Old Takoma Business Association Inc
Takoma Park, MD · EIN 75-3131452. Reported 30 grants totalling $247,718 to 29 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, 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 Old Takoma Business Association Inc, the IRS classifies it under community improvement rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE S20) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 29 distinct organizations, with 9% 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 big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $6,500. Half of what it reported fell between $6,000 and $10,018; the smallest was $6,000 and the largest $20,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richardson School of Music 7320 Carroll Ave | Takoma Park, MD | $23,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| John R Urciolourciolo Properties 6901 Laurel Ave | Takoma Park, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Still Point LLC 6 Grant Ave | Takoma Park, MD | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mu and Cd LLC 7040 Carroll Ave | Takoma Park, MD | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Black Wells Laurel Ave LLC 6934 Laurel Ave | Takoma Park, MD | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Takoma Park Farmers Market Inc 5400 N Church Street | Lineboro, MD | $10,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Takoma Beverage Company 6917 Laurel Ave | Takoma Park, MD | $10,018 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 3H Brothers Incthe Olive Lounge 7006 Carroll Ave | Tokoma Park, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mad Fitness LLC 7322 Carroll Ave | Takoma Park, MD | $9,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kula Hospitality 7071 Carroll Ave | Takoma Park, MD | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kc Associates | Kensington, MD | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Minna LLC 1910 Elkhart Street | Silver Spring, MD | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 7005 Solar Nails & Spa Inc 7005 Carroll Ave | Takoma Park, MD | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bespoke Not Broke 7042 Carroll Ave | Tokoma Park, MD | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kupaah Incfair Days Play 7050 Carroll Ave | Takoma Park, MD | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Takoma Park Vision Center 6919 Laurel Ave | Takoma Park, MD | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Amano 7034 Carroll Ave | Takoma Park, MD | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Georgies Barber LLC 6929 Laurel Ave | Takoma Park, MD | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| House of Musical Traditions 7010 Westmoreland Ave | Takoma Park, MD | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| John Anthony Mquillesalon Jam 7054 Carroll Ave | Takoma Park, MD | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marks Kitchen 7006 Carroll Ave | Takoma Park, MD | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rolands Home Services 7214 Carroll Ave | Takoma Park, MD | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Scissors & Comb LLC 7009 Carroll Ave | Takoma Park, MD | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tabletop LLC 6927 Laurel Ave | Takoma Park, MD | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Takoma Monessori School 7212 Carroll Ave | Takoma Park, MD | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Covered Market 7000 D Carroll Ave | Takoma Park, MD | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Dance Exchange Inc | Takoma Park, MD | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Nature Lab LLC 7003 Carroll Ave | Takoma Park, MD | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Willow Street Yoga LLC 6930 Carroll Ave Ste 100 | Takoma Park, MD | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
1 of 29 (3%) 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 kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 1 of 29 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 | 27 | $207,718 | $6,500 |
| 2023 | 2 | $32,000 | $16,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | $8,000 | $8,000 |
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
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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 $6,500 -- 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 Old Takoma Business Association Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I 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: 6909 Laurel Avenue Ste a, Takoma Park, MD, 20912.
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