Our Impact
Where your money goes.
We have no paid staff and no office. Our all-volunteer board reviews every request and grants your gift to a program that serves Harford County’s young people directly.
Granted in 5 years
$190,420
36 grants to 18 local organizations, 2020–2024
To the mission
97%
of every dollar went to grants and programs, and just 3% to administration
Raised in 2026
$42,275
plus $8,486 in donated goods
Supporters in 2026
68
including 46 benefit sponsors
The Gap · 2025 Grant Cycle
$128,050
requested by local programs
$36,500
what we were able to fund
Local programs asked for more than three times what we could give. Every new gift closes more of that gap.
Five Years of Giving
Who your gifts have reached
Applications are due each October 31, and grants are paid that November and December. Figures for 2020–2024 are from our IRS filings; 2025 is from our records and will appear on next year’s filing.
Grants awarded each year
Where it went, 2020–2024
- Upper Chesapeake Health FoundationHold Them Close · every year$104,000 55%
- Inner County OutreachSummer day camp, Aberdeen$20,000 11%
- The EPICENTEREdgewood · every year$18,500 10%
- Maryland FBLA-PBL FoundationStudent business leadership$10,420 5%
- 14 more local organizationsSchools, outreach programs and youth groups. See the full list below.$37,500 20%
Every Dollar, Accounted For
No salaries. No rent. Just 3¢ of every dollar for administration.
- Grants to local organizations36 grants, every one reviewed by our volunteer board$190,420 93%
- Program costsSpending the Foundation reports to the IRS as program services$8,603 4%
- AdministrationInsurance, bank fees, accounting, our website and board costs: about $1,200 a year$5,939 3%
Our board members are volunteers and are never paid, and the Foundation has no office. Event costs are paid from event proceeds, so your gift goes to the mission.
How It Works
From your gift to a young person
1
You give
Online, by check, through event tickets or a sponsorship. You receive a receipt for your tax records.
2
Our volunteer board reviews
Each fall the board scores every application on completeness (20 pts), the program and its goals (50 pts) and its fiscal plan (30 pts).
3
Programs deliver
Funds go to direct services for Harford County’s young people, never to a grantee’s utilities or administration.
Grant History
Every grant, year by year
Select a year to see each grant.
2025 Grant Cycle · 8 grants · $36,500
| Upper Chesapeake Health Foundation | “Hold Them Close,” a healthy start for newborns and mothers | $15,000 |
| Upper Chesapeake Health Foundation | Therapist, nurse or case manager for emergency care | $5,000 |
| The HOPE Center of Maryland | “Beyond Blessings” weekend meal bags, Title I schools | $3,500 |
| Scouting America, Baltimore Area Council | Summer camp for 20 scouts at Broad Creek | $2,500 |
| Five more local programs | Including field trips for young people in Aberdeen (St. Joan of Arc) | $10,500 |
2024 Grant Cycle · 10 grants · $37,500
| Upper Chesapeake Health Foundation | Bel Air | $17,500 |
| Inner County Outreach Summer Day Camp | Aberdeen | $5,000 |
| Boy Scouts of Harford County | Baltimore | $2,500 |
| The EPICENTER | Edgewood | $2,500 |
| Harford County Education Foundation | Bel Air | $2,500 |
| Extreme Family Outreach | Joppatowne | $2,000 |
| Trinity Lutheran Christian School | Joppatowne | $2,000 |
| NSTEP | Havre de Grace | $1,500 |
| Springboard Community Services | Bel Air | $1,000 |
| Forgotten Initiative | Glen Arm | $1,000 |
2023 Grant Cycle · 10 grants · $48,500
| Upper Chesapeake Health Foundation | Bel Air | $22,500 |
| Inner County Outreach Summer Day Camp | Aberdeen | $5,000 |
| Extreme Family Outreach | Joppatowne | $4,000 |
| The EPICENTER | Edgewood | $4,000 |
| Maryland FBLA-PBL Foundation | Pasadena | $3,000 |
| New Training Service | $3,000 | |
| Boy Scouts of Harford County | Baltimore | $2,000 |
| The HOPE Center of Maryland | Churchville | $2,000 |
| Trinity Lutheran Christian School | Joppatowne | $2,000 |
| PBIS / Alternative Education | Aberdeen | $1,000 |
2022 Grant Cycle · 5 grants · $33,650
| Upper Chesapeake Health Foundation | Bel Air | $22,500 |
| The EPICENTER | Edgewood | $5,000 |
| Maryland FBLA-PBL Foundation | Pasadena | $3,150 |
| PBIS / Alternative Education | Aberdeen | $1,500 |
| Aberdeen High School | Aberdeen | $1,500 |
2021 Grant Cycle · 5 grants · $38,970
| Upper Chesapeake Health Foundation | Hold Them Close & Klein Family Harford Crisis Center | $22,500 |
| Inner County Outreach Summer Day Camp | Aberdeen | $5,000 |
| Arrow Child & Family Ministries | $5,000 | |
| The EPICENTER | Edgewood | $4,000 |
| Maryland FBLA-PBL Foundation | Pasadena | $2,470 |
2020 Grant Cycle · 6 grants · $31,800
| Upper Chesapeake Health Foundation | Bel Air | $19,000 |
| Inner County Outreach Summer Day Camp | Aberdeen | $5,000 |
| The EPICENTER | Edgewood | $3,000 |
| Homecoming Project, Inc. | Bel Air | $2,000 |
| Maryland FBLA-PBL Foundation | Pasadena | $1,800 |
| The Mann House | $1,000 |
With Gratitude
Our 2026 sponsors
These 46 families and businesses made this year’s grants possible.
Platinum · $5,000
- Zazulak Foundation
Gold · $2,500 and above
- Harford Alarm
- Harford Mutual Insurance Group
- Town Capital
Silver · $1,000
- Applied Technology Services
- Steve & Lisa Close
- Regina Crabb, Berkshire Hathaway & MR Crabb Moving
- Susan Deeney
- Dunbar Anesthesia LLC
- Ray & Cecelia Fisher
- Harford Financial
- Bill & Scootsie Hatter
- Streett Family Foundation
- Streett Hopkins Real Estate
- VanDeusen Construction Co.
- Chris VanRoden
- The Ward Family Fund
- Jim & Kathy Welch
Bronze · $500
- APG Federal Credit Union
- Boxhill Pizzeria
- Harford County Sheriff Deputy Union
- MaGerks
- Danny & Susan Roarty
- Schaffer Law Office
- Scouting America, Baltimore Area Council
- Stifel Nicolaus & Co.
- Thompson & Associates
- Turf Connection
Close Friends · $300
- Bishop & Adkins
- Scott & Leslie Bupp
- Geoffrey & Jeannie Close
- Committee to Elect Jeff Gahler
- Bill & Paige Cox
- Fuller & Associates
- Patrick Haggerty, Jr.
- Harford Bank
- Harford Community College
- Harford County Association of Realtors
- Bill & Lois Kelly
- McComas Funeral Home
- John & Clare Miller
- Rosedale Bank
- Paul & Mara Sierocinski
- Chris & Molly Skandalis
- Tar Heel Construction
- James & Susan Thatcher
In-kind gifts
- JM Jewelers
- Klein’s ShopRite
- Saxon’s Diamond Centers
- Scootsie Hatter
- Scott Bupp
- Main Street Cigar
- Bel Air Liquors
Transparency & accountability
The Albert P. Close Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public charity, EIN 75-2973365. Gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Our IRS filings are available to any donor on request.
Figures from Forms 990-EZ for fiscal years ending June 2021–2025 (grant cycles 2020–2024). Spending percentages cover $204,962 spent over those five years, and exclude a one-time $16,010 paper loss on investments in fiscal 2023, which was not money spent.