Funding search · EIN 824916970 · Minneapolis, MN

Michael H Baker Family Foundation

Name: Michael H Baker Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

56
grants reported: $728,300
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

year pledge crisis ukraine books forse great jewish

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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.

4 grants matching “forse” · $50,500

$15,000
Minnesota Academy of Science · St Paul, MN · 2025
Forse program
$13,500
Minnesota Academy of Science · St Paul, MN · 2024
Forse program
$12,000
Minnesota Academy of Science · St Paul, MN · 2023
Forse program
$10,000
Minnesota Academy of Science · St Paul, MN · 2022
Forse program

Top recipients

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

University of Minnesota Foundation6 grants · $373,000
Yiddish Book Center4 grants · $100,000
In Geveb4 grants · $58,000
Minnesota Academy of Science4 grants · $50,500
Workers Circle1 grant · $25,000
New Lehrhaus2 grants · $21,000
National Center for Jewish Film3 grants · $18,000
Lionwise1 grant · $15,700
Yivo Inst for Jewish Research1 grant · $15,000
Doctors Without Borders USA4 grants · $10,500

Giving over time

$169,700

2022

$151,000

2023

$180,600

2024

$227,000

2025

Grant history

All 56 reported grants, largest first.

$94,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Scholarships and research
$91,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Gift pledge - umja
$84,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Donation - proposals
$74,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Donation - 4 proposals
$25,000
Workers Circle · New York, NY · 2025
General operating
$25,000
Yiddish Book Center · Amherst, MA · 2025
Great jewish books program
$25,000
Yiddish Book Center · Amherst, MA · 2024
Great jewish books program
$25,000
Yiddish Book Center · Amherst, MA · 2023
Great jewish books program
$25,000
Yiddish Book Center · Amherst, MA · 2022
Great jewish books program
$22,000
In Geveb · Cambridge, MA · 2025
Pledge donation
$15,700
Lionwise · New York, NY · 2022
General operating
$15,000
Minnesota Academy of Science · St Paul, MN · 2025
Forse program
$15,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Donation - proposals
$15,000
Yivo Inst for Jewish Research · New York, NY · 2024
Scholarships
$15,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Gift pledge - umja
$13,500
Minnesota Academy of Science · St Paul, MN · 2024
Forse program
$12,000
In Geveb · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Pledge donation
$12,000
In Geveb · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Pledge donation
$12,000
Minnesota Academy of Science · St Paul, MN · 2023
Forse program
$12,000
In Geveb · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Pledge donation
$11,000
New Lehrhaus · Berkeley, CA · 2025
General operating
$10,000
National Center for Jewish Film · Waltham, MA · 2025
Film restoration
$10,000
New Lehrhaus · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Minnesota Academy of Science · St Paul, MN · 2022
Forse program
$5,000
National Center for Jewish Film · Waltham, MA · 2024
Film restoration
$4,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
Ukraine crisis & year end grant
$3,000
Al Otro Lado · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Year end donation
$3,000
Natifs · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Year end donation
$3,000
Partners in Health · Brewer, ME · 2024
General operating
$3,000
Raices · San Antonio, TX · 2024
Year end donation
$3,000
National Center for Jewish Film · Waltham, MA · 2023
Film restoration
$3,000
Partners in Health · Brewer, ME · 2022
General operating
$2,500
Al Otro Lado · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Year end donation
$2,500
Doctors Without Borders USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2025
Ukraine crisis & year end grant
$2,500
Partners in Health · Brewer, ME · 2025
General operating
$2,500
Raices · San Antonio, TX · 2025
Year end donation
$2,000
Association for Jewish Studies · New York, NY · 2025
Travel grants
$2,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
Ukraine crisis & year end grant
$2,000
Association for Jewish Studies · New York, NY · 2023
Travel grants
$2,000
Association for Jewish Studies · New York, NY · 2022
Travel grants
$2,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
Ukraine crisis & year end grant
$1,100
Association for Jewish Studies · New York, NY · 2024
Travel grants
$1,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating
$1,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating
$1,000
Al Otro Lado · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Year end donation
$1,000
Partners in Health · Brewer, ME · 2023
General operating
$1,000
Raices · San Antonio, TX · 2023
Year end donation
$1,000
Al Otro Lado · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Year end donation
$1,000
Natifs · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Year end donation
$1,000
Nova Ukraine · San Jose, CA · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Raices · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Year end donation
$1,000
Sholom Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General operating
$500
Friends of the Wildflower Garden · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Student transportation
$500
Women for Afghan Women · Fresh Meadows, NY · 2023
General operating
$500
Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2022
Ukraine crisis
$500
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating

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