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The C B Baird Jr Foundation at a glance

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The C B Baird Jr Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$88k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Arts & Culture$302kEducation$170kHuman Services$66kHealth$58kYouth Development$39kEnvironment$14kFood & Nutrition$10kRecreation & Sports$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $48k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $40k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GUNNISON COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC$25,246
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER TARRANT COUNTY$14,279
RIVERTREE ACADEMY INC$5,000
LITERACY UNITED$5,000
CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE$5,000
CRISTO REY FORT WORTH HIGH SCHOOL INC$5,000
ALL SAINTS HEALTH FOUNDATION$5,000
AFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS$5,000
OUT TEACH$5,000
FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY$5,000
BREAKTHROUGH AT FORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY$5,000
YOU GOTTA BELIEVE FOOTBALL CAMP$3,000
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 (FY17–24, $56k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COMMUNITY PARTNERS OF TARRANT COUNT: $5k → 11%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN FORT WORTH: $5k → 11%COMMUNITY PARTNERS OF TARRANT COUNTY INC: $5k → 11%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN FORT WORTH: $5k → 11%COMMUNITY PARTNERS OF TARRANT COUNT: $4k → 11%TARRANT COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE: $10k → 11%TARRANT COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND: $7k → 11%TARRANT COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE: $5k → 11%TARRANT COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE: $5k → 11%FORT WORTH HOPE CENTER: $5k → 11%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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$554k · 18 repeat orgs$134k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
14

Total granted

$554k
$101k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+25%

Still filing today

83%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
EducationYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentOther
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

  • GC
    Gunnison Council for the Arts
    7× · 2018–2025 · $225k · revenue +329%
  • AS
    All Saints Health Foundation
    6× · 2019–2025 · $48k · revenue +62%
  • FW
    FORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC
    5× · 2018–2024 · $40k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • GA
    GUNNISON ART CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $33k
  • KO
    KINDERPLATZ OF FINE ARTS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $9k · revenue -13%
  • TA
    TEXAS ACADEMY OF FAITH & ARTS
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +14%
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
The Woodlands Christian Academy

TWCA is an independent, Christ-centered college preparatory school that integrates learning with biblical faith and challenges our students to reach their highest potential - intellectually, creatively, physically, and socially - for the…

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2
Fort Worth Academy for the Education of Children and Youth

Education of children and youth

Education
3
Trinity Charter School

The trinity charter schools system has 11 campuses in texas. all 11 campuses work with youth who have emotional difficulties, and need active engagement in planning and guiding their own academic careers through student led credit…

Education
4
Fort Bend Christian Academy

Fort Bend Christian Academy exists to glorify God through excellence in college preparatory Christian education. FBCA strives to equip students with the ability to thrive spiritually, academically, socially, and physically.

Education
5
Illumination Education Inc

Academy of Visual and Performing Arts (AVPA) provides a safe and challenging learning environment that cultivates students' academic and artistic excellence.

Education
6
Colleyville Covenant Christian

The mission is to provide a biblically based classical college preparatory education that inspires a passion for excellence a heart of grace and the character of Christ.

Education
7
Glasstire

Glasstire is a website about visual art in Texas. Our mission is to expand the conversation about visual art in Texas.

Arts & Culture
8
The Royal School System

The mission of Royal Public Schools is to spark students' natural curiosity and love of learning while providing the knowledge and skills they need to lead successful and fulfilling lives.

Education
9
Austin Trinity School

Trinity episcopal school (trinity) is a not-for-profit independent school whose mission is to provide an enriched academic curriculum in a christian environment. trinity is not affiliated with or sponsored by any parish. we will nurture…

Education
10
Texas Tribune Inc

The texas tribune promotes civic engagement and public education across the state by producing and sharing for free public data interactives, statewide events and intensive and daily reporting on texas public policy, politics and current…

Education
11
Valor Texas Education Foundation

Valor's mission is to educate the whole person in authentic communities for a full human life. Through our K-12 tuition-free classical charter schools and the Valor Institute, we build communities dedicated to wisdom, virtue, and…

Education
12
Dallas Christian School

Dallas Christian is a college preparatory school committed to Biblical values where students are prepared for Christ-centered lives of purpose, service and leadership.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fort Worth Country Day School Inc; the most unlike its peers is Gunnison Council for the Arts. 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

