Funding search · EIN 166023080 · Buffalo, NY

The Baird Foundation

Name: The Baird 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.

340
grants reported: $1.6M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $2,308
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.

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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.

US National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame3 grants · $102,000
Kleinhans Music Hall Management3 grants · $83,000
Graycliff Conservancy8 grants · $66,636
Burchfield Penney Art Center3 grants · $64,040
Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo3 grants · $60,500
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society5 grants · $52,000
Community Foundation of Sarasota County3 grants · $45,000
The Buffalo Seminary4 grants · $41,500
Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo4 grants · $40,500
Investigative Post3 grants · $36,426

Giving over time

$474,795

2022

$550,287

2023

$597,573

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 340 grants.

$81,000
Kleinhans Music Hall Management · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$47,000
US National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame · Ishpeming, MI · 2023
Unrestricted
$40,500
Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$40,000
US National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame · Ishpeming, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
$37,200
Burchfield Penney Art Center · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$27,500
The Buffalo Seminary · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Buffalo Reuse · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$23,250
Graycliff Conservancy · Derby, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$21,840
Burchfield Penney Art Center · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Niagara Aerospace Museum · Niagara Falls, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Buffalo Heritage Carousel · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$20,000
Temple Beth Zion · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$19,250
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$16,426
Investigative Post · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,250
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,135
Carousel Society of the Niagara Frontier · North Tonawanda, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Artpark & Company · Lewiston, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Buffalo Waterways Center · Rochester, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Community Foundation of Sarasota County · Sarasota, FL · 2024
Unrestricted
$15,000
Artpark & Company · Lewiston, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Bestself Behavioral Health · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Community Foundation of Sarasota County · Sarasota, FL · 2023
Unrestricted
$15,000
Community Foundation of Sarasota County · Sarasota, FL · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,000
Graycliff Conservancy · Derby, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,000
US National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame · Ishpeming, MI · 2022
Unrestricted
$14,000
Nichols School of Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$13,500
Buffalo String Works · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$13,350
Graycliff Conservancy · Derby, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$12,500
Friends of the Buffalo Story · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$11,000
Buffalo City Mission · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,500
Brr Alliance · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Erie County · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Canisius College · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Cepa Gallery · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
City Year · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
The Summit Center · Getzville, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Via · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
City Year · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Investigative Post · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Westminster Presbyterian Church · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Brr Alliance · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Buffalo Heritage Carousel · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Buffalo String Works · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
City Year · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Cobblestone Society & Museum · Albion, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Graycliff Conservancy · Derby, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Hauptman Woodward Medical Research Institute · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Investigative Post · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Nichols School of Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Re-Tree Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
The Buffalo Seminary · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
The Summit Center · Getzville, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Westminster Economic Development Initiative · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Westminster Presbyterian Church · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$7,500
Assembly House 150 · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$7,500
Buffalo Audubon Society · North Java, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$7,500
One Symphony Circle · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$7,500
Shea'S Performing Arts Center · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$7,500
Western New York Scout Council · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$7,500
Charter School for Applied Technologies Family Support Center · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$7,500
Shea'S Performing Arts Center · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$7,500
Charter School for Applied Technologies Family Support Center · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$7,000
Rural Outreach Center · East Aurora, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$7,000
Wny Vets · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$7,000
Roswell Park Alliance Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$6,000
Community Music School of Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$6,000
Bar Room Buzzards · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,700
Friends of Rohlfs House · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,500
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,500
West Side Rowing Club · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,250
Western New York Public Broadcasting Association · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Buffalo Hive Arts & Culture · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Buffalo Jewish Federation · Williamsville, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village · Amherst, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
East Side Parkways Coalition · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Home of My Own of Wny · East Amherst, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Kaleida Health Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
National Federation for Just Communities of Wny · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
North American Bear Center · Ely, MN · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Pink Ribbon Good · Clayton, OH · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Seabird Restoration Program · Bremen, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Sisters Hospital Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
The Tool Library · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Westminster Presbyterian Church · Buffalo, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Wny Jails Justice Network · Albany, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Assembly House 150 · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village · Amherst, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Gardens Buffalo Niagara · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
North American Bear Center · Ely, MN · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Ronald McDonald House · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Rural Outreach Center · East Aurora, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Seabird Restoration Program · Bremen, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Sisters Hospital Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
The Garret Club · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
The Stained Glass Association of America Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Western New York Public Broadcasting Association · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Unrestricted

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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.