· Private foundation
Richard Baidas Memorial Scholarship Fund
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k25 grants · $98k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $53k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY | $17,500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA | $12,500 |
| MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY | $12,500 |
| INDIANA UNIVERSITY | $10,000 |
| WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| GRACE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| OAKLAND UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| CALVIN UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| MIAMI UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | $5,000 |
| UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| SOUTHERN UTAH STATE UNIV | $5,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 73% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.
47 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 25 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- KUKettering University8× · 2017–2024 · $32k · revenue +42%
- HCHOPE COLLEGE5× · 2018–2022 · $31k · revenue +23%
- FCFLAGLER COLLEGE INC4× · 2018–2021 · $16k · revenue +51%
Funded once
- SASpring Arbor Universityone grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +5%
- FUFRANKLIN UNIVERSITYone grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +25%
- BGBOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITYone grant, 2021 · $4k
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.
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
Xavier is a jesuit catholic university rooted in the liberal arts tradition. our mission is to educate each student intellectually, morally, and spiritually. we create learning opportunities through rigorous academic and professional…
Excelsior University provides educational opportunity to adult learners with an emphasis on those historically underrepresented in higher education. The University meets students where they are - academically and geographically, offering…
As new york's leading university for character education, rwu is a community of learners committed to historic christianity which seeks to prepare thoughtful, spiritually mature, service-oriented people who will transform society.
Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.
Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.
Walsh university is an independent, coeducational catholic, liberal arts and sciences institution dedicated to educating its students to become leaders in service to others through a values-based education with an international perspective…
Macalester is committed to being a preeminent liberal arts college with an educational program known for its high standards for scholarship and its special emphasis on internationalism, multiculturalism, and service to society.
Regent University serves as a center of Christian thought and action to provide excellent education through a Biblical perspective and global context equipping Christian leaders to change the world.
Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.
Education - lagrange college challenges the minds and inspires the souls of its students. founded in 1831 and committed to its relationship with the united methodist church and its wesleyan and liberal arts traditions, the college supports…
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 68 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.
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.
Open a dossier: The Gerber Foundation · Michael & Susan Dell Foundation · Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Fred & Florence Dengler Scholarship Fund · Ernst & Young Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Richard Baidas Memorial Scholarship Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard Baidas Memorial Scholarship Fund. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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