Washington County Mental Health Authority

The Pedersen Foundation

Tysons, VA

The Pedersen Foundation funds national security and those who serve and protect the country, neuroaesthetics, and Americans’ health, wellbeing, and resiliency. Its 2024 grants ranged from $5,000 to $1.1 million, with a median of $10,000, and mostly went to organizations in Michigan and Virginia. It funds only preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

The Sylvan C Herman Foundation Inc

Washington, DC

Delaplaine Foundation Inc

Frederick, MD

The Delaplaine Foundation supports nonprofit programs in arts and culture, education, health, human services, historical preservation, and spiritual enlightenment, with most funding focused on Frederick County, Maryland; preservation and spiritual-enlightenment grants may also serve surrounding regions. Its 2025 grants ranged from $300 to $200,000, with a median of $10,000. Although its filing says it does not accept unsolicited requests, its website describes application processes for first-time and returning applicants.

Enterprise Holdings Foundation

Saint Louis, MO

Enterprise Holdings Foundation supports nonprofits in health, education, arts, disaster relief, reforestation, hunger relief, and community equity, with an emphasis on organizations actively supported by Enterprise employees and their families. Its reported grants range widely: 2024 giving averaged about $7,700 across 9,499 grants, while the foundation also offers awards of up to $40,000; it supports communities where Enterprise operates worldwide. Unsolicited requests are accepted at any time, but eligible applications must be submitted by an Enterprise team member or their spouse or domestic partner on behalf of a nonprofit they actively support.

Campbell Foundation Inc

Timonium, MD

The foundation funds environmental and community-focused nonprofits working on water, agriculture, watershed advocacy, equity, food security, education, and related needs. Recent 2025 grants ranged from $500 to $20,000, with a $2,000 median; its focus includes Maryland’s Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays, California’s San Francisco Bay watershed, and specified communities in Pennsylvania. Its website describes unsolicited grant cycles, but its 2025 filing says it accepts no unsolicited requests and gives only to preselected organizations.

The Community Foundation of Washington County Maryland Inc

Hagerstown, MD

The Community Foundation of Washington County supports qualified nonprofits and community causes across a broad range of needs, as well as scholarships, primarily in Washington County, Maryland. Its 2025 grants ranged from $5,150 to $515,250, with a median award of $15,000. Nonprofits can apply through specific funding opportunities and application periods; whether unsolicited requests are accepted is not stated.

The Maryland Food Bank Inc

Baltimore, MD

The Maryland Food Bank funds community organizations working to improve food access, strengthen partner capacity, and address the root causes of hunger, primarily in Maryland. Its 2025 grants ranged from $5,044 to $750,000, with a median of $7,000; grants also went to organizations in Washington, DC, Georgia, and Virginia. The profile does not state whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

Primary Care Coalition of Montgomery County Maryland Inc

Silver Spring, MD

The Primary Care Coalition of funds health care providers and community organizations that improve access to primary, preventive, behavioral, and related services, with a focus on vulnerable people in Montgomery County, Maryland. Its 2025 grants ranged from $5,194 to $1.93 million, with a median of about $30,820. It does not accept unsolicited requests through open RFPs at this time; the profile does not state a general unsolicited-request policy.

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.

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Johns Hopkins University funds education, research, clinical practice, and related programs, with many large awards listed as sub-awards; its 2025 grants had a median of $100,000. Grants went mainly to recipients in California and Maryland, among other states, but no geographic restriction or policy on unsolicited requests is stated.