Illinois · Private foundation
Susan and Stephen Baird Family Foundation C/O Stephen W Baird
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.
- $2.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 35
- Grants FY2024
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $335,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 64
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $33M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Susan and Stephen Baird Family Foundation C/O Stephen W Baird funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $748k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 34 | $1.9M | 35% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $1.7M | 43% |
| FY2022 | 35 | $1.2M | 14% |
| FY2021 | 43 | $1.3M | 26% |
| FY2020 | 64 | $776k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Morton Arboretum | $1,055,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Chicago Public Media Inc | $628,500 | 3 | 1% |
| The Trust for Public Land | $577,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Chicago Community Foundation | $495,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Anderson Ranch Arts Center | $487,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Evergreen Climate Innovations | $150,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Allies for Community Business Inc | $130,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Start Early | $125,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Carole Robertson Center for Learning | $115,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Rivers Inc | $95,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 74 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Susan and Stephen Baird Family Foundation C/O Stephen W Baird 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.
Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Field Foundation of Illinois · Circle of Service Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Vivo Foundation · Dr Scholl Foundation · Builders Vision Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Susan and Stephen Baird Family Foundation C/O Stephen W Baird with peer funders
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About Susan and Stephen Baird Family Foundation C/O Stephen W Baird
- How much does Susan and Stephen Baird Family Foundation C/O Stephen W Baird give?
- Susan and Stephen Baird Family Foundation C/O Stephen W Baird reported 35 grants totaling $2,248,820 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 64 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Susan and Stephen Baird Family Foundation C/O Stephen W Baird fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (29%), Environment (20%), Arts & Culture (20%).
- Who are Susan and Stephen Baird Family Foundation C/O Stephen W Baird's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Morton Arboretum ($1.1M), Chicago Public Media Inc ($629k), The Trust for Public Land ($578k).
- Does Susan and Stephen Baird Family Foundation C/O Stephen W Baird fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Susan and Stephen Baird Family Foundation C/O Stephen W Baird 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 Susan and Stephen Baird Family Foundation C/O Stephen W Baird?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation.
- Where is Susan and Stephen Baird Family Foundation C/O Stephen W Baird based?
- Susan and Stephen Baird Family Foundation C/O Stephen W Baird is based in IL.
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