The Thomas B and Elizabeth M Sheridan
Hunt Valley, MD · EIN 52-6075270. Reported 83 grants totalling $3,205,749 to 48 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 Thomas B and Elizabeth M Sheridan 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 $33,199. Half of everything it gave fell between $25,000 and $36,500; the smallest was $75 and the largest $150,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Walters Art Museum | Baltimore, MD | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Bryn Mawr School | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Park School of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gilman School | Baltimore, MD | $137,900 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Roland Park Country School | Baltimore, MD | $135,350 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Garrison Forest School | Owings Mills, MD | $135,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends School of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Boys' Latin School of Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Calvert School | Baltimore, MD | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mcdonogh School | Owings Mills, MD | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Notre Dame Preparatory School | Towson, MD | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The St Paul's Schools | Brooklandville, MD | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Symphony Orchestra | Baltimore, MD | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Loyola Blakefield | Towson, MD | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maryvale Preparatory School | Lutherville, MD | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mercy High School | Baltimore, MD | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mount Saint Joseph High School | Baltimore, MD | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Baltimore Museum of Art | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Catholic High School of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | Baltimore, MD | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| B&o Railroad Museum | Baltimore, MD | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Calvert Hall College High School | Towson, MD | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sisters Academy of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Ignatius Loyola Academy | Baltimore, MD | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Center Stage | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Everyman Theatre | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mother Seton Academy | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Odyssey School | Lutherville, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Saint Elizabeth School | Baltimore, MD | $39,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Visionary Art Museum | Baltimore, MD | $33,199 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chesapeake Shakespeare Company | Baltimore, MD | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Baltimore Choral Arts Society | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rubicon Productions Inc | Sparks Glencoe, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Loyola University Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Community School | Baltimore, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arts for Learning Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| First Fruits Farm | Freeland, MD | $3,750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $3,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ocean Grove Camp Meetup Association | Ocean Grove, NJ | $1,750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Breast Cancer Prevention Partners | San Franciso, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Breast Cancer Prevention | San Franciso, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Immigration Council | Washington, DC | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Experience Camps | Westport, CT | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Holy Apostles | Gambrills, MD | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St David's Episcopal Church | Baltimore, MD | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Family Tree | Baltimore, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cockeysville Volunteer Fire Company | Cockeysville, MD | $300 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Covenant House New Jersey | Newark, NJ | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
13 of 48 (27%) 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 65%, 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.
- The Bryn Mawr School
FINANCIAL AID FOR STUDENTS - Baltimore Museum of Art
PRINTS, DRAWINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS CENTER - B&o Railroad Museum
RESTORATION OF LOCOMOTIVE - American Visionary Art Museum
REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT PROJECT - American Red Cross
HUMANITARIAN RELIEF, UKRAINE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 50 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | $713,274 | $30,000 |
| 2022 | 17 | $634,575 | $30,000 |
| 2023 | 26 | $972,325 | $32,500 |
| 2024 | 23 | $885,575 | $35,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. The Thomas B and Elizabeth M Sheridan has 40 of them, worth $3,430,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Calvert School | Baltimore, MD | $140,000 |
| Mcdonogh School | Owings Mills, MD | $140,000 |
| Notre Dame Preparatory School | Towson, MD | $140,000 |
| The St Paul's Schools | Brooklandville, MD | $140,000 |
| The Park School of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $140,000 |
| Friends School of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $140,000 |
| The Boys' Latin School of Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $140,000 |
| Garrison Forest School | Owings Mills, MD | $140,000 |
| Gilman School | Baltimore, MD | $140,000 |
| Roland Park Country School | Baltimore, MD | $140,000 |
| Friends School of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $105,000 |
| The Boys' Latin School of Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $105,000 |
| Mcdonogh School | Owings Mills, MD | $105,000 |
| The St Paul's Schools | Timonium, MD | $105,000 |
| Calvert School | Baltimore, MD | $105,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 100% 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 $33,199. 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Thomas B and Elizabeth M Sheridan'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: 11350 Mccormick Rd Exe Pl II 704, Hunt Valley, MD, 21031. 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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