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Fordi Family Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Annapolis, Maryland · EIN 471639917

Fordi Family Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Annapolis, Maryland. In tax year 2025 it gave $284,000 in 30 grants; the typical grant was $10,000 and the largest $25,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $271,500 the year before.

7% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$295,50029$3.7 million
2024$271,50031$4.9 million
2025$284,00030$6.1 million

How to apply

ContactRobert Fordi
351 W 120th Street, New York, NY 10027
Phone or email(410) 280-1100
DeadlinesNone none
RestrictionsMust be a tax exempt 501(c)(3) organization

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Fordi Family Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to Maryland.

StateGrantsAmount
Maryland22$190,000
New York6$85,000
Washington1$7,500
Delaware1$1,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 30 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Friends of Morningside Park
New York, NY
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$25,000
Horizons of Kent & Queen Anne's
Chestertown, MD
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$25,000
YMCA of the Chesapeake
Easton, MD
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$20,000
Classical Theatre of Harlem
New York, NY
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$15,000
Palante Harlem Inc
New York, NY
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$15,000
Compass Regional Hospice Inc
Centreville, MD
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$10,000
Garfield Center for the Performing Arts
Chestertown, MD
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$10,000
Homeports Inc
Chestertown, MD
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$10,000
Kent Cultural Alliance
Chestertown, MD
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$10,000
Minary's Dream Alliance
Chestertown, MD
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$10,000
New York Cares
New York, NY
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$10,000
Sultana Projects
Chestertown, MD
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$10,000
The Ali Forney Center
New York, NY
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$10,000
The Children's Storefront
New York, NY
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$10,000
The Community Food Pantry
Chestertown, MD
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$10,000
National Music Festival
Chestertown, MD
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$10,000
Chester River Health Foundation Inc
Chestertown, MD
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$10,000
American Friends of Canadian Conservation
Bellingham, WA
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$7,500
Foundation for the Kent County Public Library
Chestertown, MD
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$5,000
Chestertown Riverarts
Chestertown, MD
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$5,000
Chestertown Vol Fire Co Inc
Chestertown, MD
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$5,000
Church Hill Theatre
Church Hill, MD
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$5,000
Community Mediation Upper Shore
Chestertown, MD
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$5,000
Kent Attainable Housing
Chestertown, MD
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$5,000
Main Street Historic Chestertown Inc
Chestertown, MD
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$5,000
Shorerivers
Easton, MD
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$5,000
The Animal Care Shelter for Kent County
Chestertown, MD
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$5,000
The Kent Center
Chestertown, MD
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$5,000
Washington College
Chestertown, MD
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$5,000
YMCA of Delaware
Wilimington, DE
To foster & support donee's charitable mandate$1,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Fordi Family Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: None none.

How much does Fordi Family Foundation Inc give?

$284,000 in tax year 2025, across 30 grants, with a typical grant of $10,000.

Who runs Fordi Family Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Robert G Fordi (Director) and Susanna Fordi (Director).

What does Fordi Family Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly human services, arts and culture and environment and conservation.

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