Maryland · Private foundation
The Lenox D and Frances W Baker 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.
- $90k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $49,025
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations The Lenox D and Frances W Baker Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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 | 9 | $90k | 22% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $83k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $161k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $159k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $170k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $177k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $190k | 19% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $205k | 12% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rowland Hall-St Mark's School | $125,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Meeteetse Museum Foundation Inc | $71,000 | 9 | 16% |
| Carleton College | $58,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Park County Animal Shelter | $48,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Western Landowners Alliance | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
| By Western Hands | $30,000 | 3 | 5% |
| The Lindsey Vonn Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Northwest College Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ironside Bird Rescue Inc | $15,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rowland Hall-St Mark's School | $125,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Meeteetse Museum Foundation Inc | $71,000 | 9 | 16% |
| Carleton College | $58,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Park County Animal Shelter | $48,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Western Landowners Alliance | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
| By Western Hands | $30,000 | 3 | 5% |
| The Lindsey Vonn Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Northwest College Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ironside Bird Rescue Inc | $15,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwest Wyoming Family Planning Inc | $8,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The Protestant Episcopal High School in Virginia | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Davidson College | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Museum of the Old West | $7,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Wildlife Ecology Institute | $6,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Intermountain Planned Parenthood | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Yellowstone Behavioral Health Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Childrens Ranch Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bright Futures Mentoring Program | $1,000 | 1 | 9% |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($952k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lenox D and Frances W Baker Foundation supplied at peak.
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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
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About The Lenox D and Frances W Baker Foundation
- How much does The Lenox D and Frances W Baker Foundation give?
- The Lenox D and Frances W Baker Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $90,025 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Lenox D and Frances W Baker Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (51%), Education (16%), Animals (12%).
- Who are The Lenox D and Frances W Baker Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Rowland Hall-St Mark's School ($125k), Meeteetse Museum Foundation Inc ($71k), Carleton College ($58k).
- Does The Lenox D and Frances W Baker Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lenox D and Frances W Baker 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 Lenox D and Frances W Baker Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wyoming Community Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Lenox D and Frances W Baker Foundation based?
- The Lenox D and Frances W Baker Foundation is based in MD.
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