Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc
Easton, MD · EIN 52-1782373. Reported 682 grants totalling $27.7M to 332 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 Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc, the IRS classifies it as a community foundation (NTEE T31).
- How spread out its giving is. 332 distinct organizations, with 16% 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. 61% 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 $15,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $33,096; the smallest was $5,107 and the largest $3,769,289. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
All 332 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received a reported grant.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc | Easton, MD | $4,345,289 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Children's Hospital Foundation | Silver Spring, MD | $1,074,634 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Children's Hospital Foundation | $1,074,634 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| The Vestry of Wye Parish | Wye Mills, MD | $853,844 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Denton Wesleyan Camp | Denton, MD | $831,636 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Chesapeake College Foundation Inc | Wye Mills, MD | $788,453 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Sandhills Community College Foundation Inc | Pinehurst, NC | $784,253 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Wye River Upper School Inc | Centreville, MD | $632,771 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| North American Lutheran Church | Joppa, MD | $614,097 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Hope Cos | Colorado Spgs, CO | $498,068 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Gunston School Incorporated | Centreville, MD | $494,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of the Chesapeake Inc | Easton, MD | $478,433 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Washington College | Chestertown, MD | $458,622 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| St Michaels Community Center Inc | St Michaels, MD | $408,189 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Talbot Interfaith Shelter Inc | Easton, MD | $368,363 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Caroline County Foundation Inc | Denton, MD | $363,554 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chesterwye Foundation Inc | Queenstown, MD | $346,871 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Salisbury University Foundation Inc | Salisbury, MD | $322,375 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Easton Day Care Center Inc | Easton, MD | $301,364 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| For All Seasons Inc | Easton, MD | $237,186 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Echo Hill Outdoor School Inc | Worton, MD | $234,532 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Neighborhood Service Center Inc | Easton, MD | $224,300 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Caroline County Public Schools | Denton, MD | $219,148 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Univ of Maryland College Park Student Financial Services and Cashiering | College Park, MD | $218,895 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Talbot Hospice Foundation Inc | Easton, MD | $218,069 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| CASA of Talbot County Inc | Easton, MD | $217,850 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Queen Annes County Free Library | Centreville, MD | $211,624 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Radcliffe Creek School Inc | Chestertown, MD | $209,365 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Academy Art Museum Inc | Easton, MD | $205,697 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Chesapeake Camp and Conference Center Inc | Denton, MD | $201,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chesapeake Multicultural Resource Center Inc | Easton, MD | $188,425 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Trinity Lutheran Church | Joppa, MD | $171,119 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Society of St Vincent De Paul | Easton, MD | $157,174 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Talbot County Public Schools | Easton, MD | $151,356 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sultana Education Foundation | Chestertown, MD | $149,423 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Kent School Inc | Chestertown, MD | $146,776 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Chesapeake Audubon Society | Easton, MD | $140,450 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kent Attainable Housing | Chestertown, MD | $136,290 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Upper Shore Aging Inc | Chestertown, MD | $133,582 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Shorerivers Inc | Easton, MD | $124,841 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Building African American Minds Inc | Easton, MD | $119,293 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital Endowment Fund Incorporated | Baltimore, MD | $117,783 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mid Shore Council on Family Violence Inc | Easton, MD | $117,236 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Reining Horse Sports Foundation Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $115,423 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Christ Church | St Michaels, MD | $108,490 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Compass Regional Hospice Inc | Centreville, MD | $107,565 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Tilghman Area Youth Association | Tilghman, MD | $106,296 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Talbot Community Connections Inc | Easton, MD | $105,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Dr Theresa Staffords New Beginnings Learning Academy Inc | Cambridge, MD | $103,450 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity Choptank Inc | Trappe, MD | $101,452 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Woodberry Forest School | Woodberry for, VA | $96,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Country School Inc | Easton, MD | $92,341 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Journey a Wesleyan Church | Millsboro, DE | $92,050 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Horizons of Kent and Queen Annes Inc | Chestertown, MD | $91,272 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Hispanic Alliance | Greenville, SC | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Partners in Care Maryland Inc | Pasadena, MD | $88,651 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Grasonville Volunteer Fire Department | Grasonville, MD | $82,645 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Humane Society of Kent County Incorporated | Chestertown, MD | $82,600 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Channel Marker Inc | Easton, MD | $82,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Easton Volunteer Fire Department Inc | Easton, MD | $80,129 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cambridge Church of the Nazarene | Cambridge, MD | $79,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Choptank