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Joseph D Baker Fund Inc at a glance

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Joseph D Baker Fund Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$128k
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$203kCommunity Improvement$128kEducation$120kRecreation & Sports$85kArts & Culture$66kPhilanthropy$51kAnimals$37kHousing & Shelter$36kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k20 grants · $67k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $61k
$4,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDS OF BAKER PARK$20,000
DOWNTOWN FREDERICK PARTNERSHIP$20,000
MISSION OF MERCY$11,000
MCDANIEL COLLEGE$10,000
THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY$6,000
RELIGIOUS COALITION$6,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FREDERICK$5,000
DAYS END HORSE FARM RESCUE$5,000
FREDERICK COUNTY 4H RIDING$5,000
LITERACY COUNCIL OF FREDERICK$5,000
MARYLAND ENSEMBLE THEATRE$4,000
ADVOCATES FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES$4,000
COMMUNITY LIVING$4,000
FREDERICK CHILDREN CHORUS$3,000
UNITED WAY OF FREDERICK COUNTY$3,000
02The need
03

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 (FY17–24, $102k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 5%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 5%COMMUNITY LIVING: $4k → 6%COMMUNITY LIVING: $4k → 6%COMMUNITY LIVING: $4k → 6%COMMUNITY LIVING: $4k → 6%COMMUNITY LIVING: $4k → 6%COMMUNITY LIVING: $4k → 6%COMMUNITY LIVING: $4k → 6%COMMUNITY LIVING: $4k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY: $11k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY: $10k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY: $9k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY: $9k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY: $9k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY: $8k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY: $7k → 6%MISSION OF MERCY: $7k → 6%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.
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$845k · 32 repeat orgs$14k to everyone else

32 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
6

Total granted

$845k
$11k

Still filing today

56%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureCommunity ImprovementEducationHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyOther
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

  • DF
    DOWNTOWN FREDERICK PARTNERSHIP INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $110k · revenue +115%
  • MC
    MCDANIEL COLLEGE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $80k · revenue +64%
  • MO
    MISSION OF MERCY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $70k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • SO
    SEED OF LIFE NURSERIES INC
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
  • CO
    CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
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
Frederick County Association of Realtors

The association provides and promotes realtors education and cooperation. it promotes trust and confidence through the support of approximately 1,200 members.

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2
The Chamber of Commerce of Frederick County Inc

Connecting businesses and the community through leadership, advocacy and education.

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3
Frederick County Healthcare Coalition Inc

Our mission is to improve wellness and resiliency to equitably impact the lifelong health of all frederick county residents

Health
4
The Frederick County Humane Society Inc

The organization is dedicated to providing affordable services, resources and programs to help responsible pet owners keep their pets healthy, happy and in life-long homes.

Animals
5
Frederick County Farm Bureau Inc

Development of agriculture

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6
Frederick Health Inc

To positively impact the well-being of every individual in our community.

Health
7
Nami Frederick County Inc

Our mission is to provide information, understanding, education, and support for persons experiencing mental illness and their families. We are an all volunteer organization that provides its services and information materials free of…

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8
Federation of Virginia Food Banks

Facilitating statewide collaboration among Virginia's food banks, partners, and neighbors to improve nutrition security and empower strong, healthy communities.

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9
Fauquier Community Food Bank & Thrift Store

To fight hunger in fauquier county by providing our neighbors in need with nourishing food and encouraging self-sufficiency through vibrant community partnerships

Food & Nutrition
10
Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce

The fredericksburg regional chamber of commerce promotes business and community activities in the fredericksburg region and surrounding areas.

