Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers (ABAG)

The Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers (ABAG) is a network of non-profit and charity organizations within the Baltimore area which advocate for increased philanthropic spending towards policy areas including the local economy, healthcare, the environment, and the arts. 1

At-A-Glance

Formation:

1983

Location: Baltimore, MD View on map
Tax ID: 52-1326863
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $9,903,414 Revenue: $8,637,289 Expenses: $6,460,817

The Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers (ABAG) is a network of non-profit and charity organizations within the Baltimore area which advocate for increased philanthropic spending towards policy areas including the local economy, healthcare, the environment, and the arts. 1

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2024 $9,903,414 $8,637,289 $6,460,817 View
2023 $6,735,334 $7,072,416 $6,211,236 View
2022 $5,608,692 $4,830,304 $4,759,274 View
2021 $5,808,264 $5,920,100 $5,369,236 View
2020 $4,849,624 $5,406,100 $2,884,702 View

Prior year filings: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Revenue Detail

Expenses Detail

Employee Compensation

  • Number of Employees: 51

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
Danista E HuntePRESIDENT & CEO$180,001
Linda DworakDIRECTOR, BALTIMORE WORKFORCE FUNDERS COLLABORATIV$131,313
Eric Jackson JRSERVANT DIRECTOR, BLACK YIELD INSTITUTE$110,000
Elisabeth HyleckVICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS AND ENGAGEMENT$100,543

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $28,729,789
  • Number of Grants: 934
  • Number of Funders: 142

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$1,045,0002024 Jpmorgan Chase FoundationIN SUPPORT OF NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION
$717,9002024 Fund for Educational ExcellenceSUMMER FNDING, HEALING CITIES, REST
$480,0002025 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Incto support the general operations of this organization, which brings philanthropic organizations and partners together to promote alignment and action on issues affecting communities across Maryland
$425,0002020 Shift Work ForwardTo support the good jobs-job quality, supporting systems change, retail, and support-regional collaboratives programs
$410,0002023 Jpmorgan Chase FoundationIN SUPPORT OF UNDERSERVED SMALL BUSINESS EXPANSION
$390,0002024 Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncGeneral operating support
$359,3502021 Family League of Baltimore
$350,0002022 Family League of BaltimorePROGRAM SUPPORT
$349,9992023 Family League of Baltimore
$330,0002021 Shift Work ForwardTO SUPPORT THE CHANGE SYSTEMS & EQUIP WORKERS FOR SUCCESS PROGRAMS
$300,0002024 SURDNA FOUNDATION INCGeneral Support
$300,0002023 Alliance for Open Society International Incto enable the Revolve Fund, a fiscally sponsored project of the grantee, to provide capital to Black/African American, Latinx, and Native-American-led businesses, nonprofit organizations, financial intermediaries, and venture funds
$280,0002024 Family League of BaltimorePROGRAM SUPPORT
$270,0002020 The Annie E. Casey FoundationSupport Youth Empowered Society’s mission of supporting youth experiencing homelessness ages 14-25
$250,0002023 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
$250,0002023 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation IncTO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION AS A CONVENOR OF FUNDERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND TO SUPPORT SEVERAL AFFINITY GROUPS THAT FACILITATE LEARNING, COLLABORATION, AND ACTION ON ISSUES INCLUDING AGING, EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND HOUSING.
$200,0002024 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation IncTO SUPPORT THE GENERAL OPERATIONS OF THIS ORGANIZATION, WHICH BRINGS PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTNERS TOGETHER TO PROMOTE ALIGNMENT AND ACTION ON ISSUES AFFECTING COMMUNITIES ACROSS MARYLAND.
$200,0002022 The Nathan Cummings Foundation IncTo support the Revolve Fund (Revolve), a fiscally sponsored project of the Maryland Philanthropy Network (MPN). The Revolve Fund, created in 2020, is a U.S. philanthropic initiative that provides patient, interest-free capital to BIPOC-led businesses, nonprofit organizations, financial intermediaries, and venture funds, by using the tool of recoverable grants.
$200,0002021 The Rockefeller FoundationGrant for use by its Revolve Fund, toward the costs of a philanthropic initiative that will provide interest-free capital to Black, Latinx, and Indigenous-owned businesses and non-profit organizations in Baltimore, MD
$200,0002021 Alliance for Open Society International Incto disrupt the long-standing legacy of structural racism in Baltimore by supporting powerful social change movements led by, and centering the needs, interests and voices of, historically marginalized communities and communities of color by enabling Revolve Fund, a fiscally sponsored project of the Grantee, to provide catalytic patient, interest-free capital and expert partnership to Black/African American, Latinx, and Native American-led businesses, nonprofit organizations, financial intermediaries, and venture funds, in order to achieve social impact in Baltimore and to mitigate the effects of systemic barriers and economic discrimination
$190,0002021 Fund for Educational ExcellenceB'MORE INVESTED & SUMMER GRANT
$176,0002020 Baltimore Community FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT AND VARIOUS PROJECTS
$175,0002025 W.K. Kellogg FoundationJobs and Family Economic Security
$150,0002025 Bainum Family FoundationTO SUPPORT MPN TO CONVENE GROUPS TO DISCUSS POLICY ADVOCACY EFFORTS IN THE DMV AREA AND TO SUPPORT CONVENINGS AROUND PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.
$150,0002022 United Way of Central MarylandDESIGNATED AND OR GRANTED IN SUPPORT OF AGENCY PROGRAMS

