The Kenneth S Battye Charitable Trust demonstrates a narrowly focused commitment to direct human services for vulnerable populations, evidenced by a single large grant to a meal delivery program. Their funding appears targeted toward supporting senior nutrition and basic needs through established service providers. The foundation gives in a concentrated, high-impact way rather than distributing many small grants.
Concentrated, single large grant to one service organization (one-time or episodic high-value support rather than multiple small grants); appears to prioritize direct-service human services over capacity-building or diverse portfolios.
Kenneth S Battye Charitable Trust’s recent giving is anchored by a $300,000 grant to Meals on Wheels in Baltimore, a clear signal that the trust prioritizes direct human services for older adults and other vulnerable residents. The 2025 grant list shows a pattern of support for organizations delivering food, shelter, health access, youth services, and basic-needs assistance, often through unrestricted or purpose-flexible grants described as being made “to further the exempt purpose.” Baltimore organizations appear repeatedly across the trust’s recent awards, including Healthcare for the Homeless, Franciscan Center, Our Daily Bread, and Paul’s Place. The trust also backs service providers that work with people facing homelessness, disability, and family hardship, such as Harford Family House, The ARC Northern Chesapeake Region, and Sharebaby Inc. Alongside core human services, it has supported education and enrichment groups such as The Loyola School, The Seed School, ORCH Kids Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and Thread. The overall pattern suggests a private foundation that makes sizable, targeted grants to established local nonprofits rather than spreading support broadly across many small awards.
A strong throughline in the trust’s recent grantmaking is food and basic-needs support. In 2025 it gave $300,000 to Meals on Wheels in Baltimore, $100,000 to Our Daily Bread in Baltimore, and $20,000 to St Vincent de Paul Church resource Exchange in Baltimore. Housing and homelessness services are another clear area. The foundation awarded $150,000 to Healthcare for the Homeless in Baltimore, $110,000 to Harford Family House in Aberdeen, and $30,000 to Youth Empowered Society Drop in Center in Baltimore. It also funds education and youth-serving programs. Examples include $125,000 to Thread in Baltimore, $100,000 to The Loyola School in Baltimore, and $64,000 to Dyslexia Tutoring Program in Baltimore. Health and family support appear as well, including $90,000 to Ronald McDonald House in Baltimore and $25,000 to Univ of MD St Joseph Medical Center in Towson.
The trust’s recent grants are large and concentrated rather than small and diffuse. In the 2025 list, the largest award is $300,000, the median grant is $50,000, and the 75th percentile is $100,000. That distribution shows a focus on substantial, repeatable support for established organizations. The trust is a private foundation and a regular funder, with grants made “to further the exempt purpose” or in similarly broad program terms. The recent record also shows flexibility in purpose language, including unrestricted or broad mission support. The available data points to a grantmaker that issues many grants in a single year, but the source does not show recurring recipients across multiple years in the material provided.
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Notable grantees: Meals on Wheels
Grantmaking is heavily centered in Maryland, especially Baltimore. Recent awards also reached Aberdeen, Towson, Beltsville, Cockeysville, and Olney. Outside Maryland, named recipients include Fairfield, Connecticut; Santa Monica, California; and Washington, DC. All of the recent grants listed are in the United States, with 39 grants shown in the country distribution. The foundation’s HQ is in Lutherville, MD, but the recipient pattern is broader than that city and clusters around Baltimore-area service providers.
Recent grants go to direct-service nonprofits working on food access, homelessness, housing stability, health access, youth support, disability services, and family assistance. Examples in the grant list include Meals on Wheels, Healthcare for the Homeless, Harford Family House, and Ronald McDonald House.
The 2025 grants range from $20,000 to $300,000, with a median of $50,000 and a 75th percentile of $100,000. That distribution suggests a preference for mid-sized and larger grants rather than many small awards.
Recent grants are concentrated in Maryland, especially Baltimore. The recipient list also includes Aberdeen, Towson, Beltsville, Cockeysville, and Olney, plus a smaller number of awards outside Maryland in Connecticut, California, and Washington, DC.
