Funding search · EIN 942870047 · Baltimore, MD

Van Strum Foundation 8833023

Name: Van Strum Foundation 8833023 grants, 2022–2025
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.

67
grants reported: $1.5M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $12,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

discretion scholarship circle endowment pledge primary

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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.

4 grants matching “markers” · $422,000

$25,000
Channel Marker · Easton, MD · 2025
Program support
$25,000
Channel Marker · Easton, MD · 2024
Program support
$122,000
Channel Marker · Easton, MD · 2023
Program support
$250,000
Channel Marker Foundation · Easton, MD · 2022
Primary project

Top recipients

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

Channel Marker Foundation1 grant · $250,000
Channel Marker3 grants · $172,000
McKenzie River Trust3 grants · $155,000
Critchlow Adkins Children Center4 grants · $131,000
Mid Atlantic Symphony Orchestra4 grants · $115,000
For All Seasons3 grants · $85,000
Smith College3 grants · $82,000
Modern Warriors Live4 grants · $74,000
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum4 grants · $60,000
Chesapeake Music4 grants · $53,000

Giving over time

$351,000

2022

$362,000

2023

$387,000

2024

$395,000

2025

Grant history

All 67 reported grants, largest first.

$250,000
Channel Marker Foundation · Easton, MD · 2022
Primary project
$122,000
Channel Marker · Easton, MD · 2023
Program support
$100,000
McKenzie River Trust · Eugene, OR · 2024
Program support
$50,000
For All Seasons · Easton, MD · 2025
Program support
$45,000
Critchlow Adkins Children Center · Easton, MD · 2025
Program support
$45,000
Mid Atlantic Symphony Orchestra · Ocean City, MD · 2024
Support of organization's
$45,000
McKenzie River Trust · Eugene, OR · 2023
Program support
$42,000
Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2024
Scholarship fund grant
$32,500
Mid Atlantic Symphony Orchestra · Ocean City, MD · 2025
Program support
$32,500
Critchlow Adkins Children Center · Easton, MD · 2023
Initiative and operating
$30,000
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum · St Michaels, MD · 2025
Program support
$30,000
Critchlow Adkins Children Center · Easton, MD · 2024
Initiative and operating
$25,000
Channel Marker · Easton, MD · 2025
Program support
$25,000
Modern Warriors Live · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Program support
$25,000
On This Spot · New York, NY · 2025
Program support
$25,000
Ymca of the Chesapeake · Easton, MD · 2025
Program support
$25,000
Channel Marker · Easton, MD · 2024
Program support
$25,000
Modern Warriors Live · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Program support
$23,500
Critchlow Adkins Children Center · Easton, MD · 2022
Initiative and operating
$22,000
Allegro Academy · Easton, MD · 2025
Program support
$20,000
Academy of the Arts Museum · Easton, MD · 2025
Endowment circle pledge
$20,000
Talbot Interfaith Shelter · Easton, MD · 2025
Program support
$20,000
For All Seasons · Easton, MD · 2024
Program support
$20,000
Mid Atlantic Symphony Orchestra · Ocean City, MD · 2023
Support of organization's
$20,000
Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2023
Scholarship fund grant
$20,000
Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2022
Scholarship fund grant
$18,000
Chesapeake Music · Easton, MD · 2025
Program support
$17,500
Mid Atlantic Symphony Orchestra · Ocean City, MD · 2022
Support of organization's
$15,000
For All Seasons · Easton, MD · 2023
Program support
$15,000
The Good Dog Foundation · Hudson, NY · 2023
Program support
$13,000
Chesapeake Music · Easton, MD · 2023
Program support
$12,000
Modern Warriors Live · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Program support
$12,000
Chesapeake Music · Easton, MD · 2022
General support
$12,000
Modern Warriors Live · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Program support
$11,000
Ojai Valley School · Ojai, CA · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Carpe Diem Arts · Silver Spring, MD · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Historical Society of Talbot County · Easton, MD · 2025
Program support
$10,000
McKenzie River Trust · Eugene, OR · 2025
Program support
$10,000
The Berry Center · New Castle, KY · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Academy of Art · Easton, MD · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum · St Michaels, MD · 2024
Support for discretion of
$10,000
Chesapeake Music · Easton, MD · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Talbot Interfaith Shelter · Easton, MD · 2024
Program support
$10,000
The Berry Center · New Castle, KY · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Academy of Art · Easton, MD · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum · St Michaels, MD · 2023
Support for discretion of
$10,000
Mscf - Frederick Douglass Honor Society · Easton, MD · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Talbot Interfaith Shelter · Easton, MD · 2023
Program support
$10,000
The Berry Center · New Castle, KY · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum · St Michaels, MD · 2022
Support for discretion of
$7,500
Macular Degeneration Association · Sarasota, FL · 2025
Program support
$7,500
Academy of the Arts Museum · Easton, MD · 2024
Program support
$5,500
Carpe Diem · Milford, OH · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Mid-Shore Community Foundation · Easton, MD · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Talbot Hospice Foundation · Easton, MD · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Allegro Academy · Easton, MD · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Historical Society of Talbot County · Easton, MD · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Mscf Frederick Douglass Honor · Easton, MD · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Talbot Hospice Foundation · Easton, MD · 2024
Support of organization's
$5,000
Benedictine School · Ridgely, MD · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Talbot Hospice Foundation · Easton, MD · 2023
Support of organization's
$5,000
Ymca of the Chesapeake · Easton, MD · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Talbot Hospice Foundation · Easton, MD · 2022
Support of organization's
$3,500
Carpe Diem Arts · Silver Spring, MD · 2024
Program support
$2,500
Easton Ymca · Easton, MD · 2024
Program support
$2,500
Historical Society of Talbot County · Easton, MD · 2023
Program support
$1,000
Umces Foundation · Cambridge, MD · 2022
Program support

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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.