Illinois · Private foundation
Melvin R Baum Private Foundation Inc
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.
- $343k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 42%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $85,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 22
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 42% of the organizations Melvin R Baum Private Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $161k 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 | 18 | $342k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $354k | 42% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $322k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $303k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $288k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apostolic Christian Lifepoints Inc | $425,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Midwest Food Bank Nfp | $279,590 | 5 | 0% |
| The Independence Fund Inc | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $59,050 | 5 | n/a |
| Apostolic Christian Harvestcall | $55,000 | 2 | n/a |
| South Side Mission of Peoria | $25,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Apostolic Christian Children's Home Inc | $24,000 | 5 | 0% |
| We Trust in Him | $15,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Apostolic Christian Restmor Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pathway Ministries | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apostolic Christian Lifepoints Inc | $425,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Midwest Food Bank Nfp | $279,590 | 5 | 0% |
| The Independence Fund Inc | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $59,050 | 5 | n/a |
| Apostolic Christian Harvestcall | $55,000 | 2 | n/a |
| South Side Mission of Peoria | $25,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Apostolic Christian Children's Home Inc | $24,000 | 5 | 0% |
| We Trust in Him | $15,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Apostolic Christian Restmor Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pathway Ministries | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Spread Truth Ministries Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jubilee Ministries Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Feed the Children Inc | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Central Illinois Riding Therapy Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($616k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Melvin R Baum Private Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
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About Melvin R Baum Private Foundation Inc
- How much does Melvin R Baum Private Foundation Inc give?
- Melvin R Baum Private Foundation Inc reported 19 grants totaling $342,850 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 22 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Melvin R Baum Private Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (35%), Health (27%), Food & Nutrition (17%).
- Who are Melvin R Baum Private Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Apostolic Christian Lifepoints Inc ($425k), Midwest Food Bank Nfp ($280k), The Independence Fund Inc ($75k).
- Does Melvin R Baum Private Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Melvin R Baum Private Foundation Inc 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 Melvin R Baum Private Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Share Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund.
- Where is Melvin R Baum Private Foundation Inc based?
- Melvin R Baum Private Foundation Inc is based in IL.
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