About Cal Ripken Sr Foundation
The Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation strengthens underserved and distressed communities by supporting and advocating for children, building Youth Development Parks, partnering with law enforcement and youth service agencies, providing access to STEM education, and addressing community needs through national program initiatives that teach life skills, foster mentorship, and create safe places for youth.
Focus Areas
mentoringyouth development parksSTEM centers and curriculumsummer campschild protection and safety programslaw enforcement & community engagement
Who They Fund
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Funding Style
general_support_to_foundation_missionunspecified_grant_typeundesignated_or_unrestricted_purpose
About Cal Ripken Sr Foundation
A defining pattern in Cal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc’s recent grants is repeated support for youth-serving organizations that deliver mentoring, sports, and safe-space programming. The largest recent grant in the dataset went to Boys & Girls Club of Metropolitan Baltimore, and the foundation also made multiple grants to Boys & Girls Club of Snohomish County and Boys & Girls Club of Harford County Maryland Inc across different years. Those recurring awards sit alongside grants to organizations such as Harlem Rbi Incorporated and Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond, showing a broad but still youth-centered portfolio. The foundation’s public program areas point to how it funds: youth mentoring initiatives, summer camps, STEM centers and curriculum, and Youth Development Parks. Its stated work includes building Youth Development Parks, partnering with law enforcement and youth service agencies, providing access to STEM education, and supporting children in underserved and distressed communities. Recent grant descriptions are consistently framed as support “to further the exempt purpose” of the foundation, which aligns with mission-focused, program-related funding rather than highly specified project narratives in the grant records provided.
What Cal Ripken Sr Foundation Funds
Youth mentoring appears across the foundation’s active programs and in the kinds of organizations it backs. For example, it gave $22,587 to The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Clubs of Greensboro and $21,126 to Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley, both in the Boys & Girls Club network. STEM education is another clear lane. The foundation lists a STEM Center Initiative and a National STEM Center Initiative, and it paired that programmatic focus with a $20,069 grant to Boys & Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley in Milpitas, California. Its community safety and recreation work shows up through Youth Development Parks and law-enforcement partnerships. One recent grant went to Prince Georges County Police Athletic League Inc in Landover, Maryland, and another went to James Mosher Associates Inc in Baltimore, Maryland. The foundation also runs summer camps, which fit the same youth-development frame.
How Cal Ripken Sr Foundation Gives
Typical grant size is relatively compact: the 25th percentile is $9,196, the median is $11,496, and the 75th percentile is $18,899. Recent awards also include several larger grants above $50,000, suggesting a mix of standard operating-level support and occasional larger commitments. The same recipients appear across multiple years, which points to recurring relationships rather than one-time awards. Boys & Girls Club of Snohomish County, Boys & Girls Club of Harford County Maryland Inc, Harlem Rbi Incorporated, and Boys & Girls Clubs of Kern County each received more than one grant in the recent record. Cal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc is a public charity, and the grant records are consistent with mission-aligned support; each listed award is described as being made to further the foundation’s exempt purpose. The active programs indicate that some support is direct program funding or resources, while the record also includes foundation-run initiatives.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$705K
Total Assets
$28.4M
Total Revenue
$28.4M
Total Expenses
$25.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $9K and $19K, with a median of $11K.
25th Percentile
$9K
Median
$11K
75th Percentile
$19K
Geographic Reach
National22 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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