Funding search · EIN 383443737 · Hastings, MI

The Baum Family Foundation

Name: The Baum Family Foundation 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.

53
grants reported: $2.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
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

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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.

1 grant matching “contribuiton” · $90,000

$90,000
Spectrum Health Foundation · Hastings, MI · 2022
General contribuitons

Top recipients

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

Friends of Performing Arts Center3 grants · $600,000
Hastings Area Schools4 grants · $295,000
Barry County Junior Golf Association2 grants · $280,000
Barry County Commission On Aging2 grants · $260,000
City of Hastings3 grants · $160,000
Hastings Band Boosters2 grants · $125,000
Spectrum Health Foundation1 grant · $90,000
Barry Community Foundation8 grants · $70,000
Corwell Health Foundation2 grants · $60,000
Ymca of Barry County1 grant · $50,000

Giving over time

$711,600

2022

$725,000

2023

$735,000

2024

Grant history

All 53 reported grants, largest first.

$250,000
Barry County Junior Golf Association · Hastings, MI · 2024
General contributions
$250,000
Barry County Commission On Aging · Hastings, MI · 2023
Capital campaign
$200,000
Friends of Performing Arts Center · Hastings, MI · 2024
General contributions
$200,000
Friends of Performing Arts Center · Hastings, MI · 2023
General contributions
$200,000
Friends of Performing Arts Center · Hastings, MI · 2022
General contributions
$115,000
Hastings Band Boosters · Hastings, MI · 2022
Instrument fund
$110,000
Hastings Area Schools · Hastings, MI · 2024
Pay-to-play
$100,000
Hastings Area Schools · Hastings, MI · 2023
Pay-to-play
$90,000
Spectrum Health Foundation · Hastings, MI · 2022
General contribuitons
$70,000
Hastings Area Schools · Hastings, MI · 2022
Pay-to-play
$60,000
City of Hastings · Hastings, MI · 2024
Plaza music
$50,000
Corwell Health Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
General contributions
$50,000
City of Hastings · Hastings, MI · 2023
Plaza music
$50,000
City of Hastings · Hastings, MI · 2022
Plaza performance
$50,000
Ymca of Barry County · Hastings, MI · 2022
General contributions
$35,000
Calvin University · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General contributions
$30,000
Barry County Junior Golf Association · Hastings, MI · 2023
General contributions
$20,000
Barry Community Foundation · Hastings, MI · 2023
Spiritual care
$20,000
Barry Community Foundation · Hastings, MI · 2022
Spiritual care
$15,000
Hastings Area Schools · Hastings, MI · 2022
Musical
$15,000
Hastings Public Library · Hastings, MI · 2022
Window fund
$10,000
Cherry Health Foundation - Barry Community Health Center · Hastings, MI · 2024
General contributions
$10,000
First Presbyterian Church · Hastings, MI · 2024
General contributions
$10,000
Grand Rapids Symphony · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
General contributions
$10,000
Hastings Band Boosters · Hastings, MI · 2024
Instrument fund
$10,000
Pierce Cedar Creek Institute · Hastings, MI · 2023
Forrest mgmt
$10,000
Pierce Cedar Creek Institute · Hastings, MI · 2023
Projector
$10,000
Barry County Commission On Aging · Hastings, MI · 2022
General contribution
$10,000
Corwell Health Foundation · Grand Rapids, MI · 2022
General contributions
$5,000
Barry Community Foundation · Hastings, MI · 2024
General contributions
$5,000
Bluffton Self Help · Bluffton, SC · 2024
General contributions
$5,000
Hastings Public Library · Hastings, MI · 2024
General contributions
$5,000
Hilton Head Humane Association · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
General contributions
$5,000
Palmetto Animal League · Ridgeland, SC · 2024
General contributions
$5,000
Barry Community Foundation · Hastings, MI · 2023
Habitat for humanity
$5,000
Barry Community Foundation · Hastings, MI · 2023
Family support center
$5,000
Barry Community Foundation · Hastings, MI · 2023
Hastings public library
$5,000
Barry Community Foundation · Hastings, MI · 2023
Hastings band boosters
$5,000
Barry Community Foundation · Hastings, MI · 2023
Hastings educational enrich
$5,000
Barry County United Way · Hastings, MI · 2023
General contributions
$5,000
Bluffton Self Help · Bluffton, SC · 2023
General contributions
$5,000
Cherry Health Foundation - Barry Community Health Center · Hastings, MI · 2023
General contributions
$5,000
Hilton Head Humane Association · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
General contributions
$5,000
Palmetto Animal League · Ridgeland, SC · 2023
General contributions
$5,000
Score Lowcountry · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
General contributions
$5,000
Barry County United Way · Hastings, MI · 2022
General contributions
$5,000
Bluffton Self Help · Bluffton, SC · 2022
General contributions
$5,000
Community Foundation of Low Country · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2022
General contributions
$5,000
Family Support Center of Barry County · Hastings, MI · 2022
General contributions
$5,000
Hilton Head Humane Association · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2022
General contributions
$5,000
Palmetto Animal League · Ridgeland, SC · 2022
General contributions
$1,500
Thornapple Players · Hastings, MI · 2022
General contributions
$100
Michigan Radio - Npr · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
General contributions

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