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Michael Baker International Foundation

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.

$86k
Granted FY2024still arriving
49
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$435kPublic Benefit$64kArts & Culture$33kEmployment$30kHuman Services$26kPhilanthropy$24kReligion$23kAnimals$19kOther$0
02FY2024 · 49 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k46 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $58k
$500
Median grant
10
States reached
$115k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation$30,000
March of Dimes$18,070
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust$10,000
Beaver Area Heritage Foundation$5,000
American Cancer Society$1,500
Beaver County Foundation$1,000
Screaming Eagle Foundation$1,000
Mid-Atlantic Mothers Milk Bank$500
Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh$500
Allegheny Center Christian and Missionary Alliance Church$500
Cafe Momentum Pittsburgh$500
Hospice of Central Pennsylvania$500
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank$500
Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania$500
Hello Bully$500
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 (FY18–24, $29k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Beverlys Birthdays: $500 → 10%Emmas Footprints: $500 → 15%Project HOME: $5k → 22%Karen Carns Foundation: $500 → 6%Project HOME: $5k → 22%Karen Carns Foundation: $500 → 6%Center of Hope Friendship Room: $500 → 19%KAREN CARNS FOUNDATION: $500 → 6%Center of Hope Friendship Room: $500 → 19%Lifenet Foundation: $1k → 10%Bethesda Mission of Harrisburg: $1k → 12%Karen Carns Foundation: $500 → 6%Lifenet Foundation: $640 → 10%Light of Life Rescue Mission: $500 → 11%Downtown Daily Bread: $500 → 12%DOWNTOWN DAILY BREAD: $500 → 12%BENJAMIN M BANKS JR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $500 → 10%Hospice of Central Pennsylvania: $2k → 12%Hospice of Central Pennsylvania: $1k → 12%Benjamin M Banks Jr Memorial Foundation: $500 → 10%Hospice of Central Pennsylvania: $500 → 12%HOSPICE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA: $500 → 12%BENJAMIN M BANKS JR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $500 → 10%WOMENS CENTER OF BEAVER COUNTY: $500 → 10%Wounded Warrior Project: $950 → 11%Wounded Warrior Project: $400 → 11%Wounded Warrior Project: $385 → 11%Latino Community Center: $500 → 11%COMPUTER REACH: $500 → 11%Miracle League of Moon Township: $550 → 11%Miracle League of Moon Township: $500 → 11%Coraopolis Community Development Corporation Inc: $500 → 11%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.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
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CA
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VA
MD
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TN
SC
DC
HI
OK
GA
TX
FL
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$591k · 76 repeat orgs$145k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

76 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 47 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

76
137

Total granted

$591k
$132k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+19%

Still filing today

75%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsPhilanthropyEducationFood & NutritionOther
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

  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $210k · revenue +49%
  • PH
    PROJECT HOME
    2× · 2018–2019 · $10k · revenue +12%
  • PW
    PENNSYLVANIA WOUNDED WARRIORS INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $5k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • AA
    AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2018 · $30k · revenue +20%
  • TU
    The United Way - Virginia Beach Tragedy Fund
    one grant, 2019 · $12k
  • AO
    ALASKA OIL AND GAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -27%
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
Humane Pennsylvania

Humane pennsylvania empowers the people in our communities to increase their capacity to care for animals so that all animals are healthy, safe, and treated humanely.

Animals
2
Humane Pennsylvania Foundation

To encourage and motivate the making of gifts and donations by deed, will, or otherwise, for the advancement, promotion, extension, and maintenance of the various causes and objectives fostered by the humane pennsylvania.

Animals
3
Pittsburgh Mercy Health System Inc

We, pittsburgh mercy health system (pittsburgh mercy) and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. pittsburgh mercy is a member of trinity…

Health
4
Central Pennsylvania Blood Bank

The central pennsylvania blood bank (cpbb) is a community based blood program committed to providing a quality blood supply, responsive to community needs, in a cost effective manner. cpbb works to promote, secure, and coordinate 100% of…

Health
5
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh

The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…

Animals
6
Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc

The mission of penn highlands mon valley is to enhance the health of the residents of the mid-monongahela valley area by providing outstanding healthcare services.

Health
7
Center for Victims

Center for victims offers a public service in allegheny county by helping individuals, families, and communities heal from the trauma of sexual assault/abuse, intimate partner violence, community violence, and all forms of violence and…

Human Services
8
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
9
Pittsburgh Business Group On Health

An employer-led coalition that champions outcomes-based, cost-effective healthcare through education, market expertise, group purchasing, comparative data and decision support.

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10
Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation

To create and distribute trusted content, build connections and strengthen our community through public media.

