Michigan · Private foundation
The Baum Family 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.
- $735k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $14M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations The Baum Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 | 13 | $730k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $680k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $692k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $730k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $371k | 23% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $561k | 53% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $565k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $565k | 65% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corewell Health Foundation West Michigan | $160,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Spiritual Care Consultants of West Michigan Inc | $150,000 | 6 | 13% |
| Hastings Band Boosters Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 48% |
| Digestive Health Foundation | $50,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Palmetto Animal League | $40,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Calvin University | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hilton Head Humane Association | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Genevieve and Donald S Gilmore Fdn | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Bluffton Self Help Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Legacy Junior Golf Foundation | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corewell Health Foundation West Michigan | $160,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Spiritual Care Consultants of West Michigan Inc | $150,000 | 6 | 13% |
| Hastings Band Boosters Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 48% |
| Digestive Health Foundation | $50,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Palmetto Animal League | $40,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Calvin University | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hilton Head Humane Association | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Genevieve and Donald S Gilmore Fdn | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Bluffton Self Help Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Legacy Junior Golf Foundation | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Barry County United Way | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Buddy Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Alexian Brothers Health System | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Edward Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Michigan Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Family Support Center of Barry County | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| South Michigan Food Bank | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Legion Auxiliary Lawrence J Bauer Post 45 | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Thornapple Players | $2,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Baum Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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.
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How this is measured
About The Baum Family Foundation
- How much does The Baum Family Foundation give?
- The Baum Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $735,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Baum Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (27%), Education (19%), Human Services (17%).
- Who are The Baum Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Corewell Health Foundation West Michigan ($160k), Spiritual Care Consultants of West Michigan Inc ($150k), Hastings Band Boosters Inc ($125k).
- Does The Baum Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Baum Family 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 Baum Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Barry Community Foundation, Preston S and Barbara J Parish Foundation, Consumers Energy Foundation.
- Where is The Baum Family Foundation based?
- The Baum Family Foundation is based in MI.
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