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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
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Tax year 2025
$3,968,258
- Grants listed
- 20
- Assets, end of year
- $71,152,954
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Tax year 2024
$3,656,348
- Grants listed
- 21
- Assets, end of year
- $70,080,304
-
Tax year 2023
$4,329,500
- Grants listed
- 13
- Assets, end of year
- $69,121,570
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Tax year 2022
$3,498,540
- Grants listed
- 21
- Assets, end of year
- $70,959,676
-
Tax year 2021
$4,116,920
- Grants listed
- 17
- Assets, end of year
- $71,255,123
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Tax year 2020
$4,304,362
- Grants listed
- 23
- Assets, end of year
- $65,047,550
Grants paid in 2025
As listed on the return.
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Chesapeake Bay FoundationAnnapolis, MD
Unrestricted
$833,333 -
Clyburn Arboretum Friends IncBaltimore, MD
Unrestricted
$500,000 -
St James AcademyMonkton, MD
Unrestricted
$500,000 -
Stevenson UniversityOwings Mills, MD
Scholarship program
$263,092 -
Loyola University MarylandBaltimore, MD
Unrestricted
$250,000 -
Roanoke CollegeSalem, VA
Unrestricted
$250,000 -
American Endowment FoundationHudson, OH
Grants limited to qualifying public charities
$200,000 -
The Nature Conservancy in VaCharlottesville, VA
Allegheny highlands endowment
$200,000 -
Notre Dame Preparatory SchoolTowson, MD
Unrestricted
$150,000 -
Third Option FoundationReston, VA
Unrestricted
$150,000 -
Entitlements How IncWashington, DC
Unrestricted
$100,000 -
Operation Relief FundReston, VA
Unrestricted
$100,000 -
Calvert Hall College of Baltimore CityTowson, MD
Unrestricted
$83,333 -
SealkidsDublin, OH
Unrestricted
$75,000 -
The Commit FoundationBozeman, MT
Capital campaign
$75,000 -
The Rick Herrema FoundationFayetteville, NC
Unrestricted
$75,000 -
The John Carroll SchoolBel Air, MD
Unrestricted
$62,500 -
Gilchrist Center for Hospice CareHunt Valley, MD
Capital campaign
$60,000 -
Wesley Theological SeminaryWashington, DC
Capital campaign
$25,000 -
McDonogh SchoolOwings Mills, MD
Intern program and legacy campaign
$16,000
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Environment1 grant $833,33341% of the total
- Education4 grants $629,09231% of the total
- Human services3 grants $300,00015% of the total
- Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $200,00010% of the total
- Health1 grant $75,0004% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Maryland10 grants $2,718,258
- Virginia4 grants $700,000
- Ohio2 grants $275,000
- Kentucky1 grant $100,000
- Montana1 grant $75,000
- North Carolina1 grant $75,000
- District of Columbia1 grant $25,000
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- John A Luetkemeyer JrPRESIDENT Hours 5Pay $0
- Richard E LevineVICE PRESIDENT / SECRETARY Hours 3Pay $50,000
- Christina D CarrTREASURER Hours 3Pay $20,000
- Thomas F Mullan IIIDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
- Robert Black IIIDIRECTOR Hours 3Pay $50,000
The return
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