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The Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation at a glance

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The Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
131
Grants FY2024still arriving
22
States reached
$585k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$3.7MReligion$3.4MEducation$1.6MInternational$1.4MHealth$1.3MEnvironment$709kPhilanthropy$705kFood & Nutrition$425kOther$0
02FY2024 · 131 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k68 grants · $297k
  • $10k–50k52 grants · $889k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $1.0M
  • $250k+1 grant · $585k
$7,500
Median grant
22
States reached
$37M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC$585,000
VIPASSANA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$170,000
OXFAM AMERICA$150,000
BUFFALO AKG ART MUSEUM$140,000
LET THERE BE LIGHT INTERNATIONAL$102,500
PARTNERS IN HEALTH$100,000
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA$85,000
FEEDMORE WESTERN NEW YORK$70,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC$68,000
FIDELITY CHARITABLE FUND$65,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA INC$50,000
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO FOUNDATION INC$40,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK$40,000
FISTULA FOUNDATION$35,000
TAHOE TRUCKEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$30,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $253k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 49% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $15k → 10%PILOTS FOR KIDS: $8k → 13%ADOPT A NATIVE ELDER: $10k → 8%FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA INC: $2k → 24%SKY'S THE LIMIT FUND: $2k → 8%FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $15k → 10%PILOTS FOR KIDS: $8k → 13%ADOPT A NATIVE ELDER: $10k → 8%SKY'S THE LIMIT FUND: $2k → 8%FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $15k → 10%PILOTS FOR KIDS: $8k → 13%SKY'S THE LIMIT FUND: $2k → 8%FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $15k → 10%PILOTS FOR KIDS: $8k → 13%SKY'S THE LIMIT FUND: $2k → 8%NATIONAL DIAPER BANK NETWORK: $3k → 12%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: $15k → 14%SAVING MOTHERS: $10k → 17%SAVING MOTHERS: $10k → 17%SAVING MOTHERS: $10k → 17%SAVING MOTHERS: $5k → 17%MARTINEZ EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER INC: $10k → 9%MARTINEZ EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER INC: $10k → 9%MARTINEZ EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER INC: $10k → 9%MARTINEZ EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER INC: $10k → 9%MARIA M LOVE CONVALESCENT FUND: $10k → 13%MARIA M LOVE CONVALESCENT FUND: $10k → 13%MARIA M LOVE CONVALESCENT FUND: $10k → 13%MARIA M LOVE CONVALESCENT FUND: $10k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
WA
IL
NY
MA
OR
NV
SD
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
MD
DE
AZ
NM
AR
TN
NC
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DC
LA
MS
AL
GA
FL
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of The Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Cameron and Jane Baird Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$10M · 124 repeat orgs$359k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

124 repeat relationships: 104 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

124
31

Total granted

$10M
$147k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+3%

Still filing today

73%
87%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $212k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationFood & NutritionHealthInternationalHuman ServicesOther
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

  • BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $2.5M · revenue +3%
  • MS
    MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $340k · revenue +20%
  • LT
    LET THERE BE LIGHT INTERNATIONAL LTBLI at dig
    4× · 2021–2024 · $331k · revenue +56% · 44% of their budget

Funded once

  • BF
    BIODYNAMIC FARMLAND CONSERVATION TRUST INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -32%
  • FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +117%
  • WW
    WIDECAST Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue -77%
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
Food Bank of Central New York

Food bank of central new york is a not-for-profit organization: our mission is to lead the effort to eliminate hunger in our region, through partnerships with others in our community, through education, advocacy, and distribution of…

Food & Nutrition
2
The Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo

The legal aid bureau of buffalo, inc., a not-for-profit organization, provides legal representation to financially needy men, women and children in western new york. through its skilled staff, the legal aid bureau seeks equal justice for…

Crime & Legal
3
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
4
Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York Inc

To lead a network of partners to alleviate hunger, prevent food waste, and nourish the communities we serve. our vision is that all people have the nutritious food they need to thrive.

Food & Nutrition
5
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
6
New York Restoration Project

New york restoration project ("nyrp") believes that nature is a fundamental right of every new yorker. nyrp works collaboratively with residents in communities across the five boroughs to renovate gardens, restore parks, plant trees,…

Environment
7
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
9
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
10
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
12
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Baird Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

