West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation Inc
Baltimore, MD · EIN 84-3355332. Reported 243 grants totalling $24.1M to 110 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, 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. The IRS has no activity classification on file for this one, so we cannot tell you whether it is a community foundation or a single-institution support fund. The recipient list below is the better guide.
- How spread out its giving is. 110 distinct organizations, with 6% 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. 56% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 56% median for grantmaking charities -- lower than the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $80,000. Half of what it reported fell between $50,000 and $125,000; the smallest was $5,440 and the largest $354,040. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $1,444,898 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Center for Hope Inc | Baltimore, MD | $1,303,080 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Clergy United for the Transformation of Sandtown Cdc | Baltimore, MD | $1,270,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Urban Families Inc | Baltimore, MD | $1,125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Wide Angle Youth Media Inc | Baltimore, MD | $760,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rebuilding Together Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $700,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| So What Else Inc | Bethesda, MD | $600,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Parks and People Inc | Baltimore, MD | $585,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| U Empower of Maryland Inc | Severna Park, MD | $572,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Biotechnical Institutes of Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $485,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Npower Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $450,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| 4MYCITY Inc | Baltimore, MD | $425,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Southwest Partnership Inc | Baltimore, MD | $415,080 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Neighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $415,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| No Struggle No Success Inc | Baltimore, MD | $410,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Innovation Works Inc | Baltimore, MD | $395,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc | Baltimore, MD | $342,033 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Saint Lukes Youth Center | Baltimore, MD | $339,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Public Market Corporation | Baltimore, MD | $330,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| B & O Railroad Museum | Baltimore, MD | $325,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Squashwise Inc | Baltimore, MD | $325,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Digital Harbor Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $319,449 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pauls Place Inc | Baltimore, MD | $316,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Turnaround Tuesday Inc | Baltimore, MD | $310,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Higher Achievement Program Inc | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Thread Inc | Baltimore, MD | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Code in the Schools Inc | Baltimore, MD | $295,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Intersection of Change Inc | Baltimore, MD | $275,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Urban Alliance Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $275,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $273,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Leadingage Maryland Inc | Sykesville, MD | $267,472 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maryland Association of Non-Profit Organizations Inc | Baltimore, MD | $258,065 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| I Am Mentality Youth Male Empowerment Project Inc | Baltimore, MD | $250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friendly Loving Opportunities (flo) | Baltimore, MD | $249,140 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cody Young Empowerment Youth Charities Inc | Baltimore, MD | $240,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Lets Thrive Baltimore Inc | Owings Mills, MD | $240,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| NAMI Metropolitan Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $226,768 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Parity Baltimore Incorporated | Baltimore, MD | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fayette Street Outreach Organization | Baltimore, MD | $202,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jack and Nancy Dwyer Workforce Development Center Inc | Baltimore, MD | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| No Boundaries Coalition Inc | Baltimore, MD | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Faith and Work Enterprises Inc | Baltimore, MD | $199,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Grace Medical Center Inc | Owings Mills, MD | $190,299 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service Inc | Baltimore, MD | $190,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Associated Builders and Contractors Craft Training Tr of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fusion Partnerships Inc | Baltimore, MD | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Civic Works Inc | Baltimore, MD | $167,204 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Byte Back | Washington, DC | $165,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Vincent De Paul of Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $165,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| 1012 Sports Inc | Baltimore, MD | $160,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Per Scholas Inc | Bronx, NY | $155,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Green Street Academy Inc | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Project Pneuma Inc | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Safe Alternative Foundation for Education Inc | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Stonier Scholarship Inc | Towson, MD | $145,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Football League Alumni Inc | Mount Laurel, NJ | $140,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Baltimore Community Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $135,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kaboom Inc | Bethesda, MD | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Little Flowers Early Childhood and Development Center Inc | Baltimore, MD | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mentoring Male Teens in the Hood | Ellicott City, MD | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wombwork Productions Inc | Baltimore, MD | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Access Art Inc | Baltimore, MD | $118,701 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nehemiah Central Community Development Corporation | Baltimore, MD | $116,986 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Vehicles for Change Inc | Halethorpe, MD | $114,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Goucher College | Baltimore, MD | $110,844 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| B-360 Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Light Health and Wellness Comprehensive Services Inc | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maryland Philanthropy Network Inc | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pass It on Inc | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Coppin State College Development Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $98,492 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Excellence & Ambition Inc | Owings Mills, MD | $92,380 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Franciscan Center Inc | Baltimore, MD | $86,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Black Executive Directors Network | Randallstown, MD | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Black Women Build - Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jane Addams Resource Corporation - Baltimore | Chicago, IL | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Omega Baltimore Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| KIPP Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mindful Mentors Inc | Gwynn Oak, MD | $65,550 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| A New Faith Community (clay Pots) | Baltimore, MD | $65,024 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Francis Neighborhood Center Corporation | Baltimore, MD | $64,736 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Be Org Inc | Baltimore, MD | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Clay Pots Inc | Baltimore, MD | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Baltimore Alliance for Careers in Healthcare Inc | Baltimore, MD | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bmore Empowered Inc | Baltimore, MD | $52,800 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Garwyn Oaks Northwest Housing Resource Center Inc | Baltimore, MD | $51,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Heart Association Inc | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Junior Achievement USA | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Love & Cornbread | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Open Works Inc | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Requity Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership Corporation | New York, NY | $44,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Unlimited Potential Mentoring Incorporated | Baltimore, MD | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fund for Educational Excellence Inc | Baltimore, MD | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rise Arts Center of Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $33,449 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Obasi Foundation Inc | Reisterstown, MD | $30,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Art With a Heart Inc | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Five Smooth Stones Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hope Ignites Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Parentchild Plus Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Beorg | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Urban Oasis Inc | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Youth As Resources Inc | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Technology Access and Training | Clinton, MD | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Phase 3 Training Corporation | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The United Way of Central Maryland Inc | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brown Girl Wellness Incorporated | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pigtown Climbs | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Seed School of Maryland Inc | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Walking in Purpose | Oxford, AL | $5,440 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
64 of 110 (58%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 99 of 110 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 24 | $2,354,508 | $51,900 |
| 2021 | 40 | $4,562,606 | $99,246 |
| 2022 | 55 | $5,325,897 | $75,000 |
| 2023 | 62 | $6,098,882 | $100,000 |
| 2024 | 62 | $5,772,297 | $75,000 |
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
93% 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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
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 $80,000 -- 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 West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 62 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: 2401 W Belvedere Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21215.
EIN 84-3355332 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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