29 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. 29 of the 39 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
18/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Gunnison Council for the Arts: $225,383 · Arts & CultureGunnison Council for the Arts+3 more: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+3 moreFORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $40,000 · EducationFORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY…TRINITY VALLEY SCHOOL: $30,500 · EducationTRINITY VALLEY SCHOOLOUT TEACH: $25,000 · EducationOUT TEACHTHE HILL SCHOOL OF FORT WORTH INC: $20,000 · EducationTHE HILL SCHOOL OF FOR…THE SHAKEN BABY ALLIANCE: $10,000 · EducationTHE SHAKEN BABY ALLIAN…KINDERPLATZ OF FINE ARTS INC: $8,600 · EducationKINDERPLATZ OF FINE AR…TEXAS ACADEMY OF FAITH & ARTS: $5,000 · EducationGUNNISON ART CENTER: $33,333 · OtherGUNNISON ART CENTERCAMP FIRE USA: $15,000 · OtherCAMP FIRE USAREAL SCHOOL GARDENS: $10,000 · OtherREAL SCHOOL GARDENSFORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HI: $10,000 · OtherFORT WORTH MUSEUM O…CRISTO REY FORT WORTH HIGH SCHOOL INC: $5,000 · OtherFORT WORTH PUBLIC LIBRARY: $5,000 · OtherFORT WORTH ACADEMY FOR THE EDUCATIO: $5,000 · OtherCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $5,000 · OtherBREAKTHROUGH AT FORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY: $5,000 · OtherAFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS: $5,000 · OtherTexas Conservation Alliance: $9,000 · OtherTexas Conservation …STREAMS & VALLEYS INC: $5,000 · OtherSafe City Commission: $5,000 · Other+1 more: $3,000 · OtherAll Saints Health Foundation: $48,165 · HealthAll Saints…CANCER CARE SERVICES: $5,000 · HealthCANCER CAR…New Hope Equine Assisted Therapy: $5,000 · HealthNew Hope E…THE ART STATION: $3,688 · HealthTHE ART ST…LITERACY UNITED INC: $21,000 · Youth DevelopmentLITERACY …BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER TARRANT COUNTY INC: $19,279 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GI…CAMP FIRE FIRST TEXAS: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP FIRE…RIVERTREE ACADEMY: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentRIVERTREE…BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTH…Tarrant County Association For the Blind: $27,000 · Human ServicesTarrant C…COMMUNITY PARTNERS OF TARRANT COUNTY INC: $14,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY…YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth: $10,000 · Human ServicesYMCA of M…FORT WORTH HOPE CENTER THE HOPE CENTER: $5,000 · Human ServicesFORT WORT…BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS INC: $10,000 · Science & Tech
Arts & Culture$240,383Education$139,100Other$120,333Health$61,853Youth Development$60,279Human Services$56,000Science & Tech$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGunnison Council for the Arts: $225,383 over 7y, 7.2% of budgetAll Saints Health Foundation: $48,165 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFORT WORTH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL INC: $40,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTRINITY VALLEY SCHOOL: $30,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTarrant County Association For the Blind: $27,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetOUT TEACH: $25,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetLITERACY UNITED INC: $21,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetTHE HILL SCHOOL OF FORT WORTH INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER TARRANT COUNTY INC: $19,279 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS OF TARRANT COUNTY INC: $14,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetCAMP FIRE FIRST TEXAS: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SHAKEN BABY ALLIANCE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetYMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Conservation Alliance: $9,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetKINDERPLATZ OF FINE ARTS INC: $8,600 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTEXAS ACADEMY OF FAITH & ARTS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSTREAMS & VALLEYS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetRIVERTREE ACADEMY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetArtist Outreach Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS LONE STAR: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER CARE SERVICES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFORT WORTH HOPE CENTER THE HOPE CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew Hope Equine Assisted Therapy: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetSafe City Commission: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ART STATION: $3,688 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYou Gotta Believe Football Camp: $3,000 over 1y, 2.2% 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.

Thomas M Helen McKee …Sid W Richardson Foun…Community Foundation …Communities Foundatio…Garvey Texas Foundati…Helen Irwin Littauer …Bnsf Railway Foundati…Paul E Andrews Jr Fou…Amon G Carter Foundat…Once Upon a Time Foun…Wm & Catherine Bryce …Crystelle Waggoner Ch…
Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation IncTX47× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Thomas M Helen McKee & John P Ryan Fo John P Ryan Foundation Inc · Sid W Richardson Foundation · Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Garvey Texas Foundation Inc · Helen Irwin Littauer Educational Trust · Bnsf Railway Foundation · Paul E Andrews Jr Foundation · Amon G Carter Foundation · Once Upon a Time Foundation · Wm & Catherine Bryce Memorial Fund Xxxxx3001 · Crystelle Waggoner Charitable Trust

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 C B Baird Jr Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The C B Baird Jr Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The C B Baird Jr Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The C B Baird Jr 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.

    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 39 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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