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Bauman 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.

$454k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$207k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2021–2025.

Philanthropy$8.2MPublic Benefit$1.6MEnvironment$418kHealth$322kEducation$160kCivil Rights$150kInternational$25kHuman Services$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $158k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $289k
$12,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER$206,500
ENDANGERED RAINFOREST RESCUE$82,500
CONGENITAL HYPERINSULINISM INTERNATIONAL$40,000
SAVE THE CHILDREN FEDERATION INC$25,000
SAVING NATURE INC$15,000
WILDLIFE RANGER HEALTH INIATIVE$15,000
NEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN$12,500
DAMASCUS CITIZENS FOR SUSTAINABILITY INC$10,000
DANIELS FAMILY SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FOUNDATION$10,000
TEEEM INC$10,000
THE ANDREW GOODMAN FOUNDATION$10,000
DIABETES FOUNDATION$10,000
LIVE FREE MAGAZINE DBA HARLEM COLLECTIVE$7,500
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 (FY24–24, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%TOGETHER WISCONSIN INC: $100k → 17%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.

Which US states your grants reach

MT
WI
MI
NY
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC

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.

43%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.2M · 7 repeat orgs$1.7M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +46% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

7 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
13

Total granted

$1.2M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
0%

Still filing today

100%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $434k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24’25
Civil RightsHealthEducationPublic BenefitEnvironmentInternationalOther

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

  • PA
    PA Alliance Foundation
    2× · 2023–2024 · $250k · revenue +173%
  • SL
    STATE LEADERSHIP PROJECT
    2× · 2023–2024 · $250k · revenue +65%
  • ONE ARIZONA
    2× · 2023–2024 · $200k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • NEO Philanthropy Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $200k · revenue 0%
  • N
    NAACP
    one grant, 2023 · $150k
  • WA
    WORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND
    one grant, 2024 · $150k · revenue -67%

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.

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Voteamerica

The mission of voteamerica is to strengthen united states democracy by increasing voter turnout.

Civil Rights
2
Democracy Works Inc

The organization's mission is to leverage web-technologies to improve civic engagement and voter education.

Civil Rights
3
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
4
Register America

The organization is founded for social welfare purposes, including assisting with voter registration and advocating for policies which lead to increased voter registration in the united states.

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5
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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6
One for Democracy Action Fund

One for democracy unlocks resources to build a healthy democracy by fostering meaningful relationships between philanthropists and the democracy leaders of our time.

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7
Commission On Presidential Debates

Organize general election presidential and vice-presidential debates

Civil Rights
8
League of Women Voters of New Jersey

Through grassroots people-powered advocacy and organizing, lwvnj trains, mobilizes, and educates advocates to have a greater voice in government and influence public policy.

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9
Verified Voting Foundation

Strengthen democracy for all voters by promoting the responsible use of technology in all elections.

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10
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
11
Democracy Forward

See schedule o.this organization seeks to build collective power to defend and advance a vibrant democracy that benefits all people.

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12
Middle East Investment Initiative Inc

Middle east investment initiative, inc. (meii) stimulates sustainable economic activity and long-lasting job creation in the middle east and north africa (mena) by designing and deploying finance and technical assistance programs to…

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Working America Education Fund and the most unlike its peers is Wildlife Ranger Health Initiative. 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 20 years old; the field is 15. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%12%<5yr15%19%5–10yr20%19%10–20yr18%19%20–35yr14%23%35–55yr11%8%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr15%5%5–10yr20%5%10–20yr18%4%20–35yr14%82%35–55yr11%2%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 12% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/28
the rest of the field
12%
6,333/52,264

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

27 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. 27 of the 33 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
10/27
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

TIDES FOUNDATION — $7,900,000 · PhilanthropyTIDES FOUNDATION+1 more — $10,000 · PhilanthropyPA Alliance Foundation — $250,000 · Civil RightsONE ARIZONA — $200,000 · Civil RightsTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER — $150,000 · Civil RightsMICHIGAN CIVIC EDUCATION FUND — $100,000 · Civil RightsFair Elections Center — $50,000 · Civil RightsPENNSYLVANIA VOICE — $50,000 · Civil RightsSTATE VOICES — $50,000 · Civil RightsNAACP — $150,000 · OtherTHE ANDREW GOODMAN FOUNDATION INC — $135,000 · OtherWESTERN ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCE COUNCILS — $100,000 · OtherENDANGERED RAINFOREST RESCUE INC — $82,500 · OtherTOGETHER WISCONSIN INC — $100,000 · OtherSave The Children Federation Inc — $25,000 · Other+6 more — $65,000 · OtherSTATE LEADERSHIP PROJECT — $250,000 · Public BenefitNEO Philanthropy Inc — $200,000 · Public BenefitBLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA — $150,000 · EducationWORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND — $150,000 · EducationVIRGINIA NEW MAJORITY EDUCATION FUND — $100,000 · EducationMONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER — $206,500 · HealthDIABETES FOUNDATION INC — $60,000 · HealthCONGENITAL HYPERINSULINISM INTERNATIONAL — $40,000 · HealthWILDLIFE RANGER HEALTH INITIATIVE — $15,000 · HealthLEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND — $200,000 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUND — $50,000 · EnvironmentDANIELS FAMILY SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Environment
Philanthropy$7,910,000Civil Rights$850,000Other$657,500Public Benefit$450,000Education$400,000Health$321,500Environment$260,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTIDES FOUNDATION — $7,900,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetPA Alliance Foundation — $250,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetSTATE LEADERSHIP PROJECT — $250,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc — $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetONE ARIZONA — $200,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetLEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND — $200,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBLUEPRINT NORTH CAROLINA — $150,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetWORKING AMERICA EDUCATION FUND — $150,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER — $150,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ANDREW GOODMAN FOUNDATION INC — $135,000 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetWESTERN ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCE COUNCILS — $100,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetVIRGINIA NEW MAJORITY EDUCATION FUND — $100,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMICHIGAN CIVIC EDUCATION FUND — $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTOGETHER WISCONSIN INC — $100,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetDIABETES FOUNDATION INC — $60,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetFair Elections Center — $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA VOICE — $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTATE VOICES — $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNEW ALTERNATIVES FOR CHILDREN INC — $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEEEM INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWashington Area Bicyclist Association — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Lr Bauman Foundation …NEO Philanthropy IncNew Venture FundPark Foundation IncWindward FundTides FoundationAmalgamated Charitabl…Hopewell FundRockefeller Philanthr…Silicon Valley Commun…The Jebediah Foundati…Strategic Victory Fund
Lr Bauman Foundation IncNJ20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 6 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lr Bauman Foundation Inc · NEO Philanthropy Inc · New Venture Fund · Park Foundation Inc · Windward Fund · Tides Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Hopewell Fund · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Jebediah Foundation 7563-Xxxxxx00129 · Strategic Victory Fund

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 Bauman Family Foundation Inc 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
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 31%
  • Diabetes Foundation Inc — 31% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc — 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–24

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 Bauman Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Bauman Family Foundation Inc 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 33 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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