Foundations · IRS 990 filings

Foundations in Maryland

1,645
foundations
$2.49B
grants paid, FY2022–FY2025
353
say they accept unsolicited
$6,366
median grant

Grantlas lists 1,645 foundations based in Maryland — 1,540 private foundations and 105 grantmaking charities such as community foundations and United Ways — from their 990-PF and Form 990 filings for FY2022–FY2025. Together they paid out $2.49 billion in grants in their latest filing year, and 353 of them (21%) say they accept unsolicited requests. The most common cities are Baltimore (290), Bethesda (177) and Potomac (75).

353 of them say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Foundations accepting applications in Maryland.

Top 25 of 1,645 foundations

All 25 foundations below say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Another 328 in this list say so too. Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing.

Foundations in Maryland
The Keith Campbell FoundationBethesda, MD$5,000$27.9M$40–$1.5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Abell Foundation IncBaltimore, MD$20,000$13.4M$188–$300,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
T Rowe Price FoundationBaltimore, MD$15,000$11.7M$1,000–$5.5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Jacob and Hilda BlausteinBaltimore, MD$35,000$10.4M$100–$650,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
France-Merrick Foundation IncBaltimore, MD$15,000$10.1M$100–$305,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Clark-Winchcole FoundationBethesda, MD$8.9M$8.9M—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Philip E and Carole R RatcliffeAnnapolis, MD$208,134$8.7M$3,109–$3MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Mayberg Foundation IncChevy Chase, MD$10,000$8.5M$100–$1.5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The David and June Trone FamilyBethesda, MD$25,000$8.3M$250–$2MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Kay Family Foundation IncGermantown, MD$7.1M$7.6M$6.6M–$7.6MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Crane Family Foundation IncBaltimore, MD$16,170$6.4M$500–$3.4MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Morris Goldseker FoundationBaltimore, MD$40,000$5.7M$358–$287,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Morton K and Jane BlausteinBaltimore, MD$62,500$4.9M$2,000–$400,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Allegis Group Foundation IncHanover, MD$2,500$4.5M$50–$1.4MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The James M Johnston Trust for Char & EducChevy Chase, MD$4.2M$4.2M—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Joseph Meyerhoff Fund IncBaltimore, MD$16,500$4.2M$1,500–$871,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Robert W Deutsch FoundationBaltimore, MD$20,000$3.8M$1,100–$638,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Shared Earth FoundationChestertown, MD$50,000$3.8M$4,000–$350,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Elsie & Marvin Dekelboum Family FndRockville, MD$3.8M$3.8M—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The MC Cutchen FoundationBrunswick, MD$30,000$3.5M$10,000–$300,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation IncBaltimore, MD$2,500$3.3M$100–$387,250FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Ellen Wp Wasserman FoundationBaltimore, MD$15,107$3.2M$5,006–$1MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Aaron & Lillie Straus Foundation Inc 9830002Baltimore, MD$9,000$3.2M$100–$1.5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
David & Barbara B HirschhornBaltimore, MD$15,000$3.1M$1,500–$240,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Mead Family FoundationBethesda, MD$40,000$3.1M$5,000–$700,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from the 990-PF grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.

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Data from 990-PF and Form 990 filings, FY2022–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.