Community Health System Inc | Denton, MD | $79,380 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Martin's House & Barn | Ridgely, MD | $78,690 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Animal Care Shelter for Kent County | Chestertown, MD | $78,597 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Haven Ministries Inc | Queenstown, MD | $77,929 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Bay Hundred Community Volunteers Inc | Mcdaniel, MD | $77,100 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Talbot County Public Schools | Easton, MD | $76,639 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Talbot County Health Department | Easton, MD | $76,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cambridge Wesleyan Church | Cambridge, MD | $75,600 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Pine Street Committee Inc | Cambridge, MD | $75,389 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| High Point University | High Point, NC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Anchor Church | Easton, MD | $71,510 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Positive Strides Inc | Easton, MD | $68,030 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Eastern Shore Land Conservancy Inc | Easton, MD | $67,806 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kent Agricultural Center Inc | Chestertown, MD | $67,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Aarons Place Inc | Preston, MD | $65,496 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Changing Perspectives | Montpelier, VT | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chesapeake Film Festival | Easton, MD | $63,910 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Wake Forest University | Charlotte, NC | $63,334 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Calvary Wesleyan Church | Harrington, DE | $62,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Paul's Episcopal Church | Centerville, MD | $62,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science | Cambridge, MD | $61,995 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rebuilding Together Eastern Shore Inc | Chestertown, MD | $61,200 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Laurel Wesleyan Church | Laurel, DE | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mid-Shore Community Foundation Inc | Easton, MD | $59,764 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chester River Health Foundation Inc | Chestertown, MD | $59,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chesapeake Audubon Society | Easton, MD | $58,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chestertown Arts League Inc | Chestertown, MD | $57,432 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Samaritan Group Inc | Chestertown, MD | $56,560 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Jaars Inc | Waxhaw, NC | $56,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Caroline County Humane Society Inc | Ridgely, MD | $55,728 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Talbot Historical Society Inc | Easton, MD | $55,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Maryland Food Bank Inc | Baltimore, MD | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harvesting Hope Youth and Families Services Inc | Cambridge, MD | $54,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Open Doors Partners in Education Inc | Chestertown, MD | $54,321 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mid Shore Community Mediation Center Ltd | Easton, MD | $50,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Oxford Community Center Inc | Oxford, MD | $50,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Salvation Army | Brookhaven, GA | $50,053 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Delmarva Community Services Inc | Cambridge, MD | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dorchester Chamber Foundation Inc | Cambridge, MD | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Historic Society of Kent County Maryland Inc | Chestertown, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Journey a Wesleyan Church | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Woodstock Area Jewish Community Inc | Woodstock, VT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Baywater Animal Rescue | Cambridge, MD | $48,669 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mid-Shore Early Learning Center | Easton, MD | $48,565 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Third Haven Friends Meeting | Easton, MD | $46,138 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center Foundation Inc | Annapolis, MD | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Maryland Shore Regional Health Inc | Easton, MD | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Howard University | Washington, DC | $41,557 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Talbot Humane Co | Easton, MD | $40,988 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chesapeake Chamber Music | Easton, MD | $40,361 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Key School Inc | Annapolis, MD | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra | Easton, MD | $39,305 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| People for Change Coalition | Largo, MD | $38,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Campus Crusade for Christ Inc | Orlando, FL | $38,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Alpha Genesis Community Development Corporation | Cambridge, MD | $38,083 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Town of Easton | Easton, MD | $38,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kent Conservation & Preservation Alliance | Chestertown, MD | $37,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Benedictine School for Exceptional Children Inc | Ridgely, MD | $37,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eastpoint Church | Easton, MD | $35,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cambridge Adventist Church | Cambridge, MD | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Changing Perspectives | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Changing Perspectives Inc | Montpelier, VT | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kent Association for Riding Therapy Inc | Worton, MD | $33,650 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Schwab Charitable | Easton, MD | $33,561 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| ALL4LOVE | Cambridge, MD | $33,350 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pleasant Day Medical Adult Day Care | Cambridge, MD | $33,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Mediation Upper Shore Inc | Chestertown, MD | $32,614 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Community Civic League of Federalsburg Inc | Federalsburg, MD | $32,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry Inc | Williamsport, MD | $31,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Church Hill Theatre Inc | Church Hill, MD | $31,137 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Garfield Center Foundation Inc | Chestertown, MD | $31,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Vermont Community Foundation | Middlebury, VT | $31,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Awaken Recovery Foundation | Cambridge, MD | $30,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alianza Hispana-Hispanic Alliance | Greenville, SC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Co-Op Arundel | Arnold, MD | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Hispanic Alliane | Greenville, SC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sun Valley Film Festival Inc | Sun Valley, ID | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| University System of Maryland Foundation | Cambridge, MD | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kent County Public Schools | Rock Hall, MD | $28,302 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Focus on the Family | Colorado Spgs, CO | $28,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Joni and Friends Foundation | Agoura Hills, CA | $28,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Midshore Meals Til Monday Inc | Cambridge, MD | $27,899 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ace Mentor Program of America Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $27,670 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Massey Air Museum Inc | Massey, MD | $27,250 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Easton Choral Arts Society Inc | Easton, MD | $27,002 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dorchester County Public Schools | Cambridge, MD | $27,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Saint Martins Ministries | Ridgely, MD | $26,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Queen Anne's County Public Schools | Centreville, MD | $26,094 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Home Ports | Chestertown, MD | $26,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cambridge Community Radio Inc | Cambridge, MD | $25,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Maryland Food Bank Eastern Shore | Salisbury, MD | $25,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dorchester County Commission on the Aging Inc | Cambridge, MD | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Talbot County Arts Council Inc | Easton, MD | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Talisman Therapeutic Riding | Grasonville, MD | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bay Area Community Church Inc | Annapolis, MD | $24,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kent Cultural Alliance Inc | Chestertown, MD | $24,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Peace Center Foundation | Greenville, SC | $24,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Talbot County Free Library Association Incorporated | Easton, MD | $23,907 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Historic Easton Inc | Easton, MD | $22,860 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Easton High School | Easton, MD | $22,650 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chesapeake Housing Mission | Salisbury, MD | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chesapeake Charities Inc | Stevensville, MD | $22,287 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Town of Rock Hall | Rock Hall, MD | $22,058 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore | Salisbury, MD | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Easter Seals Delaware & Marylands Eastern Shore Inc | New Castle, DE | $21,900 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| One Mission Cambridge | Cambridge, MD | $21,560 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Benedictine School for Exceptional Children Foundation Inc | Ridgely, MD | $21,441 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Paul's Episcopal Church | $21,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra Society Inc | Easton, MD | $21,171 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Really Great Cats Rescue Inc | Chestertown, MD | $21,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| CASA of Caroline Inc | Denton, MD | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dorchester County Public Library | Cambridge, MD | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| John and Janice Wyatt Foundation | Fairfax, VA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Johns Hopkins University and Medicine | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | |
| Lee Community Tennis Association | Lee, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maryland Association for Parkinson Support Inc | Brooklandvl, MD | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Queen Annes County Art Council Inc | Centreville, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Richardson Maritime Museum Incorporated | Cambridge, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Richmond | Richmond, VA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kent Island Federation of Arts Inc | Stevensville, MD | $19,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Salvation Army | Cambridge, MD | $18,929 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kent County Public Library Inc | Chestertown, MD | $18,477 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nanticoke Historic Preservation Alliance Inc | Cambridge, MD | $17,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| His Hope Ministries Inc | Denton, MD | $17,245 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tides of Grace Inc | Centreville, MD | $16,996 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Easton Rotary Club Youth and Community Fund | Easton, MD | $16,729 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Scotts United Methodist Church | Trappe, MD | $16,590 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Minarys Dream Alliance | Chestertown, MD | $16,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Church Hill Theatre Inc | Church Hill, MD | $16,291 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Talbot County Department of Parks and Recreation | Easton, MD | $16,175 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chesapeake Culinary Center | Denton, MD | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Critical Repairs Caroline County Maryland Inc | Denton, MD | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dorchester County Historical | Cambridge, MD | $15,927 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Easton Church of God Harvest of Hope Food Pantry | Easton, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Grace United Methodist Church | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc | New Haven, CT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Justice United | Oxford, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| One Mission Cambridge Inc | Cambridge, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Queen Anne's Advocates for Youth Inc | Grasonville, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation Inc | New Market, VA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Eastern Shore Area Health Education Center Inc | Cambridge, MD | $14,800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Easton Volunteer Fire Department Inc | Easton, MD | $13,654 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chesapeake College | Wye Mills, MD | $12,635 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Adkins Arboretum Ltd | Ridgely, MD | $12,425 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Minary's Dream Alliance | Denton, MD | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rise Against Hunger | Raleigh, NC | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The River Church | Frankford, DE | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Maryland Extension-Talbot County | Easton, MD | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Allegro Academy | Easton, MD | $11,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Saint James School Inc | Hagerstown, MD | $11,751 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay Council | Salisbury, MD | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Elms College | Chicopee Ma, MA | $11,476 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ebeauty Community | Stevensville, MD | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends & Family of Asbury & Green Chapp | Easton, MD | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| John Hopkins Medicine | Baltimore, MD | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kent Center Inc | Chestertown, MD | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Johns Hopkins Hospital | Baltimore, MD | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Samaritans Purse | Boone, NC | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Caroline Foundation Inc | Denton, MD | $10,438 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tred Avon Players Inc | Oxford, MD | $10,197 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chesterwye Center Inc | Grasonville, MD | $10,120 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Talbot Humane | Easton, MD | $10,018 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| America First Policy Institute | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cascades Tennis Junior Scholarship Fund | Aspen, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cascades Tennis Junior Scholarship Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Classic Motor Museum of St Michaels Inc | St Michaels, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Coal Creek Theater | Louisville, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Coal Creek Theater | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Eastern Shore Wellness Solutions Inc | Cambridge, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Easton First Wesleyan Church | Easton, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Family & Friends of Asbury & Green Chappel | Easton, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Foundation of Hope Inc | Easton, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Friends of the Grape Inc | Denton, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Intervale Center | Burlington, VT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Intervale Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Jevs Human Services | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Junior Achievement USA | Colorado Spgs, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center | Annapolis, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maryland Public Television Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Massb Foundation | Annapolis, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pathfinders Inc | Hunt Valley, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Queen Anne's County Free Library | Centerville, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Queen Anne's County Historical Society Inc | Centreville, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rebuilding Together of Queen Annes County Inc | Centreville, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Remlik Wesleyan Church | Urbanna, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
146 of 332 (44%) 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Denton Wesleyan Camp
PROGRAMS AND 2022 PROJECTS - Trinity Lutheran Church
UNRESTRICTED/MEMORIAL TRUST FUND/FLOWERS - St Michaels Community Center Inc
PROGRAMS/CAPITAL CAMPAIGN - Critchlow Adkins Children's Center
PROGRAMS/FINANCIAL AID/FURNITURE REPLACEMENT - Talbot Interfaith Shelter Inc
PROGRAMS/CAPACITY BUILDING - Caroline County Public Schools
FOOD PROGRAMS AND COVID-19 RELIEF
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 151 of 332 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 | 151 | $4,099,268 | $11,250 |
| 2021 | 119 | $4,529,743 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 114 | $4,646,345 | $15,500 |
| 2023 | 140 | $5,540,439 | $15,250 |
| 2024 | 158 | $8,917,656 | $14,326 |
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
89% 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.
Down to the city
Foundations that fund only organizations they pick gave to this one
23 private foundations that told the IRS they contribute only to organizations they select themselves reported 56 grants totalling $1,041,487 to Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc. That is 42% of the 55 funders we can see giving to it. Those 23 foundations do not take unsolicited requests -- their own returns say so. The IRS classifies this organization as a community foundation.
13 of them gave in more than one tax year, which is the only durability signal the filings carry.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application here reaches that money. A grant from a closed foundation is often a designated gift or a donor-advised fund earmarked by whoever gave it, and has nothing to do with any open programme this organization runs. Neither tax return says which, so neither do we. The list below is who put money in. It is not a route to it.
| Foundation | State | Reported | Grants | Years | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tr Uw Catherine B Linthicum | Texas | $459,477 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Clark Charitable Foundation Inc | Maryland | $155,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dock Street Foundation | Maryland | $138,977 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Clifton Foundation Inc | Maryland | $129,735 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ryan-Richtsmeier Charitable | Pennsylvania | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Richard and Peggy Greenfield Foundation | California | $28,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Salmon Foundation Inc | New Jersey | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Dresher Foundation Inc | Maryland | $17,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Ludwig and Nancy Sternberger Charitable | Delaware | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Watson Stone Family Foundation Inc | Maryland | $9,400 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
The 10 largest by reported dollars, of 23.
A linked name has a page of its own. We publish one for a foundation that takes no unsolicited requests only when a real share of its giving goes to organizations that make grants themselves, and that page opens by saying it does not take requests.
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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 $15,000 -- 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 Mid Shore Community 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.
Address of record on the latest return: 102 E Dover Street, Easton, MD, 21601.
EIN 52-1782373 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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