Minnesota · Private foundation
Michael H Baker Family 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.
- $227k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $91,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 15
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Michael H Baker Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 13 | $227k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $181k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $151k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $170k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $140k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $151k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $83k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $560,000 | 7 | 0% |
| National Yiddish Book Center Inc | $160,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Minnesota Academy of Science | $72,500 | 6 | 4% |
| Yivo Institute for Jewish Research Inc | $36,000 | 4 | 0% |
| National Center for Jewish Filminc | $32,323 | 4 | 4% |
| New Lehrhaus The Bay Area Hub for Adult Jewish Learning | $21,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Asylum Arts Inc | $18,500 | 2 | 4% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $16,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Lionwise Inc Dba Essential Voices USA | $15,700 | 1 | 22% |
| Partners in Health | $13,500 | 6 | 10% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $560,000 | 7 | 0% |
| National Yiddish Book Center Inc | $160,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Minnesota Academy of Science | $72,500 | 6 | 4% |
| Yivo Institute for Jewish Research Inc | $36,000 | 4 | 0% |
| National Center for Jewish Filminc | $32,323 | 4 | 4% |
| New Lehrhaus The Bay Area Hub for Adult Jewish Learning | $21,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Asylum Arts Inc | $18,500 | 2 | 4% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $16,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Lionwise Inc Dba Essential Voices USA | $15,700 | 1 | 22% |
| Partners in Health | $13,500 | 6 | 10% |
| Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services | $13,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Al Otro Lado | $9,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Association for Jewish Studies Inc | $7,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Sholom Foundation | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Women for Afghan Women Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Maldef - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nova Ukraine | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Wildflower Garden | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Innocence Project Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($115k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Michael H Baker Family Foundation 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 Michael H Baker Family Foundation
- How much does Michael H Baker Family Foundation give?
- Michael H Baker Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $227,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 15 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Michael H Baker Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (51%), Arts & Culture (21%), Health (8%).
- Who are Michael H Baker Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: University of Minnesota Foundation ($560k), National Yiddish Book Center Inc ($160k), Minnesota Academy of Science ($73k).
- Does Michael H Baker Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Michael H Baker 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 Michael H Baker Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Michael H Baker Family Foundation based?
- Michael H Baker Family Foundation is based in MN.
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