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John P & Lisa Baron Family Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$83k
Granted FY2018
24
Grants FY2018
17
Organizations funded FY2018
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Median grant, FY2018
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2018
$38,000
States reached, FY2018
1
Total assets, FY2018
$25k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

Top grantees

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

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Friends of the Gardenaerial Inc$40,500114%
University of Rochester$10,00010%
The Harley School$8,00010%
Mary Cariola Children's Center Inc$2,50010%
Rocovery Fitness Inc$1,00010%
The Young Entrepreneurs Academy Inc$1,00010%
Friends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library$35010%
The Little Theatre Film Society Inc$15010%

Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John P & Lisa Baron Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFriends of the Gardenaerial Inc: $40,500 over 1y, 14% of budgetUniversity of Rochester: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Harley School: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMary Cariola Children's Center Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRocovery Fitness Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Young Entrepreneurs Academy Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Little Theatre Film Society Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.0% 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 8.

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.

Rochester Area Commun…Charles J & Burton S …William & Sheila Kona…Daisy Marquis Jones F…Rochester Area Commun…Max and Marian Farash…Esl Charitable Founda…The Florence M Muller…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Rochester Area Community FoundationNY17.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rochester Area Community Foundation · Charles J & Burton S August Family Foundation · William & Sheila Konar Foundation · Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc · Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation · Esl Charitable Foundation · The Florence M Muller Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 John P & Lisa Baron Family Foundation

How much does John P & Lisa Baron Family Foundation give?
John P & Lisa Baron Family Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $83,450 in its FY2018 IRS filing.
What does John P & Lisa Baron Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2018, its largest causes are Environment (52%), Education (22%), Arts & Culture (9%).
Who are John P & Lisa Baron Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2018: Friends of the Gardenaerial Inc ($41k), University of Rochester ($10k), The Harley School ($8k).
Does John P & Lisa Baron Family 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 John P & Lisa Baron Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rochester Area Community Foundation, Charles J & Burton S August Family Foundation, William & Sheila Konar Foundation.
Where is John P & Lisa Baron Family Foundation based?
John P & Lisa Baron Family Foundation is based in NY.

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 17 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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