All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $1,950,374
  • Number of Grants: 71
  • Number of Recipients: 60

Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$140,8502022 Kenneth S Battye Charitable TrustYOUTH EMPOWERED SOCIETY
$120,0002024 Healing Cities Inc DBA Healing City BaltimoreTO TRANSFER FISCAL PROJECT ASSETS TO NEWLY FORMED 501(C)(3)
$99,2552023 Maryland League of Conservation Voters IncOPERATIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE CLIMATE PARTNERS AFFINITY GROUP.
$90,8632020 Civic Works, Inc.ADVANCING CAREERS IN RETAIL INTIATIVE
$69,7372022 Baltimore Children and Youth Fund IncYOUTH EMPOWERED SOCIETT
$62,7612023 CASA, Inc.OPERATIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE CLIMATE PARTNERS AFFINITY GROUP.
$60,3902023 Sierra Club FoundationOPERATIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE CLIMATE PARTNERS AFFINITY GROUP.
$59,0002023 CHESAPEAKE CLIMATE ACTION NETWORKOPERATIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE CLIMATE PARTNERS AFFINITY GROUP.
$55,2652023 Center for Climate Strategies IncOPERATIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE CLIMATE PARTNERS AFFINITY GROUP.
$55,0002023 INSTITUTE FOR MARKET TRANSFORMATION INCOPERATIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE CLIMATE PARTNERS AFFINITY GROUP.
$50,0002024 Higher Purpose CoTO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE ACCESS TO CAPITAL TO SMALL BUSINESSES OWNED BY LOW-INCOME, MINORITY AND/OR OTHER DISADVANTAGED ENTREPRENEURS OR TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS WHO HISTORICALLY HAVE DIFFICULTY SECURING CAPITAL FROM TRADITIONAL SOURCES.
$50,0002024 Ignite Capital IncTO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE ACCESS TO CAPITAL TO SMALL BUSINESSES OWNED BY LOW-INCOME, MINORITY AND/OR OTHER DISADVANTAGED ENTREPRENEURS OR TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS WHO HISTORICALLY HAVE DIFFICULTY SECURING CAPITAL FROM TRADITIONAL SOURCES.
$50,0002024 Just Futures PbcTO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE ACCESS TO CAPITAL TO SMALL BUSINESSES OWNED BY LOW-INCOME, MINORITY AND/OR OTHER DISADVANTAGED ENTREPRENEURS OR TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS WHO HISTORICALLY HAVE DIFFICULTY SECURING CAPITAL FROM TRADITIONAL SOURCES.
$50,0002024 ResilncTO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE ACCESS TO CAPITAL TO SMALL BUSINESSES OWNED BY LOW-INCOME, MINORITY AND/OR OTHER DISADVANTAGED ENTREPRENEURS OR TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS WHO HISTORICALLY HAVE DIFFICULTY SECURING CAPITAL FROM TRADITIONAL SOURCES.
$50,0002023 Black Leaders DetroitOPERATIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY REVOLVE FUND.
$50,0002022 Ignite Capital IncSEED FUNDING FOR SOCIAL ENTREPENEURS
$50,0002022 Invest Detroit FoundationFAM PROGRAM TO SUPPORT BIPOC START UPS
$49,0002024 Revolve Fund IncTO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
$40,0002024 Civic Works, Inc.TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CENTERING WORKERS ON JOB DESIGN PROJECT
$40,0002023 Greenmount West Community Center Foundation IncOPERATIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY REVOLVE FUND.
$37,5002023 RMIOPERATIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE CLIMATE PARTNERS AFFINITY GROUP.
$37,0002020 Associated Black Charities Inc C/o Chris ThorntonECONOMIC MOBILITY
$25,5002020 Job Opportunities Task ForceECONOMIC MOBILITY
$25,0002023 Echoing Green IncOPERATIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY REVOLVE FUND.
$25,0002022 Greater Baybrook Alliance IncSMALL BUSINESS LOAN FUND

References

1. “Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers.” CauseIQ, Accessed April 18, 2023. https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/association-of-baltimore-area-grantmakers,521326863/