Florida · Private foundation
James and Dorothy Baer 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.
- $515k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations James and Dorothy Baer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $155k 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 | 15 | $515k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $460k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $178k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $178k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $154k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $150k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $145k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $130k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnabas Center Inc | $147,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Wheels of Success Inc | $140,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Micahs Place Inc | $128,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Young Life | $110,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Canc | $95,000 | 4 | 3% |
| The Fund for American Studies | $90,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Thistle Farms Inc | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival | $74,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Nassau County Council on Aging Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Ministries Inc | $50,000 | 6 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnabas Center Inc | $147,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Wheels of Success Inc | $140,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Micahs Place Inc | $128,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Young Life | $110,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Canc | $95,000 | 4 | 3% |
| The Fund for American Studies | $90,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Thistle Farms Inc | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival | $74,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Nassau County Council on Aging Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Ministries Inc | $50,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Junior Achievement of North Florida Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| American Center for Law and Justice Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pinky Promise Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Amelia Island Museum of History Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($970k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James and Dorothy Baer Foundation 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: The Rayonier Advanced Materials Foundation Inc · Rose M & Robert W Stubbs Foundation · Okefenoke Rural Electric Membership Corporation Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About James and Dorothy Baer Foundation
- How much does James and Dorothy Baer Foundation give?
- James and Dorothy Baer Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $515,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does James and Dorothy Baer Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (27%), Education (17%), Health (16%).
- Who are James and Dorothy Baer Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Barnabas Center Inc ($147k), Wheels of Success Inc ($140k), Micahs Place Inc ($128k).
- Does James and Dorothy Baer Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James and Dorothy Baer Foundation 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 James and Dorothy Baer Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Rayonier Advanced Materials Foundation Inc, Rose M & Robert W Stubbs Foundation, Okefenoke Rural Electric Membership Corporation Foundation Inc.
- Where is James and Dorothy Baer Foundation based?
- James and Dorothy Baer Foundation is based in FL.
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