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Baker Family Foundation Fka Jeff & Cheryl Baker 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.

$267k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0195% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Education$481kHealth$340kEmployment$210kHuman Services$135kPhilanthropy$80kRecreation & Sports$47kHousing & Shelter$46kFood & Nutrition$45kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $121k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $125k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIRST STEPS KENT$75,000
STOREHOUSE OF COMMUNITY RESOURCE$50,000
GRAND ACTION 20$25,000
KIDS FOOD BASKET$20,000
WELL HOUSE$20,000
CHILDREN'S HEALING CENTER$15,000
ALPHA GRAND RAPIDS$10,500
SAN JUAN DIEGO ACADEMY$10,000
CASA OF KENT COUNTY$10,000
WEST MICHIGAN YOUTH FOR CHRIST$10,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
EXALTA HEALTH$5,000
STAGEGR$4,000
COOPERSVILLE CHOIR BOOSTERS$2,500
GUIDING LIGHT$2,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–25, $116k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SOUTH END COMMUNITY OUTREACH MINISTRIES: $25k → 11%ALPHA GRAND RAPIDS: $11k → 11%ALPHA GRAND RAPIDS: $5k → 11%CRITTER BARN: $10k → 8%STOREHOUSE OF COMMUNITY RESOURCE: $50k → 11%OASIS OF HOPE CENTER: $5k → 11%THE OTHER WAY MINISTRIES: $5k → 11%OASIS OF HOPE CENTER: $3k → 11%THE OTHER WAY MINISTRIES: $2k → 11%THE PLAYGROUND: $500 → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.3M · 24 repeat orgs$231k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships — 11 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
19

Total granted

$1.3M
$127k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+43%

Still filing today

79%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $104k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionEducationAnimalsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • FS
    FIRST STEPS KENT
    4× · 2022–2025 · $269k · revenue +52%
  • WR
    Women's Resource Center
    2× · 2019–2022 · $210k · revenue +6%
  • LM
    LAKE MICHIGAN JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION
    5× · 2017–2022 · $57k · revenue +300%

Funded once

  • SL
    SPECIALIZED LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC
    one grant, 2021 · $41k · revenue -30%
  • SE
    SOUTH END COMMUNITY OUTREACH MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -23%
  • CM
    CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
    one grant, 2024 · $20k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Michigan Family Resources

Michigan Family Resources mission is to deliver holistic family-centered services to children that promote their well-being and development.

Education
2
Family Outreach Center

Leading the way in promoting healthy family living by reaching out to underserved populations and those who are in our community.

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3
Hope House of Northwest Michigan

Hope house of northwest michigan is a non-profit christian maternity home that provides a safe loving residential environment for single expectant young women. through up to two years of residence the organization offers housing baby…

Human Services
4
Center for Family Health

The mission of the Center for Family Health is opening the door to health care for all.

Health
5
Brilliant Detroit

Helping families and neighborhoods succeed by providing a place and support to assure kids ages 0-5 are school ready and families are healthy and stable.

Youth Development
6
Hope Medical Clinic Inc

Hope is a not-for-profit interdenominational christian medical, dental, and social service organization. hope's goal is to provide compassionate and practical help, ministering to the whole person with dignity and respect. this includes…

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7
Movement West Michigan

Uniting christian faith leaders to serve with humility and love for the flourishing of all in our community.

Religion
8
Grand Rapids Early Discovery Center

Our mission is to continuously expand the potential of children, the experiences of educators and the involvement of parents within the diverse community of grand rapids, mi

Human Services
9
Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery

The mission of greater minneapolis crisis nursery is to end the abuse and neglect of children and create strong and healthy families.

Human Services
10
Healing the Children Michigan-Ohio

Healing the children michigan/ohio is a not for profit humanitarian organization dedicated to securing gratis medical and surgical care for children in need.

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11
Habitat for Humanity of Lapeer - Tuscola

To eliminate sub-standard housing and homelessness from lapeer county.

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12
Grace House Ministries Inc

Counseling and benevolent assistance to new parents and their children.