Arts & Culture
11
Personal Care Products Council Foundation Inc

The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…

Health
12
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy

We improve quality of life by enhancing and stewarding pittsburgh's parks in partnership with the community.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Center for Play and Exploration. 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

153 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. 153 of the 235 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)
34
Early backer (in before they grew)
151/153
Grantees still filing
98/153
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $210,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATIONMARCH OF DIMES INC: $153,458 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC+29 more: $38,900 · Health+29 moreAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · OtherAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRP…The United Way - Virginia Beach Tragedy Fund: $12,370 · OtherThe United Way - Virginia Be…+130 more: $141,984 · Other+130 moreLEADERSHIP PITTSBURGH: $61,500 · Community ImprovementLEADERSHI…+1 more: $500 · Community ImprovementPROJECT HOME: $10,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA: $4,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,880 · Human ServicesLIFENET FOUNDATION: $2,015 · Human ServicesKAREN CARNS FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Human ServicesBenjamin M Banks Jr Memorial Foundation: $1,500 · Human ServicesTHE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF MOON TOWNSHIP: $1,050 · Human Services+10 more: $6,900 · Human ServicesPITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $15,000 · Arts & CultureALASKA OIL AND GAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureHUNT OF A LIFETIME: $3,000 · PhilanthropyPITTSBURGH PENGUINS FOUNDATION: $1,737 · PhilanthropyTHE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $1,466 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE CAPITAL REGION: $1,000 · PhilanthropyTHE BEAVER COUNTY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · PhilanthropyHANNA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $1,000 · PhilanthropyThe Heal Foundation Inc: $500 · PhilanthropyGREATER GOOD CHARITIES: $500 · PhilanthropyNORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $500 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF THE PITTSBURGH FISHER HOUSE INC: $500 · PhilanthropyMAUI UNITED WAY: $500 · PhilanthropyCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $4,549 · Food & NutritionFOODBANK OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA: $4,195 · Food & NutritionCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK: $2,000 · Food & NutritionGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $850 · Food & Nutrition
Health$402,358Other$184,354Community Improvement$62,000Human Services$30,345Arts & Culture$25,500Philanthropy$11,703Food & Nutrition$11,594

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $210,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $153,458 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLEADERSHIP PITTSBURGH: $61,500 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetPITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALASKA OIL AND GAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetPROJECT HOME: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $5,260 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA WOUNDED WARRIORS INC: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBeaver Area Heritage Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $4,549 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOODBANK OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA: $4,195 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCORNERSTONE COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $4,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetHOSPICE OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital of the King's Daughters: $3,917 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMAGEE-WOMENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND FOUNDATION: $3,897 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHREE RIVERS MOTHERS MILK BANK D/B/A MID-ATLANTIC MOTHERS' MILK BANK: $3,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHUNT OF A LIFETIME: $3,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBEAVER COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $3,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2,880 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIBTTA FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,456 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,368 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLIFENET FOUNDATION: $2,015 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetVICKIE'S ANGEL WALK INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPenn State Health: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKAREN CARNS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHELLO BULLY: $2,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF HARRISBURG AREA INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWater for South Sudan Inc: $1,850 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPITTSBURGH PENGUINS FOUNDATION: $1,737 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $1,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYELLOW RIBBON GIRLS: $1,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetALLEGHENY LAND TRUST: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBLACKHAWK AREA YOUTH BASEBALL ASSN: $1,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetMOON AREA BAND PARENT ORGANIZATION INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWilliam C Blackmon Athletic Memorial Foundation: $1,500 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetCHOICES PREGNANCY SERVICES: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBenjamin M Banks Jr Memorial Foundation: $1,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $1,466 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVETERANS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC: $1,290 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF MOON TOWNSHIP: $1,050 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBETHESDA MISSION OF HARRISBURG INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALEXIS JOY D'ACHILLE FOUNDATION FOR POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% 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.

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.

The Pittsburgh Founda…The Cigna Group Found…The United Way of Sou…Eqt FoundationRichard King Mellon F…Pittsburgh Penguins F…Snee-Reinhardt Charit…The Grable FoundationUpmc GroupHillman Family Founda…The Heinz EndowmentsJames Frances McCandl…
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA54.4× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · The Cigna Group Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Eqt Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation · Snee-Reinhardt Charitable Foundation · The Grable Foundation · Upmc Group · Hillman Family Foundations · The Heinz Endowments · James Frances McCandless Trust

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 Michael Baker International Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michael Baker International Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
41report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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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How do I get to Michael Baker International Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Michael Baker International Foundation 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 235 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home