Funding search · EIN 943027892 · Tacoma, WA

The Baker Foundation

Name: The Baker 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.

103
grants reported: $805,250
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $7,500
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

outreach educational scholarships learn arts education alternative bridges

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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.

Lindquist Dental2 grants · $45,000
Foss Waterway3 grants · $40,000
Children'S Therapy2 grants · $30,000
Lakewold Gardens1 grant · $25,000
Tacoma Little Theater1 grant · $25,000
Partners for Parks1 grant · $25,000
Emergency Food Network1 grant · $25,000
Pacific Science Center3 grants · $25,000
Northwest Furniture Bank3 grants · $25,000
Mount Tahoma High School3 grants · $24,000

Giving over time

$278,500

2022

$265,000

2023

$261,750

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 103 grants.

$35,000
Lindquist Dental · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Outreach
$25,000
Tacoma Little Theater · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Educational
$25,000
Partners for Parks · Lacey, WA · 2023
Outreach
$25,000
Children'S Therapy · Kent, WA · 2022
Healthcare
$25,000
Emergency Food Network · Lakewood, WA · 2022
Outreach
$25,000
Lakewold Gardens · Lakewood, WA · 2022
Outreach
$20,000
Foss Waterway · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Outreach
$20,000
Maui Strong · Kahului, HI · 2023
Outreach
$16,000
Lincoln High School · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Educational
$11,500
Mary Bridge Childrens Hospital · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Tree sponsorship bridges
$10,000
Foss Waterway · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Outreach
$10,000
Northwest Furniture Bank · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Outreach
$10,000
Pacific Science Center · Seattle, WA · 2024
Educational
$10,000
Centrum Foundation · Port Townsend, WA · 2023
Workshops in the arts
$10,000
Lindquist Dental · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Outreach
$10,000
Northwest Furniture Bank · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Outreach
$10,000
Centrum Foundation · Port Townsend, WA · 2022
Workshops in the arts
$10,000
Foss Waterway · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Outreach
$8,000
Gig Harbor High School · Gig Harbor, WA · 2024
Scholarships
$8,000
Henry Foss High School · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Scholarships
$8,000
Mount Tahoma High School · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Scholarships
$8,000
Peninsula High School · Wauna, WA · 2024
Scholarships
$8,000
Stadium High School · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Scholarships
$8,000
Gig Harbor High School · Gig Harbor, WA · 2023
Scholarships
$8,000
Henry Foss High School · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Scholarships
$8,000
Mount Tahoma High School · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Scholarships
$8,000
Peninsula High School · Wauna, WA · 2023
Scholarships
$8,000
Silas High School · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Scholarships
$8,000
Stadium High School · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Scholarships
$8,000
Gig Harbor High School · Gig Harbor, WA · 2022
Scholarships
$8,000
Henry Foss High School · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Scholarships
$8,000
Lincoln High School · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Scholarships
$8,000
Mount Tahoma High School · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Scholarships
$8,000
Peninsula High School · Wauna, WA · 2022
Scholarships
$8,000
Silas High School · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Scholarships
$8,000
Stadium High School · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Scholarships
$7,500
Boys & Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Dbm memorial golf tournament/project learn
$7,500
First Tee · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Educational
$7,500
Greentrike · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Play to learn
$7,500
Job Carr Museum · Tacoma, WA · 2024
School outreach
$7,500
Museum of Glass · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Outreach
$7,500
Tacoma Symphony Orchestra · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Simply symphonic
$7,500
Boys & Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Dbm memorial golf tournament/project learn
$7,500
Crohn'S & Colitis Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2023
Educational
$7,500
Greentrike · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Play to learn
$7,500
Museum of Glass · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Outreach
$7,500
Pacific Science Center · Seattle, WA · 2023
Educational
$7,500
Tacoma Symphony Orchestra · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Simply symphonic
$7,500
Boys & Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Dbm memorial golf tournament/project learn
$7,500
Crohn'S & Colitis Foundation · Bellevue, WA · 2022
Educational
$7,500
Greentrike · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Play to learn
$7,500
Pacific Science Center · Seattle, WA · 2022
Educational
$7,500
Palmer Scholars · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Scholarships
$7,500
Tacoma Symphony Orchestra · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Simply symphonic
$7,000
Children'S Home Society (Key Peninsula Resource Center) · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Education
$6,500
Mary Bridge Childrens Hospital · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Tree sponsorship bridges
$6,000
Greater Metro Parks Foundation · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Summer playground program
$5,250
Living Voices · Seattle, WA · 2024
Outreach
$5,000
Arivva · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Educational
$5,000
Diabetes Association of Pierce County · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Education
$5,000
Grand Cinema · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Educational
$5,000
Hilltop Artists in Residence · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Alternative glass arts
$5,000
Mary Bridge Childrens Hospital · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Tree sponsorship bridges
$5,000
Reach Ministries · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Outreach
$5,000
Rebuilding Hope Sexual Assault Center · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Outreach
$5,000
Tacoma Art Museum · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Educational
$5,000
University of Puget Sound · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Educational
$5,000
Washington State Historical Society · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Educational
$5,000
Ymca of Pierce & Kitsap Counties · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Outreach
$5,000
Children'S Therapy · Kent, WA · 2023
Healthcare
$5,000
Diabetes Association of Pierce County · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Education
$5,000
First Tee · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Educational
$5,000
Friends of the Children · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Outreach
$5,000
Girl Scouts of Western Washington · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Education
$5,000
Hilltop Artists in Residence · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Alternative glass arts
$5,000
Humanities Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023
Outreach
$5,000
Job Carr Museum · Tacoma, WA · 2023
School outreach
$5,000
Junior Achievement · Auburn, WA · 2023
Educational
$5,000
Reach Ministries · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Outreach
$5,000
Tacoma Art Museum · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Educational
$5,000
Tacoma Arts Live · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Educational
$5,000
Arivva · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Outreach
$5,000
Hilltop Artists in Residence · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Alternative glass arts
$5,000
Job Carr Museum · Tacoma, WA · 2022
School outreach
$5,000
Junior Achievement · Auburn, WA · 2022
Educational
$5,000
Living Voices · Seattle, WA · 2022
Outreach
$5,000
Museum of Glass · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Outreach
$5,000
Northwest Furniture Bank · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Outreach
$5,000
Rain Incubator · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Outreach
$5,000
Reach Ministries · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Outreach
$5,000
Tacoma Arts Live · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Educational
$5,000
University of Puget Sound · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Educational
$5,000
Zee Speed · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Outreach
$2,500
Innovative Change Makers · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Outreach
$2,500
Sunshine Physically · Gold Bar, WA · 2024
Educational
$2,500
Tacoma Youth Symphony · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Educational
$2,500
Toy Rescue Mission · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Outreach
$2,500
Arts First · Tacoma, WA · 2023
Outreach
$2,500
Sunshine Physically · Gold Bar, WA · 2023
Educational
$2,500
Diabetes Association of Pierce County · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Education

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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.