Private foundation
GERMANTOWN, MDEIN
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2025 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Giving by year
Total assets by year
| Year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Giving | Assets | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 990-PF | $226,367 | $388,146 | $369,163 | $3,515,118 |
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 35% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmer Eye Institute (Fund for Johns Hopkins Med)BALTIMORE, MD | To fund research into treatment of retinal degeneration. | $150,000 | 2023 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed.
| $3,215,118 |
| FY2024 | 990-PF | $429,892 | $390,137 | $370,621 | $3,687,471 | $3,383,891 |
| FY2023 | 990-PF | $239,091 | $364,990 | $345,342 | $3,624,344 | $3,346,304 |
| FY2022 | 990-PF | $155,578 | $348,755 | $329,007 | $3,747,436 | $3,472,171 |
| FY2021 | 990-PF | $180,248 | $394,086 | $372,058 | $3,992,721 | $3,672,721 |
| FY2020 | 990-PF | $187,865 | $368,955 | $348,688 | $4,172,777 | $3,892,777 |
| FY2019 | 990-PF | $279,108 | $372,717 | $350,494 | $4,364,727 | $4,074,727 |
| FY2018 | 990-PF | $56,530 | $394,849 | $362,208 | $4,468,514 | $4,166,764 |
| FY2017 | 990-PF | $378,389 | $425,602 | $389,709 | $4,813,363 | $4,528,363 |
| FY2016 | 990-PF | $424,211 | $404,116 | $368,939 | $4,909,113 | $4,619,113 |
| Wilmer Eye Institute (Fund for Johns Hopkins Med)BALTIMORE, MD |
| To fund research into treatment of retinal degeneration. |
| $150,000 |
| 2024 |
| Wilmer Eye Institute (Fund for Johns Hopkins Med)BALTIMORE, MD | To fund research into treatment of retinal degeneration. | $150,000 | 2025 |
| WILMER EYE INSTITUTEBethesda, MD | To fund Wilmer Eye Institute. | $114,000 | 2022 |
| FUND FOR JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINEBALTIMORE, MD | TO FUND CUSTOM DESIGNED HIPAA PROTECTED DATABASE PLATFORM TO SECURELY HOUSE GENETIC INFO. | $30,000 | 2021 |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSEBOONE, NC | To fund disaster relief efforts after 2024's catastrophic flooding in North Carolina. | $23,500 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross Disaster ReliefWashington, DC | For hurricane relief efforts | $20,000 | 2017 |
| Suburban Hospital FoundationBethesda, MD | Fourth installment of five-year pledge toward hospital renovation | $20,000 | 2017 |
| Suburban Hospital FoundationBethesda, MD | Final installment of five-year pledge toward hospital renovation. | $20,000 | 2018 |
| Salvation Army National Capital AreWashington, DC | To support disaster relief efforts after hurricanes | $20,000 | 2017 |
| Suburban Hospital FoundationBethesda, MD | Third installment of five-year pledge toward hospital renovation | $20,000 | 2016 |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSEBOONE, NC | To fund disaster relief efforts in the US. | $13,000 | 2025 |
| Prospect Hill CemeteryLocust Grove, VA | To fund repairs to walkways and roadways at historic Washington DC cemetery | $11,000 | 2016 |
| SECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE CENTERGAITHERBURG, MD | To pay for food, medicine, supplies & cage furnishINGS FOR REHABBING ANIMALS. | $10,000 | 2021 |
| Baton Rouge Area FoundationBaton Rouge, LA | To help pay for disaster relief efforts in LA after historic flooding | $10,000 | 2016 |
| Heroes Helping HeroesBaltimore, MD | To support after-school outreach project to help at-risk children | $10,000 | 2017 |
| PROSPECT HILL CEMETERYLOCUST GROVE, VA | TO FUND REPAIRS OF ROADWAYS & WALKWAYS ON CEMETERY GROUNDS. | $10,000 | 2022 |
| Colonial Williamsburg FoundationWilliamsburg, VA | To fund American Milking Devon Cattle breeding program | $10,000 | 2017 |
| Partner for SurgeryMcLean, VA | To fund medical services in rural Guatemala | $10,000 | 2017 |
| Nature Conservancy of MDDCBethesda, MD | To support Chesapeake Bay watershed conservation | $10,000 | 2017 |
| PROSPECT HILL CEMETERYLOCUST GROVE, VA | TO FUND REPAIRS OF ROADWAYS & WALKWAYS ON CEMETERY GROUNDS. | $10,000 | 2021 |
| Heroes Helping HeroesBaltimore, MD | To support after-school outreach project to help at-risk children. | $10,000 | 2018 |
| A Wider CircleBethesda, MD | To fund beds, furniture, other essentials for families living in poverty | $10,000 | 2017 |
| HOPE HOUSEWASHINGTON, DC | TO SUPPORT READING PROGRAM, SUMMER CAMP, AND COLLEGE CHALLENGE. | $10,000 | 2021 |
| Partner for SurgeryMcLean, VA | To fund medical services in rural Guatemala | $10,000 | 2016 |