Stephen & Renee Bisciotti Foundation
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About Stephen & Renee Bisciotti Foundation
The Stephen & Renee Bisciotti Foundation concentrates large, strategic gifts to strengthen community institutions in Baltimore-area youth services, faith-based social services, and health/science capacity. Their grants heavily favor capital campaigns and major operating support for organizations that run recreation and youth programs, social service networks, and local philanthropic infrastructure, with occasional funding for civic issues (anti‑Semitism) and health research. They appear to prefer making a small number of high-dollar awards, often as repeat commitments to the same organizations.
Focus Areas
Capital campaigns for youth recreation facilities (e.g., Boys & Girls Clubs capital projects - Hilton Recreation Center)Support for Catholic social service infrastructure and emergency social services (e.g., Associated Catholic Charities — Greater Promise campaign)Investments in local health/science capacity and operating support for biotech/health organizations (e.g., Blackbird Laboratories general operating)Regional community philanthropic infrastructure and emergency response funding (e.g., Baltimore Community Foundation — Key Bridge Emergency Fund)Funding organizations combating anti‑Semitism and supporting Jewish community resilience
About Stephen & Renee Bisciotti Foundation
The Stephen & Renee Bisciotti Foundation makes large, repeat commitments that often land in Baltimore institutions tied to youth services, social service networks, and local health capacity. One of the clearest patterns in the recent record is sustained support for Blackbird Laboratories, including multiple general operating grants in 2024 and 2025, which points to a willingness to back organizations over time rather than through isolated awards. The same pattern appears in youth recreation: Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore received several grants for the Hilton Recreation Center campaign and related support across 2024 and 2025. The foundation also shows a strong interest in community infrastructure, from Associated Catholic Charities’ Greater Promise campaign to Baltimore Community Foundation’s Key Bridge Emergency Fund. Beyond Baltimore, it has funded organizations connected to anti-Semitism response, college access, mentoring, and entrepreneurship-related loan pool work. The grant record suggests a funder that combines operating support, capital campaign funding, and emergency relief, with especially deep attention to organizations serving local youth, families, and civic needs.
What Stephen & Renee Bisciotti Foundation Funds
In youth recreation and capital projects, the foundation backed Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore with multiple grants for the Hilton Recreation Center campaign, including $4,750,000 in 2024 and additional 2025 awards. For Catholic social services, it gave Associated Catholic Charities Inc. $8,000,000 in 2025 for the Greater Promise Campaign, following earlier support for the same effort in prior years. The foundation also funds college access work: Collegebound Foundation Inc. received $900,000 in 2025 for college access, and Bridges Baltimore Inc. received the same amount for the same purpose. On the workforce and entrepreneurship side, Irc's Center for Economic Opportunity Inc. received $650,000 in 2025 for a loan pool pilot, showing that the portfolio includes financial tools as well as operating and capital grants.
How Stephen & Renee Bisciotti Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster at a relatively high level: the 25th percentile is $21,946, the median is $50,000, and the 75th percentile is $100,000. The recent record also includes many much larger commitments, indicating a two-tier pattern of smaller grants alongside major strategic awards. The foundation appears to support organizations more than once; Associated Catholic Charities, Blackbird Laboratories, Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore, and Boys and Girls Club of Martin County each show repeated grants across multiple years. It gives by invitation only through 501(c)(3) organizations, and the program descriptions emphasize relationship-based grantmaking rather than open solicitation.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$42.1M
Total Assets
$474.4M
Total Revenue
$109.7M
Total Expenses
$44.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $22K and $100K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$22K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$100K
Geographic Reach
Regional9 states funded
About 80% of grants go to recipients in MD.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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