Funding search · EIN 200478557 · Chicago, IL

Susan and Stephen Baird Family

Name: Susan and Stephen Baird Family grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

96
grants reported: $6.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

ubrestricted unrestrcited

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Harvard University3 grants · $1.2M
The Morton Arboretum3 grants · $930,000
Chicago Community Foundation2 grants · $495,000
Anderson Ranch Arts Center3 grants · $425,000
The Chicago Community Trust1 grant · $397,500
The Trust for Public Land3 grants · $357,500
Fidelity Charitablebaird & Warner Good Will Works2 grants · $250,000
Chicago Public Media Wbez2 grants · $245,000
Fidelity Charitablethe Shurwood Fund2 grants · $191,300
Fidelity Charitableshurwood Fund1 grant · $170,900

Giving over time

$2.0M

2022

$2.1M

2023

$2.2M

2024

Grant history

All 96 reported grants, largest first.

$485,000
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General and unrestricted
$397,500
The Chicago Community Trust · Chicago, IL · 2022
General and unrestrcited
$335,000
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General and unrestricted
$335,000
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General and unrestricted
$310,000
The Morton Arboretum · Lisle, IL · 2024
General and unrestricted
$310,000
The Morton Arboretum · Lisle, IL · 2023
General and unrestricted
$310,000
The Morton Arboretum · Lisle, IL · 2022
General and unrestricted
$247,500
Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General and unrestricted
$247,500
Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General and unrestricted
$215,000
Anderson Ranch Arts Center · Snowmass Village, CO · 2022
General and unrestricted
$200,000
The Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General and unrestricted
$190,000
Anderson Ranch Arts Center · Snowmass Village, CO · 2023
General and unrestricted
$170,900
Fidelity Charitableshurwood Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General and unrestricted
$161,900
Fidelity Charitablethe Shurwood Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General and unrestricted
$155,000
Chicago Public Media · Chicago, IL · 2022
General and unrestricted
$150,000
Fidelity Charitablebaird & Warner Good Will Works · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General and unrestricted
$125,000
Chicago Public Media Wbez · Chicago, IL · 2024
General and unrestricted
$120,000
Chicago Public Media Wbez · Chicago, IL · 2023
General and unrestricted
$100,000
Fidelity Charitablebaird & Warner Good Will Works · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General and unrestricted
$85,210
Fidelity Charitablegastevich Family Giving Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General and unrestricted
$85,210
Fidelity Charitablelucy Baird Gift Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
General and unrestricted
$80,000
The Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General and unrestricted
$77,500
The Trust for Public Land · Chicago, IL · 2022
General and unrestricted
$65,000
Carole Robertson Center for Learning · Chicago, IL · 2024
General and unrestricted
$60,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children'S Hospital of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General and unrestricted
$60,000
Chicago Media Project · Chicago, IL · 2023
General and unrestricted
$60,000
Lurie Children'S Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2022
General and unrestricted
$50,000
Allies for Community Business · Chicago, IL · 2024
General and unrestricted
$50,000
Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
General and unrestricted
$50,000
Evergreen Climate Innovations · Chicago, IL · 2024
General and unrestricted
$50,000
Allies for Community Business · Chicago, IL · 2023
General and unrestricted
$50,000
Carole Robertson Center for Learning · Chicago, IL · 2023
General and unrestricted
$50,000
Evergreen Climate Innovations · Chicago, IL · 2023
General and unrestricted
$50,000
Evergreen Climate Innovations · Chicago, IL · 2022
General and unrestricted
$35,000
Chicago Media Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
General and unrestricted
$35,000
Vocel · Chicago, IL · 2022
General and unrestricted
$30,000
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2024
General and unrestricted
$30,000
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2023
General and unrestricted
$30,000
Allies for Community Business · Chicago, IL · 2022
General and unrestricted
$29,400
Fidelity Charitablethe Shurwood Fund · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
General and unrestricted
$25,000
Erie Family Health Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General and unrestricted
$25,000
