The Thomas B and Elizabeth M Sheridan
Hunt Valley, MD · EIN 52-6075270. Reported 112 grants totalling $4,063,074 to 57 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Thomas B and Elizabeth M Sheridan did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $30,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $20,000 and $35,000; the smallest was $75 and the largest $150,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Walters Art Museum | Baltimore, MD | $375,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Baltimore Museum of Art | Baltimore, MD | $225,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Park School of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $175,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Gilman School | Baltimore, MD | $173,900 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Roland Park Country School | Baltimore, MD | $170,350 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Garrison Forest School | Owings Mills, MD | $170,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Friends School of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $165,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Boys' Latin School of Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $165,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Calvert School | Baltimore, MD | $160,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Mcdonogh School | Owings Mills, MD | $160,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Notre Dame Preparatory School | Towson, MD | $160,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The St Paul's Schools | Brooklandville, MD | $160,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Bryn Mawr School | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Baltimore Symphony Orchestra | Baltimore, MD | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Loyola Blakefield | Towson, MD | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maryvale Preparatory School | Lutherville, MD | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mercy High School | Baltimore, MD | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mount Saint Joseph High School | Baltimore, MD | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Archbishop Curley High School | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Catholic High School of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | Baltimore, MD | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sisters Academy of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| St Ignatius Loyola Academy | Baltimore, MD | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Mother Seton Academy | Baltimore, MD | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| B&o Railroad Museum | Baltimore, MD | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Calvert Hall College High School | Towson, MD | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Saint Elizabeth School | Baltimore, MD | $59,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Baltimore Center Stage | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Everyman Theatre | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Odyssey School | Lutherville, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Community School | Baltimore, MD | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| American Visionary Art Museum | Baltimore, MD | $33,199 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chesapeake Shakespeare Company | Baltimore, MD | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Baltimore Choral Arts Society | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jemicy School | Owings Mills, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rubicon Productions Inc | Sparks Glencoe, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Peale | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Loyola University Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arts for Learning Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| First Fruits Farm | Freeland, MD | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $3,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ocean Grove Camp Meetup Association | Ocean Grove, NJ | $1,750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Breast Cancer Prevention Partners | San Franciso, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Breast Cancer Prevention | San Franciso, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Cold Spring Harbor, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Immigration Council | Washington, DC | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Experience Camps | Westport, CT | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Holy Apostles | Gambrills, MD | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen | New York, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Marys Place By the Sea | Ocean Grove, NJ | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St David's Episcopal Church | Baltimore, MD | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Concord Education Fund | Concord, MA | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Global Down Syndrome Foundation | Denver, CO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Family Tree | Baltimore, MD | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cockeysville Volunteer Fire Company | Cockeysville, MD | $375 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Covenant House New Jersey | Newark, NJ | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Paltown Development Foundation | Edgewater, MD | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
19 of 57 (33%) 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 65%, across 4 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.
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.
- The Bryn Mawr School
FINANCIAL AID FOR STUDENTS - Baltimore Museum of Art
PRINTS, DRAWINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS CENTER - B&o Railroad Museum
RESTORATION OF LOCOMOTIVE - American Visionary Art Museum
REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT PROJECT - American Red Cross
HUMANITARIAN RELIEF, UKRAINE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 67 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 | 17 | $713,274 | $30,000 |
| 2022 | 17 | $634,575 | $30,000 |
| 2023 | 26 | $972,325 | $32,500 |
| 2024 | 23 | $885,575 | $35,000 |
| 2025 | 29 | $857,325 | $25,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. The Thomas B and Elizabeth M Sheridan has 50 of them, worth $4,305,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Calvert School | Baltimore, MD | $140,000 |
| Mcdonogh School | Owings Mills, MD | $140,000 |
| Notre Dame Preparatory School | Towson, MD | $140,000 |
| The St Paul's Schools | Brooklandville, MD | $140,000 |
| The Park School of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $140,000 |
| Friends School of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $140,000 |
| The Boys' Latin School of Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $140,000 |
| Garrison Forest School | Owings Mills, MD | $140,000 |
| Gilman School | Baltimore, MD | $140,000 |
| Roland Park Country School | Baltimore, MD | $140,000 |
| Garrison Forest School | Owings Mills, MD | $140,000 |
| Roland Park Country School | Baltimore, MD | $140,000 |
| Gilman School | Baltimore, MD | $140,000 |
| Friends School of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $105,000 |
| The Boys' Latin School of Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $105,000 |
Where its money goes
100% of its giving went to organizations in Maryland. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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: 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 foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $30,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Maryland.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Thomas B and Elizabeth M Sheridan'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: 11350 Mccormick Rd Exe Pl II 704, Hunt Valley, MD, 21031. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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