Family League of Baltimore City Inc
Baltimore, MD · EIN 52-1734848. Reported 334 grants totalling $82.8M to 168 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. For Family League of Baltimore City Inc, the IRS classifies it under human services rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE P400) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 168 distinct organizations, with 10% 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. 70% 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 $102,826. Half of what it reported fell between $39,353 and $274,750; the smallest was $6,250 and the largest $2,706,692. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drumondawmin Healthy Families Inc | Baltimore, MD | $8,348,388 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Ubran Debate League | Baltimore, MD | $4,495,108 | 11 | 5 | 2024 |
| Family Recovery Program Incorporated | Baltimore, MD | $4,131,462 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Central Maryland Inc | Baltimore, MD | $3,994,850 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Drumondawmin Healthy Familie | Baltimore, MD | $3,969,388 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Family Tree Inc | Baltimore, MD | $3,015,676 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Family Recovery Program Inc | Baltimore, MD | $2,764,498 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| YMCA in Central MD | Baltimore, MD | $2,646,114 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Child First Authority Inc | Baltimore, MD | $2,393,929 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $2,260,510 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Civic Fund Inc | Baltimore, MD | $1,963,827 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Child First Authority Inc | Baltimore, MD | $1,913,128 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Baltimore Healthy Start Inc | Baltimore, MD | $1,832,724 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| University of MD Bal County | Baltimore, MD | $1,588,278 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Family Tree Inc | Baltimore, MD | $1,528,144 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Robertas House Inc | Baltimore, MD | $1,387,971 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| New Vision Youth Services Inc | Randallstown, MD | $1,338,388 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of MD Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $1,311,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $1,275,126 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Access Art Inc | Baltimore, MD | $1,246,428 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| ELEV8 Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $1,244,975 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sinai Hospital of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $1,081,215 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Keys Empowers Inc | Baltimore, MD | $1,029,684 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Medical System Inc | Baltimore, MD | $947,132 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Baltimore Curriculum Project Inc | Baltimore, MD | $918,292 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Park Heights Renaissance | Baltimore, MD | $910,775 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| ELEV8 Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $852,991 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Baltimore City Health Dept | Baltimore, MD | $780,316 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center Inc | Owings Mills, MD | $735,526 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Maryland Philanthropy Network | Baltimore, MD | $709,350 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| New Vision Youth Services | Randallstown, MD | $675,361 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Maryland Philanthropy Network Inc | Baltimore, MD | $629,999 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rich-Restoring Inner City Hope Inc | Brooklyn, MD | $610,071 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Learning How Child Developmen | Baltimore, MD | $604,731 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| United Way Worldwide | Alexandria, VA | $583,755 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Robertas House Inc | Baltimore, MD | $577,191 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Keys Empowers Inc | Gwynn Oak, MD | $566,825 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Uplift Alliance Inc | Baltimore, MD | $516,111 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $513,222 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Moving History Inc | Baltimore, MD | $497,750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Btst Cares Inc | Lanham, MD | $463,960 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Natural Born Champions Inc | Baltimore, MD | $433,785 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Civic Works Inc | Baltimore, MD | $430,121 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Park Heights Renaissance Inc | Baltimore, MD | $426,836 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Bluebird Education Network Inc | Baltimore, MD | $390,143 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| United Way of Central MD | Baltimore, MD | $339,979 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Movement Team Inc | Baltimore, MD | $335,420 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Southeast Community Development | Baltimore, MD | $330,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Southeast Community Developme | Baltimore, MD | $328,459 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Bellxcel | Baltimore, MD | $323,211 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bmore Empowered | Baltimore, MD | $309,578 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Village Learning Place Inc | Baltimore, MD | $308,725 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| John Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $304,014 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Patterson Park Public Charter | Baltimore, MD | $301,796 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Higher Achievement Program Inc | Washington, DC | $296,300 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lets Thrive Baltimore Inc | Owings Mills, MD | $289,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Higher Achievement Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $280,123 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bmore Empowered Inc | Baltimore, MD | $269,005 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Strong City Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $255,013 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Grow Home Inc | Baltimore, MD | $255,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Improving Education Inc | Baltimore, MD | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mtm Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $244,296 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Living Classrooms Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $241,111 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Soccer Without Borders | Baltimore, MD | $228,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Koinonia Baptist Church | Baltimore, MD | $220,840 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Next One Up Foundation Inc | Towson, MD | $189,327 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Creative Alliance | Baltimore, MD | $186,173 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Restoring Inner City Hope | Baltimore, MD | $185,850 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Villiage Learning Place | Baltimore, MD | $180,048 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Fusion Partnerships Inc | Baltimore, MD | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Smart Steps Youth Services | Baltimore, MD | $169,462 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership Corporation | New York, NY | $165,874 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mentoring Mentors Inc | Baltimore, MD | $162,653 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Catherines Family and Youth Services Inc | Baltimore, MD | $148,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Baltimor | Baltimore, MD | $140,099 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Excellence & Ambition Inc | Owings Mills, MD | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| 1012 Sports Inc | Baltimore, MD | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Soccer Without Borders | Baltimore, MD | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| US Dream Academy | Columbia, MD | $117,241 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Civic Works | Baltimore, MD | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| We Will All Rise | Baltimore, MD | $107,616 