MD$300222024
St John's Lutheran Church of Sweet AirPhoenix, MD$270222024
Forest Park High School Alumni AssociationBaltimore, MD$250112024
Friends of Tabernacle Cemetery IncFallston, MD$250112022
Jarrettsville Rec CouncilStreet, MD$250112022
Breathe 379Edgewood, MD$150112024

37 of 69 (54%) 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 62%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 67 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
16 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
15 grants
Youth Development
5 grants
Health Care
5 grants
Community Improvement
4 grants
Environment
4 grants
Recreation & Sports
4 grants
Human Services
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202127$86,001$1,000
202235$69,635$1,130
202337$104,318$1,500
202436$87,720$750

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. 98% 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
$342K
Massachusetts
$5K
New Jersey
$500

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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.

The United Way of Central Maryland Inc12 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund9 shared recipientsCommunity Foundation of Harfor9 shared recipientsThe Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc8 shared recipientsT Rowe Price Program for Charitable7 shared recipientsAmerican Endowment Foundation6 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 Kleins Shoprite of Maryland Charitable'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: 2011 Klein Plaza Drive, Forest Hill, MD, 21050. 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 45-5512541 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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