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The Baker Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$262k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
34
Grants FY2024
33
Organizations funded FY2023
24%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$7,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$35,000
Organizations funded a year
30 to 39
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$6.6M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 24% of the organizations The Baker Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CultureFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving34$262k18%
FY202333$245k24%
FY202235$279k14%
FY202130$218k13%
FY202032$236k19%
FY201934$235k6%
FY201839$226k31%
FY201734$199kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$567kArts & Culture$395kHealth$232kRecreation & Sports$182kHuman Services$108kYouth Development$102kPhilanthropy$94kScience & Tech$45kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Seattle Public Schools$64,0007n/a
Stadium High School Boosters$64,000825%
Greentrike$61,00070%
Greater Metro Parks Foundation dba Tacoma Parks Foundation$53,50064%
Centrum Foundation$47,50070%
Pacific Science Center Foundation$45,00070%
Reach Ministries$42,50073%
Museum of Glass$42,50060%
Hilltop Artists in Residence$40,00081%
R Merle Palmer Minority Scholarship$40,00061%
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All grantees of The Baker Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Seattle Public Schools$64,0007n/a
Stadium High School Boosters$64,000825%
Greentrike$61,00070%
Greater Metro Parks Foundation dba Tacoma Parks Foundation$53,50064%
Centrum Foundation$47,50070%
Pacific Science Center Foundation$45,00070%
Reach Ministries$42,50073%
Museum of Glass$42,50060%
Hilltop Artists in Residence$40,00081%
R Merle Palmer Minority Scholarship$40,00061%
Lindquist Dental Clinic for Children$35,11631%
Tacoma Arts Live$35,00040%
Nw Furniture Bank$35,00050%
Toy Rescue Mission$30,000327%
Emergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County$29,00020%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$28,00050%
Partners for Parks$25,000112%
Friends of Lakewood$25,00012%
Ashley House$25,00010%
The University of Puget Sound$25,00050%
United Way of Pierce County$25,0001n/a
Zee Speed$25,00058%
Diabetes Assoc of Pierce County$22,00064%
Junior Achievement of Washington$21,75040%
First Tee of South Puget Sound$21,50041%
Peace Community Center$20,00040%
Foss Waterway Seaport$20,00031%
Gig Harbor Boatshop$19,06033%
Living Voices$10,25022%
Pierce Center for Arts and Technology DBA ARIVVA$10,00022%
Tacoma Art Museum$10,00020%
Tacoma Community House$10,00020%
Girl Scouts of Western Washington$7,50020%
Washington State Historical Society$7,5002n/a
Washington Education & Squash Academy Formerly Seattle Urban Squash$7,00021%
Lemay-Americas Car Museum$5,00010%
Humanities Washington$5,00010%
Grand Tacoma Cine Club Dba the Grand Cinema$5,00010%
Rebuilding Hope Sexual Assault Center$5,00010%
Helping Hand House$5,00010%
Young Men's Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties$5,00010%
Gig Harbor Peninsula Historical Soc$5,00011%
Foundation for Healthy Generations$5,00010%
Artsfund$4,00080%
Nourish Pierce County$4,00010%
Arts First$2,5001n/a
Innovative Change Makers$2,50011%
Jordan Binion Project$1,8001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($816k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Baker Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 43 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetStadium High School Boosters: $64,000 over 8y, 25% of budgetGreentrike: $61,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetGreater Metro Parks Foundation dba Tacoma Parks Foundation: $53,500 over 6y, 3.7% of budgetCentrum Foundation: $47,500 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetPacific Science Center Foundation: $45,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetReach Ministries: $42,500 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetMuseum of Glass: $42,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHilltop Artists in Residence: $40,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetR Merle Palmer Minority Scholarship: $40,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetLindquist Dental Clinic for Children: $35,116 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTacoma Arts Live: $35,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNw Furniture Bank: $35,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetToy Rescue Mission: $30,000 over 3y, 27% of budgetEmergency Food Network of Tacoma and Pierce County: $29,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc: $28,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPartners for Parks: $25,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetFriends of Lakewood: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetAshley House: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe University of Puget Sound: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetZee Speed: $25,000 over 5y, 7.8% of budgetDiabetes Assoc of Pierce County: $22,000 over 6y, 3.7% of budgetJunior Achievement of Washington: $21,750 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFirst Tee of South Puget Sound: $21,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetPeace Community Center: $20,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFoss Waterway Seaport: $20,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetGig Harbor Boatshop: $19,060 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetLiving Voices: $10,250 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetPierce Center for Arts and Technology DBA ARIVVA: $10,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetTacoma Art Museum: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTacoma Community House: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGirl Scouts of Western Washington: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWashington Education & Squash Academy Formerly Seattle Urban Squash: $7,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetLemay-Americas Car Museum: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHumanities Washington: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGrand Tacoma Cine Club Dba the Grand Cinema: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRebuilding Hope Sexual Assault Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHelping Hand House: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGig Harbor Peninsula Historical Soc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFoundation for Healthy Generations: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetArtsfund: $4,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNourish Pierce County: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInnovative Change Makers: $2,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 43.

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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.

Fuchsg & M Fdn TaiThe Bamford FoundationGreater Tacoma Commun…The Norcliffe Foundat…Kilworth Florence Cha…Ben B Cheney Foundati…Forest FoundationGary E Milgard Family…M J Murdock Charitabl…The Dimmer Family Fou…Heidner Marco J Char …Woodworth Family Foun…
Fuchsg & M Fdn TaiMN63.7× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fuchsg & M Fdn Tai · The Bamford Foundation · Greater Tacoma Community Foundation · The Norcliffe Foundation · Kilworth Florence Char Tr Fndn · Ben B Cheney Foundation Inc · Forest Foundation · Gary E Milgard Family Foundation- Sunshine · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · The Dimmer Family Foundation · Heidner Marco J Char Trust · Woodworth Family 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.

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About The Baker Foundation

How much does The Baker Foundation give?
The Baker Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $261,750 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 39 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Baker Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (30%), Arts & Culture (21%), Health (12%).
Who are The Baker Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Seattle Public Schools ($64k), Stadium High School Boosters ($64k), Greentrike ($61k).
Does The Baker Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Baker Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Baker Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fuchsg & M Fdn Tai, The Bamford Foundation, Greater Tacoma Community Foundation.
Where is The Baker Foundation based?
The Baker Foundation is based in WA.

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 78 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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