Mother Jones · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General and unrestricted
$25,000
Proofing Station · Chicago, IL · 2024
General and unrestricted
$25,000
Roaring Fork Public Radio Inc - Aspen Public Radio · Aspen, CO · 2024
General and unrestricted
$25,000
Uc Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General and unrestricted
$25,000
Vocel Viewing Our Children As Emerging Leaders Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
General and unrestricted
$25,000
Uc Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General and unrestricted
$25,000
Vocel Viewing Our Children As Emerging Leaders Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2023
General and unrestricted
$25,000
Wttw Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2023
General and unrestricted
$25,000
Uc Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General and ubrestricted
$25,000
Wttw · Chicago, IL · 2022
General and unrestricted
$20,000
Anderson Ranch Arts Center · Snowmass Village, CO · 2024
General and unrestricted
$20,000
Center for Investigative Reporting · Emeryville, CA · 2024
General and unrestricted
$20,000
Erie Family Health Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General and unrestricted
$20,000
Roaring Fork Public Radio Inc - Aspen Public Radio · Aspen, CO · 2023
General and unrestricted
$20,000
American Rivers · Washington, DC · 2022
General and unrestricted
$15,000
Wits · Rosemont, IL · 2022
General and unrestricted
$10,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2024
General and unrestricted
$10,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children'S Hospital of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General and unrestricted
$10,000
Elevate Energy · Chicago, IL · 2024
General and unrestricted
$10,000
Environmental Law & Policy Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
General and unrestricted
$10,000
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization · Chicago, IL · 2024
General and unrestricted
$10,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
General and unrestricted
$10,000
Solve Mecfs · Glendale, CA · 2024
General and unrestricted
$10,000
University of Illinois Foundation · Champaign, IL · 2024
General and unrestricted
$10,000
Vivery Community · Chicago, IL · 2024
General and unrestricted
$10,000
Working in the Schools · Chicago, IL · 2024
General and unrestricted
$10,000
Writers Theatre · Glencoe, IL · 2024
General and unrestricted
$10,000
Wttw Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2024
General and unrestricted
$10,000
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2023
General and unrestricted
$10,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023
General and unrestricted
$10,000
Start Early · Chicago, IL · 2023
General and unrestricted
$10,000
Working in the Schools · Chicago, IL · 2023
General and unrestricted
$10,000
Writers Theatre · Glencoe, IL · 2023
General and unrestricted
$10,000
Aspen Public Radio · Aspen, CO · 2022
General and unrestricted
$10,000
Erie Family Health · Evanston, IL · 2022
General and unrestricted
$10,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
General and unrestricted
$10,000
The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General and unrestricted
$6,000
Writers Theatre · Glencoe, IL · 2022
General and unrestricted
$5,000
American Red Cross · Chicago, IL · 2022
General and unrestricted
$5,000
Bulletin for the Atomic Scientists · Chicago, IL · 2022
General and unrestricted
$5,000
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022
General and unrestricted
$5,000
Depaul University · Chicago, IL · 2022
General and unrestricted
$5,000
Field Museum · Chicago, IL · 2022
General and unrestricted
$5,000
Greenhouse Scholars · Boulder, CO · 2022
General and unrestricted
$5,000
Healthnetwork Foundation · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2022
General and unrestricted
$5,000
Oriental Insitute · Chicago, IL · 2022
General and unrestricted
$5,000
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
General and unrestricted
$5,000
Solve Mecfs Initative · Glendale, CA · 2022
General and unrestricted
$5,000
The Aspen Institute · Aspen, CO · 2022
General and unrestricted
$2,500
Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General and unrestricted
$1,000
Chicago Shakespeare Theater · Chicago, IL · 2022
General and unrestricted
$1,000
Crohn'S & Colitis Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General and unrestricted
$1,000
Ragdale Foundation · Lake Forest, IL · 2022
General and unrestricted
$1,000
Ravinia Annual Fund · Highland Park, IL · 2022
General and unrestricted
$55
Charitable Contributions From K-1'S · Chicago, IL · 2022
General and unrestricted

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