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The Lancelotta Foundation Inc

Ellicott City, MD · EIN 52-1558269. Reported 208 grants totalling $673,900 to 94 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,000median grant
$673,900granted, 2020-2024
94organizations funded
65%of grantees funded again the next year
$3,565,786assets, 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 Lancelotta 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 $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $3,000; the smallest was $125 and the largest $22,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
17 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
152 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
19 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
20 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
Our Lady's Center IncEllicott City, MD$94,000552024
Mt St Joseph High SchoolBaltimore, MD$53,000552024
Sky High for KidsHouston, TX$47,990552024
Spring Baptist ChurchSpring, TX$43,462552024
John's Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD$38,500442023
Ewtn Global Catholic NetworkIrondale, AL$20,000442023
Maryland Food BankBaltimore, MD$17,900442023
St Jude Children's HospitalMemphis, TN$16,500552024
Associated Italian American CharitiesEllicott City, MD$13,500332024
Case AdoptionBurtonsville, MD$13,250442023
Health Care for the HomelessBaltimore, MD$12,000552024
The Becky Bailey FoundationOviedo, FL$11,000332024
Youth for ChristBaltimore, MD$10,300332022
Friendship Baptist ChurchSykesville, MD$10,200552024
Monsignor O'dwyer Retreat HouseSparks, MD$10,000112024
Bridging LifeWestminster, MD$9,500442024
Healing HouseKansas City, MO$9,500442024
Associateion of the Miraculous MedalPerryville, MO$9,000442024
The Schuster FoundationOwings Mills, MD$8,950332023
Foxie G FoundationUnion Bridge, MD$8,500552024
Habitat for Humanity of Carroll CountyWestminster, MD$8,500442023
Metro Maryland Youth for ChristBaltimore, MD$8,000222024
Central Association of the Miraculous MedalPhiladelphia, PA$7,500442024
World Central Kitchen IncWashington, DC$7,500112023
Believe in Tomorrow's ChildrenCatonsville, MD$7,000332024
National Park FoundationWashington, DC$7,000442023
Share Baby BaltimoreBaltimore, MD$7,000222024
St Luke's Catholic ChurchOcean City, MD$7,000552024
Blue Water BaltimoreBaltimore, MD$6,000442023
Helping Up MissionBaltimore, MD$6,000112021
Heritage United Methodist ChurchOverland Park, KS$6,000112020
The Playing FieldMadison, WI$6,000222023
Young Life Carroll CountyWestminster, MD$6,000332022
Southwestern Baptist Theological SeminaryFort Worth, TX$5,538222021
Charity WaterHagerstown, MD$5,000112022
Conscious Displine CaresOviedo, FL$5,000222021
The Mack ImpactYukon, OK$5,000552024
Adult Congenital Heart AssociationMedia, PA$4,500222024
Carroll County Food SundayWestminster, MD$4,500332024
Small Miracles Cat and Dog RescueBaltimore, MD$4,500442023
Adult Congenitial Heart AssociationMedia, PA$4,000222021
Carroll County Young LifeWestminster, MD$4,000222024
Share BabyBaltimore, MD$4,000332022
The Hunger ProjectNew York, NY$4,000332024
Carroll County Community College FoundationWestminster, MD$3,000222024
Ronald Mcdonald House BaltimoreBaltimore, MD$3,000222021
Special Olympics MarylandBaltimore, MD$3,000112021
St Josephs Indian SchoolChamberlain, SD$3,000332022
Tunnel of Powers FoundationStatten Island, NY$3,000332023
Feeding AmericaWashington, DC$2,500112022
Heifer InternationalLittle Rock, AR$2,500112022
Maddie's HouseWestminster, MD$2,500222021
American Heart AssociationDallas, TX$2,000112024
Boys Hope Girls Hope of BaltimoreBaltimore, MD$2,000112021
Carroll Hospital FoundationWestminster, MD$2,000112021
Days End Horse RescueLisbon, MD$2,000222024
Dig DeepLos Angeles, CA$2,000112020
Dig Deep Right to Water ProjectLos Angeles, CA$2,000112021
First Baptist Church of DarbyDarby, MT$2,000112024
Flying ColorsWestminster, MD$2,000112022
Gary Memorial UMCEllicott City, MD$2,000112023
Holistic Life FoundationBaltimore, MD$2,000222021
Humane Society of Carroll CountyWestminster, MD$2,000112022
Music Healing Heroes IncWestminster, MD$2,000112023
Operation Second ChanceGermantown, MD$2,000112022
Redhawk Native Arts CouncilBrooklyn, NY$2,000112022
Shepherds Staff WestminsterWestminster, MD$2,000112020
Swope Corridor RenaissanceKansas City, MO$2,000112021
Ulman FoundationBaltimore, MD$2,000112022
Westminster Rescue Mission IncWestminster, MD$2,000112022
Loving Guidance IncOviedo, FL$1,500112021
Salute Military Golf AssociationSilver Spring, MD$1,500112022
Uniontown Bible ChurchUnion Bridge, MD$1,500112022
Teens With TraumaLutherville, MD$1,300112024
Boys Scouts of America Troop 320Houston, TX$1,010222022
All Nations Community SchoolConroe, TX$1,000112024
Bike to Beach Co Add Impact NetworkWashington, DC$1,000112024
Carroll HospiceWestminster, MD$1,000112020
Human Services Programs of Carroll CountyWestminster, MD$1,000112024
National Shrine of St PeregrineChicago, IL$1,000332022
The O'dwyer Retreat HouseSparks, MD$1,000112020
Wheel Chairs for WarriorsLeague City, TX$1,000112020
Worldcentral KitchenWashington, DC$1,000112021
Howard UniversityWashington, DC$500112020
League of DreamsBaltimore, MD$500112022
Rising Above AddictionWestminster, MD$500112022
Rit Liam Mattingly Endowed ScholarshipRochester, NY$500112022
Sibley Memorial Hospital FoundationWashington, DC$500112020
Suburban Hospital FoundationBethesda, MD$500112020
Boys TownBoys Town, NE$250112020
Capuchin Franiscans Province of St MaryYonkers, NY$250112020
Franciscan Mission AssociatesMt Vernon, NY$250112020
The Province of St MaryYonkers, NY$125112022
The Shrine of St AnthonyEllicott City, MD$125112022

48 of 94 (51%) 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 65%, 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 kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 70 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Health Care
12 grants
Human Services
9 grants
Youth Development
7 grants
Animal Welfare
6 grants
Housing & Shelter
6 grants
Education
6 grants
Diseases & Disorders
4 grants
Environment
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202044$135,000$1,750
202143$136,600$2,000
202252$142,600$2,000
202337$135,100$2,000
202432$124,600$2,000

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. 63% 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
$422K
Texas
$102K
Missouri
$20K
Alabama
$20K
District of Columbia
$20K
Florida
$18K
Tennessee
$16K
Pennsylvania
$16K

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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.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,000. 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.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from The Lancelotta Foundation Inc'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: 3201 Rogers Avenue Suite 302, Ellicott City, MD, 21043. 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 52-1558269 · 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, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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