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Dexter F and Dorothy H Baker Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$662k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
37
Grants FY2024
43
Organizations funded FY2023
9%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$250,000
Organizations funded a year
35 to 45
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$16M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 9% of the organizations Dexter F and Dorothy H Baker Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $246k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthEducationPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving28$662k14%
FY202343$913k9%
FY202242$984k5%
FY202142$922k7%
FY202045$947k29%
FY201944$995k32%
FY201835$750kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$2.7MArts & Culture$1.1MYouth Development$843kHealth$487kFood & Nutrition$268kCommunity Improvement$254kHuman Services$245kPhilanthropy$75kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 53 grantees
All grantees of Dexter F and Dorothy H Baker Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Lehigh University$1,447,80060%
Muhlenberg College$349,00070%
Koresh Dance Company$227,50059%
Boys and Girls Club of Allentown Inc$220,00073%
Kellyn Foundation$206,865712%
New Horizons of Southwest Florida Inc$195,00062%
Communities in Schools of Eastern Pennsylvania Inc$170,00061%
The Literacy Center$165,00074%
Bach Choir of Bethlehem$155,00072%
Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network$140,00050%
Big Thought$130,00040%
Rodale Institute$130,00041%
Boys & Girls Club of Collier County Flor$127,50061%
Lehigh Valley Hospital$115,00050%
Lehigh Valley Arts and Cultural Alliance$98,000427%
Community Bike Works$95,25072%
Texas Ballet Theater Inc$90,00050%
Community Music School$80,00062%
Nhntx Inc$77,50067%
Alonzo King Lines Ballet$75,00061%
Main Line Art Center$70,00062%
Lafayette College$68,00060%
Pinebrook Family Answers$65,00070%
The Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science and Technology Inc$60,00031%
The Baum School of Art$60,00051%
Pratyush Sinha Foundation D/B/A Mindful Child Initiative$55,000712%
Valley Youth House Committee Inc$55,00030%
Allentown Art Museum$50,00041%
Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas$50,00020%
Third Street Alliance for Women and Children$48,50051%
Out Teach$48,00040%
Ccsa Foundation$42,50050%
United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley$40,00030%
Eldernet of Lower Merion and Narberth$40,00062%
Touchstone Theatre$40,00052%
Allentown Symphony Association Inc$40,00070%
Lehigh Valley Children's Centers Inc$39,04270%
Meals on Wheels of the Greater Lehigh Valley Inc$38,00011%
Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley Inc$29,00020%
Episcopal Community Services of The Diocese of Pennsylvania$25,00050%
Wildlands Conservancy Inc$24,00030%
National Museum of Industrial History$15,00030%
Steppingstone Scholars Inc$15,00030%
YMCA of Southwest Florida Inc$10,00010%
Artsquest$10,00010%
Moravian University$10,00050%
Allentown School District Foundation$7,50030%
Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania Inc$7,50010%
Pennyslvania Shakespeare Festival$6,00010%
Satori Ltd$6,00025%
Boys and Girls Club of Easton Inc$5,00011%
Habitat for Humanity of the Lehigh Valley$5,00010%
State Theatre Center for the Arts Inc$5,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($789k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Dexter F and Dorothy H Baker Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 53 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLehigh University: $1,447,800 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMuhlenberg College: $349,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetKoresh Dance Company: $227,500 over 5y, 9.4% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Allentown Inc: $220,000 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetKellyn Foundation: $206,865 over 7y, 12% of budgetNew Horizons of Southwest Florida Inc: $195,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetCommunities in Schools of Eastern Pennsylvania Inc: $170,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetThe Literacy Center: $165,000 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetBach Choir of Bethlehem: $155,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetGood Shepherd Rehabilitation Network: $140,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBig Thought: $130,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetRodale Institute: $130,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Collier County Flor: $127,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetLehigh Valley Hospital: $115,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLehigh Valley Arts and Cultural Alliance: $98,000 over 4y, 27% of budgetCommunity Bike Works: $95,250 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetTexas Ballet Theater Inc: $90,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCommunity Music School: $80,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetNhntx Inc: $77,500 over 6y, 7.3% of budgetAlonzo King Lines Ballet: $75,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetMain Line Art Center: $70,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetLafayette College: $68,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPinebrook Family Answers: $65,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetThe Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science and Technology Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetThe Baum School of Art: $60,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetPratyush Sinha Foundation D/B/A Mindful Child Initiative: $55,000 over 7y, 12% of budgetValley Youth House Committee Inc: $55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAllentown Art Museum: $50,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetGirl Scouts of Northeast Texas: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThird Street Alliance for Women and Children: $48,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetOut Teach: $48,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCcsa Foundation: $42,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEldernet of Lower Merion and Narberth: $40,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetTouchstone Theatre: $40,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetAllentown Symphony Association Inc: $40,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetLehigh Valley Children's Centers Inc: $39,042 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMeals on Wheels of the Greater Lehigh Valley Inc: $38,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCommunity Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley Inc: $29,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEpiscopal Community Services of The Diocese of Pennsylvania: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWildlands Conservancy Inc: $24,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNational Museum of Industrial History: $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSteppingstone Scholars Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYMCA of Southwest Florida Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetArtsquest: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMoravian University: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAllentown School District Foundation: $7,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetGirl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 53.

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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.

Air Products FoundationPA61.4× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Air Products Foundation · Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley · Ppl Foundation · The Century Fund Trust · Harry C Trexler Estate · Amaranth Foundation · Martin Guitar Charitable Foundation · John a and Margaret Post Foundation · The Rider-Pool Foundation · Lutron Foundation · Butz 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.

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About Dexter F and Dorothy H Baker Foundation

How much does Dexter F and Dorothy H Baker Foundation give?
Dexter F and Dorothy H Baker Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $661,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 35 and 45 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Dexter F and Dorothy H Baker Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (38%), Arts & Culture (16%), Youth Development (12%).
Who are Dexter F and Dorothy H Baker Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Lehigh University ($1.4M), Muhlenberg College ($349k), Koresh Dance Company ($228k).
Does Dexter F and Dorothy H Baker Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Dexter F and Dorothy H Baker Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Dexter F and Dorothy H Baker Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Air Products Foundation, Lehigh Valley Community Foundation, United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley.
Where is Dexter F and Dorothy H Baker Foundation based?
Dexter F and Dorothy H Baker Foundation is based in PA.

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 77 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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