Louis & Helen Fanaroff Char Foundation
Potomac, MD · EIN 52-1276724. Reported 156 grants totalling $665,400 to 58 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Louis & Helen Fanaroff Char Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,750. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,500 and $5,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $25,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suburban Hospital Foundation | Bethesda, MD | $88,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Hope Connection for Cancer Support | Bethesda, MD | $47,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Anti-Defamation League | Washington, DC | $42,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Shady Grove Medical Center Foundation | Rockville, MD | $42,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Friends of Lubavitch | Potomac, MD | $36,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Matan | New York, NY | $31,400 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Charles E Smith Jewish Day School | Rockville, MD | $27,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Washington | Rockville, MD | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| So What Else Inc | Rockville, MD | $23,800 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Aquilino Cancer Center | Rockville, MD | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Maryland Hillel | College Park, MD | $17,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Interfaith Works | Rockville, MD | $14,900 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Chabad at University of Maryland | College Park, MD | $14,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse | Rockville, MD | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Bnai Israel | Rockville, MD | $11,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bender Jcc of Greater Washington | Rockville, MD | $11,050 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Temple Adath Israel | Evansville, IN | $11,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Caringmatters | Gaithersburg, MD | $10,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Camp and Conference Service | Waynesboro, PA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Miles for Migraine | Lafayette, PA | $10,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Foundation for Group Homes | Rockville, MD | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund | New York, NY | $8,850 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Support Services | Gaithersburg, MD | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Southeast Hebrew Congregation | Silver Spring, MD | $6,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| B'nai B'rith | Washington, DC | $6,200 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Active Minds | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| National Ramah Commission | New York, NY | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| US Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Diabetes Association | Baltimore, MD | $5,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| DC Abortion Fund | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Shady Grove Adventist Hospital Foundation | Gaithersburg, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Heart Association | Dallas, TX | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mental Health Associations of Mont Co - Ever Mind | Rockville, MD | $4,250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Washington Nationals Dream Foundation | Washington, DC | $4,250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bright Beginnings Inc | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Eaglebank Foundation | Rockville, MD | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ivymount School Inc | Rockville, MD | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Council of Jewish Women | Fair Lawn, NJ | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Trevor Project | West Hollywood, CA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Manna Food Center of Mc Maryland | Gaithersburg, MD | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sunflowers for Sallie | Millersville, MD | $3,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Shaare Torah | Gaithersburg, MD | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jcc of Greater Washington | Rockville, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Children's Inn at Nih Inc | Bethesda, MD | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Rebuild Together Montgomery County | Kensington, MD | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Washington Interfaith Network | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bethesda Cares | Bethesda, MD | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Friendship Circle | Silver Spring, MD | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Imadi | Randallstown, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Council for the Aging | Rockville, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Washington Hospital Center Foundation | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| We Care Inc | Bangor, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hopelink Behavioral Health | Oakton, VA | $550 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $550 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Advanceesg | Potomac, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
40 of 58 (69%) 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 72%, across 4 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.
- Suburban Hospital Foundation
TO FUND NURSING EDUCATION AND CLINICAL PROGRAMS - Shady Grove Medical Center Foundation
TO HELP PROVIDE MODERN MEDICAL FACILITIES AND TREATMENTS - Matan
TO ASSIST JEWISH STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS - Anti-Defamation League
TO COMBAT DEFAMATION AND HATE-CRIMES RELATED TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY - American Friends of Magen David Adom
TO SUPPORT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY - Jewish Federation of Greater Washington
SUPPORT COMMUNITY IN NEED
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 72 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 31 | $140,600 | $3,500 |
| 2021 | 35 | $147,000 | $2,500 |
| 2022 | 36 | $135,000 | $2,000 |
| 2023 | 27 | $98,200 | $2,000 |
| 2024 | 27 | $144,600 | $3,500 |
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. 70% 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.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,750. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Maryland.
- 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.
- 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Louis & Helen Fanaroff Char Foundation'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: 7811 Montrose Rd Ste 260, Potomac, MD, 20854. 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.
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