Religion

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kids' Food Basket Inc and the most unlike its peers is Ebenezer Dtc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 23 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%5%<5yr13%8%5–10yr20%29%10–20yr17%24%20–35yr15%24%35–55yr13%11%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr13%4%5–10yr20%47%10–20yr17%19%20–35yr15%26%35–55yr13%5%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/40
the rest of the field
11%
380/3,605

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

38 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 38 of the 49 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/38
Grantees still filing
24/38
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Women's Resource Center — $210,000 · OtherWomen's Resource CenterEarly Learning Neighborhood Collaborative — $151,000 · OtherEarly Learning Neighborhood CollaborativeHEART OF MICHIGAN UNITED WAY — $75,000 · OtherHEART OF MICHIGAN UNITED WAYWEST MICHIGAN YOUTH FOR CHRIST — $29,667 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $25,000 · OtherGRAND ACTION FOUNDATION 20 — $25,000 · Other+22 more — $138,537 · Other+22 moreCHILDREN'S HEALING CENTER — $225,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HEALING CENTERSPECIALIZED LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC — $41,000 · HealthSPECIALIZED LANGUAGE DEVELO…Faith Hospice — $36,500 · HealthFaith HospiceHEALTH INTERVENTION SERVICES — $34,000 · HealthHEALTH INTERVENTION SERVICE…MARCH OF DIMES INC — $27,600 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INCAmerican Heart Association Inc — $15,000 · HealthFIRST STEPS KENT — $269,000 · EducationFIRST STEPS KENT+1 more — $500 · EducationSTOREHOUSE OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES — $50,000 · Human ServicesSOUTH END COMMUNITY OUTREACH MINISTRIES — $25,000 · Human ServicesAlpha Grand Rapids — $15,500 · Human ServicesCRITTER BARN — $10,333 · Human ServicesOASIS OF HOPE CENTER — $7,500 · Human ServicesTHE OTHER WAY MINISTRIES — $6,667 · Human Services+1 more — $500 · Human ServicesLAKE MICHIGAN JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION — $57,000 · Recreation & SportsKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC — $37,000 · Food & NutritionFAMILY NETWORK — $5,600 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY FOOD CLUBS — $1,500 · Food & Nutrition+1 more — $500 · Food & NutritionCASA of Kent County Inc — $30,000 · Civil Rights
Other$654,204Health$379,100Education$269,500Human Services$115,500Recreation & Sports$57,000Food & Nutrition$44,600Civil Rights$30,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetFIRST STEPS KENT — $269,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALING CENTER — $225,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetWomen's Resource Center — $210,000 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetEarly Learning Neighborhood Collaborative — $151,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLAKE MICHIGAN JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION — $57,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetSTOREHOUSE OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPECIALIZED LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC — $41,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetKIDS' FOOD BASKET INC — $37,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFaith Hospice — $36,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTH INTERVENTION SERVICES — $34,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCASA of Kent County Inc — $30,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC — $27,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH END COMMUNITY OUTREACH MINISTRIES — $25,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetGRAND ACTION FOUNDATION 20 — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAYA YOUTH COLLECTIVE — $16,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetSENIOR NEIGHBORS INC — $15,766 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAlpha Grand Rapids — $15,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCRITTER BARN — $10,333 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMEL TROTTER MINISTRIES — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTAGEGR — $8,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetOASIS OF HOPE CENTER — $7,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE OTHER WAY MINISTRIES — $6,667 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF WEST MICHIGAN — $5,999 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY NETWORK — $5,600 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetPET TALES RESCUE — $3,268 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetGUIDING LIGHT MISSION INC — $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEbenezer DTC — $2,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD CLUBS — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAVID'S HOUSE MINISTRIES — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEM GREENHOUSE INC — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PLAYGROUNDGR — $500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetELE'S PLACE INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW CITY KIDS INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAND2HAND — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEER CITY DOG BISCUITS — $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Grand Rapids Communit…Heart of West Michiga…Frey FoundationDouglas & Maria Devos…Peter C & Emajean Coo…The Wege FoundationThe Community Foundat…Consumers Energy Foun…Cdv5 FoundationThe Meijer FoundationThe Mercantile Bank F…The Meijer Foundation
Grand Rapids Community FoundationMI55.6× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Grand Rapids Community Foundation · Heart of West Michigan United Way · Frey Foundation · Douglas & Maria Devos Foundation · Peter C & Emajean Cook Foundation · The Wege Foundation · The Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area Inc · Consumers Energy Foundation · Cdv5 Foundation · The Meijer Foundation · The Mercantile Bank Foundation · The Meijer Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Baker Family Foundation Fka Jeff & Cheryl Baker Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Baker Family Foundation Fka Jeff & Cheryl Baker Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Baker Family Foundation Fka Jeff & Cheryl Baker Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 49 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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