It is a private foundation and regular funder. Recent awards are often described as being made “to further the exempt purpose,” which signals broad, flexible support tied to the grantee’s charitable mission rather than narrowly defined project-only funding.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meals on Wheels | Baltimore, MD | $300,000 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Healthcare for the Homeless | Baltimore, MD | $150,000 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| THREAD | Baltimore, MD | $125,000 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Harford Family House | Aberdeen, MD | $110,000 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| The Loyola School | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Save The Children | Fairfield, CT | $100,000 | 2025 | to further the exempt purpose |
| Franciscan Center | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Focusing Philanthropy for Vision to Learn | Santa Monica, CA | $100,000 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Our Daily Bread | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| The Seed School | Baltimore, MD | $95,969 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Turnaround | Towson, MD | $90,000 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Ronald McDonald House | Baltimore, MD | $90,000 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Paul's Place | Baltimore, MD | $75,000 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Dyslexia Tutoring Program | Baltimore, MD | $64,000 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Helping up Mission | Baltimore, MD | $60,000 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Itineris Inc | Baltimore, MD | $60,000 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $52,220 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| The ARC Northern Chesapeake Region | Aberdeen, MD | $50,000 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| ORCH Kids Baltimore Symphony Orchestra | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Sharebaby Inc | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Christopher Place Employment Academy | Baltimore, MD | $45,219 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Horizon Day Camp | Baltimore, MD | $30,000 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Nick's Place | Beltsville, MD | $30,000 | 2025 | to further the exempt purpose |
| The Samaritan Community | Baltimore, MD | $30,000 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Weekend Backpacks for Homeless Kids | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Future Harvest | Cockeysville, MD | $25,000 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Univ of MD St Joseph Medical Center | Towson, MD | $25,000 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Youth Empowered Society Drop in Center | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| St Vincent de Paul Church resource Exchange | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Olney Theatre Center | Olney, MD | $20,000 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| MT Washington Pediatric Hospital | Baltimore, MD | $18,000 | 2025 | to further the exempt purpose |
| Fishes & Loaves Food Pantry | Baltimore, MD | $15,000 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| SOZO Children | Birmingham, AL | $15,000 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Maryland Opera (formally Lyric Opera House) | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Assoc of Baltimore Area Grantmakers | Baltimore, MD | $7,310 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Baltimore Women's Giving Circle | Baltimore, MD | $2,400 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Exponent Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $1,660 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| B Foundation | Wilmington, DE | $1,000 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Friends of the Light House | Annapolis, MD | $225 | 2025 | To further the exempt purpose |
| The Loyola School | Baltimore, MD | $233,853 | 2024 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Meals on Wheels | Baltimore, MD | $152,000 | 2024 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Ronald McDonald House | Baltimore, MD | $125,000 | 2024 | To further the exempt purpose |
| THREAD | Baltimore, MD | $125,000 | 2024 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Harford Family House | Aberdeen, MD | $112,000 | 2024 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Our Daily Bread | Baltimore, MD | $107,000 | 2024 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Healthcare for the Homeless | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 2024 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Youth Empowered Society Drop in Center | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 2024 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Franciscan Center | Baltimore, MD | $100,000 | 2024 | To further the exempt purpose |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 2024 | To further the exempt purpose |
| Focusing Philanthropy for Vision to Learn | Santa Monica, CA | $100,000 | 2024 | To further the exempt purpose |
Harford Family House
$110,000To further the exempt purpose
The Loyola School
$100,000To further the exempt purpose
Save The Children
to further the exempt purpose
Franciscan Center
$100,000To further the exempt purpose
Focusing Philanthropy for Vision to Learn
$100,000To further the exempt purpose
Our Daily Bread
$100,000To further the exempt purpose
Itineris Inc
$60,000To further the exempt purpose
World Central Kitchen
$52,220To further the exempt purpose
ORCH Kids Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
$50,000To further the exempt purpose
Christopher Place Employment Academy
$45,219To further the exempt purpose
Nick's Place
$30,000to further the exempt purpose
Future Harvest
$25,000To further the exempt purpose
Univ of MD St Joseph Medical Center
$25,000To further the exempt purpose
Youth Empowered Society Drop in Center
$25,000To further the exempt purpose
St Vincent de Paul Church resource Exchange
$20,000To further the exempt purpose
Fishes & Loaves Food Pantry
$15,000To further the exempt purpose
SOZO Children
$15,000To further the exempt purpose
Maryland Opera (formally Lyric Opera House)
$10,000To further the exempt purpose
Assoc of Baltimore Area Grantmakers
$7,310To further the exempt purpose
Baltimore Women's Giving Circle
$2,400To further the exempt purpose
Exponent Philanthropy
$1,660To further the exempt purpose
B Foundation
$1,000To further the exempt purpose
Friends of the Light House
$225To further the exempt purpose
The Loyola School
$233,853To further the exempt purpose
Harford Family House
$112,000To further the exempt purpose
Our Daily Bread
$107,000To further the exempt purpose
Youth Empowered Society Drop in Center
$100,000To further the exempt purpose
World Central Kitchen
$100,000To further the exempt purpose
Focusing Philanthropy for Vision to Learn
$100,000To further the exempt purpose