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The Arthur B Wilner Foundation Inc

Owings Mills, MD · EIN 82-3120843. Reported 114 grants totalling $253,966 to 70 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,500median grant
$253,966granted, 2021-2025
70recipients, as named on its returns
49%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,366,156assets, 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. The Arthur B Wilner 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 $1,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $880 and $2,500; the smallest was $96 and the largest $17,800. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
30 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
73 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
8 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
3 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Mt Washington Pediatric HospitalBaltimore, MD$58,925552025
Beth ElPikesville, MD$27,900552025
BarcsBaltimore, MD$14,500332023
Greater Lewes FoundationLewes, DE$9,000332025
The AssociatedBaltimore, MD$8,800442024
Johns HopkinsBaltimore, MD$8,500332025
Zero-the End of Prostate CancdrAlexandria, VA$8,500332024
Joshua M Freeman FoundationSelbyville, DE$7,500552025
Creative AllianceBaltimore, MD$7,000332025
Adelante Latina IncBaltimore, MD$6,000222024
First Fruit FarmsFreeland, MD$5,500222025
Blue Water BaltimoreBaltimore, MD$5,000222025
Life Bridge HealthBaltimore, MD$5,000112024
Horizon Day CampBaltimore, MD$4,500222025
ItinerisBaltimore, MD$4,425332023
Grassroots Crisis Intervention CenterColumbia, MD$3,500222025
The Nolan Robinson FoundationTimonium, MD$3,500442024
Jcc of Greater BaltimoreBaltimore, MD$3,300332025
Days End Farm Horse RescueLisbon, MD$3,000112021
Play for PinkNew York, NY$3,000222024
Wellness House of AnnapolisAnnapolis, MD$3,000112025
Back River Restoration CommitteeEssex, MD$2,500112022
Farm AllianceBaltimore, MD$2,500222023
Maryvale Preparatory SchoolLutherville, MD$2,500112021
Waterfront Partnership of BaltimoreBaltimore, MD$2,500112021
Weekend BackpacksTimonium, MD$2,500222024
Baltimore Urban Baseball AssocBaltimore, MD$2,000332023
Corner Team IncBaltimore, MD$2,000112021
Eastern Region Assoc of Forest & Nature SchoolsGlen Arm, MD$2,000112021
Gbmc FoundationTowson, MD$2,000112021
Writers in Baltimore SchoolsBaltimore, MD$2,000112024
Executive AllianceBaltimore, MD$1,760222025
Days End Horse Farm RescueWoodbine, MD$1,500222024
Homeless Persons Representation ProjectBaltimore, MD$1,500112021
McvetBaltimore, MD$1,500112022
National Family Resiliency CenterColumbia, MD$1,500112021
Btst CaresBaltimore, MD$1,200112025
Abilities NetworkTowson, MD$1,000112021
Arts CentricReisterstown, MD$1,000112021
Bea Gaddy Family CentersBaltimore, MD$1,000112022
Camp YavnehNewton Centre, MA$1,000112022
Don Brosco Cristo Rey High SchoolTakoma Park, MD$1,000112022
Famous FundTowson, MD$1,000112021
I Am MentalityBaltimore, MD$1,000112022
Just in Power KidsWestminster, MD$1,000112025
Massachusetts Down Syndrome CongressBurlington, MA$1,000112022
New York Restoration ProjectNew York, NY$1,000112021
New York Yankees FoundationBronx, NY$1,000112025
Power 52 FoundationColumbia, MD$1,000112024
Small Town Stars TheatreThurmont, MD$1,000112021
The Sanctuary CollectiveBaltimore, MD$1,000112025
Um St Joseph Medical Center FoundationTowson, MD$1,000112025
Fellowship of Christian AthletesKansas City, MO$750112025
Lower Shore Support ServicesMardela Springs, MD$750112022
Camps Airy & LouiseBaltimore, MD$500112022
Covenant GuildBaltimore, MD$500112021
CuresmaElk Grove Village, IL$500112021
Edward J Freidman FoundationBaltimore, MD$500112022
Jemicy SchoolOwings Mills, MD$500112023
Living Classroom FoundationBaltimore, MD$500112021
Pilots to the RescueMerrifield, VA$500112025
President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeBoston, MA$500112022
Chesapeake CharitiesStevensville, MD$350112023
Alzheimer's AssociationChicago, IL$250112024
My Neighbors FoundationMonkton, MD$250112021
Lewes Fire DepartmentLewes, DE$200112025
Maryland Science CenterBaltimore, MD$200112025
Baltimore Jewish Film FestivalBaltimore, MD$160112021
Family Crisis CenterBaltimore, MD$150112021
Girl Scout Troop 10410Baltimore, MD$96112021

23 of 70 (33%) 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 49%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 54 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Arts & Culture
9 grants
Animal Welfare
7 grants
Health Care
7 grants
Environment
7 grants
Human Services
5 grants
Recreation & Sports
4 grants
Education
3 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202132$55,381$1,500
202221$46,100$1,000
202317$48,625$1,500
202422$46,980$2,000
202522$56,880$1,350

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

86% of its giving went to organizations in Maryland. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Maryland
$219K
Delaware
$17K
Virginia
$9K
New York
$5K
Massachusetts
$2K
Illinois
$750
Missouri
$750

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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund30 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc26 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc24 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program21 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust20 shared recipientsT Rowe Price Program for Charitable19 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,500. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  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 The Arthur B Wilner Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: Feddergarten 10096 Red Run Blvd, Owings Mills, MD, 21117. 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 82-3120843 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.

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