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Baker Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Baker Family Charitable Foundation

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.

$21k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$221kPhilanthropy$107kEducation$74kHealth$71kReligion$47kYouth Development$17kArts & Culture$14kPublic Safety & Disaster$14kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Franklin Rotary Relief Fund$10,000
St Tammany Project Christman$5,000
MSU Foundation$5,000
Junior Auxiliary of Slidell$1,000
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 (FY17–21, $28k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 82% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Methodist Childrens Home: $1k → 16%TUCKER'S HOUSE: $5k → 10%Northshore Enduring Hope: $15k → 17%Ellis Marsalis Center for Music: $4k → 23%ELLIS MARSALIS CENTER FOR MUSIC: $1k → 23%Northshore Enduring Hope: $500 → 17%ELLIS MARSALIS CENTER FOR MUSIC: $1k → 23%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

NY
CO
TN
OK
LA
MS
AL
TX
FL
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$539k · 26 repeat orgs$121k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
19

Total granted

$539k
$106k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+40%

Still filing today

50%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthPhilanthropyEducationYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionOther
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

  • GM
    GRACEWORKS MINISTRIES INC
    6× · 2018–2023 · $110k · revenue +59%
  • MM
    MERCY MULTIPLIED AMERICA INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $55k · revenue +10%
  • CW
    Children's Wish Endowment
    7× · 2017–2023 · $40k · revenue +0%

Funded once

  • CF
    Community Foundation of Washing Cou
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
  • YL
    YOUNG LIFEgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue +39%
  • 5S
    5 STONES CHURCH INC
    one grant, 2021 · $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.

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
Shriners Hospital for Children
Philanthropy
2
Wishes Can Happen Inc

Fulfillment of wishes for terminally ill children.

Health
3
A Child's Wish of Louisiana Inc

To grant wishes to and otherwise act for the benefit of children suffering from terminal or life theatening illness or disease.

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4
Children's Miracle Network

Children's miracle network (dba "children's miracle network hospitals") works to save kids' lives by bringing people together to raise money for children's healthcare in local communities.

Unclassified
5
Miracles for Kids Inc

Miracles for kids helps families with critically-ill children battle bankruptcy, homelessness, hunger and depression so they concentrate on what is most important - fighting for their child's life.

Recreation & Sports
6
Children's Harbor Inc

Children's harbor provides refuge, respite and resources to families with children who have experienced a life-altering medical diagnosis. the families and caregivers we serve seek a safe refuge when faced with unexpected life…

Health
7
St Joseph's Health At Home Inc

We, trinity home health services and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. st. joseph's health at home is a member of trinity home health…

Health
8
Mercy Services Downtown Inc

We, saint joseph's health system and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. honoring the heritage and advancing the ministry of the sisters of…

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9
Believe in Tomorrow National Children's Foundation

The believe in tomorrow children's foundation provides exceptional hospital and respite housing services to critically ill children and their families. we believe in keeping families together during a child's medical crisis, and that the…

Health
10
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
11
Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina Incorporated

Baptist children's homes of north carolina (bch) is a nonprofit organization that reaches out to children and families in crisis. the agency's mission statement is "sharing hope...changing lives."

Religion
12
The Shriners' Hospital for Children

Shriners children's is committed to compassionate, high-quality care that improves children's lives, in a family-centered and collaborative environment. (continued on schedule o)

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mercy Multiplied America Inc; the most unlike its peers is Keep Slidell Beautiful Inc. 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, 2017–2025.

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. 21 of the 47 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)
19/21
Grantees still filing
15/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MERCY MULTIPLIED AMERICA INC: $55,000 · OtherMERCY MULTIPLIED AMERICA INCMississippi State Foundation: $45,500 · OtherMississippi State FoundationChildren's Wish Endowment: $40,000 · OtherChildren's Wish EndowmentIndividual grant recipient: $40,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY: $35,500 · OtherMISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITYIndividual grant recipient: $29,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientOUR FRIENDS CLOSET: $26,000 · OtherOUR FRIENDS CLOSETCommunity Foundation of Washing Cou: $20,000 · Other+25 more: $119,500 · Other+25 moreGRACEWORKS MINISTRIES INC: $110,000 · Human ServicesGRACEWORKS MINISTRIES I…NORTHSHORE ENDURING HOPE: $15,500 · Human ServicesNORTHSHORE ENDURING HOP…ELLIS MARSALIS CENTER FOR MUSIC INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesTUCKER'S HOUSE: $5,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesST TAMMANY PROJECT CHRISTMAS INC: $29,000 · PhilanthropyWhistler Entertainment Inc Scarlett's Way: $13,000 · PhilanthropyFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $23,000 · EducationFRANKLIN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $10,000 · EducationST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $8,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $4,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $3,500 · HealthYOUNG LIFE: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentEXTRA TABLE FEEDS INC: $6,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$410,500Human Services$137,500Philanthropy$42,000Education$33,000Health$15,500Youth Development$15,000Food & Nutrition$6,000

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 budgetGRACEWORKS MINISTRIES INC: $110,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMERCY MULTIPLIED AMERICA INC: $55,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Wish Endowment: $40,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetST TAMMANY PROJECT CHRISTMAS INC: $29,000 over 7y, 17% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $23,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWhistler Entertainment Inc Scarlett's Way: $13,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetFRANKLIN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LIONS CLUB: $7,000 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetELLIS MARSALIS CENTER FOR MUSIC INC: $6,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetEXTRA TABLE FEEDS INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTUCKER'S HOUSE: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERVENTION INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMETHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA TRUST FUND #214: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBUCKMASTERS AMERICAN DEER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds GRACEWORKS MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds MERCY MULTIPLIED AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds Children's Wish Endowment ↗
  • Who funds ST TAMMANY PROJECT CHRISTMAS INC ↗
  • Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTHSHORE ENDURING HOPE ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds Whistler Entertainment Inc Scarlett's Way ↗
  • Who funds FRANKLIN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LIONS CLUB ↗
  • Who funds ELLIS MARSALIS CENTER FOR MUSIC INC ↗
  • Who funds EXTRA TABLE FEEDS INC ↗
  • Who funds TUCKER'S HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds INTERVENTION INC ↗
  • Who funds KEEP SLIDELL BEAUTIFUL 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.

The Community Foundat…Raymond James Charita…Shell USA Company Fou…Natl Christian Charit…Charities Aid Foundat…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee IncTN13.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Shell USA Company Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Baker Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Baker Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 47 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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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home