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Sherman Family Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 52-6723302 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024

Total grants paid
$19M
Grants reported
118
Typical grant
$50K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

Not reported

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: SHERMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION

Where Sherman Family Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Maryland$16.7MMaine$712KNew York$711.7KTexas$175KPennsylvania$150K

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Umbcuniversity System of Maryland Foundation Inc

ADELPHI, MD

$2.9MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

General operations

Center for Urban Families Inc

BALTIMORE, MD

$2.3MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

General operations

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

BALTIMORE, MD

$1.4MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

General operations

The Y of Central Maryland Inc

BALTIMORE, MD

$1MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

General operstions

Fund for Educational Excellence

BALTIMORE, MD

$740KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

General operations

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from Sherman Family Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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