Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund Inc
Baltimore, MD · EIN 52-1126684. Reported 327 grants totalling $10.1M to 106 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 Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund Inc, the IRS classifies it as a federated giving programme -- a United Way, Jewish federation, Community Chest or similar (NTEE T700).
- How spread out its giving is. 106 distinct organizations, with 20% 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. 81% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and above 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 $20,000. Half of what it reported fell between $15,000 and $27,500; the smallest was $7,500 and the largest $487,878. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $2,002,437 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $825,250 | 8 | 5 | 2024 |
| United Workers Association Inc | Baltimore, MD | $236,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Public Justice Center Inc | Baltimore, MD | $223,450 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Maryland Pesticide Education Network Inc | Annapolis, MD | $190,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The United Way of Central Maryland Inc | Baltimore, MD | $190,450 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fusion Partnerships Inc | Baltimore, MD | $185,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Law Center Inc | Baltimore, MD | $185,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Maryland Philanthropy Network Inc | Baltimore, MD | $151,050 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Asylee Women Enterprise | Baltimore, MD | $150,450 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Marian House Inc | Baltimore, MD | $145,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland Inc | Baltimore, MD | $135,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Civic Fund Inc | Baltimore, MD | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Homeless Persons Representation Project Inc | Baltimore, MD | $130,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Jews United for Justice Inc | Washington, DC | $130,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Maryland Center on Economic Policy Inc | Baltimore, MD | $127,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Robertas House Inc | Baltimore, MD | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Civil Justice Inc | Baltimore, MD | $122,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition Inc | Baltimore, MD | $120,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Outreach Services Inc | Baltimore, MD | $117,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| NAMI Metropolitan Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $111,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $107,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Development Network of Maryland Inc | Columbia, MD | $105,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition Inc | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| National Council on Alcoholism Maryland Chapter Inc | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Cathedral Church of the Incarnation | Baltimore, MD | $97,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Center for Popular Democracy | Washington, DC | $92,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Environmental Integrity Project | Washington, DC | $92,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Maryland Citizens Health Initiative Education Fund Inc | Baltimore, MD | $90,450 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Center for Hope Inc | Baltimore, MD | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Goucher College | Baltimore, MD | $90,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| South Baltimore Community Land Trust Inc | Brooklyn, MD | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Parity Baltimore Incorporated | Baltimore, MD | $86,950 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| B U I L D Inc | Baltimore, MD | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pro Bono Counseling Project Inc | Baltimore, MD | $84,450 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Out for Justice Inc | Baltimore, MD | $82,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Baltimore Green Space a Land Trustfor Community-Managed Open Space in | Baltimore, MD | $80,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cash Campaign of Maryland Inc | Baltimore, MD | $80,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Food & Water Watch | Washington, DC | $77,950 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Mental Health Association of Maryland Inc | Lutherville, MD | $77,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| CASA Inc | Hyattsville, MD | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Southeast Community Development | Baltimore, MD | $75,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Family Tree Inc | Baltimore, MD | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Job Opportunities Task Force Inc | Baltimore, MD | $70,450 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Baltimore Action Legal Team | Laurel, MD | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Family Survivor Network | Baltimore, MD | $69,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Drink at the Well Inc | Baltimore, MD | $67,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service Inc | Baltimore, MD | $62,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Pivot Inc | Baltimore, MD | $62,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Tree Trust Inc | Baltimore, MD | $60,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | Washington, DC | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| House of Ruth Maryland Inc | Baltimore, MD | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Tahirih Justice Center | Falls Church, VA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism | Baltimore, MD | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Holistic Life Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $52,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Natal Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bnai Zion Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Capital Area Immigrants Rights Coalition | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Family & Childrens Services of Central Maryland Inc | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fund for Educational Excellence Inc | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| International Medical Corps | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Rescue Committee Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kind Inc | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Maryland Bar Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Momcares Inc | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sharebaby | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| ACLU Foundation of Maryland Inc | Baltimore, MD | $47,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Immigration Outreach Service Center Inc | Baltimore, MD | $47,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Health Care for the Homeless Inc | Baltimore, MD | $45,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Maryland New Directions Inc | Baltimore, MD | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| University of Maryland Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $43,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Project Own Inc | Baltimore, MD | $42,950 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wombwork Productions Inc | Baltimore, MD | $42,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Food Research & Action Center Inc | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| St Vincent De Paul of Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Greenlight Fund Inc | Boston, MA | $37,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Blue Water Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Chesapeake Climate Action Network | Takoma Park, MD | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Uplift Alliance Inc | Baltimore, MD | $30,450 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Behavioral Health System Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Civic Works Inc | Baltimore, MD | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Philanthropic Ventures Foundation | Oakland, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Black Women Build - Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greater Baybrook Alliance Inc | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jeremiah Program | Minneapolis, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wellness Education and Advocacy Research Group Inc | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Youth Empowered Society Inc | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Disability Rights Maryland Inc | Baltimore, MD | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Adoptions Together Inc | Greenbelt, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Urban Families Inc | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Mariposa Child Success Programs Inc | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Naral Pro Choice Maryland Fund Inc | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Reach Out and Read Inc | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Waterkeepers Chesapeake Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Libraries Without Borders | New York, NY | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Humanim Inc | Columbia, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| On Our Own of Maryland Inc | Elkridge, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Prepare Inc | Towson, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| World Relief Corporation O National | Baltimore, MD | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Project Pneuma Inc | Baltimore, MD | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Safe Alternative Foundation for Education Inc | Baltimore, MD | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Charm City Care Connection Inc | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fair Housing Action Center of Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Progressive Maryland Eduction Fund Inc | Upper Marlboro, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Samaritan Community Inc | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
80 of 106 (75%) 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 98 of 106 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 | 65 | $1,874,129 | $17,500 |
| 2021 | 70 | $1,882,483 | $15,225 |
| 2022 | 66 | $1,942,828 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 64 | $1,764,650 | $21,250 |
| 2024 | 62 | $2,610,647 | $26,750 |
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
90% 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 $20,000 -- 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 Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund 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 62 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 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: 5700 Park Heights Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21215.
EIN 52-1126684 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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