Nora Roberts Foundation
Glenn Dale, MD · EIN 52-2189081. Reported 2,457 grants totalling $31.9M to 1,305 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Nora Roberts Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
5 of the organizations Nora Roberts Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 7 grants totalling $36,500 to them. That is 0% of the $18.4M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Community Foundation of Frederick | community foundation | Maryland | $20,000 | 2 | 1 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| Undies for Everyone | grantmaking organization | Texas | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| United Way of Northern Nevada and | federated giving programme | Nevada | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore | federated giving programme | Maryland | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Community Foundation of New Jersey | community foundation | New Jersey | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $6,000; the smallest was $350 and the largest $750,000.
Every organization it funded
1,305 recipient names appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro Literacy | Syracuse, NY | $1,500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Moveius Contemporary Ballet Inc | Washington, DC | $1,261,000 | 7 | 5 | 2025 |
| Holy Cross Health Foundation | Silver Spring, MD | $1,162,900 | 9 | 5 | 2025 |
| Proliteracy Worldwide | Syracuse, NY | $1,100,000 | 6 | 3 | 2025 |
| San Mar Children's Home | Boonsboro, MD | $1,054,000 | 5 | 3 | 2025 |
| Shepherd University Foundation | Shepherdstown, WV | $1,011,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pro Literacy Worldwide | Syracuse, NY | $900,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Washington County Museum of Fine Arts | Hagerstown, MD | $864,000 | 10 | 4 | 2025 |
| High Point University | High Point, NC | $828,922 | 6 | 4 | 2025 |
| Friends of Nctc (all Over the Map) | Shepherdstown, WV | $800,000 | 7 | 4 | 2025 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Washington County | Hagerstown, MD | $756,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Gbmc | Baltimore, MD | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pro Literacy Worldwide for Grants Program | Syracuse, NY | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Buttonwood Institute | Waynsboro, PA | $520,000 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Renfrew Institute | Waynesboro, PA | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Luminis Health Doctor's Community Medical Center Foundation | Lanham, MD | $403,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Washington Cou | Hagerstown, MD | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| CASA Ruby | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Discovery Station | Hagerstown, MD | $250,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Americus, GA | $250,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Humane Rescue Alliance | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mental Health Association of Frederick Co | Frederick, MD | $250,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Heartly House | Frederick, MD | $240,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Imagination Stage | Bethesda, MD | $235,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Authors Guild Foundation | New York, NY | $210,000 | 5 | 3 | 2025 |
| Mpt | Owings Mills, MD | $206,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Amica Center for Immigrant Rights | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Fahrney Keedy | Boonsboro, MD | $170,000 | 5 | 3 | 2025 |
| Rivendell School | Brooklyn, NY | $150,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Arc of Washington County Inc | Hagerstown, MD | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Theatrewashington | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Authentic Community Theatre | Hagerstown, MD | $145,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Medstar Health | Columbia, MD | $139,600 | 8 | 1 | 2021 |
| Capital Area Food Bank | Washington, DC | $130,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Vincent De Paul of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $130,000 | 10 | 4 | 2025 |
| Springbrook High School | Silver Spring, MD | $123,000 | 7 | 3 | 2025 |
| Amnesty International | New York, NY | $120,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Maryland Food Bank | Baltimore, MD | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Smithsburg High School | Smithsburg, MD | $113,756 | 6 | 3 | 2025 |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington | Washington, DC | $105,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Douglas G Bast Museum of History and Preservation Inc | Boonsboro, MD | $102,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| CASA Womens Shelter | Hagerstown, MD | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Luminis Health Doctors Community | Lanham, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Proliteracy | Syracuse, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Feeding America | Washington, DC | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lifebridge Health | Randallstown, MD | $89,600 | 4 | 1 | 2021 |
| Operation Warm Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $81,000 | 6 | 4 | 2025 |
| University of Maryland Medical System Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $80,300 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rape Abuse and Incest National Network (rainn) | Washington, DC | $80,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Theatre Consortium of Silver Spring | Silver Spring, MD | $75,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Literacy Council of Frederick Co | Frederick, MD | $75,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Olney Theatre Corporation (dba Olney Theatre Center) | Olney, MD | $74,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Potomac Valley Audubon Society | Shepherdstown, WV | $69,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Endangered Species Theatre Project | Frederick, MD | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Literacy Council of Washington County Inc | Hagerstown, MD | $63,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| American Red Cross | Baltimore, MD | $60,000 | 6 | 4 | 2025 |
| Children's National Health System | Washington, DC | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maryland Theatre | Hagerstown, MD | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Baltimore Arts Realty Corporation Dba Motor House | Baltimore, MD | $57,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital | Baltimore, MD | $57,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Conservation Film Festival | Shepherdstown, WV | $56,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Round House Theatre | Bethesda, MD | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Medstar Washington Hospital Center | District of Columbia, DC | $54,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boonsboro High School | Boonsboro, MD | $52,829 | 8 | 3 | 2025 |
