BIC Educational Foundation

• The foundation's stated priority is Baltimore City, and its work is culinary education and programmes in and around it, so a request fits best if the organisation's work is there and touches culinary or hospitality education.
• The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and works by invitation only, so an organisation without an invitation should not send a cold request.
• Its typical grants fall between $5,000 and $100,000, with a median of $25,000, and half of its 43 grants to organisations were $25,000 or less, so a modest request near the median suits most of its giving, though its largest grant was about $205,000.
• Repeat giving is strong: 92% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in its two earlier filings, so the foundation's giving is concentrated among repeat grantees, though that does not by itself rule out a new applicant.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Morgan State University · To provide scholarships to students pursuing careers in the hospitality and culinary arts industry and to foster the development of careers in this industry.
  $202,9412024 tax year
• U Empower of Maryland · To provide scholarships to students pursuing careers in the hospitality and culinary arts industry and to foster the development of careers in this industry.
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Howard Community College · To provide scholarships to students pursuing careers in the hospitality and culinary arts industry and to foster the development of careers in this industry.
  $68,7812024 tax year
• Friends of Great Kids Farm · To support baltimore city public schools' farm to school program to promote experiential education that connects students to nature and food systems.
  $65,0002024 tax year
• Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School · To provide scholarships to students pursuing careers in the hospitality and culinary arts industry and to foster the development of careers in this industry.
  $55,1752024 tax year
• Maryland Food Bank · To provide scholarships to students pursuing careers in the hospitality and culinary arts industry and to foster the development of careers in this industry.
  $50,0002024 tax year
• Forest Park Senior High School · To provide scholarships to students pursuing careers in the hospitality and culinary arts industry and to foster the development of careers in this industry.
  $36,1302024 tax year
• Edmondson-Westside High School · To provide scholarships to students pursuing careers in the hospitality and culinary arts industry and to foster the development of careers in this industry.
  $16,6492024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.