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David S Baum Foundation Inc at a glance

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David S Baum 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.

$431k
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$80k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Civil Rights$456kPublic Benefit$383kHealth$344kHuman Services$125kEducation$123kArts & Culture$107kEnvironment$64kHousing & Shelter$60kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $158k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $235k
$10,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$8.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION$80,000
JUDICIAL WATCH$55,000
DAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER$50,000
YOUNG AMERICA'S FOUNDATION$50,000
TURNING POINT USA$35,000
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT ON TERRORISM FOUNDATION$20,000
Individual grant recipient$12,602
AGRACE FOUNDATION (JANESVILLE HOSPICE)$10,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$10,000
DUCHESNE ACADEMY OF THE SACRED HEART$10,000
DING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY$10,000
VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$10,000
ROARING FORK CONSERVANCY$10,000
KIDS MEALS INC$10,000
THE HEIGHTS FOUNDATION$10,000
02The need
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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 (FY20–25, $151k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FOSTER VILLAGE: $20k → 10%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $6k → 10%FOSTER VILLAGE: $5k → 10%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $5k → 10%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $5k → 10%GOD IS FAITHFUL TEMPORARY SHELTER: $20k → 10%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $5k → 10%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $5k → 10%GIFTS MEN'S SHELTER: $10k → 10%GIFTS MEN'S SHELTER: $10k → 10%GIFTS MEN'S SHELTER: $10k → 10%KIDS MEALS INC: $10k → 16%KIDS MEALS INC: $10k → 16%KIDS MEALS INC: $10k → 16%KIDS MEALS INC: $10k → 16%KIDS MEALS INC: $5k → 16%KIDS MEALS INC: $5k → 16%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

IL
WI
MI
NY
IA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 42 repeat orgs$268k to everyone else

42 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
23

Total granted

$2.2M
$238k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+8%

Still filing today

76%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationPublic BenefitHuman ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • YA
    Young America's Foundation
    5× · 2021–2025 · $255k · revenue +5%
  • TP
    TURNING POINT USA INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $170k · revenue +107%
  • THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
    4× · 2021–2025 · $170k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • SA
    SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • MC
    MMAC COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue -92%
  • TB
    THE BLEXIT FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue -91%
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
3
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
4
The Rand Corporation

Help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.

Public Benefit
5
R Street Institute

The r street institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public-policy research organization ("think tank"). our mission is to engage in policy research and outreach to promote free markets and limited, effective government. (continued on…

Education
6
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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7
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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8
The International Institute for Strategic Studies - Us

To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…

International
9
Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics

The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…

Social Science
10
Uatx

Uatx is a nonprofit dedicated to building a liberal arts university committed to freedom of inquiry, freedom of conscience, and civil discourse. to maintain these principles, the university will be fiercely independent financially,…

Education
11
Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation Inc

Massachusetts taxpayers foundation provides public & private sector decision makers with accurate, timely, unbiased research & constructive solutions that drive public policy in order to strengthen the state's finances & position the…

Public Benefit
12
Partnership for Public Service Inc

Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Freedom Watch Inc Center for Economic Justice. 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

54 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. 54 of the 70 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
53/54
Grantees still filing
32/54
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Young America's Foundation: $255,000 · OtherYoung America's FoundationDAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER: $215,000 · OtherDAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTERTURNING POINT USA INC: $170,000 · OtherTURNING POINT USA INCIndividual grant recipient: $95,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPROJECT VERITAS: $70,000 · OtherDUCHESNE ACADEMY OF THE SACRED HEART: $55,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY: $50,000 · Other+36 more: $552,500 · Other+36 moreTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $170,000 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOU…JUDICIAL WATCH INC: $135,000 · Public BenefitJUDICIAL WATCH I…MELANIE RYCHLIK FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Public BenefitMELANIE RYCHLIK …CATO INSTITUTE: $20,000 · Public BenefitCATO INSTITUTE+3 more: $23,000 · Public Benefit+3 moreDYSLEXIA CENTER OF AUSTIN: $80,000 · EducationDYSLEXIA …PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EducationPRAGER UN…HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $23,500 · EducationHILLSDALE…YOUTHENTITY: $22,000 · EducationYOUTHENTI…RELIGIOUS FREEDOM INSTITUTE INC: $20,000 · EducationRELIGIOUS…San Francisco Nativity Academy: $10,000 · EducationAMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN GROWTH FUND INC: $8,000 · Education+2 more: $10,000 · EducationHEALTHNET OF ROCK COUNTY INC: $125,000 · HealthVALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $33,000 · Health+1 more: $1,500 · HealthGOD IS FAITHFUL TEMPORARY SHELTER INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesKIDS' MEALS INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $26,000 · Human ServicesFOSTER VILLAGE INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesROARING FORK CONSERVANCY: $70,000 · EnvironmentMemorial Park Conservancy Inc: $35,000 · EnvironmentROTARY BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $4,100 · EnvironmentDING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY INC: $46,500 · Animals
Other$1,462,500Public Benefit$368,000Education$203,500Health$159,500Human Services$151,000Environment$109,100Animals$46,500

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 budgetYoung America's Foundation: $255,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetDAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER: $215,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $170,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $170,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $135,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTHNET OF ROCK COUNTY INC: $125,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetDYSLEXIA CENTER OF AUSTIN: $80,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetROARING FORK CONSERVANCY: $70,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetPROJECT VERITAS: $70,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGOD IS FAITHFUL TEMPORARY SHELTER INC: $50,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetKIDS' MEALS INC: $50,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY INC: $46,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetINVESTIGATIVE PROJECT ON TERRORISM FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetMemorial Park Conservancy Inc: $35,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetVALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $33,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetFREEDOM WATCH INC CENTER FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE: $30,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $26,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKANDU INDUSTRIES INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFOSTER VILLAGE INC: $25,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $23,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTHENTITY: $22,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMMAC COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BLEXIT FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMELANIE RYCHLIK FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetRELIGIOUS FREEDOM INSTITUTE INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARTS CAMPUS AT WILLITS: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED WAY BLACKHAWK REGION INC: $17,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES: $16,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONVENTION OF STATES ACTION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSTAR OF HOPE MISSION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTexas 2036: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Nativity Academy: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN GROWTH FUND INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOR KIDS AND COUNTRY INC: $6,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetEAGLE FORUM FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetCommunity Housing and Resources Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Periwinkle Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Westview School Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROTARY BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $4,100 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.

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.

Donors Trust IncGreater Houston Commu…Community Foundation …Bradley Impact Fund I…Baird Foundation IncJanesville Foundation…Jpc FoundationEbs FoundationBailey Family Foundat…Farrell Family Founda…Aspen Community Found…Gs Donor Advised Phil…
Donors Trust IncVA16.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donors Trust Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin Inc · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Janesville Foundation Inc · Jpc Foundation · Ebs Foundation · Bailey Family Foundation Inc · Farrell Family Foundation · Aspen Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management 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 David S Baum Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David S Baum Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • The United Way of Lee County Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 70 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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