Venable Baetjer and Howard Foundation

Analysis

Venable Baetjer and Howard Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Baltimore, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Venable Baetjer and Howard Foundation reported income of $4.1m and spending of $3.8m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.3m to $4.1m (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Venable Baetjer and Howard Foundation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 90th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Decision Point Ministries ($4.1m), Myvtzer Hayeshivos ($4.1m) and Abrasba Foundation ($4.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $456k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $456k.