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Baker-Dickerson Family Foundation at a glance

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Baker-Dickerson Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$74k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$21k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Health$126kPublic Safety & Disaster$65kAnimals$46kEducation$25kArts & Culture$17kYouth Development$10kRecreation & Sports$10kHuman Services$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $56k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNSTOPPABLE JOY CO$21,000
U S KENNELS INCORPORATED$15,000
HORIZONS DELMARVA INC$10,000
WORCESTER YOUTH & FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE INC$10,000
PAWS$7,500
UNITE FOR HER$7,500
PURSUIT FOR PEACE INC$3,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $33k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%WORCESTER YOUTH & FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE INC: $10k → 8%WORCESTER YOUTH & FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE INC: $10k → 8%WORCESTER YOUTH & FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE INC: $250 → 8%DIAKONIA INC: $3k → 8%WORCESTER COUNTY G O L D INC: $10k → 8%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.
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.
03Its 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
Helping Our Women Inc

Helping our women was formed in 1992 as a response to the lack of services available to women with cancer on outer cape cod. the organization has expanded to serve women with chronic and life threatening or disabling illness

Human Services
2
Hospice Care Corporation D/B/a West Virginia Caring

To improve care for those facing life-limiting illness through direct support of patients and their families, public education and public advocacy.

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3
Wyoming Foundation for Cancer Care Inc

To reduce the impact of cancer on wyoming residents diagnosed with cancer by providing non-medical, charitable financial assistance and by providing free education and screening opportunities to residents not diagnosed with cancer.

Human Services
4
Foundation for Women's Cancer

To support and empower all affected by gynecologic cancers through education, research, and public awareness.

Health
5
Coastal Hospice Inc

Provide quality compassionate holistic care to patients at home.

Human Services
6
CureCervicalCancer

Dedicated to the early detection and prevention of cervical cancer around the globe for the women who need it most.

International
7
Hospice of Washington County Inc

To work together with our interdisciplinary team to provide quality, coordinated, comprehensive patient and family-centered care that addresses the physical, spiritual, emotional and practical needs of our patients. we encourage our…

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8
Willamette Vital Health

We provide comprehensive hospice care services, supportive care for pain & symptom management for those with serious illness, and grief support. through our mission, willamette vital health supports adults and children living with a…

Human Services
9
Providence Volunteer Fire Company Inc

Provide fire suppression, rescue, and emergency medical services to local community in towson, md and surrounding areas.

Public Safety & Disaster
10
Webster Memorial Hospital Inc

The mission of webster memorial hospital is to provide excellent, high quality care in a compassionate and cost-effective manner.

Health
11
Breast Cancer Support Services of Berks County

Breast cancer support services of berks county provides hope, emotional support, education and resources to every person affected by breast cancer.

Health
12
Sail Beyond Cancer Vt Inc

Honoring those being challenged by cancer by harnessing the healing powers of wind, water and sail. providing free sailing excursions for cancer patients and their loved ones.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Worcester County Gold Inc; the most unlike its peers is Unstoppable Joy Co. 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

21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 26 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/21
Grantees still filing
11/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OCEAN CITY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY OCEAN CITY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY: $45,000 · OtherOCEAN CITY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY …Unstoppable Joy Co: $21,000 · OtherUnstoppable Joy CoWORCESTER COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION: $20,000 · OtherWORCESTER COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATIO…HENRY HOTEL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · OtherHENRY HOTEL FOUNDATION INCBERLIN FIRE COMPANY INC: $10,000 · OtherBERLIN FIRE COMPANY INCPAWS: $7,500 · OtherPAWS+2 more: $5,500 · OtherCOASTAL HOSPICE: $55,200 · Human ServicesCOASTAL HOSPICEWORCESTER YOUTH AND FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICES INC: $20,250 · Human ServicesWORCESTER YOUTH AND FAMIL…WORCESTER COUNTY GOLD INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesWORCESTER COUNTY GOLD INC+1 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesTIDALHEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 · HealthTIDALHEALTH FOUNDATION…GRACE CENTER FOR MATERNAL AND WOMENS HEALTH INC: $10,000 · HealthGRACE CENTER FOR MATER…RAYMOND A WOOD FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthRAYMOND A WOOD FOUNDAT…Unite for HER: $7,500 · HealthUnite for HER+2 more: $3,500 · HealthRISE UP FOUNDATION OF WORCESTER COUNTY: $45,000 · AnimalsRISE UP FOUNDATIO…U S KENNELS INCORPORATED: $15,000 · AnimalsU S KENNELS INCOR…+1 more: $500 · AnimalsHORIZONS DELMARVA INC: $10,000 · EducationROANOKE COLLEGE: $5,000 · EducationWE HEART BERLIN INC: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsLITTLE CREEK VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY: $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterJOSHUA M FREEMAN FOUNDATION: $7,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$119,000Human Services$87,950Health$76,000Animals$60,500Education$15,000Recreation & Sports$10,000Public Safety & Disaster$10,000Arts & Culture$7,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOASTAL HOSPICE: $55,200 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetRISE UP FOUNDATION OF WORCESTER COUNTY: $45,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetOCEAN CITY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY OCEAN CITY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY: $45,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetTIDALHEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetWORCESTER YOUTH AND FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICES INC: $20,250 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetU S KENNELS INCORPORATED: $15,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetWE HEART BERLIN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetBERLIN FIRE COMPANY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetWORCESTER COUNTY GOLD INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetLITTLE CREEK VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetGRACE CENTER FOR MATERNAL AND WOMENS HEALTH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetRAYMOND A WOOD FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetUnite for HER: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJOSHUA M FREEMAN FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROANOKE COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIAKONIA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAPTAIN STEVE'S POOR GIRLS OPEN INC: $2,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTHERE GOES MY HERO INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWORCESTER COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Community Foundation …Franklin P and Arthur…Joan W Jenkins Founda…Synepuxent Post No 16…Humphreys Foundation …Wilde Charitable Foun…L Franklin Purnell Fo…Benevolent and Protec…Patricia and Alan Gue…United Way of the Low…The Carl M Freeman Fo…The Bank of America C…
Community Foundation of the Eastern ShorMD30.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Eastern Shor · Franklin P and Arthur W Perdue Foundation Inc · Joan W Jenkins Foundation Inc · Synepuxent Post No 166 the American Legion Inc · Humphreys Foundation Inc · Wilde Charitable Foundation · L Franklin Purnell Foundation · Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Bpoe 2645 · Patricia and Alan Guerrieri Family Foundation Inc · United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore Inc · The Carl M Freeman Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Baker-Dickerson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Baker-Dickerson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 20%
  • Diakonia Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Joshua M Freeman Foundation: 20% of income from government
  • Raymond a Wood Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 26 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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