| Frederick Arts Council | Frederick, MD | $52,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Anne Arundel Medical Center | Annapolis, MD | $51,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clear Spring Volunteer Fire Company Inc | Clear Spring, MD | $50,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| CASA Women's Shelter | Hagerstown, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| CASA Womens Shelter (citizens Assistin | Hagerstown, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| CASA Womens Shelter (citizens Assisting & Sheltering the Abused Inc) | Hagerstown, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Everylibrary Institute | Berwyn, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Everylibrary Institute Nfp | Berwyn, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Food & Friends | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Hagerstown Aviation Museum | Hagerstown, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Meritus Health Association of Frederick Co | Frederick, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Port Discovery Children's Museum | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Pro Literacy Worldwide Book Sale Book Fund | Syracuse, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Clara Barton Memorial Committee | Hagerstown, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Bethesda, MD | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mercy Health | Baltimore, MD | $45,700 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boonsboro High School We the People | Boonsboro, MD | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Distinguished Young Women of Maryland | Frederick, MD | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| First Book | Washington, DC | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Discovery Theater (smithsonian) - Tools of the Mind | Washington, DC | $44,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Adventist Healthcare | Gaithersburg, MD | $42,400 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Library Association | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Best Buddies | Baltimore, MD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Faction of Fools Theatre Company Inc | Arlington, VA | $40,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Folger Shakespeare Library | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Knock on Wood Tap Studio | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Literacy Council of Montgomery Co | Rockville, MD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Maryland Humanities Council Inc | Baltimore, MD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Montgomery Hospice Inc | Rockville, MD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Potomac Playmakers | Hagerstown, MD | $40,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Prince Georges Child Resource Center Inc | Largo, MD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Town of Keedysville | Keedysville, MD | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Joe's Movement Emporium (world Arts Focus Inc) | Mt Rainier, MD | $39,500 | 6 | 4 | 2025 |
| Blessings in a Backpack | Louisville, KY | $37,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Community Word Project | New York, NY | $37,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Shepherdstown Public Library Foundation Inc | Sheperdstown, WV | $37,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Western Heights Middle School | Hagerstown, MD | $37,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Gbmc Foundation | Towson, MD | $36,700 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| ACLU Foundation of Maryland Inc | Baltimore, MD | $36,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Christmas House | Everett, WA | $35,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| First Hose of Boonsboro | Boonsboro, MD | $35,000 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanity Susquehanna | Bel Air, MD | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pro Literacy Great American Booksale | Syracuse, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| So What Else Inc | Rockville, MD | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Tidalhealth Foundation | Salisbury, MD | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Frederick Memorial Hospital | Frederick, MD | $33,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Meritus Healthcare Foundation | Hagerstown, MD | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Barton Hose Company No 1 Inc | Barton, MD | $32,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Sharpsburg Library | Sharpsburg, MD | $32,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Center for Courageous Kids | Scottsville, KY | $31,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center Foundation | Glen Burnie, MD | $31,500 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Literacy Council of Carroll County (md) Inc | Westminster, MD | $30,900 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Agnes Hospital Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $30,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Upper Chesapeake Health Foundation | Bel Air, MD | $30,400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| AARP Foundation | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Adventure Theatre Mtc | Glen Echo, MD | $30,000 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts | Baltimore, MD | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boonsboro Drama | Boonsboro, MD | $30,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Brooklane Health Services | Hagerstown, MD | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| CASA of Western MD | Cumberland, MD | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Catoctin Land Trust | Frederick, MD | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Centronia | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Clancyworks Dance Company | Silver Spring, MD | $30,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Contemporary American Theater Festival | Shepherdstown, WV | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Friends of Nctc | Shepherdstown, WV | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Girls Incorporated of Washington County | Hagerstown, MD | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Greenpeace | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanity (frederick) | Frederick, MD | $30,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland | Silver Spring, MD | $30,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Howard University | Boston, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Association of Black Storytellers | Baltimore, MD | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Open Minds Inc | Middletown, MD | $30,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Reach Caregivers | Hagerstown, MD | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Rorschach Theatre | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Shakespeare Theatre Company | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Studio Theatre | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Synetic Theater | Arlington, VA | $30,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center | Frederick, MD | $30,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Fishing School | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Volunteers of America Chesapeake and Carolinas | Lanham, MD | $30,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wildwood Summer Theatre | Bethesda, MD | $28,387 | 4 | 2 | 2025 |
| C&o Canal Trust | Williamsport, MD | $27,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Homeless Children's Playtime Project | Washington, DC | $27,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Frostburg State University Foundation Inc | Frostburg, MD | $26,242 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Friends of the National Arboretum | Washington, DC | $26,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Boonsboro Environmental Commission | Boonsboro, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boonsboro High School Drama Parent Booster | Keedysville, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Center Stage Associates Inc | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Daphne Crawford Scholarship | Augusta, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| DC Diaper Bank | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Flying V Ltd | Bethesda, MD | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Food and Care for All Inc | Elkridge, MD | $25,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Jhp Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Strathmore Hall Foundation Inc | North Bethesda, MD | $25,000 | 5 | 4 | 2025 |
