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The Bauman Foundation at a glance

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The Bauman 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.

$60k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$225kReligion$95kArts & Culture$43kAnimals$24kCrime & Legal$16kHuman Services$8kFood & Nutrition$5k
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$890k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN PUBLIC BROADCAST HOUSE INC$20,000
ST LUKES METHODIST CHURCH INC$20,000
CHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$7,500
NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK$2,500
FRISCO COMMUNITY BAND$2,500
NORTH TEXAS CAT RESCUE$2,500
INSYNC EXOTICS INC$2,500
FURRY FRIENDS ANIMAL RESCUE$2,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF NORMAN INC: $5k → 13%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF NORMAN INC: $3k → 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.
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$287k · 10 repeat orgs$128k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
6

Total granted

$287k
$88k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+122%

Still filing today

80%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEducationCrime & LegalHuman ServicesArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther
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

  • CA
    CLASSICAL ACADEMY
    3× · 2021–2024 · $130k · revenue +21%
  • MC
    MCKINNEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
    2× · 2019–2022 · $87k · revenue +48%
  • MA
    MARY ABBOTT CHILDREN'S HOUSE
    2× · 2020–2024 · $16k · revenue +80%

Funded once

  • FP
    FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF COLO SPRINGS
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • MM
    McFarlin Memorial United Methodist Church
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $8k · revenue -117%
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
Animal Aid of Tulsa Inc

Animal Aid is a private welfare organization dedicated to saving sick or injured stray dogs and cats, helping pets find loving homes, helping reunite lost and found pets with their owners and encouraging respect and awareness for the…

Animals
2
The Texas Ferret Lovers Rescue

Texas Ferret Lovers Rescue is a no-kill organization dedicated to providing a safe and healthy environment along with quality care until loving homes can be found. We also provide sanctuary care for ferrets that are not adoptable due to…

Animals
3
Furever Home Pet Rescue

Furever Home Pet Rescue is an all-breed all-volunteer 501c3 non-profit organization based in the DallasFt Worth area We receive no government funding and are not funded nor assisted by any outside agency such as United Way Our life-saving…

Animals
4
The Pet Food Pantry of Oklahoma City Inc

Reduce hunger in pets by providing free pet food and pet services to low income pet owners enabling them to keep their companion animal(s) with them. this includes providing routine vaccinations, spaying/neutering, pet supplies and shelter…

Animals
5
Central Texas Spca

Rescue neglected, unwanted homeless dogs and cats nurture and provide shelter until they are placed with a forever family strive to reduce animal overpopulation prevent cruelty to animals teach responsible pet ownership through an outreach…

Animals
6
Humane Society of Cherokee County

Rescue, rehab, provide pet adoptions, etc in cherokee county okincluding veterinary care, spay and neuter, vaccinationstreatment boarding and shelter care

Animals
7
The Humane Society of Austin & Travis County Inc

The austin humane society (ahs) offers comprehensive, humane, life-saving animal services, transforming the lives of animals and those who love them. because we believe homeless animals deserve a chance to thrive in a loving environment,…

Animals
8
Humane Society of Central Texas

As an advocate for the community goal of maintaining its no kill status, the humane society provides adoption, rescue and foster opportunities for the homeless animals at the city of waco animal shelter, as well as community education…

Animals
9
Meowtown Animal Rescue of Fort Worth

Meowtown animal rescue of fort worth takes in unwanted abused and stray kittens & cats to keep them out of shelters.we are all volunteer donation based and provide safety vetting love and find life-long homes.we educate the public and…

Animals
10
North Texas Australian Shepherd Rescue

NTASR helps rescue and rehabilitate Australian Shepherds, Border Collies, and mixes of the two.Thus far, several other breeds have made their way through the rescue including a doodle, a dachshund, a frenchie, and a shar pei. NTASR takes…

Animals
11
Houston Cares Animal Rescue

Houston Cares Rescue is a volunteer organization rescuing animals from the streets, and occasionally from shelters, in Houston, TX, and caring for them primarily with foster families until a loving home can be found. We operate a…

Animals
12
Allies Haven Animal Rescue

Saving unwanted, abandoned, abused and neglected dogs in Texas. Also to promote proper pet ownership, community educational programs and to support spaying/neutering as a means to control unwanted pets. We provide complete vetting prior to…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Minnies Food Pantry Inc; the most unlike its peers is North Texas Cat Rescue. 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

13 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. 13 of the 18 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
9/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CLASSICAL ACADEMY: $130,000 · EducationCLASSICAL ACADEMYMCKINNEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $87,000 · EducationMCKINNEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 · EducationFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF COLO SPRINGS: $50,000 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF COLO…McFarlin Memorial United Methodist Church: $25,000 · OtherMcFarlin Memorial United Methodis…ST LUKES METHODIST CHURCH INC: $20,000 · OtherST LUKES METHODIST CHURCH INCCHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $15,500 · OtherCHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCHFRISCO COMMUNITY BAND: $7,000 · OtherFRISCO COMMUNITY BAND+1 more: $3,500 · OtherINSYNC EXOTIC INC: $7,000 · AnimalsNorth Texas Cat Rescue: $7,000 · AnimalsFURRY FRIENDS ANIMAL RESCUE: $6,000 · AnimalsWILDCARE FOUNDATION: $2,500 · AnimalsFrisco Humane Society: $1,000 · AnimalsCHEYENNE MOUNTAIN PUBLIC BROADCAST HOUSE: $20,000 · Arts & CultureMARY ABBOTT CHILDREN'S HOUSE: $16,000 · Crime & LegalAssistance League of Norman Inc: $7,500 · Human ServicesMINNIES FOOD PANTRY INC: $1,000 · Food & Nutrition
Education$225,000Other$121,000Animals$23,500Arts & Culture$20,000Crime & Legal$16,000Human Services$7,500Food & Nutrition$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCLASSICAL ACADEMY: $130,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMCKINNEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $87,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCHEYENNE MOUNTAIN PUBLIC BROADCAST HOUSE: $20,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMARY ABBOTT CHILDREN'S HOUSE: $16,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAssistance League of Norman Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetINSYNC EXOTIC INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNorth Texas Cat Rescue: $7,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetFURRY FRIENDS ANIMAL RESCUE: $6,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILDCARE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFrisco Humane Society: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMINNIES FOOD PANTRY INC: $1,000 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.

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.

Communities Foundatio…Oklahoma City Communi…Texas Instruments Fou…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Network for GoodNatl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX13.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Bauman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Bauman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 18 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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