Funding search · EIN 261300940 · Brooklandville, MD

The Plank Family Foundation

Name: The Plank Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

18
grants reported: $3.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $87,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

1 grant matching “glyndon” · $5,000

$5,000
Glyndon Fire Department · Glyndon, MD · 2024
2024 donation

Grant history

All 18 reported grants, largest first.

$1.0M
Best Is Ahead Foundation · College Park, MD · 2024
2024 donation
$700,000
Best Is Ahead Foundation · College Park, MD · 2023
2023 donation
$500,000
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2024
Terrapin club impact fund gift
$250,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Scholar support for rheumatology
$125,000
Westlake Youth Athletic Organization · Waldorf, MD · 2023
2023 donation
$125,000
Best Is Ahead Foundation · College Park, MD · 2022
2022 donation
$125,000
Westlake Youth Athletic Organization · Waldorf, MD · 2022
2022 donation
$125,000
Whip Fundraising · Rembert, SC · 2022
"this too shall pass" sponsorship
$100,000
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center · Batlimore, MD · 2024
2024 donation
$75,000
Westlake Youth Athletic Association · Waldorf, MD · 2024
2024 donation
$25,000
Alsacst Jude · Memphis, TN · 2022
The 14th annual st. Jude taste of oxford
$21,800
Best Buddies International · Miami, FL · 2024
2023 best buddies miami gala sponsorship
$19,577
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2024
Donation of speaker system for football tunnel
$15,000
Lindsey Vonn Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
2022 donation
$5,000
Chestnut Ridge Fire Department · Owings Mills, MD · 2024
2024 donation
$5,000
Glyndon Fire Department · Glyndon, MD · 2024
2024 donation
$5,000
Maplewood Athletic Association · Bethesda, MD · 2024
2024 donation
$5,000
Maplewood Athletic Association · Silver Spring, MD · 2023
Platinum sponsorship for the 2022 maplewood athletic associaion banquet

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.