Sidney R Baer JR Foundation
Milwaukee, WI · EIN 43-6829338. Reported 110 grants totalling $11.5M to 59 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Sidney R Baer JR Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $66,667. Half of everything it gave fell between $25,000 and $133,333; the smallest was $4,995 and the largest $600,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Boston, MA | $1,676,360 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Places for People Inc | Saint Louis, MO | $1,200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Center for Reintegration | New York, NY | $825,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA | $732,814 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Childrens Hospital Corporation | Boston, MA | $675,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Attn Cecilia Mcgough | State College, PA | $434,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Louis County Circuit Court | Clayton, MO | $400,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Brigham & Womens Hospital | Boston, MA | $386,668 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Trustees of Tufts College | Medford, MA | $360,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| University of Southern California Dept of Contracts and Grants | Los Angeles, CA | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The General Hospital Corporation | Boston, MA | $329,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fountain House Inc | New York, NY | $306,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Bay Cove Human Services Inc | Boston, MA | $275,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Genesis Club House Inc | Worcester, MA | $266,668 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Franciscan Childrens Hospital | Boston, MA | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Mainehealth | Scarborough, ME | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai | New York, NY | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Independence Center | Saint Louis, MO | $220,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rhode Island Hospital | Providence, RI | $160,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Gateway Housing First Inc | Saint Louis, MO | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University Os Massachusetts Univ of Mass Medical School | Worcester, MA | $148,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| State University of Iowa Fdn | Iowa City, IA | $139,956 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Mental Health Assoc of St Louis | St Louis, MO | $130,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | Boston, MA | $104,801 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Mass Medical School Fdn | Shrewsbury, MA | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Penobscot Community Health Center | Bangor, ME | $86,400 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mental Health America | St Louis, MO | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| University of California at San Diego | La Jolla, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Curators of the Univ of Missouiri Center for Behavioral Health | Town and Country, MO | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Curators of the University of Mo | St Louis, MO | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Curators of Unversty of Missouri | Stlouis, MO | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Assisi House Inc | Virginia Bch, VA | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Assisi House Inc | St Louis, MO | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Northwell Health Inc | Westbury, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Asniya | Rapid City, SD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mental Health | Dekalb, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Provident Inc | St Louis, MO | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Little Bit Foundation | St Louis, MO | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Mental Health Association of St Louis | Saint Louis, MO | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Neuropsychiatric Assoc | Houston, TX | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Brain & Behavior Research Foundation | New York, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Episcopal Social Services Inc | Wichita, KS | $32,153 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Louis Childrens Hospital | St Louis, MO | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Form Communities Inc | San Antonio, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hopewell Fund | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mary Ryder Home | St Louis, MO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mental Health Association in Santa Barba | Santa Barbara, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Saint Louis Counseling | St Louis, MO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Neuropsychiatric Association | Abilene, KS | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Intrntnl Soc for Psychological and Socia | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| NAMI St Louis | Saint Louis, MO | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Students With Schizophrenia | State College, PA | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Karis Community | Denver, CO | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| San Francisco Compassion Advocacy Resili | San Francisco, CA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Art With Impact | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Child Center Marygrove | Saint Louis, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Louis | Gallipolis, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Health Foundation Inc | North Wilkesboro, NC | $4,995 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
30 of 59 (51%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 64%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Penobscot Community Health Center
SUPPORTED EDUCATION PROGRAM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 58 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 28 | $3,685,803 | $90,000 |
| 2021 | 25 | $3,231,819 | $80,000 |
| 2022 | 22 | $2,138,404 | $68,333 |
| 2023 | 35 | $2,462,039 | $35,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 46% of this one's giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $66,667. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Massachusetts.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Sidney R Baer JR Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 0634, Milwaukee, WI, 53201. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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