Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Baker Family Trust
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.
- $3.7M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 30
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations The Baker Family Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $57k 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 | 19 | $3.7M | 26% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $3.2M | 21% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $3.1M | 24% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $2.6M | 32% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $2.6M | 13% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $706k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $1.8M | 22% |
| FY2017 | 30 | $1.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown University | $13,750,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Rivers School Corporation | $500,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Trinity College | $251,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Hope Community Center Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Heritage Museums and Gardens Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Fund for Catholic Schools Inc | $60,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Esplanade Association Inc | $52,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Reach Beyond Domestic Violence Inc | $33,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Crossroads for Kids Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Museum of Fine Arts | $18,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 28 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Baker Family Trust 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: Boston Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · James M Stoneman Charitable Fund · O'Donnell Family Charitable Trust Joseph Matzkin Esq Trustee · Highland Street Connection and Subsidiaries · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · Fidelity Foundation · The Davis Family Foundation · Donald C McGraw Foundation Inc · Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Trust · Mutual Bancorp Foundation Inc Fka Cape Cod 5 Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
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About The Baker Family Trust
- How much does The Baker Family Trust give?
- The Baker Family Trust reported 19 grants totaling $3,702,900 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Baker Family Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (79%), Health (13%), Arts & Culture (3%).
- Who are The Baker Family Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Georgetown University ($14M), The Rivers School Corporation ($500k), Trinity College ($251k).
- Does The Baker Family Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Baker Family Trust 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 The Baker Family Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, James M Stoneman Charitable Fund.
- Where is The Baker Family Trust based?
- The Baker Family Trust is based in MA.
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