The Dresher Foundation Inc
Abingdon, MD · EIN 52-1610465. Reported 322 grants totalling $10.5M to 157 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. 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". The Dresher Foundation Inc 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
4 of the organizations The Dresher Foundation Inc funded make grants themselves, and it reported 10 grants totalling $1,510,500 to them. That is 18% of the $8,200,853 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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Foundation of Harford County Inc | community foundation | Maryland | $1,463,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| The United Way of Central Maryland Inc | federated giving programme | Maryland | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc | community foundation | Maryland | $17,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| North Carolina Community Foundation | community foundation | North Carolina | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $40,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $1,147,000.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Foundation of Harford County | Bel Air, MD | $1,463,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Fund for Johns Hopkins Medicine | Baltimore, MD | $750,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| John Carroll School | Bel Air, MD | $619,300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Harford Family House | Aberdeen, MD | $526,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sarc | Bel Air, MD | $459,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Addiction Connections Resource Inc | Fallston, MD | $394,455 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Epicenter - Edgewood Community Support Center | Edgewood, MD | $335,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Homecoming Project Inc | Bel Air, MD | $275,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Humanim Inc | Columbia, MD | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Umbc Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $250,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mason-Dixon Community Services Inc | Street, MD | $231,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Harford Center Inc | Havre De Grace, MD | $192,400 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Upper Chesapeake Health Foundation | Bel Air, MD | $173,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harford Day School | Bel Air, MD | $162,448 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Heroes Helping Heroes | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Moveable Feast Inc | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Springboard Community Services | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity Susquehanna | Bel Air, MD | $142,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| First Fruits Farm | Freeland, MD | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $126,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fuel Fund of Maryland Inc | Timonium, MD | $123,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Found in Faith Ministries | Aberdeen, MD | $122,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Area Council Boy Scouts of America | Baltimore, MD | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Maryland State Dental Association Foundation | Columbia, MD | $115,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Village at Lakeview | Edgewood, MD | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mann House Inc | Bel Air, MD | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harford Community College Foundation | Bel Air, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Harford Land Trust | Bel Air, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maryland Food Bank | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arrow Child & Family Ministries of Maryland | Hunt Valley, MD | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lasos Inc Linking All So Others Succeed | Bel Air, MD | $89,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Notre Dame Preparatory School | Towson, MD | $88,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ladew Topiary Gardens | Monkton, MD | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Loyola Blakefield | Towson, MD | $77,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Harford & Cecil Counties | Aberdeen, MD | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Faith Communities & Civic Agencies United Inc | Bel Air, MD | $72,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Liriodendron Foundation | Bel Air, MD | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Town of Bel Air | Bel Air, MD | $67,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Praising Through Recovery | Baltimore, MD | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Richcroft Inc | Hunt Valley, MD | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Salvation Army | Havre De Grace, MD | $58,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Arc of the Northern Chesapeake Region | Aberdeen, MD | $56,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Sharing Table | Edgewood, MD | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Meals on Wheels of Central MD Inc | Baltimore, MD | $52,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Harford and Cecil Counties | Aberdeen, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Camp Possibilities Foundation | Port Deposit, MD | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Christianville Foundation Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hope Center of Maryland | Churchville, MD | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pro Bono Counseling | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Samaritan's Purse | Boone, NC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Edgewood Community Support Center Inc | Edgewood, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Christian Church | Nottingham, MD | $48,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Historical Society of Harford County | Bel Air, MD | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Extreme Family Outreach Ministries | Joppatowne, MD | $44,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Horizon Day Camp | Baltimore, MD | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Indian Lake Christian Camp | Darlington, MD | $36,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mt Zion United Methodist Church | Bel Air, MD | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| CASA of Harford County | Bel Air, MD | $33,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Ed Lally Foundation | Bel Air, MD | $32,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | Fallston, MD | $31,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chesapeake Therapeutic Riding Inc | Abingdon, MD | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| First Presbyterian Church of Bel Air | Bel Air, MD | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bel Air United Methodist Church | Bel Air, MD | $28,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harford Community Action Agency | Edgewood, MD | $28,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Success Project Inc | Havre De Grace, MD | $28,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Laila's Gift | Aberdeen, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Covenant Christian School | Abingdon, MD | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Way of Central Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wilson Ministry Center | Darlington, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Theatreworks Live | Bel Air, MD | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mission Central Community Services Corp | Fallston, MD | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Image Center | Towson, MD | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Maryland Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped | Columbia, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House of Delaware | Wilmington, DE | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bel Air Independence Day Committee | Bel Air, MD | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Arrow Child & Family Ministries of Maryland | Dallas, TX | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hope Academy | Baltimore, MD | $17,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mid-Shore Community Foundation | Easton, MD | $17,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Camp Possibilities | Port Deposit, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sergeant Alfred B Hilton Memorial Fund | Bel Air, MD | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition Inc | Wilmington, DE | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| It Is Well International Inc | Bel Air, MD | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Best Buddies Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Christ Our King Presbyterian Church | Bel Air, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Grace Memorial Episcopal Church | Darlington, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harford County 4-H Clubs Inc | Street, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Harford United Charities | Bel Air, MD | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hosanna Community House Inc | Darlington, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Johns Hopkins School of Public Health | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mt Washington Pediatric Comm Rehab Services | Forest Hill, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mt Washington Pediatric Hospital | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pathfinders for Autism | Hunt Valley, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Red Devils Inc | Towson, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hope to Walk | Blacksburg, VA | $9,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chesapeake Bay Trust | Annapolis, MD | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Covenant Presbyterian Church | Abingdon, MD | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| School Ministries Inc | Columbia, SC | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Harford County Education Foundation | Bel Air, MD | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Char Hope Foundation | Street, MD | $7,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Clare Catholic Church | Essex, MD | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| 755 Alliance Inc | Edgewood, MD | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bar Foundation of Harford County | Bel Air, MD | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gifft Hill School | St John, 00830 | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bach in Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $6,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Havre De Grace Decoy Museum | Havre De Grace, MD | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| No Person Left Behind Outdoors | Libertytown, MD | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bel Air Volunteer Fire Co | Bel Air, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of De Inc | Millsboro, DE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Havre De Grace Maritime Museum | Havre De Grace, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Love Inc of Mid Delmarva Inc | Seaford, DE | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| North Carolina Community Foundation | Raleigh, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pattison's Dream Academy | Charleston, SC | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Shepherd's Office | Georgetown, MD | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Widespread Hope Foundation | Phoenix, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | Long Neck, DE | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Roland Park Country School | Baltimore, MD | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Apbd Research Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Atlantic General Hospital Foundation | Berlin, MD | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Coastal Hospice | Salisbury, MD | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Harford County Sheriff's Foundation | Bel Air, MD | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities - Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sodel Young Life | Lincoln, DE | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Youth for Christ - Metro Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cordrey Charities Inc | Millsboro, DE | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dance Icons Inc | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Johns Hopkins Medicine | Baltimore, MD | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Harry K Foundation | Rehoboth Beach, DE | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Humane Society of Harford County | Fallston, MD | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Toys for Tots | Bel Air, MD | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Harriett's House Inc | Cambridge, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maryland Conservatory of Music | Havre De Grace, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southern Delaware Therapeutic Riding | Milton, DE | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Araminta Freedom Initiative | Baltimore, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Charlie Riley Community Service Scholarship Foundation | Bel Air, MD | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Children's Beach House | Lewes, DE | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Delmarva Christian High School | Georgetown, DE | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grace Center for Maternal and Women's Health | Berlin, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Joey Potter Missions Inc | St Cloud, FL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Luna's House Inc | Edgewood, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marine Toys for Tots Foundation | Triangle, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maryland Center for the Arts | Bel Air, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mountain Christian Church - Tabitha's House | Joppa, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Presbyterian Home of MD Inc | Forest Hill, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Clare Food Pantry | Essex, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Joseph's University | Philadelphia, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Association for Prevention of Sickle Cell Anemia Inc | Aberdeen, MD | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc | Smithtown, NY | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Maryland Sickle Cell Disease Association | Columbia, MD | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Highlands School | Bel Air, MD | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation | Annapolis, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | Tulsa, OK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Fellowship of Christians & Jews | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Maryland Zoo in Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| MD Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| NAMI - Maryland | Columbia, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sandy Springs Friends School | Sandy Spring, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
89 of 157 (57%) 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 60%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 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.
- Community Foundation of Harford County
SUPPORTING THE VARIOUS CHARITABLE AND CIVIC ENDEAVOR
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 141 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 | 79 | $2,317,900 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 87 | $2,699,455 | $7,000 |
| 2023 | 83 | $2,749,498 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 73 | $2,743,250 | $8,000 |
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
98% of its giving went to organizations in Maryland.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Dresher Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: 3465 Box Hill Corp Center Dr 400, Abingdon, MD, 21009. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 52-1610465 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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