Funding search · EIN 526039040 · Frederick, MD

Joseph D Baker Fund

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

72
grants reported
$335,000
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$3,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • Downtown Frederick Partnership3 grants · $50,000
  • Friends of Baker Park3 grants · $42,000
  • McDaniel College3 grants · $30,000
  • Mission of Mercy3 grants · $30,000
  • The Arc of Frederick County3 grants · $16,000
  • Religious Coalition3 grants · $16,000
  • Boys and Girls Club of Frederick3 grants · $15,000
  • Frederick County 4h Riding3 grants · $14,000
  • Days End Horse Farm Rescue3 grants · $12,000
  • Community Living3 grants · $12,000

Giving over time

$102,000
2022
$105,000
2023
$128,000
2024

Grant history

All 72 reported grants, largest first.

  • $20,000

    Downtown Frederick Partnership · Frederick, MD · 2024

    To give back to local community

  • $20,000

    Friends of Baker Park · Frederick, MD · 2024

    To give back to local community

  • $15,000

    Downtown Frederick Partnership · Frederick, MD · 2023

    To give back to local community

  • $15,000

    Downtown Frederick Partnership · Frederick, MD · 2022

    Charitable use

  • $12,000

    Friends of Baker Park · Frederick, MD · 2023

    To give back to local community

  • $11,000

    Mission of Mercy · Frederick, MD · 2024

    To give back to local community

  • $10,000

    McDaniel College · Westminster, MD · 2024

    To give back to local community

  • $10,000

    McDaniel College · Westminster, MD · 2023

    To give back to local community

  • $10,000

    Mission of Mercy · Frederick, MD · 2023

    To give back to local community

  • $10,000

    Friends of Baker Park · Frederick, MD · 2022

    Charitable use

  • $10,000

    McDaniel College · Westminster, MD · 2022

    Charitable use

  • $9,000

    Mission of Mercy · Frederick, MD · 2022

    Charitable use

  • $6,000

    Religious Coalition · Frederick, MD · 2024

    To give back to local community

  • $6,000

    The Arc of Frederick County · Frederick, MD · 2024

    To give back to local community

  • $5,000

    Boys and Girls Club of Frederick · Frederick, MD · 2024

    To give back to local community

  • $5,000

    Days End Horse Farm Rescue · Lisbon, MD · 2024

    To give back to local community

  • $5,000

    Frederick County 4h Riding · Frederick, MD · 2024

    To give back to local community

  • $5,000

    Literacy Council of Frederick · Frederick, MD · 2024

    To give back to local community

  • $5,000

    Boys and Girls Club of Frederick · Frederick, MD · 2023

    To give back to local community

  • $5,000

    Frederick County 4h Riding · Frederick, MD · 2023

    To give back to local community

  • $5,000

    Religious Coalition · Frederick, MD · 2023

    To give back to local community

  • $5,000

    The Arc of Frederick County · Frederick, MD · 2023

    To give back to local community

  • $5,000

    Boys and Girls Club of Frederick · Frederick, MD · 2022

    Charitable use

  • $5,000

    Religious Coalition · Frederick, MD · 2022

    Charitable use

  • $5,000

    The Arc of Frederick County · Frederick, MD · 2022

    Charitable use

  • $4,000

    Advocates for Homeless Families · Frederick, MD · 2024

    To give back to local community

  • $4,000

    Community Living · Frederick, MD · 2024

    To give back to local community

  • $4,000

    Maryland Ensemble Theatre · Frederick, MD · 2024

    To give back to local community

  • $4,000

    Community Living · Frederick, MD · 2023

    To give back to local community

  • $4,000

    Days End Horse Farm Rescue · Lisbon, MD · 2023

    To give back to local community

  • $4,000

    Maryland Ensemble Theatre · Frederick, MD · 2023

    To give back to local community

  • $4,000

    Community Living · Frederick, MD · 2022

    Charitable use

  • $4,000

    Frederick County 4h Riding · Frederick, MD · 2022

    Charitable use

  • $4,000

    Hospice · Frederick, MD · 2022

    Charitable use

  • $3,000

    Frederick Children Chorus · Frederick, MD · 2024

    To give back to local community

  • $3,000

    Friends Rescue Mission · Frederick, MD · 2024

    To give back to local community

  • $3,000

    Maryland School for the Deaf · Frederick, MD · 2024

    To give back to local community

  • $3,000

    United Way of Frederick County · Frederick, MD · 2024

    To give back to local community

  • $3,000

    Advocates for Homeless Families · Frederick, MD · 2023

    To give back to local community

  • $3,000

    Frederick Children Chorus · Frederick, MD · 2023

    To give back to local community

  • $3,000

    Friends Rescue Mission · Frederick, MD · 2023

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  • $3,000

    Literacy Council of Frederick · Frederick, MD · 2023

    To give back to local community

  • $3,000

    Maryland School for the Deaf · Frederick, MD · 2023

    To give back to local community

  • $3,000

    United Way of Frederick County · Frederick, MD · 2023

    To give back to local community

  • $3,000

    Advocates for Homeless Families · Frederick, MD · 2022

    Charitable use

  • $3,000

    Days End Horse Farm Rescue · Lisbon, MD · 2022

    Charitable use

  • $3,000

    Maryland Ensemble Theatre · Frederick, MD · 2022

    Charitable use

  • $3,000

    Maryland School for the Deaf · Frederick, MD · 2022

    Charitable use

  • $3,000

    United Way of Frederick County · Frederick, MD · 2022

    Charitable use

  • $2,000

    Coipp · Frederick, MD · 2024

    To give back to local community

  • $2,000

    Color On the Creek · Frederick, MD · 2024

    To give back to local community

  • $2,000

    Community Foundation 2nd · Frederick, MD · 2024

    To give back to local community

  • $2,000

    Ship · Frederick, MD · 2024

    To give back to local community

  • $2,000

    Coipp · Frederick, MD · 2023

    To give back to local community

  • $2,000

    Community Foundation · Frederick, MD · 2023

    To give back to local community

  • $2,000

    Ship · Frederick, MD · 2023

    To give back to local community

  • $2,000

    Coipp · Frederick, MD · 2022

    Charitable use

  • $2,000

    Frederick Children Chorus · Frederick, MD · 2022

    Charitable use

  • $2,000

    Friends Rescue Mission · Frederick, MD · 2022

    Charitable use

  • $2,000

    Literacy Council of Frederic · Frederick, MD · 2022

    Charitable use

  • $2,000

    Ship · Frederick, MD · 2022

    Charitable use

  • $1,500

    Campus Life · Frederick, MD · 2022

    Charitable use

  • $1,500

    Community Foundation · Frederick, MD · 2022

    Charitable use

  • $1,000

    Aarch Society · Frederick, MD · 2024

    To give back to local community

  • $1,000

    Community Foundation · Frederick, MD · 2024

    To give back to local community

  • $1,000

    Heritage Frederick · Frederick, MD · 2024

    To give back to local community

  • $1,000

    Aarch Society · Frederick, MD · 2023

    To give back to local community

  • $1,000

    Color On the Creek · Frederick, MD · 2023

    To give back to local community

  • $1,000

    Aarch Society · Frederick, MD · 2022

    Charitable use

  • $1,000

    Color On the Creek · Frederick, MD · 2022

    Charitable use

  • $1,000

    Frederick Arts Council · Frederick, MD · 2022

    Charitable use

  • $0

    Frederick Arts Council · Frederick, MD · 2023

    To give back to local community

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.