The William G Baker JR Memorial Fund
Pittsburgh, PA · EIN 52-6057178. Reported 96 grants totalling $5,498,622 to 58 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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. The William G Baker JR Memorial Fund 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 $15,250. Half of everything it gave fell between $8,000 and $29,000; the smallest was $3,000 and the largest $1,515,901. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See Statement | Pittsburgh, PA | $2,797,018 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Greater Baltimore Cultual Alliance | Baltimore, MD | $598,463 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Community Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $440,141 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Museum of Art Inc | Baltimore, MD | $91,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Walters Art Museum Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $84,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fells Point Creative Alliance Inc | Baltimore, MD | $79,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Peale Center for Baltimore Hdis | Baltimore, MD | $77,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Your Public Radio Corporation | Baltimore, MD | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center Stage Associates Inc | Baltimore, MD | $74,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chesapeake Shakespeare Company | Baltimore, MD | $69,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Concert Opera Inc | Baltimore, MD | $57,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Theatre Project | Baltimore, MD | $57,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jewish Museum of Maryland Inc | Baltimore, MD | $57,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Museum of Industry | Baltimore, MD | $54,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Producers Club of Maryland Inc | Baltimore, MD | $54,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Maryland Citizens for the Arts Inc | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Maryland Lawyers for the Arts Inc | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc | Baltimore, MD | $49,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Everyman Theatre Inc | Baltimore, MD | $44,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Choral Arts Society Inc | Baltimore, MD | $37,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Maryland Humanities Council Inc | Baltimore, MD | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Towson University Foundation Inc | Towson, MD | $33,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Concerts at Second | Baltimore, MD | $31,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore Inc | Baltimore, MD | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wide Angle Youth Media Inc | Baltimore, MD | $24,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Contemporary Arts Inc | Gwynn Oak, MD | $23,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The in Series Inc | Washington, DC | $23,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre Inc | Baltimore, MD | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Shriver Hall Concert Series Inc | Baltimore, MD | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Emmanuel Episcopal Church | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Le Mondo Inc | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pikesville Armory Foundation | Stevenson, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Port Discovery Children's Museum | Baltimore, MD | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Classical Guitar Socie | Timonium, MD | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Arts Realty Corporation | Baltimore, MD | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Chamber Orchestra Inc | Baltimore, MD | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Clayworks Inc | Baltimore, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bach Concert Series | Baltimore, MD | $13,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Star Spangled Banner Flag House Association Incorporated | Baltimore, MD | $13,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Handel Choir of Baltimore Inc | Luthvle Timon, MD | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chesapeake Arts Center Inc | Brooklyn Park, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Candlelight Concert Society Inc | Columbia, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Healthy Neighborhoods Inc | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Charm City Fringe | Baltimore, MD | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mind on Fire | Baltimore, MD | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Artscentric Inc | Reisterstown, MD | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Heritage Incorporated | Baltimore, MD | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Maryland Art Place Inc | Baltimore, MD | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Southern Methodist University | Dallas, TX | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Cultural Vibrancy | Charlottesvle, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Iron Crow Theatre Company | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lorelei Ensemble Inc | Cambridge, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The American Friends of Lafayette | Gaithersburg, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Jewelry Center Inc | Baltimore, MD | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Rock Opera Society Inc | Baltimore, MD | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The American Visionary Art Museum | Baltimore, MD | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Jazz Alliance Incorporated | Baltimore, MD | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
38 of 58 (66%) 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 88%, across 1 year-to-year transition. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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.
- Pikesville Armory Foundation
FREE OUTDOOR JAZZ CONCERTS - Towson University Foundation Inc
WTMD'S 2014 FIRST THURSDAY - Baltimore Arts Realty Corporation
MOTOR HOUSE PRESENTING LIVE - Le Mondo Inc
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION - The American Visionary Art Museum
COLLECTIONS DATABASE MGMT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 80 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | $1,281,117 | $1,281,117 |
| 2022 | 1 | $1,515,901 | $1,515,901 |
| 2023 | 42 | $1,384,906 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 52 | $1,316,698 | $15,250 |
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. 51% of this one's giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 $15,250. 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 Pennsylvania.
- 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 The William G Baker JR Memorial Fund's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 500 First Ave P7-Pfsc-03-Z, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219. 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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