Abell Foundation

A Baltimore private foundation, endowed from the A.S. Abell newspaper fortune, wholly devoted to improving health, education and economic outcomes in Baltimore City through grants, research and catalytic investments.

Financial profile

Abell Foundation · EIN 52-6036106 · 501(c)(3)

Fiscal yearTotal revenueContributionsProgram servicesTotal expensesNet assetsYear end
FY2023$19,375,292$22,243,302$285,111,652Dec 2023
FY2022$31,876,320$19,032,460$274,363,050Dec 2022
FY2021$42,510,470$19,445,594$355,644,907Dec 2021
FY2020$3,748,795$18,595,313$329,520,182Dec 2020
FY2019$24,808,380$18,796,518$313,983,482Dec 2019
FY2015$11,226,916$18,627,401$275,418,153Dec 2015

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Peer societies

Five societies Abell Foundation is read alongside.

Who backs AF

No public supporter list found as of September 2026.

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The outside view

A Baltimore private foundation, endowed from the A.S. Abell newspaper fortune, wholly devoted to improving health, education and economic outcomes in Baltimore City through grants, research and catalytic investments.

  • Authority
  • Build
  • Outward
  • Operational

Their shape

The Village

Where everyone is known by name.

The Village is built on belonging, where everyone knows everyone and relationships are the point. Its gift is loyalty and warmth, its challenge is scaling beyond the intimacy that makes it work.

Also reads toward The Legacy and The Frontier.

Strengths

→Tight community and genuine belonging.
→Decisions feel shared and fair.
→Members show up, for each other and the work.

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