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11
First Maryland Disability Trust Inc

To enhance the quality of life, autonomy and dignity of marylanders with disabilities by offering cost effective trust services to protect, manage and use trust assets for beneficiaries while preserving eligibility for public and private…

Human Services
12
Celebrate Frederick Inc

To plan and implement special events and activities to offer the community a shared cultural experience.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Frederick County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Frederick County 4-H Therapeutic Riding Program. 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

21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 41 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
16/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRIENDS OF BAKER PARK: $84,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF BAKER PARKTHE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $37,500 · OtherTHE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY INCHOSPICE: $29,000 · OtherHOSPICEUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK: $24,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARKRELIGIOUS COALITION FOR EMERGENCY: $20,000 · OtherSHIP: $16,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FREDERICK MD: $15,000 · OtherDAYS END HORSE FARM RESCUE: $15,000 · OtherTHE FREDERICK CHILDRENS CHORUS INC: $18,000 · OtherBEYOND SHELTER FREDERICK INC: $21,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FREDERICK CO: $20,000 · OtherDAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE INC: $15,000 · Other+17 more: $100,000 · Other+17 moreMCDANIEL COLLEGE INC: $80,000 · EducationMCDANIEL COLLEG…MARYLAND ENSEMBLE THEATRE INC: $34,000 · EducationMARYLAND ENSEMB…DOWNTOWN FREDERICK PARTNERSHIP INC: $110,000 · Community ImprovementDOWNTOWN FREDE…+1 more: $2,000 · Community ImprovementMISSION OF MERCY INC: $70,000 · Human ServicesMISSION OF ME…COMMUNITY LIVING INC: $32,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY LIV…UNITED WAY OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $34,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyFREDERICK COUNTY 4-H THERAPEUTIC RIDING PROGRAM: $34,000 · HealthADVOCATES FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES INC: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterFREDERICK RESCUE MISSION INC: $8,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$429,500Education$114,000Community Improvement$112,000Human Services$102,000Philanthropy$35,000Health$34,000Housing & Shelter$33,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDOWNTOWN FREDERICK PARTNERSHIP INC: $110,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetMCDANIEL COLLEGE INC: $80,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION OF MERCY INC: $70,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $37,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $34,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetFREDERICK COUNTY 4-H THERAPEUTIC RIDING PROGRAM: $34,000 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetMARYLAND ENSEMBLE THEATRE INC: $34,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY LIVING INC: $32,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetADVOCATES FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES INC: $25,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetBEYOND SHELTER FREDERICK INC: $21,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FREDERICK CO: $20,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetTHE FREDERICK CHILDRENS CHORUS INC: $18,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetDAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE INC: $15,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLITERACY COUNCIL OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $11,500 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFREDERICK RESCUE MISSION INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRESS: $6,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTHE FREDERICK ARTS COUNCIL INC: $6,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HOLDING COMPANY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY MARYLAND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds DOWNTOWN FREDERICK PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds MCDANIEL COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds MISSION OF MERCY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds FREDERICK COUNTY 4-H THERAPEUTIC RIDING PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds MARYLAND ENSEMBLE THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds ADVOCATES FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES INC ↗
  • Who funds BEYOND SHELTER FREDERICK INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF FREDERICK CO ↗
  • Who funds THE FREDERICK CHILDRENS CHORUS INC ↗
  • Who funds DAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY COUNCIL OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds FREDERICK RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRESS ↗
  • Who funds THE FREDERICK ARTS COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HOLDING COMPANY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY MARYLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC ↗

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.

Ausherman Family Foun…Delaplaine Foundation…William E Cross Found…Ausherman Family TrustThe Community Foundat…United Way of Frederi…Dr Henry P & M Page D…G Frank Thomas Fdn In…Nora Roberts Foundati…Tourism Council of Fr…The George L Shields …America's Charities
Ausherman Family FoundationMD36.7× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ausherman Family Foundation · Delaplaine Foundation Inc · William E Cross Foundation Inc · Ausherman Family Trust · The Community Foundation of Frederick County Maryland Inc · United Way of Frederick County Inc · Dr Henry P & M Page Durkee Laughlin Foundation Inc · G Frank Thomas Fdn Inc Main · Nora Roberts Foundation · Tourism Council of Frederick County Inc · The George L Shields Foundation Inc · America's Charities

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 Joseph D Baker Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joseph D Baker Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Friends for Neighborhood Progress: 55% of income from government
  • The Frederick Arts Council Inc: 24% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Maryland Ensemble Theatre Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Downtown Frederick Partnership Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Mcdaniel College Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Joseph D Baker Fund 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 41 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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