The Community Trust Foundation Inc

Maryland Humanities Council Inc

Baltimore, MD

Maryland Humanities Council funds general operating support for Maryland nonprofits whose work focuses substantially on the humanities, including museums, historic sites, and cultural organizations. Its FY27 guidelines offered $5,000 grants; 2025 awards ranged from $6,000 to $75,000, with a $10,000 median. The stated FY27 application window has closed, and the profile does not say whether unsolicited requests are accepted.

Friends of All Critters at Shelters

Potomac, MD

To protect animals from abuse and abandonment

Thomas F and Laura Moogan Family Foundation L

Wellsville, NY

The foundation supports community organizations, including health care, emergency services, libraries, animal welfare, and local history, primarily in New York, with some funding in Nebraska. Its 2025 grants ranged from $250 to $4,000, with a median of $1,000; it does not accept unsolicited requests and gives only to preselected charities.

The Blaine and Loren Ward

Hagerstown, MD

The Blaine and Loren Ward funds domestic animal welfare organizations and scholarships for veterinary and accredited veterinary technician students. In 2024, it awarded 13 grants ranging from $1,490 to $40,000, with a median of $13,000, mainly in Maryland, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

United Way of Buffalo and Erie County

Buffalo, NY

United Way of Buffalo and Erie County funds local health and human-service programs focused on community resiliency, financial security, healthy communities, and youth opportunity, with its 2025 process serving eligible nonprofits in Erie County. Typical one-year awards were expected to be $25,000–$75,000; the 2025 application period is closed, and the profile does not state whether unsolicited requests are accepted.

Donald and Virginia Moran Foundation Inc

Westernport, MD

The Nancy Sherertz Family

Baltimore, MD

The Nancy Sherertz Family supports animal rescue and welfare, veterinary aid, and wildlife and marine-mammal conservation, with 2024 grants ranging from $3,000 to $80,000 and a median of $6,000. Based in Baltimore, it gave most of its 2024 funding to organizations in Maryland and Utah, with grants also reaching other states. Its filing says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations; no application form or deadline is listed.

The William and Jean Schulte Foundation

Woodbine, MD

The foundation supports organizations working in areas including faith-based and teen programs, animal welfare, family violence services, senior programs, and children’s therapeutic programs. Its 13 grants in 2024 totaled $32,000, ranging from $100 to $8,400, with a median of $1,000; giving was concentrated in Maryland, with additional grants in Delaware, South Carolina, Texas, and Illinois. It accepts written requests and does not limit giving to preselected organizations.

J Norman & Margaret J Reeves Private Foundat

Oakland, MD

The foundation supports improved living and working conditions and educational and social opportunities for people in or near Westernport and Luke, Maryland, and Keyser and Piedmont, West Virginia; recent grants funded food assistance, libraries, after-school programs, medical services, and municipal repairs. In 2025, it awarded grants of $500 to $8,000, with a median of $2,000. It does not limit giving to preselected organizations and provides an application form; the filing lists a September 1 annual deadline.

Meals on Wheels America

Arlington, VA

Meals on Wheels America funds project support for local community organizations serving older adults, particularly through meals and related services that address hunger, isolation, health, and independence. In 2025, grants ranged from $5,075 to $1,010,000, with a median of $13,410, and went to organizations across the United States. Its website describes an online application system for open opportunities; it does not state whether unsolicited requests are accepted.

Annie E Casey Foundation Inc

Baltimore, MD

The Annie E. Casey Foundation funds U.S. nonprofits and other partners working to improve outcomes for children and young people, including family strengthening, child welfare, education, employment, community development and juvenile justice. In 2024, grants ranged from $50 to $1,185,000, with a median of $40,000. Grants are by invitation only; it does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg

Owings Mills, MD

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation funds direct services, programs, general operations, and capital projects in housing, health, jobs, education, and aging for low-income and vulnerable people. Its 2024 grants had a median of $50,000; its Small Grants Program offers up to $50,000 over two years, with funding focused on Baltimore, Hawaiʻi, Israel, and Northeastern Pennsylvania. It awards grants by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests.