The Joseph Meyerhoff Fund Inc
Baltimore, MD · EIN 52-6035997. Reported 369 grants totalling $13.3M to 152 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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. The Joseph Meyerhoff Fund 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $1,201,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $1,814,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Baltimore Symphony Orchestra | Baltimore, MD | $1,079,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $1,016,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NE | $871,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $427,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Jewish Campus Life (hillel) | Washington, DC | $375,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New Israel Fund | Washington, DC | $324,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Anti-Defamation League | New York, NY | $315,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Israel on Campus Coalition | Washington, DC | $280,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southeast Community Development Corporation | Baltimore, MD | $255,965 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Maryland Food Bank | Baltimore, MD | $227,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Healthy Neighborhoods Inc | Baltimore, MD | $225,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Belair-Edison Neighborhoods Inc | Baltimore, MD | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fund for Educational Excellence | Baltimore, MD | $192,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Museum of Art | Baltimore, MD | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Waterfront Partnership | Baltimore, MD | $170,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Living Classrooms Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $165,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Way of Central Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $154,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| B'nai B'rith Youth Organization | Washington, DC | $135,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Patterson Park | Baltimore, MD | $133,574 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Banner Neighborhoods Community Corporation | Baltimore, MD | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | New York, NY | $129,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Maryland Baltimore County Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| City Neighbors Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Camps Airy and Louise | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Grandparents Network | Stevenson, MD | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Aquarium in Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Port Discovery Children's Museum | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Walters Art Museum | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Impj | Beverly Hills, CA | $98,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mt Washington Pediatric Hospital | Baltimore, MD | $97,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Parks and People Inc | Baltimore, MD | $97,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Live Baltimore Home Center | Baltimore, MD | $94,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Institute for Islamic Christian and Jewish Studies | Baltimore, MD | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Assistance Network Inc | Baltimore, MD | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| YMCA | Baltimore, MD | $82,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fells Point Creative Alliance Inc | Baltimore, MD | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Ingenuity Project | Baltimore, MD | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of the Hebrew University | New York, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street Inc | Baltimore, MD | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Maryland Academy of Sciences Maryland Science Center | Baltimore, MD | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| North American Friends of Oranim | Oostburg, WI | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Maoz Seal | Newton, MA | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee | New York, NY | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Everyman Theatre | Baltimore, MD | $69,336 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Innovation Works | Baltimore, MD | $67,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arts for Learning Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Community Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $64,336 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School | Baltimore, MD | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Baltimore School for the Arts Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Maryland Alliance of Public Charter Schools | Baltimore, MD | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| One Table | New York, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Francis of Assisi School | Triangle, VA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Art With a Heart | Baltimore, MD | $57,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Jewish Federations of North America | New York, NY | $57,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| House of Ruth Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Soccer Without Borders Baltimore | Cambridge, MA | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewbelong Inc | Upper Montclair, NJ | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Patterson Park Public Charter School | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Civic Works | Baltimore, MD | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Leveling the Playing Field | Baltimore, MD | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Patterson Park Audobon Center | Baltimore, MD | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Baltimore Center Stage | Baltimore, MD | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Homecoming Inc | Baltimore, MD | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Blue Water Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center Stage | Baltimore, MD | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America Inc MD Chapter | Baltimore, MD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hadar | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Funders Network | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mount Vernon Place Conservancy | Bali, MD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Herring Run Parks | Baltimore, MD | $38,700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Maryland Philanthropy Network | Baltimore, MD | $30,040 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Interfaith America | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Parks and People Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Shalom Hartman Institute of Na | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Postpartum Support International | Portland, OR | $27,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Associates Ben Gurion University of the Negev | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Technion Society | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arza | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Enoch Pratt Free Library Inc | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| NAMI Metropolitan Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ofakim La'atid Emergency Operating Support | Miami, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Leadership | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 70 Faces Media | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Archdiocese of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arts of Learning Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Custom & Craft Jewish Rituals | Jersey City, NJ | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lifebridge Health Inc | Edgewood, MD | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Teach for America - Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Baltimore Banner | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Baltimore Program of Aubudon Mid-Atlantic | Baltimore, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jerusalem Foundation Inc | Jerusalem | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Elijah's Blessing Community Service Center | Baltimore, MD | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Arts Education in Maryland Schools | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Museum of Industry | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Cape Cod | Hyannis, MA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chesapeake Shakespeare Company | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Interfaith Youth Core | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Charities of Choice Inc | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maryland Citizens for the Arts Inc | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Maryland Nonprofits | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Moving Traditions | Elkins Park, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Shalom Hartman Institute of Na | Jerusalem | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Young Audiences of Maryland Inc | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Your Public Radio Corp | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers | Baltimore, MD | $9,180 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ahavas Yisrael Charity Fund | Baltimore, MD | $7,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bach in Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Backyard Basecamp Inc | Baltimore, MD | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Maryland Hillel | College Park, MD | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Community Mediation Center | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hampden Family Center | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Generosity Foundation Trust | Clearwater, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Phoenix Wildlife Center Inc | Phoenix, MD | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood of Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Unique Fabrics Nonprofit Inc | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The St Paul's Schools | Lutherville, MD | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Freestate Justice | Baltimore, MD | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Odyssey School | Timonium, MD | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Squashwise Inc | Baltimore, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Hudson County | Jersey City, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| CASA of Baltimore County Inc | Towson, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Citizen Schools | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Collegebound Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Digital Harbor Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fusion Partnerships | Baltimore, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gilman School | Baltimore, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hopkins Hillel | Baltimore, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Ocd Foundation | Boston, MA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jersey Shore Rescue Mission | Asbury Park, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence-MD Chapter Inc | Baltimore, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Baltimore Station | Baltimore, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Beth El Congregation | Baltimore, MD | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Humane Society | Reisterstown, MD | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Build - Batimoreans United in Leadership Development | Baltimore, MD | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gilchrist Hospice Care Inc | Hunt Valley, MD | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hope for Haiti Inc | Naples, FL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jemicy School | Owings Mills, MD | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Mutiple Sclerosis Society for Greater DC | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Plantation Park Heights Urban Farm | Baltimore, MD | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities | Baltimore, MD | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Cerebral Palsy Inc | Felton, DE | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ho Ho Ho Inc | Phoenix, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ishshah's Place Inc | Rosedale, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
95 of 152 (62%) 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 74%, 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 250 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 94 | $2,086,352 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 93 | $2,838,057 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 90 | $4,223,678 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 92 | $4,177,944 | $16,500 |
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. 60% 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 $15,000. 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 The Joseph Meyerhoff Fund 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: 2800 Quarry Lake Drive 390, Baltimore, MD, 21209. 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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