Funding search · EIN 526723302 · Baltimore, MD

Sherman Family Foundation

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

308
grants reported
$51.4M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$30,680
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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Top recipients

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  • Umbcuniversity System of Maryland Foundation3 grants · $8.9M
  • Usm Fdn1 grant · $7.0M
  • Center for Urban Families3 grants · $2.9M
  • The Y of Central Maryland3 grants · $2.2M
  • Long Island University2 grants · $1.7M
  • Point Source Youth3 grants · $1.6M
  • United Way of Central Maryland3 grants · $1.5M
  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra3 grants · $1.4M
  • Fund for Educational Excellence3 grants · $1.4M
  • Teach for America Baltimore3 grants · $1.3M

Giving over time

$13.1M
2022
$19.3M
2023
$19.0M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 308 grants.

  • $7.0M

    Usm Fdn · Adelphi, MD · 2022

    General operations

  • $6.0M

    Umbcuniversity System of Maryland Foundation · Adelphi, MD · 2023

    General operations

  • $2.9M

    Umbcuniversity System of Maryland Foundation · Adelphi, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $2.3M

    Center for Urban Families · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $1.6M

    Long Island University · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $1.4M

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $1.0M

    The Y of Central Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General operstions

  • $1.0M

    The Y of Central Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operstions

  • $1.0M

    Point Source Youth · New York, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $740,000

    Fund for Educational Excellence · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $585,000

    Fund for Educational Excellence · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General operations

  • $550,000

    Teach for America Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General operations

  • $525,000

    Mpt Foundation · Owings Mills, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $510,000

    United Way of Central Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $500,000

    Point Source Youth · New York, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $500,000

    Roland Park Community Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $500,000

    Teach for America Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $500,000

    University of Md Baltimore Fdn · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $500,000

    Bay Chamber Concerts & Music School · Rockport, ME · 2023

    General operations

  • $500,000

    Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2023

    General operations

  • $500,000

    United Way of Central Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General operations

  • $500,000

    University of Md Baltimore Fdn · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General operations

  • $500,000

    Bay Chamber Concerts & Music School · Rockport, ME · 2022

    General operations

  • $500,000

    Jackson Health Foundation · Miami, FL · 2022

    General operations

  • $500,000

    Umms Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General operations

  • $450,000

    United Way of Central Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General operations

  • $400,000

    Boys and Girls Club of Metro Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $400,000

    Boys and Girls Club of Metro Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General operations

  • $400,000

    Thread · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General operations

  • $390,000

    Family Tree the · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $365,000

    Baltimore Community Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $350,000

    Roland Park Community Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General operations

  • $340,000

    Family Tree the · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General operations

  • $300,000

    Cherry Hill Strong · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $300,000

    Thread · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $300,000

    Center for Urban Families · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General operations

  • $300,000

    Cherry Hill Stron · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General operations

  • $300,000

    Center for Urban Families · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General operations

  • $278,500

    Family Tree the · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General operations

  • $250,000

    Maine Public · Lewiston, ME · 2024

    General operations

  • $250,000

    Maryland Family Network · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $250,000

    The Baltimore Childrens Museum · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $250,000

    The Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $250,000

    Upsurge Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $250,000

    Baltimore Curriculum · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General operations

  • $250,000

    Patterson Park Public Charter School · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General operations

  • $250,000

    Upsurge Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General operations

  • $250,000

    Baltimore Curriculum · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General operations

  • $250,000

    Dream Big Foundation · Crownsville, MD · 2022

    General operations

  • $250,000

    Teach for America Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General operations

  • $200,100

    Baltimore Museum of Arts · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General operations

  • $200,000

    Maine Health · Augusta, ME · 2024

    General operations

  • $200,000

    Kipp 3d Academy · Houston, TX · 2023

    General operations

  • $200,000

    Green Street Academy · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General operations

  • $200,000

    Rebuild Baltimore Metro · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General operations

  • $200,000

    The Y of Central Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General operstions

  • $175,000

    Kipp 3d Academy · Houston, TX · 2024

    General operations

  • $150,000

    Baltimore Abortion Fund · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $150,000

    Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2024

    General operations

  • $150,000

    Medstar Harbor Hospital · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $150,000

    Springboard Collaborative · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General operations

  • $150,000

    Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $150,000

    Family League of Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General operations

  • $150,000

    Maryland Family Network · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General operations

  • $150,000

    Urban Teachers · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General operations

  • $146,000

    Baltimore Leadership School · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General operations

  • $125,000

    Bridges Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $125,000

    Foundation for Blsyw · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $125,000

    Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General operations

  • $125,000

    Point Source Youth · New York, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $120,000

    We Will All Rise · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $120,000

    Baltimore Design School · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General operations

  • $115,000

    Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $110,174

    Long Island University · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $110,000

    Parks & People Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $106,700

    Maryland Family Network · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General operations

  • $105,000

    Fund for Educational Excellence · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General operations

  • $101,500

    Collegebound Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General operations

  • $100,000

    Family League of Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $100,000

    Improving Education · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $100,000

    Planned Parenthood · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $100,000

    Rebuild Baltimore Metro · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $100,000

    Women'S Health Center of West Virginia · Cresaptown, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $100,000

    Maine Health · Augusta, ME · 2023

    General operations

  • $100,000

    Medstar Harbor Hospital · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General operations

  • $100,000

    Parks & People Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General operations

  • $100,000

    Planned Parenthood · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General operations

  • $100,000

    Rebuild Baltimore Metro · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General operations

  • $100,000

    We Will All Rise · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General operations

  • $100,000

    Whole Womans Health · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General operations

  • $100,000

    Maine Health · Augusta, ME · 2022

    General operations

  • $100,000

    Parks & People Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General operations

  • $100,000

    Thread · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    General operations

  • $90,000

    An End To Ignorance · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    General operations

  • $80,000

    Brooklyn Institute of Art · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $80,000

    Maryland Reads · Kensington, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $80,000

    Parentchild · New York, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $75,000

    Arts for Learning Maryland · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $75,000

    B360 · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

  • $75,000

    Cristo Rey Jesuit High School · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    General operations

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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.