· Private foundation
Lauri S Bauer 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $500
- $10k–50k3 grants · $70k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LAURI BAUER GRIEF CENTER | $30,000 |
| JUF | $30,000 |
| THE AUDITORIUM THEATRE | $10,000 |
| HALLIE225 FOUNDATION | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WHWILLOW HOUSE6× · 2017–2024 · $150k · revenue +22%
- JUJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO4× · 2017–2020 · $140k · revenue +13%
- CPCHICAGO PSYCHOANALYTIC INSTITUTE2× · 2021–2022 · $120k · revenue +1%
Funded once
- EFELUNA FORMERLY THE MOYER FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +143%
- TETHE ELYSE MARCUS LEGACY FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2017 · $11k · 32% of their budget
- HCHP COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONone grant, 2022 · $8k
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.
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.
The tragedy assistance program for survivors (taps) is america's national nonprofit organization that has cared for the loved ones of our nation's fallen heroes since 1994. taps ensures these living legacies of service and sacrifice do not…
A year round grief support center for children, parents and adults coping with the loss of a family member due to death or life-altering illness, designed to help children and teens develop healthy coping skills and foster resiliency and…
The child loss foundation continues to expand its reach and strives to be a nationally recognized leader in providing comprehensive support to parents grieving the death of a child through retreats, financial assistance and…
Kara provides grief support for children, teens, families and adults. Guided by its core values of empathy and compassion, and belief that loss and grief impact everyone, Kara supports people of all ages on their journey through grief so…
Brighter days grief center is a minnesota nonprofit organization serving adults, young adults, teenagers and children who are grieving the death or terminal diagnosis of a beloved family member. although we are a grief center providing…
A center for grieving children is a support center for children, teens and their families that are grieving the loss of someone they love because of death, divorce or separation. we also help children who are in foster care, children and…
Wildflower is dedicated to serving children and families who have experienced the death of a parent. we provide the gifts of camp, enriching experiences, and consistent, long-term support to help families strengthen their resilience and…
Caringmatters provides social supports and community education so that no one dies or grieves alone. our trained and screened volunteers provide compassionate support, without charge, to any montgomery county adult or child facing serious…
Olivia's house is an organization of care-giving professionals and volunteers committed to supporting grieving children. its purpose is to facilitate healing through grief and loss education.
Organization provides support to children and young adults who have experienced the loss of a parent.
East end hospice is dedicated to improving lives across eastern long island through expert care, comfort and compassion for terminally ill patients and their families.
Our program in southern Idaho focuses on providing a safe space for children and teenagers aged 6 to 17 who are grieving the loss of a loved one. Through peer support groups and adult volunteer advocates we help these young individuals…
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 14 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 WILLOW HOUSE ↗
- Who funds JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO PSYCHOANALYTIC INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds LAURI BAUER GRIEF CENTERS ↗
- Who funds SEASONS HOSPICE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds EXPERIENCE CAMPS ↗
- Who funds ELUNA FORMERLY THE MOYER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE ELYSE MARCUS LEGACY FOUNDATION 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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lauri S Bauer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lauri S Bauer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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