New York · Private foundation
The Baker 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.
- $253k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,349
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,108
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Baker Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k 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 | 8 | $232k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $213k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $175k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $181k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $106k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $95k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $72k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $49k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell University | $263,510 | 7 | 0% |
| Ithaca College | $257,880 | 8 | 0% |
| University of Rochester | $248,680 | 9 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $55,754 | 3 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $55,638 | 3 | 0% |
| Gates Philanthropy Partners | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University at Buffalo Foundation Inc | $26,659 | 5 | 0% |
| Paleontological Research Institution | $15,187 | 2 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $10,480 | 1 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $10,025 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell University | $263,510 | 7 | 0% |
| Ithaca College | $257,880 | 8 | 0% |
| University of Rochester | $248,680 | 9 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $55,754 | 3 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $55,638 | 3 | 0% |
| Gates Philanthropy Partners | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University at Buffalo Foundation Inc | $26,659 | 5 | 0% |
| Paleontological Research Institution | $15,187 | 2 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $10,480 | 1 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $10,025 | 1 | n/a |
| St Marys School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Cortland | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Camp Good Days and Special Times Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Bonaventure University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($174k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Baker Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus
How do I get to The Baker Foundation?
Find your warmest path to The Baker Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.
Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.
About The Baker Foundation
- How much does The Baker Foundation give?
- The Baker Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $252,658 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Baker Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (79%), Health (12%), Animals (5%).
- Who are The Baker Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cornell University ($264k), Ithaca College ($258k), University of Rochester ($249k).
- Does The Baker Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Baker 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 The Baker Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is The Baker Foundation based?
- The Baker Foundation is based in NY.
Play a game based on Baker’s filings →