Funding search · EIN 526036106 · Baltimore, MD

The Abell Foundation

Name: The Abell 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.

1,136
grants reported: $39.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $19,750
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.

What they fund

development matching health human services community education gift

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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 “criminal justice reform” · $150,000

$150,000
National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Criminal justice and addiction

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Ingenuity Project3 grants · $990,000
Civic Works13 grants · $925,204
Center for Urban Families4 grants · $910,000
Thread4 grants · $802,500
University of Maryland Baltimore8 grants · $627,589
Baltimore'S Promise Fund for Educational Excellence4 grants · $583,750
Johns Hopkins University9 grants · $563,834
Southeast Community Development Corporation12 grants · $529,251
Public Justice Center7 grants · $527,500
The Work First Foundation4 grants · $500,000

Giving over time

$13.0M

2022

$13.7M

2023

$12.7M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,136 grants.

$400,000
Thread · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Education
$370,000
Ingenuity Project · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Education
$370,000
Ingenuity Project · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Education
$300,000
Center for Urban Families · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Workforce development
$300,000
University of Maryland Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Criminal justice and addiction
$300,000
Center for Urban Families · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Workforce development
$300,000
Center for Urban Families · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Workforce development
$260,000
Emerging Technology Centers · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Community development
$250,000
Baltimore Curriculum Project · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Education
$250,000
Beloved Community Services Corporation · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Criminal justice and addiction
$250,000
Ingenuity Project · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Education
$250,000
Project Plase · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Criminal justice and addiction
$250,000
Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Workforce development
$250,000
Patterson Park Public Charter School · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Education
$250,000
Roca · Chelsea, MA · 2023
Criminal justice and addiction
$233,750
Baltimore'S Promise Fund for Educational Excellence · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Education
$232,917
Rose Street Community Center · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Workforce development
$200,000
Thread · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Education
$200,000
Civic Works · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Workforce development
$200,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Education
$200,000
Kipp Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Education
$200,000
St Francis Neighborhood Center · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Health and human services
$200,000
Thread · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Education
$200,000
Civic Works · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Community development
$200,000
Living Classrooms Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Workforce development
$200,000
The Work First Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Workforce development
$185,000
Venture for America · New York, NY · 2023
Community development
$185,000
Venture for America · New York, NY · 2022
Community development
$175,000
Public Justice Center · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Health and human services
$175,000
Springboard Collaborative · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Education
$153,800
Southeast Community Development Corporation · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Workforce development
$150,000
Baltimore'S Promise Fund for Educational Excellence · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Education
$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
Rose Street Community Center Southeast Community Development Corporation · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Workforce development
$150,000
Upsurge Baltimore Community · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Community development
$150,000
Baltimore'S Promise Fund for Educational Excellence · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Education
$150,000
Conscious Venture Lab Novella Center for Entrepreneurship · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Community development
$150,000
Job Opportunities Task Force · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Workforce development
$150,000
Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Community development
$150,000
National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Criminal justice and addiction
$150,000
New Vision House of Hope · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Criminal justice and addiction
$150,000
Rose Street Community Center Southeast Community Development Corporation · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Workforce development
$150,000
American Witness · Washington, DC · 2022
Criminal justice and addiction
$150,000
Equal Justice Works · Washington, DC · 2022
Community development
$150,000
Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Community development
$150,000
Public Justice Center · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Community development
$150,000
Rose Street Community Center Southeast Cdc · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Workforce development
$135,000
Rebuild Metro · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Community development
$135,000
Rebuild Metro · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Community development
$125,000
Turnaround Tuesday · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Workforce development
$125,000
Npower · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Workforce development
$125,000
Tuerk House · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Criminal justice and addiction
$125,000
Turnaround Tuesday · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Workforce development
$125,000
Baltimore Corps · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Community development
$125,000
Dc Witness · Washington, DC · 2022
Criminal justice and addiction
$125,000
Teach for America Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Education
$125,000
Turnaround Tuesday · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Workforce development
$123,880
Homeless Persons Representation Project · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Health and human services
$120,000
Maryland New Directions · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Workforce development
$120,000
Maryland New Directions · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Workforce development
$120,000
Maryland New Directions · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Workforce development
$110,000
Teach for America-Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Education
$105,227
Mayor'S Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Criminal justice and addiction
$105,000
Sierra Club Maryland Chapter Maryland Philanthropy Network · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Environment
$104,212
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Health and human services
$101,650
Wide Angle Youth Media · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Education
$101,650
Wide Angle Youth Media · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Education
$100,000
Baltimore Education Research Consortium · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Education
$100,000
Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Criminal justice and addiction
$100,000
Baltimore Squashwise · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Health and human services
$100,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Health and human services
$100,000
Civil Justice · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Community development
$100,000
Friendly Loving Opportunities · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Workforce development
$100,000
Improving Education · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Education
$100,000
Jane Addams Resource Corporation · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Workforce development
$100,000
Maryland Food Bank · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Health and human services
$100,000
Project Plase · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Criminal justice and addiction
$100,000
St Ambrose Housing Aid Center · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Criminal justice and addiction
$100,000
The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Community development
$100,000
The Work First Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Workforce development
$100,000
Vehicles for Change · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Workforce development
$100,000
Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Criminal justice and addiction
$100,000
Baltimore Police Departmentmayor'S Office of Neighborhood Safety & Engageme · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Criminal justice and addiction
$100,000
Center for Hope · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Criminal justice and addiction
$100,000
Central Baltimore Partnership · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Community development
$100,000
Civil Justice · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Community development
$100,000
Health Care for the Homeless · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Health and human services
$100,000
Healthy Neighborhoods · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Community development
$100,000
Jane Addams Resource Corporation · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Workforce development
$100,000
Next One Up Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Health and human services
$100,000
St Ambrose Housing Aid Center · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Community development
$100,000
Teach for America Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Education
$100,000
The Work First Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Workforce development
$100,000
University of Maryland Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Health and human services
$100,000
Vehicles for Change · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Workforce development
$100,000
An End To Ignorance · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Health and human services
$100,000
Baltimore City Mayor'S Office Baltimore Civic Fund · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Health and human services
$100,000
Baltimore Robotics League Fund for Educational Excellence · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Education
$100,000
Byte Back · Washington, DC · 2022
Workforce development

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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.