Wisconsin · Private foundation
Baker Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $905,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations Baker Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $203k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $154k | 55% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $246k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $223k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $103k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $117k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $313k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys Springs Academy | $1,113,400 | 4 | n/a |
| Marian University Inc | $618,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Fond Du Lac Inc | $120,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Fond Du Lac Wi Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Friends of Sarnelli House Ua | $90,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Holy Family Parish | $68,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Solutions Center Inc | $35,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Vista Christian Retreat Inc | $27,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Forest Athletic Club Newcorp Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Plymouth Intergenerational Coalition Ltd | $25,000 | 5 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys Springs Academy | $1,113,400 | 4 | n/a |
| Marian University Inc | $618,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Fond Du Lac Inc | $120,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Fond Du Lac Wi Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Friends of Sarnelli House Ua | $90,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Holy Family Parish | $68,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Solutions Center Inc | $35,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Vista Christian Retreat Inc | $27,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Forest Athletic Club Newcorp Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Plymouth Intergenerational Coalition Ltd | $25,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Agnesian Healthcare Foundation Inc | $21,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Congregation of the Good Shepherd | $17,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Nfdl Charter School Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Breakthrough T1d | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Holyland Food Pantry Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($720k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Baker Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Mid-States Aluminum Foundation Inc · Fond Du Lac Area Foundation · Michels Family Foundation · Grande Foundation · Kevin and Connie Michels Family Foundation · Mike Shannon Automotive Foundation Inc · Agnesian Healthcare Inc · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Korb Family Foundation Inc · Jf Ahern Co Foundation · Patrick & Marysue Michels Family Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
About Baker Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Baker Family Foundation Inc give?
- Baker Family Foundation Inc reported 12 grants totaling $1,031,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Baker Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (76%), Human Services (9%), Youth Development (4%).
- Who are Baker Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Marys Springs Academy ($1.1M), Marian University Inc ($618k), Boys & Girls Club of Fond Du Lac Inc ($120k).
- Does Baker Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Baker Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Baker Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mid-States Aluminum Foundation Inc, Fond Du Lac Area Foundation, Michels Family Foundation.
- Where is Baker Family Foundation Inc based?
- Baker Family Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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