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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 23-7004131

AW Baldwin Charitable Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Ashton, MD. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 6 grants and $1.3 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $1,267,800

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $15,260,349

  • Tax year 2023

    $2,490,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $15,306,760

  • Tax year 2022

    $500,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $14,267,523

  • Tax year 2021

    $8,200,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $13,708,852

  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $17,376,460

  • Tax year 2019

    $1,915,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $16,896,837

  • Tax year 2018

    $1,785,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $17,635,794

Grants paid in 2024

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Sandy Springs Friends SchoolSandy Springs, MD

    Charitable

    $500,000
  2. Lowell SchoolWashington, DC

    Charitable

    $200,000
  3. Classroom 2 Community IncRockville, MD

    Charitable

    $184,000
  4. A Wider CircleKensington, MD

    Charitable

    $140,800
  5. Empowering the AgesRockville, MD

    Charitable

    $140,000
  6. Our HouseBrookeville, MD

    Charitable

    $103,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education3 grants $524,80079% of the total
  2. Youth development1 grant $140,00021% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Maryland4 grants $927,000
  2. District of Columbia1 grant $200,000
  3. Virginia1 grant $140,800

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Barbara D BensonPresident Hours 1Pay $0
  • Courtney BensonExecutive Director & Secretary Hours 20Pay $80,000
  • Jay BensonTreasurer Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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