Funding search · EIN 526036106 · Baltimore, MD

The Abell Foundation

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$39.3M
in grants paid
1,136
grants
578
recipients
2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

  • $300,000

    Center for Urban Families · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Workforce development

  • $300,000

    University of Maryland Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Criminal justice and addiction

  • $250,000

    Beloved Community Services Corporation · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Criminal justice and addiction

  • $250,000

    Ingenuity Project · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Education

  • $250,000

    Baltimore Curriculum Project · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Education

  • $250,000

    Project Plase · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Criminal justice and addiction

  • $200,000

    Thread · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Education

  • $153,800

    Southeast Community Development Corporation · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Workforce development

  • $150,000

    Conscious Venture Lab Novella Center for Entrepreneurship · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Community development

  • $150,000

    Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Community development

  • $150,000

    Upsurge Baltimore Community · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Community development

  • $150,000

    Baltimore'S Promise Fund for Educational Excellence · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Education

  • $150,000

    Rose Street Community Center Southeast Community Development Corporation · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Workforce development

  • $135,000

    Rebuild Metro · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Community development

  • $125,000

    Turnaround Tuesday · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Workforce development

  • $120,000

    Maryland New Directions · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Workforce development

  • $110,000

    Teach for America-Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Education

  • $104,212

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Health and human services

  • $101,650

    Wide Angle Youth Media · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Education

  • $100,000

    Improving Education · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Education

  • $100,000

    The Work First Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Workforce development

  • $100,000

    St Ambrose Housing Aid Center · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Criminal justice and addiction

  • $100,000

    Maryland Food Bank · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Health and human services

  • $100,000

    Jane Addams Resource Corporation · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Workforce development

  • $100,000

    Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Health and human services

  • $100,000

    Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Criminal justice and addiction

  • $100,000

    Project Plase · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Criminal justice and addiction

  • $100,000

    Civil Justice · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Community development

  • $100,000

    Baltimore Squashwise · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Health and human services

  • $100,000

    Friendly Loving Opportunities · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Workforce development

  • $100,000

    Vehicles for Change · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Workforce development

  • $100,000

    Baltimore Education Research Consortium · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Education

  • $100,000

    The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Community development

  • $95,473

    Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Community development

  • $92,589

    University of Maryland Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Criminal justice and addiction

  • $90,000

    Healthy Neighborhoods · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Community development

  • $87,500

    Springboard Collaborative · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Education

  • $85,000

    Johns Hopkins University School of Education · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Education

  • $83,333

    The Loyola School · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Education

  • $80,779

    Volunteers of America Chesapeake & Carolinas · Lanham, MD · 2024

    Criminal justice and addiction

  • $80,000

    Imentor Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Education

  • $80,000

    Climate Access Fund Corporation · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Community development

  • $80,000

    29th Street Community Center · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Health and human services

  • $80,000

    Moveable Feast · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Health and human services

  • $75,000

    Grow Home · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Workforce development

  • $75,000

    Public Justice Center · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Health and human services

  • $75,000

    Prepare · Gaithersburg, MD · 2024

    Criminal justice and addiction

  • $75,000

    Civic Works · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Community development

  • $75,000

    Lydia'S House in Southeast · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Workforce development

  • $74,982

    Southeast Community Development Corporation · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Workforce development

  • $67,500

    Medstar Harbor Hospital · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Health and human services

  • $65,711

    Mayor'S Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Criminal justice and addiction

  • $62,500

    Npower · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Workforce development

  • $62,500

    Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition Inc Dba Economic Action Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Community development

  • $62,500

    Baltimore Corps · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Community development

  • $61,500

    Homeless Persons Representation Project · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Health and human services

  • $60,522

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Health and human services

  • $60,000

    Homeless Persons Representation Project · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Health and human services

  • $60,000

    Umbc Foundation · Adelphi, MD · 2024

    Education

  • $60,000

    Rails-To-Trails Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2024

    Environment

  • $60,000

    National Center On Institutions and Alternatives · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Workforce development

  • $60,000

    The Urban Alliance Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Education

  • $60,000

    Urban Teacher Center Dba City Teaching Alliance · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Education

  • $60,000

    The Maryland Book Bank · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Education

  • $60,000

    Goucher College · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Education

  • $54,550

    Office of the Public Defender · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Criminal justice and addiction

  • $50,000

    Improving Education · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Education

  • $50,000

    Cash Campaign of Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Workforce development

  • $50,000

    Keys Empowers · Gwynn Oak, MD · 2024

    Health and human services

  • $50,000

    Center for Hope · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Criminal justice and addiction

  • $50,000

    Special Education Policy and Advocacy Project Fund for Educational Excelle · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Education

  • $50,000

    Vision To Learn Focusing Philanthropy · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Health and human services

  • $50,000

    Charlotte'S Web Enrichment Center · Hyattsville, MD · 2024

    Criminal justice and addiction

  • $50,000

    Higher Achievement Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Education

  • $50,000

    4mycity · Taneytown, MD · 2024

    Health and human services

  • $50,000

    Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Health and human services

  • $50,000

    Franciscan Center · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Health and human services

  • $50,000

    Paul'S Place · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Health and human services

  • $50,000

    Soccer Without Borders Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Health and human services

  • $50,000

    Heartsmiles · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Workforce development

  • $50,000

    Healthy Neighborhoods · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Community development

  • $50,000

    Baltimore Medical System · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Health and human services

  • $50,000

    Greenlight Fund · Boston, MA · 2024

    Education

  • $50,000

    University of Maryland Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Health and human services

  • $50,000

    At Jacob'S Well · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Criminal justice and addiction

  • $50,000

    Drexel University - Nowak Metro Finance Lab · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Community development

  • $50,000

    Ncadd-Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Criminal justice and addiction

  • $50,000

    Saint Agnes Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Health and human services

  • $50,000

    Per Scholas · Bronx, NY · 2024

    Workforce development

  • $50,000

    Maryland Dental Action Coalition · Columbia, MD · 2024

    Health and human services

  • $50,000

    Banner Neighborhoods Community Corporation · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Community development

  • $50,000

    Job Opportunities Task Force · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Workforce development

  • $50,000

    Behavioral Health Leadership Institute · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Criminal justice and addiction

  • $50,000

    From the Heart Productions · Oxnard, CA · 2024

    Criminal justice and addiction

  • $50,000

    Kids in Need of Defense · Washington, DC · 2024

    Health and human services

  • $50,000

    Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Workforce development

  • $50,000

    Baltimore City Competitive Robotics Program Fund for Educational Excellenc · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Education

  • $50,000

    Fund for Educational Excellence · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Education

  • $45,121

    Baltimore Alliance for Careers in Healthcare · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Workforce development

  • $45,000

    Homeless Persons Representation Project · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Health and human services

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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. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.