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Private foundation (trust)EIN 526036106Est. 1955-03

THE ABELL FOUNDATION INC

BALTIMORE, MD 212026174

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$296.4M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$13.4M

FY 2024

Grants Made

391

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$34K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$188–$300K

Typical

Deadlines

Grant requests are considered 5 times …

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$15K

Michael jones mentoring group driving academy inc.: in support of integrating driving instruction into the police cadet program curriculum so cadets can earn their driver's licenses by the time they are eligible to join baltimore police department.

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$13.4M

Total Expenses

$18.2M

Qualifying Distributions

$17.6M

Distributable Amount

$15.8M

Min. Investment Return

$15.8M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

391 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $188 through median $20K to maximum $300K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

2 years

Giving over time from 2023 to 2024. Peak $13.4M in 2024. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

500 grants

INGENUITY PROJECT INC
$620K
2 grants
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE
$613K
6 grants
CENTER FOR URBAN FAMILIES INC
$600K
2 grants
ROSE STREET COMMUNITY CENTER SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
$600K
4 grants
CIVIC WORKS INC
$440K
6 grants
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
$421K
5 grants
HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS INC
$420K
5 grants
THREAD INC
$403K
3 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
163
grants
$10–50K
194
grants
$50–250K
139
grants
$250K–1M
4
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

9 states

Maryland
$21.3M
90% of total
New York
$805K
3% of total
District of Columbia
$581K
2% of total
Massachusetts
$388K
2% of total
Pennsylvania
$313K
1% of total
California
$250K
1% of total
Virginia
$100K
0% of total
Florida
$25K
0% of total
Rhode Island
$375
0% of total

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