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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 52-6041536

Rollins-Luetkemeyer Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Baltimore, MD. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 20 grants and $4 million paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), 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

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $3,968,258

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $71,152,954
  • 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
  • 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
  • Tax year 2020

    $4,304,362

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $65,047,550

Grants paid in 2025

20 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Chesapeake Bay FoundationAnnapolis, MD

    Unrestricted

    $833,333
  2. Clyburn Arboretum Friends IncBaltimore, MD

    Unrestricted

    $500,000
  3. St James AcademyMonkton, MD

    Unrestricted

    $500,000
  4. Stevenson UniversityOwings Mills, MD

    Scholarship program

    $263,092
  5. Loyola University MarylandBaltimore, MD

    Unrestricted

    $250,000
  6. Roanoke CollegeSalem, VA

    Unrestricted

    $250,000
  7. American Endowment FoundationHudson, OH

    Grants limited to qualifying public charities

    $200,000
  8. The Nature Conservancy in VaCharlottesville, VA

    Allegheny highlands endowment

    $200,000
  9. Notre Dame Preparatory SchoolTowson, MD

    Unrestricted

    $150,000
  10. Third Option FoundationReston, VA

    Unrestricted

    $150,000
  11. Entitlements How IncWashington, DC

    Unrestricted

    $100,000
  12. Operation Relief FundReston, VA

    Unrestricted

    $100,000
  13. Calvert Hall College of Baltimore CityTowson, MD

    Unrestricted

    $83,333
  14. SealkidsDublin, OH

    Unrestricted

    $75,000
  15. The Commit FoundationBozeman, MT

    Capital campaign

    $75,000
  16. The Rick Herrema FoundationFayetteville, NC

    Unrestricted

    $75,000
  17. The John Carroll SchoolBel Air, MD

    Unrestricted

    $62,500
  18. Gilchrist Center for Hospice CareHunt Valley, MD

    Capital campaign

    $60,000
  19. Wesley Theological SeminaryWashington, DC

    Capital campaign

    $25,000
  20. 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.

  1. Environment1 grant $833,33341% of the total
  2. Education4 grants $629,09231% of the total
  3. Human services3 grants $300,00015% of the total
  4. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $200,00010% of the total
  5. Health1 grant $75,0004% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Maryland10 grants $2,718,258
  2. Virginia4 grants $700,000
  3. Ohio2 grants $275,000
  4. Kentucky1 grant $100,000
  5. Montana1 grant $75,000
  6. North Carolina1 grant $75,000
  7. District of Columbia1 grant $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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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