Funding search · EIN 942870047 · Baltimore, MD

Van Strum Foundation 8833023

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

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.