Baltimore Children and Youth Fund Inc
Baltimore, MD · EIN 85-0665944. Reported 246 grants totalling $27.5M to 101 organizations across tax years 2021-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Baltimore Children and Youth Fund Inc, the IRS classifies it under youth development rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE O99) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 101 distinct organizations, with 22% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 39% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 2 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $50,000. Half of what it reported fell between $12,625 and $150,000; the smallest was $7,905 and the largest $2,450,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fund for Educational Excellence Inc | Baltimore, MD | $6,062,500 | 8 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fusion Partnerships Inc | Baltimore, MD | $1,250,000 | 10 | 3 | 2023 |
| Thrive Arts | Baltimore, MD | $900,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance Inc | Baltimore, MD | $866,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Succor Transitional Program | Baltimore, MD | $362,500 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lets Thrive Baltimore Inc | Owings Mills, MD | $322,500 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Arts Every Day Inc | Baltimore, MD | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Baltimore Urban Baseball Association | Baltimore, MD | $270,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Blax Lax Inc | Baltimore, MD | $270,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Team of We Happyville | Gwynn Oak, MD | $270,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Crayons & Culture Incorporated | Baltimore, MD | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Each Teach Inc | Baltimore, MD | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| For My Kidz Inc | Windsor Mill, MD | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Leader Breeders Inc | Baltimore, MD | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Natural Born Champions Inc | Baltimore, MD | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Taste Wise Kids Inc | Baltimore, MD | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Young Black Scholars Insitute | Baltimore, MD | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mtm Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $242,500 | 5 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tender Bridge Inc | Baltimore, MD | $225,125 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| B-360 Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| ELEV8 Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Coach G Academy Inc | Baltimore, MD | $220,405 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Abc Park Seminoles Sports Agency | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Active Achievers Incorporated | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Adelante Latina Inc | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Agoge Project | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Baltimore Underground Science Space | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Be Org Inc | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Beyond the Natural Inc | Catonsville, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Black Girls Cook | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bmore Empowered Inc | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Board Room Chess Inc | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cody Young Empowerment Youth Charities Inc | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Law in Action | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Corner Team Inc | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cultivating & Embracing Change Inc | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dance Happens Inc | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dayspring Inc | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| East Baltimore Historical Library | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Endsideout Inc | Windsor Mill, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Excellence & Ambition Inc | Owings Mills, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fly Girl Network | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Focus on Children United for Success Inc | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Global Air Drone Academy | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Grind Hard Enrichment Program | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Imagine Me Ministries Inc | Reisterstown, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Islamic Leadership Institute of America | Gwynn Oak, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Light Health and Wellness Comprehensive Services Inc | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lil' Laughs | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Marching Elite Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Maryland Philanthropy Network Inc | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mentoring Male Teens in the Hood | Ellicott City, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Missionfit | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Moving History Inc | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mr Mack Lewis Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| My Covenant Place Inc | Upper Marlboro, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| My Girls Inc | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| One More One Less Mentoring Inc | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Phase 3 Training Corporation | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Requity Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rise Arts Center of Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Roots of Scouting Inc | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Saint Lukes Youth Center | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sankofa Children's Museum of African Cultures Inc | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Social & Economic Empowerment Through Knowledge | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Bamboo Project | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Community School Inc | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| U Empower of Maryland Inc | Severna Park, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Urban Youth Initiative Project Inc | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Visions Select Baseball Inc | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| William J Watkins SR Educational Institute | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Youth Educational Services | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Youth of the Diaspora | Baltimore, MD | $212,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Heartsmiles Inc | Baltimore, MD | $195,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Aziza Pe&ce Inc | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Catherines Family and Youth Services Inc | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Joy Baltimore Corp | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Maryland Association of Non-Profit Organizations Inc | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Muse 360 Incorporated | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rich-Restoring Inner City Hope Inc | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sisters Saving the City | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tendea Family Inc | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nuestras Raices Inc | Baltimore, MD | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Broken Wall Project | Baltimore, MD | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership Corporation | New York, NY | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stonier Scholarship Inc | Towson, MD | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| We Will All Rise | Baltimore, MD | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ballet After Dark Incorporated | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Downtown Baltimore Family Alliance Inc | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sarahs House Inc | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 1012 Sports Inc | Baltimore, MD | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mentoring Mentors Inc | Baltimore, MD | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Central Baltimore Partnership Inc | Baltimore, MD | $78,779 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Umar Boxing Program Inc | Baltimore, MD | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dream Bigger Community Institute | Baltimore, MD | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Uplift Alliance Inc | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arts Project Inc | Baltimore, MD | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| No Struggle No Success Inc | Baltimore, MD | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dyslexia Advocation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The William S Baer School Partnership Board Inc | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Citylit Project Inc | Baltimore, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
68 of 101 (67%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Fund for Educational Excellence
ALIGNED GRANTMAKING, PRESIDENT'S FUND, AND GRASSROOTS FUND - B-360 Baltimore Inc
COMMUNITY ACCOUNTABLE FUND - Central Baltimore Partnership
BALTIMORE CITY YOUTH PROGRAMMING - Mtm Foundation Inc
PRESIDENT'S FUND, MINI GRANTS
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 84 of 101 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 39 | $9,078,779 | $150,000 |
| 2022 | 61 | $9,366,250 | $150,000 |
| 2023 | 146 | $9,053,030 | $50,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
100% of its giving went to organizations in Maryland. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available 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 grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $50,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Maryland.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Baltimore Children and Youth Fund Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 157 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 10 E North Ave 5, Baltimore, MD, 21202.
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