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Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Baltimore, Maryland · EIN 010912891

Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Baltimore, Maryland. In tax year 2024 it gave $3.3 million in 157 grants; the typical grant was $2,500 and the largest $387,250. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $3.1 million the year before.

63% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2022$2.4 million332$5.1 million
2023$3.1 million203$5.7 million
2024$3.3 million157$6.2 million

How to apply

ContactCatherine P McDonnell
901 S Bond St Ste 400, Baltimore, MD 21231
Phone or email(443) 873-5256
What to submitName, address and purpose for which funds are requested
RestrictionsGeographical

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 23 states, the most to Maryland.

StateGrantsAmount
Maryland66$1.9 million
South Carolina6$739,850
District of Columbia6$183,750
Virginia37$173,500
Massachusetts5$90,500
Pennsylvania4$41,450
New York6$31,700
North Carolina6$26,200
West Virginia1$25,000
Tennessee2$12,500

Grants paid in 2024

The 40 largest of 157 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Uncommon Giving
Charleston, SC
Program support$387,250
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Program support$262,500
University of Maryland Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Program support$175,000
Uncommon Giving
Charleston, SC
Program support$140,000
Uncommon Giving
Charleston, SC
Program support$120,000
Living Classrooms Foundation
Baltimore, MD
Program support$100,750
United Way of Central Maryland
Baltimore, MD
Program support$100,750
Smithsonians National Zoological Park and Conservation Biology Institute
Washington, DC
Program support$100,000
The Nature Conservancy of Virginia
Arlington, VA
Program support$100,000
Greater Baltimore Medical Center
Towson, MD
Program support$100,000
National Aquarium in Baltimore
Baltimore, MD
Program support$100,000
Mercy Medical Center
Baltimore, MD
Program support$100,000
Uncommon Giving
Charleston, SC
Program support$90,000
Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound School
Baltimore, MD
Program support$83,333
Catholic Charities
Baltimore, MD
Program support$80,000
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Baltimore, MD
Program support$62,000
B-360 Baltimore Inc
Baltimore, MD
Program support$60,000
Bens
Washington, DC
Program support$50,000
Maryland Science Center
Baltimore, MD
Program support$50,000
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Baltimore, MD
Program support$50,000
Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology
Baltimore, MD
Program support$50,000
TheBe Org
Baltimore, MD
Program support$50,000
Roca
Chelsea, MA
Program support$50,000
Back on My Feet Baltimore
Philadelphia, PA
Program support$40,000
The Ingenuity Project
Baltimore, MD
Program support$37,500
Johns Hopkins Childrens Center
Baltimore, MD
Program support$30,000
Helping Up Mission
Baltimore, MD
Program support$30,000
Warrior Canine Connection
Boyds, MD
Program support$25,000
Angel Wings for Veterans
Norfolk, VA
Program support$25,000
Boy Scouts of America
Baltimore, MD
Program support$25,000
Beth Tfihoh
Baltimore, MD
Program support$25,000
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Annapolis, MD
Program support$25,000
Junior Achievement of Central Maryland
Baltimore, MD
Program support$25,000
Appalachain Trail Conservacy
Harpes Ferry, WV
Program support$25,000
Reginad F Lewis Museum
Baltimore, MD
Program support$25,000
Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore
Baltimore, MD
Program support$25,000
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore
Baltimore, MD
Program support$25,000
Business Executives for National Securit
Washington, DC
Program support$25,000
Carolina for Kibera Inc (CFK Africa)
Chapel Hill, NC
Program support$20,000
Greenlight Baltimore
Boston, MA
Program support$20,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc give?

$3.3 million in tax year 2024, across 157 grants, with a typical grant of $2,500.

Who runs Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists Brett D Rogers (Secretary), Michael D Hankin (Chairman), Shannon Pierce (Treasurer) and Catherine P McDonnell (President) among 12 officers and trustees.

What does Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, health and environment and conservation.

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