· Private foundation
Baer Family Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k4 grants · $6k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $193k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ROCK RIVER THRESHEREE INC | $142,801 |
| MAYO CLINIC | $50,000 |
| ST ANTHONY'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| KART 4 KIDS | $2,000 |
| SCHOOL COMMUNITY INPACT GROUP | $500 |
| MANITO ART LEAGUE | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against -16% for those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $143k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RERUTH ECKERD HALL INC2× · 2022–2023 · $38k · revenue +46%
- NLNORTH LAKELAND DISCOVERY CENTER INC5× · 2017–2021 · $26k · revenue +100%
- CJCAMP JORN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC5× · 2018–2023 · $18k · revenue +62%
Funded once
- MWMANITOWISH WATERS FIRE COone grant, 2020 · $10k
- MWMANITOWISH WATERS BIKE TRAIL INCone grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -16%
- FEFUNDACION ESPERANZAone grant, 2019 · $10k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To inspire hope and contribute to health and well-being by providing the best care to every patient through integrated clinical practice, education, and research.
To maintain over 100 miles of cross country ski and mountain bike trails in the vicinity of lake placid, new york.
The wisconsin state golf association was formed and exists for the general purpose of promoting and conserving, throughout the state of wisconsin, the best interests and the true spirit of the game of golf. included within the general…
The whitewater valley railroad is a heritage railroad dedicated to the preservation and presentation of branch line railroading.
To foster and facilitate the conversion of greenways and railroad rights- of-way in the counties of ionia, kent, and montcalm to non-mototized trails for the use of the general public.
The wmc litigation center's mission is to represent clients in legal actions to foster and protect the free enterprise system.
Removing the barriers initiative was founded in 2011 for the purpose of removing barriers to great expeniences for people and families with disabilities, differences and special needs. we started by assisting camps who served campers with…
Raise funds to aid the division of intercollegiate athletics of the university of wisconsin - madison in furthering its football program.
To provide a platform for youth racing
Cycling
How this is measured
13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
- Who funds ROCK RIVER THRESHEREE ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds RUTH ECKERD HALL INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH LAKELAND DISCOVERY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds CAMP JORN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds MANITOWISH WATERS BIKE TRAIL INC ↗
- Who funds KART 4 KIDS INC ↗
- Who funds PROJECT FOR THE PEOPLE OF PARAGUAY ↗
- Who funds APTIV FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds KELLER FAMILY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LymeLight Foundation ↗
- Who funds SCHOLL COMMUNITY IMPACT GROUP INC ↗
- Who funds MANITOWISH WATERS LAKES ASSOCIATION INC ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Clack Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Baer Family Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Baer Family Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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