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William L & Victorine Q Adams Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Baltimore, Maryland · EIN 521369556

William L & Victorine Q Adams Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Baltimore, Maryland. In tax year 2024 it gave $442,100 in 22 grants; the typical grant was $17,500 and the largest $48,000. 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 $312,750 the year before.

55% 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$457,25026$2.5 million
2023$312,75021$3.4 million
2024$442,10022$4.1 million

How to apply

ContactMarjorie Rodgers Cheshire Adams Fou
1040 Park Avenue Suite 300, Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone or email(410) 783-3200
What to submitThere is no formal application for contributions. Charitable organizations send a request letter to the foundation for their consideration. The foundation is no longer accepting applications for the adams future business leadership scholarship program, but is still honoring previous awards.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What William L & Victorine Q Adams Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
Maryland19$419,500
District of Columbia1$10,000
Massachusetts1$9,600
Washington1$3,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 22 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Inc
Baltimore, MD
Contribution & scholarship$48,000
Saint Frances Academy
Baltimore, MD
Contribution$45,500
John Hopkins School of Nursing
Baltimore, MD
Contribution$45,000
KIPP Baltimore Inc
Baltimore, MD
Contribution$36,000
Baltimore Educational Scholarship Trust
Baltimore, MD
Contribution$35,000
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Baltimore, MD
Contribution$34,000
Friends School of Baltimore Inc
Baltimore, MD
Contribution$27,000
Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women
Baltimore, MD
Contribution$25,000
Chesapeake Conservancy
Annapolis, MD
Contribution$25,000
Gilchrist Hospice Care Inc
Hunt Valley, MD
Contribution$18,000
Baltimore Public Media Corporation
Baltimore, MD
Contribution$18,000
American Cancer Society of Baltimore Inc
Eldersburg, MD
Contribution$17,000
Thread Inc
Baltimore, MD
Contribution$16,000
Alzheimer's Association (Greater Maryland Chapter)
Washington, DC
Contribution$10,000
The Y in Central Maryland
Towson, MD
Contribution$10,000
Greenlight Fund
Boston, MA
Contribution$9,600
Synergy Baltimore Inc
Baltimore, MD
Contribution$5,000
Baltimore Civic Fund
Baltimore, MD
Contribution$5,000
Caves Valley Golf Club Foundation Inc
Owings Mills, MD
Contribution$5,000
World Vision
Tacoma, WA
Contribution$3,000
Mentoring Male Teens in the Hood
Columbia, MD
Contribution$2,500
The Harkins Foundation Inc
Columbia, MD
Contribution$2,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does William L & Victorine Q Adams Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does William L & Victorine Q Adams Foundation Inc give?

$442,100 in tax year 2024, across 22 grants, with a typical grant of $17,500.

Who runs William L & Victorine Q Adams Foundation Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists Theo C Rodgers (Pres/Tr/Ttee), Marjorie J Rodgers Cheshire (Vp/Secy/Ttee) and Callie Johnson (Asst Secy/Ttee).

What does William L & Victorine Q Adams Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and health.

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