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The Baker Family 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.

$9k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$32kRecreation & Sports$26kEducation$16kArts & Culture$16kHuman Services$7kPhilanthropy$5kReligion$4kYouth Development$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$748
Median grant
3
States reached
$55k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
POKES WITH A PURPOSE$2,000
CHRIS AND PATRICIA BURNS JUNIOR GOLF FOUNDATION$1,500
SHEFFIELD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC$1,000
THE CHADWICK FOUNDATION$800
THE BIRTHDAY FAIRY INC$748
CROSSROADS COMMUNITY CHURCH$603
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA FOUNDATION$600
SHEFFIELD HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL$570
FLORENCE ALL STARS$500
SHEFFIELD HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL$250
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HANDS ACROSS THE BAY: $1k → 12%HANDS ACROSS THE BAY: $1k → 12%THE CHADWICK FOUNDATION: $800 → 13%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

MT
PA
UT
NE
MO
VA
TN
OK
LA
AL
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.

45%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$50k · 17 repeat orgs$61k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against +43% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
23

Total granted

$50k
$56k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
+43%

Still filing today

53%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsEducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • SE
    SHEFFIELD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $7k · revenue +193%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $6k · revenue +106%
  • JW
    JULIE WEINTRAUB'S HANDS ACROSS THE BAY INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $2k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • CM
    CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORKgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue +31%
  • MS
    MUSCLE SHOALS SONGWRITERS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -8%
  • NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +10%
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
Alabama Sports Hall of Fame Foundation

To operate exclusively for charitable, literary and educational purposes.

Recreation & Sports
2
Alabama Archives & History Foundation

To raise funds to support the work of the Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama's State Archival and Museum agency.

Arts & Culture
3
Shook Hardy & Bacon Foundation
Education
4
Charlie Jean Foundation

The Charlie Jean Foundation seeks to support hematology and oncology patients and their families at Children's Hospital of Alabama. We seek to lessen the financial burden of a diagnosis by providing support to families and by raising…

Human Services
5
SONGS4SOLDIERS Nfp

To help local combat veterans with any type of assistance needed

Arts & Culture
6
Will Hardy Foundation

This charitable corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, scientific and educational purposes. including but not limited to providing grants to advance scientific research and aid families impacted by…

Health
7
Armstrong Foundation of Georgia Southern University Inc

Armstrong state university foundation, inc ("foundation') raises funds to support student scholarships and the scientific, literary, and educational purposes of armstrong state university.effective july 1, 2019, the foundation was merged…

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8
Georgia Southern University Research and Service Foundationinc

Assist and further research at georgia southern university

Science & Tech
9
Henderson State University Foundation

The foundation's purpose is to receive, solicit, accept and hold, administer, invest and disburse property and funds for the educational mission of henderson state university. the foundation provides hsu with resources not provided by…

Education
10
Austin Peay State University Foundation

The foundation provides scholarships, awards, and monies for other apsu educational purposes.

Education
11
Smile Like Sully Foundation

To provide information to the public regarding neuroblastoma cancer

Health
12
Tennessee Titans Foundation
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Florence All Stars; the most unlike its peers is Pokes With a Purpose Inc. 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

21 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. 21 of the 45 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/21
Grantees still filing
14/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $30,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORKSHEFFIELD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 · OtherSHEFFIELD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCSHEFFIELD HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: $3,792 · OtherJOSH WILLINGHAM FOUNDATION: $3,630 · OtherALABAMA MUSIC HALL OF FAME: $2,900 · OtherCHRIS AND PATRICIA BURNS JUNIOR GOLF FOUNDATION: $2,800 · OtherWARRIOR 2 WARRIOR FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 · OtherNORTHWEST SHOALS COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $2,500 · Other+24 more: $16,978 · Other+24 moreFLORENCE ALL STARS: $10,500 · Recreation & SportsFLORENCE ALL…Pokes With A Purpose Inc: $2,000 · Recreation & SportsPokes With A…MUSCLE SHOALS SONGWRITERS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMUSCLE SHO…NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureNAVY SEAL …COMMUNITY THEATER INC: $500 · Arts & CultureUNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA FOUNDATION: $6,087 · EducationHERITAGE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $500 · EducationJULIE WEINTRAUB'S HANDS ACROSS THE BAY INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesLOVE IS A GIFT INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesCHADWICK FOUNDATION: $800 · Human ServicesFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE BIRTHDAY FAIRY INC: $1,248 · Youth DevelopmentAlabama Kidney Foundation Inc: $1,500 · Health
Other$72,100Recreation & Sports$12,500Arts & Culture$10,500Education$6,587Human Services$3,800Youth Development$3,248Health$1,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFLORENCE ALL STARS: $10,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSHEFFIELD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA FOUNDATION: $6,087 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMUSCLE SHOALS SONGWRITERS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWARRIOR 2 WARRIOR FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetJULIE WEINTRAUB'S HANDS ACROSS THE BAY INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPokes With A Purpose Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlabama Kidney Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHelen Keller Foundation Inc: $1,330 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMUSCLE SHOALS MUSIC FOUNDATION: $1,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BIRTHDAY FAIRY INC: $1,248 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLOVE IS A GIFT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG SKY BRAVERY FOUNDATION: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY THEATER INC: $500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHERITAGE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds FLORENCE ALL STARS ↗
  • Who funds SHEFFIELD EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MUSCLE SHOALS SONGWRITERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WARRIOR 2 WARRIOR FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JULIE WEINTRAUB'S HANDS ACROSS THE BAY INC ↗
  • Who funds Pokes With A Purpose Inc ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds Alabama Kidney Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Helen Keller Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds MUSCLE SHOALS MUSIC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE BIRTHDAY FAIRY INC ↗
  • Who funds LOVE IS A GIFT INC ↗
  • Who funds SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHADWICK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BIG SKY BRAVERY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY THEATER INC ↗
  • Who funds HERITAGE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ROTHROCK FOUNDATION ↗

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 Long Lewis Founda…Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Long Lewis FoundationAL15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Long Lewis Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.

    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 45 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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