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fusion Partnerships Inc | Baltimore, MD | $107,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Imagine Me Ministries Inc | Reisterstown, MD | $107,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Cen | Baltimore, MD | $105,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northbay Education Inc | North East, MD | $103,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Code in the Schools Inc | Baltimore, MD | $101,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Muse 360 | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Muse 360 Incorporated | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bon Secours of Maryland Found | Baltimore, MD | $98,670 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Strong City Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $98,551 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Heartsmiles LLC | Baltimore, MD | $98,200 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Arts for Learning Maryland Inc | Baltimore, MD | $90,305 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Magic Minds Inc | Elkridge, MD | $90,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Excellence & Ambition Inc | Baltimore, MD | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Southwest Baltimore Charter School Inc | Baltimore, MD | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Living Classrooms Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $87,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rebuild Metro Inc | Baltimore, MD | $87,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Joy Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $85,365 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rise Arts Center of Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $82,216 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Btst Cares Inc | Baltimore, MD | $80,671 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catherines Family and Youth | Baltimore, MD | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Banner Neighborhoods Communit | Baltimore, MD | $79,698 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Bridging the Gap Inc | Baltimore, MD | $79,353 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Movement Team | Baltimore, MD | $76,470 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Full Gospel Fellowship Church | Baltimore, MD | $72,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| CASA De Maryland Inc | Hyattsville, MD | $70,276 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| CASA Inc | Hyattsville, MD | $68,681 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Baltimore Found | Baltimore, MD | $61,877 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Umar Boxing Program Inc | Baltimore, MD | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Code in the Schools Inc | Baltimore, MD | $58,814 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Black Wall Street Charm City | Baltimore, MD | $57,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| US Dream Academy Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $55,447 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Koinonia Baptist Church | Baltimore, MD | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bon Secours Community Works Inc | Baltimore, MD | $54,527 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fund for Educational Excellence Inc | Baltimore, MD | $50,143 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Squashwise | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Black Girls Cook | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Corner Team | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Magic Minds Inc | Elkridge, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Springboard Community Service | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Project Pneuma Inc | Baltimore, MD | $49,127 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Beyond the Natural Foundation | Catonsville, MD | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Next One Up Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Creative Nomads Ltd | Baltimore, MD | $40,095 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Beautiful Butterflies | Baltimore, MD | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Italian Cultural Center | Baltimore, MD | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Joy Baltimore Corp | Baltimore, MD | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Digital Harbor Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $37,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Harlem Lacrosse and Leadershi | New York, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Imagine Me Ministries | Baltimore, MD | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Leonard E Hicks Community Ce | Baltimore, MD | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Carroll School of Dance | Baltimore, MD | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| We Will All Rise Inc | Baltimore, MD | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mentoring Mentors Inc | Baltimore, MD | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mtm Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Restorative Response Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Umar Boxing Program Inc | Baltimore, MD | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Holistic Life Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $27,195 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jessica Smith | Owings Mills, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| John Newman Honeybee Company | Randallstown, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| PTA Delaware Congress | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Urban Youth Initiative Project Inc | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City Weeds | Baltimore, MD | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Omega Baltimore Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $21,307 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Little Flowers Early Childhood and Development Center Inc | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Learning How Inc | Baltimore, MD | $18,020 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tendea Family Inc | Baltimore, MD | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Women in Transition Inc | Baltimore, MD | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Creative Nomads Ltd | Baltimore, MD | $17,457 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Loyola Early Learning Center | Baltimore, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pop Inc | Essex, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Technology Access and Training | Clinton, MD | $12,301 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ilive Inc | Baltimore, MD | $11,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| I Am Mentality Youth Male Empowerment Project Inc | Baltimore, MD | $11,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sarahs House Inc | Baltimore, MD | $11,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 1012 Sports Inc | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Angel Mooring | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City Weeds | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| From Prison Cells to Phd Inc | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| No Boundaries Coalition Inc | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sharp Arrows | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Fund for Education Excell | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Urban Oasis Inc | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bit Community Center Inc | Baltimore, MD | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Holistic Life Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $7,886 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Digital Harbor Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Leveling the Playing Field | Silver Spring, MD | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mentoring Male Teens in the H | Ellicott City, MD | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
103 of 168 (61%) 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 75 of 168 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 | 60 | $14.1M | $121,221 |
| 2021 | 70 | $16.8M | $59,506 |
| 2022 | 78 | $17.3M | $60,000 |
| 2023 | 66 | $16.7M | $128,078 |
| 2024 | 60 | $17.8M | $134,723 |
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
99% 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 $102,826 -- 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 Family League of Baltimore City 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 0 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 60 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: Po Box 50129, Baltimore, MD, 21211.
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