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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 85-2271608

Hall Family Foundation

A private foundation in Baltimore, MD. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 10 grants and $1.2 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

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

    $1,200,572

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $12,326,398
  • Tax year 2024

    $60,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $12,487,343
  • Tax year 2023

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $11,522,551
  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $10,366,490
  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $2,892,534
  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $217,741
  • Tax year 2019

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $0

Grants paid in 2025

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Nature ConservancyArlington, VA

    Gift for vermont and new hampshire

    $400,272
  2. Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD

    J hunter young gift fund and lyme disease clinical research center

    $325,000
  3. Doctors Without Borders USA Inc Formerly Medecins Sans FrontieresNew York City, NY

    General support

    $100,000
  4. Metropolitan Alliance for Common GoodPortland, OR

    General support

    $75,300
  5. Greater Chicago Food DepositoryChicago, IL

    General support

    $75,000
  6. Portland Japanese Garden aka Japanese Garden Society of OregonPortland, OR

    General support

    $75,000
  7. PBS FoundationArlington, VA

    General support

    $50,000
  8. Wikimedia FoundationSan Francisco, CA

    General support

    $50,000
  9. The Loyola School IncBaltimore, MD

    Preschool/elementary two year-round scholarships

    $35,000
  10. University of Baltimore FoundationBaltimore, MD

    Shivers collection

    $15,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Public affairs1 grant $75,30028% of the total
  2. Food and agriculture1 grant $75,00028% of the total
  3. Education2 grants $65,00025% of the total
  4. Arts and culture1 grant $50,00019% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Virginia2 grants $450,272
  2. Maryland3 grants $375,000
  3. Oregon2 grants $150,300
  4. New York1 grant $100,000
  5. Illinois1 grant $75,000
  6. District of Columbia1 grant $50,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Marianne Schmitt HellauerTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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