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Baird Foundation 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.

$33k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$39kReligion$25kScience & Tech$12kHealth$2kHuman Services$500Public Benefit$500International$250Other$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$11,080
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOLY NAME CATHEDRAL$11,500
KUZHITHURAI INTEGRAL DEV SOC SERV$11,080
ARK ACADEMY$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

US giving: 51% of grant dollars ($41k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 49% that went abroad ($39k) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $500 → 18%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
WY
OH
PA
CA
NE
VA
MD
DC
AL

Beyond the US: 49% of all-years giving ($39k)

1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
India$39k · 3 grants
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$50k · 5 repeat orgs$30k to everyone else

5 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
13

Total granted

$50k
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+37%

Still filing today

20%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’22’24
ReligionEducationHealthPublic BenefitInternationalHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • KI
    KUZHITHURAI INTEGRAL DEVOLPMT SOC S
    2× · 2019–2022 · $28k
  • HN
    HOLY NAME CATHEDRAL
    3× · 2020–2024 · $15k
  • RP
    RESURRECTION PARISH
    2× · 2019–2020 · $7k

Funded once

  • HN
    HOLY NAME
    one grant, 2018 · $2k
  • CH
    CHICAGO HOPE ACADEMY
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue -58%
  • OL
    OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS MONASTERY
    one grant, 2018 · $1k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
St Elizabeth Medical Center Inc

As a catholic healthcare ministry, we provide comprehensive and compassionate care that improves the health of the people we serve.

Health
2
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

—
3
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christs healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
4
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

—
5
St Charles Hospital Corp

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
6
Bibleproject

Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…

Religion
7
St Catherine of Siena Medical Center

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
8
Blue Letter Bible

The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…

—
9
The Dynamic Catholic Institute

The dynamic catholic mission is to re-energize the catholic church in america by developing world-class resources that inspire people to rediscover the genius of catholicism.

Religion
10
Mercy Medical Center Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities

—
11
International Catholic Jurists Forum Inc

The International Catholic Jurists Forum (ICJF) was established to produce, compile, and share resources on fundamental human rights under attack in the regional and international human rights protection systems. It operates as a forum for…

Religion
12
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Answers Inc; the most unlike its peers is St Paul Center for Biblical Theology. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

10 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. 10 of the 20 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
9/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KUZHITHURAI INTEGRAL DEVOLPMT SOC S: $27,500 · OtherKUZHITHURAI INTEGRAL DEVOLPMT SOC SHOLY NAME CATHEDRAL: $14,500 · OtherHOLY NAME CATHEDRALKUZHITHURAI INTEGRAL DEV SOC SERV: $11,080 · OtherKUZHITHURAI INTEGRAL DEV SOC SERVARK ACADEMY: $10,000 · OtherARK ACADEMYRESURRECTION PARISH: $6,500 · OtherRESURRECTION PARISH+8 more: $4,830 · Other+8 moreCHICAGO HOPE ACADEMY: $1,500 · EducationRICHLAND CRISIS PREGNANCY SERVICES: $1,000 · HealthETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC: $500 · ReligionST PAUL CENTER FOR BIBLICAL THEOLOGY: $500 · ReligionCATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $500 · Human ServicesJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $500 · Public BenefitOPERATION SMILE INC: $250 · International
Other$74,410Education$1,500Health$1,000Religion$1,000Human Services$500Public Benefit$500International$250

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHICAGO HOPE ACADEMY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRICHLAND CRISIS PREGNANCY SERVICES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST PAUL CENTER FOR BIBLICAL THEOLOGY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEARTBEAT INTERNATIONAL INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC ANSWERS INC: $80 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH10.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Baird Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Baird Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 20 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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