135 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 135 of the 182 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)
24
Early backer (in before they grew)
133/135
Grantees still filing
85/135
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $2,490,000 · Arts & CultureBUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SOCI…BUFFALO FINE ARTS ACADEMY: $560,000 · Arts & CultureBUFFALO FINE ARTS ACADEMYBURCHFIELD PENNEY ART CENTER: $192,500 · Arts & CultureBURCHFIELD PENNEY ART CENTER+18 more: $348,000 · Arts & Culture+18 moreST PAUL'S SCHOOLS: $450,000 · OtherST PAUL'S SCHOOLSFIDELITY CHARITABLE FUND: $275,000 · OtherFIDELITY CHARITABLE FUNDPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK: $160,000 · OtherSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $195,000 · OtherSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATIONFEEDMORE WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $200,000 · OtherFEEDMORE WESTERN NEW YORK INC+111 more: $2,232,500 · Other+111 moreOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $600,000 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA…LET THERE BE LIGHT INTERNATIONAL LTBLI at dig: $331,000 · InternationalLET THERE BE …MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $270,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS…THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $90,000 · InternationalTHE UNION OF …Free the Oppressed: $70,000 · International+5 more: $52,000 · InternationalPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $400,000 · HealthPARTNERS IN H…MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $340,000 · HealthMULTIPLE SCLE…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $265,500 · HealthPLANNED PAREN…Planned Parenthood Global Inc: $125,000 · HealthPlanned Paren…Planned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc: $80,000 · HealthPlanned Paren…ARA PARSEGHIAN MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $55,000 · Health+5 more: $110,000 · Health+5 moreUniversity at Buffalo Foundation Inc: $160,000 · EducationSAINT ANN'S SCHOOL: $136,000 · EducationKING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL: $100,000 · EducationBUFFALO SEMINARY: $42,500 · EducationTHE PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC: $35,000 · EducationBUFFALO STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · EducationFUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $28,000 · EducationTHE WHEELER SCHOOL: $25,000 · Education+6 more: $72,500 · EducationTAHOE TRUCKEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $295,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyROSWELL PARK ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $60,000 · PhilanthropySOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST: $60,000 · PhilanthropyLIG GLOBAL FOUNDATION INC: $22,500 · Philanthropy+3 more: $19,500 · PhilanthropyVipassana Community Foundation: $410,000 · Religion+1 more: $5,000 · Religion
Arts & Culture$3,590,500Other$3,512,500International$1,413,000Health$1,375,500Education$629,000Philanthropy$557,000Religion$415,000

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 budgetBUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $2,490,000 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $600,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBUFFALO FINE ARTS ACADEMY: $560,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetVipassana Community Foundation: $410,000 over 4y, 7.3% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $400,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $340,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetLET THERE BE LIGHT INTERNATIONAL LTBLI at dig: $331,000 over 4y, 44% of budgetTAHOE TRUCKEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $295,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $270,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $265,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDMORE WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $200,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $195,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBURCHFIELD PENNEY ART CENTER: $192,500 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetUniversity at Buffalo Foundation Inc: $160,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSAINT ANN'S SCHOOL: $136,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Global Inc: $125,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMartinez Education Foundation: $107,500 over 4y, 29% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC: $100,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKING CENTER CHARTER SCHOOL: $100,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $90,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBuffalo Chamber Music Society: $80,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Shasta-Diablo Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Opera Association Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFree the Oppressed: $70,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS: $66,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetROSWELL PARK ALLIANCE FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST: $60,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetBUFFALO PREP INC: $50,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBUFFALO SEMINARY: $42,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCITRS INC: $40,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetTHE BAIL PROJECT INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCentral Sierra Environmental Resource Center Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetCENTER FOR ELDER LAW & JUSTICE INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMARTINEZ EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: $40,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetMARIA M LOVE CONVALESCENT FUND: $40,000 over 4y, 8.5% of budgetTHE PARK SCHOOL OF BALTIMORE INC: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWestern New York Law Center Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSAVING MOTHERS: $35,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetThe Fistula Foundation: $35,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBUFFALO STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPilot for Kids: $30,000 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetFAM177A1 Research Fund: $30,000 over 3y, 7.7% of budgetEXPLORE BUFFALO INC: $28,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetFUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE INC: $28,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAFRICAN HOPE FUND INC: $27,500 over 4y, 2.6% 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.

Community Foundation …The Western New York …The Baird FoundationThe John R Oishei Fou…Cullen FoundationJames H Cummings Foun…Children's Foundation…Foundation for Jewish…The Peter and Elizabe…The Marks Family Foun…The Margaret L Wendt …Rich Family Foundation
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo IncNY68.2× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · The Western New York Foundation · The Baird Foundation · The John R Oishei Foundation · Cullen Foundation · James H Cummings Foundation Inc · Children's Foundation of Erie County Inc · Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc · The Peter and Elizabeth C Tower Foundation · The Marks Family Foundation · The Margaret L Wendt Foundation · Rich 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services: 37% of income from government
  • Grow Food Northampton Inc: 25% of income from government
  • Xerces Society Inc: 22% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Perkins School for the Blind: 7% of income from government
  • Fund for Educational Excellence Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Williams College: 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Hun School of Princeton: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
40report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Cameron and Jane Baird 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 182 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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