| Town of Boonsboro | Boonsboro, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Traveling Players Ensemble | Great Falls, VA | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Waynesboro Area YMCA | Waynesboro, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| University of Maryland St Joseph Foundation | Towson, MD | $24,300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Afi | Silver Spring, MD | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Alzheimer's Western MD Chapter | Timonium, MD | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Alzheimers Association | Chicago, IL | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | Hagerstown, MD | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Boonsboro Band | Boonsboro, MD | $24,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cci Health & Wellness Services | Silver Spring, MD | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Code Read Inc | Canyon Country, CA | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Enoch Pratt Free Library | Baltimore, MD | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Evergreen Heritage | Frostburg, MD | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Freedom for Immigrants | San Francisco, CA | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| March of Dimes (fmh) | Arlington, VA | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Maryland International Film Festival | Hagerstown, MD | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Montgomery Coalition for Adult English Literacy Inc | Rockville, MD | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| National Arbor Day Foundation | Nebraska City, NE | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| National Braille Press | Boston, MA | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| National Organization of Women Foundation | Washington, DC | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Nmss Multiple Sclerosis | New York, NY | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Project Literacy of Greater Bergen County | Hackensack, NJ | $24,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services | San Antonio, TX | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Smithsonian Society | Washington, DC | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Soho Center for Arts and Education Inc | Madison, VA | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | Montgomery, AL | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| St Judes Childrens Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| United Through Reading | San Diego, CA | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| United Way | Hagerstown, MD | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Washington Architectural Foundation | Washington, DC | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Weta | Arlington, VA | $24,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Wolftrap Foundation | Vienna, VA | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Young Playwrights' Theater | Washington, DC | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Elm Shakespeare Company | New Haven, CT | $23,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Frederick Rescue Mission | Frederick, MD | $23,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library | Waynesboro, PA | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Chesapeake Shakespeare Company | Baltimore, MD | $22,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Leukemia and Lymphoma Society - Maryland Chapter | Owings Mills, MD | $22,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Springbrook High School Drama Club | Silver Spring, MD | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Gala Hispanic Theatre | Washington, DC | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation | Washington, DC | $21,900 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Scholarship High Point Smith | High Point, NC | $21,422 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Dance Place | Washington, DC | $21,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Maryland Ensemble Theatre | Frederick, MD | $21,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Western Maryland Health System Foundation | Cumberland, MD | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 826DC | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Adventure Theatre | Glen Echo, MD | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alexandria Tutoring Consortium | Alexandria, VA | $20,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Alice Ferguson Foundation | Accokeek, MD | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Amara Legal Center | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Art Enables | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Bhs We the People | Boonsboro, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carpe Diem Arts Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Collegiate Directions Inc | Bethesda, MD | $20,000 | 4 | 3 | 2025 |
| Community Concerts at Second Inc | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Community Forklift | Edmonston, MD | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Defenders of Wildlife | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Fractured Atlas Happenstance Theater Inc | Rockville, MD | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Hatteras Village Civic Association | Hatteras, NC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Literacy Council of Southwestern Pa | Washington, PA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Montgomery's Kids | Bethesda, MD | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Project Create | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Queen Mary University of London | London | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Salvation Army Hagerstown | Hagerstown, MD | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Story Tapestries | Germantown, MD | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Baby Bureau | Warminster, PA | $20,000 | 5 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Book Truck | Long Beach, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Community Foundation of Frederick County | Frederick, MD | $20,000 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Free Theatre Corp | Germantown, MD | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Institute at Renfrew | Waynsboro, PA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Maryland Capital Region Health Foundation | Laurel, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Maryland Shore Regional Health Inc | Chestertown, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Hood College Foundation Inc | Frederick, MD | $19,228 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends of Music | Shepherdstown, WV | $19,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Mt Aetna Volunteer Fire Department Inc | Hagerstown, MD | $19,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Carroll Hospital Foundation | Westminster, MD | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Anne Arundel County Literacy Council | Edgewater, MD | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Appalachian Literacy Initiative | Bristol, TN | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Boonsboro Ems | Boonsboro, MD | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Breast Cancer Awareness - Cumberland Valley Inc | Hagerstown, MD | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Brem Foundation to Defeat Breast Cancer | Silver Spring, MD | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Gilchrist | Hunt Valley, MD | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hope House | Washington, DC | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Howard Hospital Foundation | Columbia, MD | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Living Classrooms Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mosaic Theater Company of DC | Washington, DC | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood Fed of America | Washington, DC | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington | Washington, DC | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
566 of 1,305 (43%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 45%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 1,453 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 587 | $8,203,263 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 181 | $2,704,755 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 631 | $6,042,162 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 592 | $7,485,421 | $5,000 |
| 2025 | 466 | $7,481,605 | $5,000 |
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
45% of its giving went to organizations in Maryland.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Nora Roberts Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 7003 Glenn Dale Rd 465, Glenn Dale, MD, 20769. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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