Thomas Wilson Sanitarium
Lutherville, MD · EIN 52-6044885. Reported 281 grants totalling $3,586,644 to 106 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. Thomas Wilson Sanitarium 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $159,434. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $269,434 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Children's Scholarship Fund Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bridges Baltimore Bryn Mawr | Baltimore, MD | $155,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Living Classrooms Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cylburn Arboetum | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Health Care for the Homeless | Baltimore, MD | $87,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound School | Baltimore, MD | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Samuel Ready Scholarships Inc | Riderwood, MD | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Ingenuity Project | Baltimore, MD | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Symphony Orchestra | Baltimore, MD | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Peabody Institute | Baltimore, MD | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Educational Scholarship Trust | Baltimore, MD | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jhusom Office of Research Administration - Neonatology | Baltimore, MD | $65,745 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Irvine Nature Center | Owings Mills, MD | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Maryland Center for History and Culture | Baltimore, MD | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mt Washington Pediatric Hospital | Baltimore, MD | $60,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Building Science Technology and Education Partnerships | Brooklandville, MD | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gilman School | Baltimore, MD | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Next One Up Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Vincent Depaul of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Family Tree | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Paul's Schools | Brooklandville, MD | $49,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Creative Alliance | Baltimore, MD | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| First Fruits Farm Inc | Freeland, MD | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Um Children's Hospital | Baltimore, MD | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Baltimore Community Rowing | Baltimore, MD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys Hope Girls Hope of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center Stage Associates | Baltimore, MD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Enoch Pratt Free Library | Baltimore, MD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greater Baltimore Tennis Patrons Association Inc | Owings Mills, MD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Middle Grades Partnership | Baltimore, MD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Parks & People Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Paul's Place Inc | Baltimore, MD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Saint Ignatius Loyola Academy | Baltimore, MD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Community School | Baltimore, MD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Samaritan Community Inc | Baltimore, MD | $36,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Squashwise Inc | Baltimore, MD | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jhusom Office of Research Administration - Pediatric Emergency Medicine | Baltimore, MD | $33,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Gilchrist Baltimore | Hunt Valley, MD | $32,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Maryland Institute College of Art | Baltimore, MD | $32,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Johns Hopkins Center - Department of Pediatrics | Baltimore, MD | $30,504 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Visionary Art Museum Inc | Baltimore, MD | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Higher Achievement Program Inc | Baltimore, MD | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sisters Circle Inc | Timonium, MD | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Strong City Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Y in Central Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Natural History Society of Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nexus Woodbourne Family Healing | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kennedy Krieger Institute | Baltimore, MD | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| KIPP Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Maryland Zoological Society | Baltimore, MD | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Digital Harbor Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Goucher College | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sisters Academy of Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Walters Art Museum | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Port Discovery Children's Museum | Baltimore, MD | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Turnaround Inc | Towson, MD | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jhu Dept of Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine | Baltimore, MD | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Woodberry Crossing | Parkton, MD | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Outreach Services Inc | Baltimore, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Hope | Panama City, FL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Urban Families | Baltimore, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lillie May Carrol Jackson School | Baltimore, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Reading Partners Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rose of Sharon Equestrian School | Glen Arm, MD | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Y of Central Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Johns Hopkins Childrens Center - Department of Pediatrics | Baltimore, MD | $14,611 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hampden Family Center | Baltimore, MD | $14,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| 1012 Sports Inc | Baltimore, MD | $14,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Junior Achievement of Central Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $14,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Franklin Square Hospital Center | Baltimore, MD | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Contemporary Arts Inc | Gwynn Oak, MD | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cool Kids Campaign | Towson, MD | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of Great Kids Farm | Catonsville, MD | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Helping Up Mission Inc | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jhu Dept of Pediatrics - Adolescentyoung Adult Medicine | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jhusom Office of Research Administration - General Pediatrics | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital Women's Health Clinic | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| League of Dreams | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Leveling the Playing Field | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Liberty Elementary School | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Soccer Without Borders | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sunrise Association Horizon Day Camp Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Waldorf School of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girls on the Run of the Greater Chesapeake | Annapolis, MD | $9,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brown Memorial Tutoring Program | Baltimore, MD | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Urban Debate League | Baltimore, MD | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Literacy & Leadership Empowerment Inc | Baltimore, MD | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Woodbourne Center | Baltimore, MD | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arc Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Child Abuse Center (bcac) | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Camp Opportunity | Glen Arm, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Camp Possibilites | Port Deposit, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fusion Partnership Inc | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Imentor Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lets Go Boys and Girls | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Maryland Humanities | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mentoring Mentors | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southwest Baltimore Charter School | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Banner Neighborhoods Community | Baltimore, MD | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Garrison Forest School | Owings Mills, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Adelante Latina | Baltimore, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
76 of 106 (72%) 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 80%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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.
- Johns Hopkins University
FOR THE CARE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHILDREN OF BALTIMORE CITY. - Literacy & Leadership Empowerment Inc
NICOLED - 04/28/23 11:35AM WORKSHEET PRIVATE FOUNDATION
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 155 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 71 | $785,000 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 70 | $899,250 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 76 | $893,960 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 64 | $1,008,434 | $10,000 |
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. 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 $10,000. 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Thomas Wilson Sanitarium'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: P O Box 5483, Lutherville, MD, 21093. 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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