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Grants and funding in Maryland

10,945 foundations reported granting into Maryland on their most recent IRS filings: 33,762 itemized grants worth $3.9B between them. On top of that, twenty-five live grant programs and 153 contract opportunities are specific to Maryland, alongside 4,125 nationwide programs also open here.

foundations granting into the state
10,945
of 129,000+ funders on file
in itemized grants into the state
$3.9B
across 33,762 grants on IRS filings
live grants specific to Maryland
25
of 4,800+ open grants tracked nationwide
community lenders serving the state
61
of 480+ CDFIs on file

What a typical foundation grant runs here

The 10,945 foundations granting into Maryland, grouped by the average size of their grants. The middle of this chart is where most applications belong: funders whose typical check runs in the thousands.

469
2,499
3,934
2,465
1,321
164
Under $1K$1K–5K$5K–25K$25K–100K$100K–1MOver $1M
Grantmaking foundations that reported granting into this state, bucketed by their average grant size. Foundation figures come from IRS filings for tax year 2022, as of October 1, 2026.

Who gives the most into Maryland

The five foundations reporting the largest itemized grant dollars into Maryland on their most recent filings.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$539M
Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$297M
The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc$215M
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital$101M
University of Maryland College Park$92M
Itemized grants into Maryland from each foundation’s most recent IRS filing, as of October 1, 2026. A linked name accepts applications and has a profile here.

What the live Maryland grants offer

Award ceilings on the Maryland-specific programs that publish one.

5
5
1
1
1
0
0
Under $10K$10K–50K$50K–100K$100K–250K$250K–1M$1M–5MOver $5M
Thirteen of twenty-five live Maryland-specific grants publish a ceiling; the rest say the amount varies. As of November 1, 2026.

Who the Maryland-specific grants are for

Of the twenty-five live grant programs specific to Maryland, here is who the announcements name. One program can name several groups. six more are open to any organization type.

Nonprofits23
Cities and towns5
Tribal organizations4

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The lenders almost nobody checks

Sixty-one community development lenders serve Maryland: below-market debt that takes no ownership, for organizations a bank would make wait. Among them: Community Reinvestment Fund, Inc., NDN Fund, Inc., Community Impact Loan Fund, Local Enterprise Assistance Fund, Accion Opportunity Fund. Quillify tracks 480+ nationwide alongside the grants, because the right answer to a funding gap is sometimes a loan you can actually get.

Opportunity figures count live, unexpired programs as of November 1, 2026. Foundation figures come from IRS filings for tax year 2022.

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