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Theodore & Ruth Baum Charitable Foundati at a glance

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Theodore & Ruth Baum Charitable Foundati

$14k
Granted FY2022
1
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$14k
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, FY2018 to 2022.

Education$389kArts & Culture$133kHealth$36kAnimals$33kPhilanthropy$24kHousing & Shelter$15kReligion$6kFood & Nutrition$5kOther$0
02FY2022 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$14,133
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
14497 SHS PERUVIAN & E EURO FUND COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTROPIES OF$14,133
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%PMC - JIMMY FUND: $5k → 7%14497 SHS PERUVIAN & E EURO FUND COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTROPIES OF: $14k → 16%CHABAD OF SOUTHAMPTON JEWISH CENTER: $2k → 7%THE LEWIN FUND: $10k → 17%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $10k → 11%FLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION: $50 → 19%WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $500 → 6%ALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%NORTON MUSEUM OF ART: $30k → 11%PATRON NETWORK WNET: $500 → 17%NORTON MUSEUM OF ART: $25k → 11%HEREDITARY DISEASE FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%NORTON MUSEUM OF ART: $25k → 11%PALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS: $18k → 11%NORTON MUSEUM OF ART: $15k → 11%ARMORY ART CENTER: $13k → 11%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $5k → 11%ARMORY ART CENTER: $5k → 11%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $5k → 11%ARMORY ART CENTER: $2k → 11%PALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS: $500 → 11%COUDERT INSTITUTE: $500 → 11%THE LORD'S PLACE: $10k → 11%THE LORD'S PLACE: $5k → 11%TEMPLE BETH EL: $4k → 11%TEMPLE BETH EL: $195 → 11%PALM BEACH COUNTY FOOD BANK: $5k → 11%PALM BEACH COUNTY COUNCIL OF FIRE FIGHTER: $30 → 11%TOWN OF PALM BEACH UNITED WAY: $10k → 11%PALM BEACH ZOO: $10k → 11%PALM BEACH ZOO: $10k → 11%PALM BEACH ZOO: $10k → 11%PALM BEACH ZOO: $2k → 11%PALM BEACH ZOO: $761 → 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.

29%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$186k · 5 repeat orgs$455k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +92% since the first grant, against +49% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2022, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
17

Total granted

$186k
$441k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+92%
+49%

Still filing today

80%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’20’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’20’22
Arts & CultureHousing & ShelterSocial SciencePhilanthropyFood & NutritionAnimalsOther
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

  • TZ
    THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE PALM BEACHES INC
    2× · 2018–2020 · $33k · revenue +161%
  • TA
    THE ARMORY ART CENTER INC
    2× · 2018–2020 · $20k · revenue +44%
  • PB
    PALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS INC
    2× · 2018–2020 · $18k · revenue +92%

Funded once

  • FC
    FIDELITY CHARIT FUND (RUTH & TED BAUM FAM CHAR FD)-65 SHS AMAZON ON 72020
    one grant, 2020 · $201k
  • FC
    FIDELITY CHAR FUND (RUTH & TED BAUM FAM CHAR FD)-564 SHS UNP ON 72020
    one grant, 2020 · $101k
  • FC
    FIDELITY CHAR FUND (RUTH & TED BAUM FAM CHAR FD)-560 SHS TXN ON 72020
    one grant, 2020 · $76k
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
Palm Beach Day Academy Inc

The foundation of the palm beach day academy's program is the education of our students in an academically challenging and compassion rich environment that guides each child toward personal excellence of mind, body and character.

Education
2
Palm Healthcare Foundation Inc

Palm Health Foundation invests in bold, community-led solutions that improve health and well-being in Palm Beach County. (Continued on Schedule O)Established in 2001 from the sale of Good Samaritan and St. Mary's hospitals, the Foundation…

Health
3
Naples Zoo Inc

Naples zoo is accredited by the american zoo & aquarium association (aza) and has numerous animal exhibits placed on its 45-acre site. (continued on schedule o)each exhibit is unique and designed to simulate typical conditions for the…

Animals
4
Area Agency On Aging of Palm Beach Treasure Coast Inc

The area agency on aging of palm beach/treasure coast is a private, non-profit, regional agency whose mission is to advocate, plan and promote the independence, dignity, health and well-being of seniors and their caregivers in a manner…

Human Services
5
Palm Beach County Police Benevolent Association Inc

To promote professionalism in law enforcement. to provide labor & collective bargaining services, legal assistance, education, legistlative representation and death and disability benefits to palm beach county police officers.

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6
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
7
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
8
Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc

Palm beach atlantic university equips students to grow in wisdom, lead with conviction and serve god boldly.

Education
9
Banner Alzheimer's Foundation

Established in 2006, the banner alzheimer's foundation (baf) secures and stewards charitable gifts to advance the mission of banner alzheimer's institute (bai), including groundbreaking research initiatives and pioneering prevention…

Health
10
Nami Palm Beach County Inc

Nami palm beach county provides advocacy, education, support, and public awareness so that all individuals and families affected by mental illness can build better lives.

Health
11
Personal Care Products Council Foundation Inc

The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…

Health
12
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Zoological Society of the Palm Beaches Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Lord's Place Inc. 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

11 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. 11 of the 23 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
9/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIDELITY CHARIT FUND (RUTH & TED BAUM FAM CHAR FD)-65 SHS AMAZON ON 72020: $201,350 · OtherFIDELITY CHARIT FUND (RUTH & TED BAUM FAM CHAR FD)-65 SHS AMAZON ON 72020FIDELITY CHAR FUND (RUTH & TED BAUM FAM CHAR FD)-564 SHS UNP ON 72020: $100,767 · OtherFIDELITY CHAR FUND (RUTH & TED BAUM FAM CHAR FD)-564 SHS UNP ON 72020FIDELITY CHAR FUND (RUTH & TED BAUM FAM CHAR FD)-560 SHS TXN ON 72020: $75,653 · OtherFIDELITY CHAR FUND (RUTH & TED BAUM FAM CHAR FD)-560 SHS TXN ON 72020PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $20,000 · Other+10 more: $36,493 · Other+10 moreNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $95,000 · Arts & CultureNORTON MUSEUM OF ART IN…THE ARMORY ART CENTER INC: $19,993 · Arts & CultureTHE ARMORY ART CENTER I…PALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS INC: $18,000 · Arts & CulturePALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS I…THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE PALM BEACHES INC: $33,101 · AnimalsTHE LORD'S PLACE INC: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Social ScienceTown of Palm Beach United Way Inc: $10,000 · PhilanthropyPalm Beach County Food Bank Inc: $5,000 · Food & NutritionHUNTINGTON'S DISEASE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Health
Other$434,263Arts & Culture$132,993Animals$33,101Housing & Shelter$15,000Social Science$10,000Philanthropy$10,000Food & Nutrition$5,000Health$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNORTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $95,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE PALM BEACHES INC: $33,101 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ARMORY ART CENTER INC: $19,993 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetPALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS INC: $18,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LORD'S PLACE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPalm Beach County Food Bank Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUNTINGTON'S DISEASE FOUNDATION: $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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Theodore & Ruth Baum Charitable Foundati funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Theodore & Ruth Baum Charitable Foundati. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • The Lord's Place Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Florida Sheriffs Association Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Armory Art Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Theodore & Ruth Baum Charitable Foundati 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 23 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2023) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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