· Private foundation
William Robert Baird Charitable Trust
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES | $33,609 |
| THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION | $31,741 |
| LOVES' KITCHEN | $30,501 |
| WESLEY HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER | $25,343 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $24,608 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $19,158 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $14,907 |
| MERIDIAN FREEDOM PROJECT | $14,907 |
| MISSISSIPPI SPECIAL OLYMPICS | $14,906 |
| HOPE VILLAGE FOR CHILDREN | $14,874 |
| CHOCTAW AREA COUNCIL BSA | $14,874 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF EAST MISSISSIPPI | $14,874 |
| CARE LODGE | $14,874 |
| NEW DESTINY DAYCARE & LEARNING CENTER | $14,873 |
| THE FREE CLINIC OF MERIDIAN | $14,873 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–26, $271k) land where the poverty rate runs at 23%, against an area that typically sits at 23%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 66% of William Robert Baird Charitable Trust’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 90% of the giving stays in MS; by stated purpose, 61%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2026, 0 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WHWESLEY HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER INC8× · 2019–2026 · $155k · revenue +69%
- BABOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF EAST MISSISSIPPI10× · 2017–2026 · $150k · revenue +75%
- CLCARE LODGE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER INC10× · 2017–2026 · $134k · revenue +4%
Funded once
- BSBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CHOCTAW AREA COUNCIL #302one grant, 2017 · $5k
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.
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.
To improve the quality of life in our community through crisis intervention and violence prevention.
To provide food, shelter, medication, transportation, advocacy and counseling for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, as well as for their family members.
To provide safe shelter, advocacy, counseling, referrals and support to all victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Shelby County Children's Advocacy Center, Inc. is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to ending child abuse through education, advocacy, counseling, family support, and the pursuit of justice.
Childrens Village was established as a refuge for dependent, destitute children in need of service and care
Promote safety, self-sufficiency, hope and healing to those effected by abuse.
Provide assistance to victims of domestic violence
The center's mission is to advocate and support social change that will result in non-violent relationships, homes and communities through public education, direct services, a haven and programs related to the issues of domestic and sexual…
To promote a violence free atmosphere from domestic and sexual violence in which survivors can recognize their options to have the opportunity to continue living violence free and regain their sense of self-worth; to educate and raise…
Hope crisis center provides crisis line services and shelter to domestic violence and sexual assault victims
Victory Center Ministries is dedicated to providing services for families, men, and women with children in need. Most importantly, a caring and supportive environment is provided where lives are changed and individuals regain their…
Providing emergency shelter and other services to persons battered and or abused, commonly referred to as domestic violence.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 17 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds LAUDERDALE OUTREACH & VOL EFFORT ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ↗
- Who funds THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WESLEY HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF EAST MISSISSIPPI ↗
- Who funds CARE LODGE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER INC ↗
- Who funds FREE CLINIC OF MERIDIAN INC ↗
- Who funds HOPE VILLAGE FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: United Way of East Mississippiinc · The Paul and Sherry Broadhead Foundation · The Riley Foundation · Community Foundation of East Mississippi · Mississippi Food Network Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization William Robert Baird Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William Robert Baird Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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