New York · Private foundation
William&Vina Baker Yerdon Fndtion
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $107k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2026
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $19,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 20
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 10% of the organizations William&Vina Baker Yerdon Fndtion funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 19 | $107k | 5% |
| FY2025 | 20 | $115k | 10% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $110k | 16% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $107k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $94k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $93k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Plain Free Library | $95,500 | 6 | 8% |
| Fort Plain Cemetery Association | $45,300 | 6 | 7% |
| Fort Klock Historic Restoration | $29,400 | 6 | 6% |
| Friends of Fort Plain Inc | $22,500 | 4 | 11% |
| Fort Plain Senior Center Inc | $12,500 | 6 | 8% |
| Stone Arabia Preservation Society | $10,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Stone Arabia Preservation Incorporated | $7,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Helping Hands Food Pantry Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Sprakers Reformed Church | $2,000 | 4 | n/a |
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($396k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Arkell Hall Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About William&Vina Baker Yerdon Fndtion
- How much does William&Vina Baker Yerdon Fndtion give?
- William&Vina Baker Yerdon Fndtion reported 19 grants totaling $107,115 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 20 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does William&Vina Baker Yerdon Fndtion fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (20%), Education (15%), Recreation & Sports (13%).
- Who are William&Vina Baker Yerdon Fndtion's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Fort Plain Free Library ($96k), Fort Plain Cemetery Association ($45k), Fort Klock Historic Restoration ($29k).
- Does William&Vina Baker Yerdon Fndtion fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William&Vina Baker Yerdon Fndtion accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as William&Vina Baker Yerdon Fndtion?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arkell Hall Foundation Inc.
- Where is William&Vina Baker Yerdon Fndtion based?
- William&Vina Baker Yerdon Fndtion is based in NY.
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