Funding search · EIN 043466194 · Needham, MA

Baker Root Family Foundation

Name: Baker Root Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

179
grants reported: $130,745
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $500
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

civil human rights services environment child welfare public

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

Museum of Fine Arts Boston4 grants · $19,500
Mab Community Services4 grants · $13,000
Chamber Orchestra of Boston4 grants · $10,000
First Literacy4 grants · $4,000
Nesea3 grants · $3,500
Horizons for Homeless Children4 grants · $3,200
Project Hope4 grants · $3,200
Save the Children4 grants · $3,000
Project Bread4 grants · $3,000
Pine Street Inn3 grants · $3,000

Giving over time

$35,600

2022

$27,350

2023

$31,200

2024

$36,595

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 179 grants.

$6,000
Museum of Fine Arts Boston · Boston, MA · 2022
General Support - Museums
$5,500
Mab Community Services · Brookline, MA · 2025
Contribution provided
$4,500
Museum of Fine Arts Boston · Boston, MA · 2025
Contribution provided
$4,500
Museum of Fine Arts Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
Contribution provided
$4,500
Museum of Fine Arts Boston · Boston, MA · 2023
Contribution provided
$2,500
Chamber Orchestra of Boston · Boston, MA · 2025
Contribution provided
$2,500
Chamber Orchestra of Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
Contribution provided
$2,500
Mab Community Services · Brookline, MA · 2024
Contribution provided
$2,500
Chamber Orchestra of Boston · Boston, MA · 2023
Contribution provided
$2,500
Mab Community Services · Brookline, MA · 2023
Contribution provided
$2,500
Chamber Orchestra of Boston · Boston, MA · 2022
General Support - Arts
$2,500
Mab Community Services · Brookline, MA · 2022
General Support - Social Services
$2,000
Friends of Cchs Swimming and Diving · Concord, MA · 2024
Contribution provided
$2,000
Nesea · Greenfield, MA · 2024
Contribution provided
$1,500
Pine Street Inn · Boston, MA · 2025
Contribution provided
$1,500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
General Support - Humanitarian
$1,500
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2022
General Support - Child Welfare
$1,500
Unicef · New York, NY · 2022
General Support - Child Welfare
$1,500
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support - Child Welfare
$1,200
Tricon Church · Concord, MA · 2025
Contribution provided
$1,200
Tricon Church · Concord, MA · 2024
Contribution provided
$1,000
First Literacy · Boston, MA · 2025
Contribution provided
$1,000
Nesea · Greenfield, MA · 2025
Contribution provided
$1,000
New England Center and Home for Veterans · Boston, MA · 2025
Contribution provided
$1,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2025
Contribution provided
$1,000
First Literacy · Boston, MA · 2024
Contribution provided
$1,000
New England Center and Home for Veterans · Boston, MA · 2024
Contribution provided
$1,000
First Literacy · Boston, MA · 2023
Contribution provided
$1,000
New England Center and Home for Veterans · Boston, MA · 2023
Contribution provided
$1,000
First Literacy · Boston, MA · 2022
General Support - Education
$1,000
National Urban League · New York, NY · 2022
General Support - Human and Civil Rights
$1,000
New England Center and Home for Vet · Boston, MA · 2022
General Support - Social Services
$800
Horizons for Homeless Children · Roxbury, MA · 2025
Contribution provided
$800
Project Hope · Roxbury, MA · 2025
Contribution provided
$800
Horizons for Homeless Children · Roxbury, MA · 2024
Contribution provided
$800
Project Hope · Roxbury, MA · 2024
Contribution provided
$800
Horizons for Homeless Children · Roxbury, MA · 2023
Contribution provided
$800
Project Hope · Roxbury, MA · 2023
Contribution provided
$800
Horizons for Homeless Children · Roxbury, MA · 2022
General Support - Child Welfare
$800
Project Hope · Roxbury, MA · 2022
General Support - Child Welfare
$750
Project Bread · East Boston, MA · 2025
Contribution provided
$750
Project Bread · East Boston, MA · 2024
Contribution provided
$750
Pine Street Inn · Boston, MA · 2023
Contribution provided
$750
Project Bread · East Boston, MA · 2023
Contribution provided
$750
The Umbrella Community Arts Center · Concord, MA · 2023
Contribution provided
$750
Nichols House Museum · Boston, MA · 2022
General Support - Museums
$750
Pine Street Inn · Boston, MA · 2022
General Support - Social Services
$750
Project Bread · East Boston, MA · 2022
General Support - Social Services
$700
The Umbrella Community Arts Center · Concord, MA · 2025
Contribution provided
$700
The Umbrella Community Arts Center · Concord, MA · 2024
Contribution provided
$600
Scholar Rescue Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Contribution provided
$530
Friends of Cchs Swimming and Diving · Concord, MA · 2025
Contribution provided
$515
More Than Words · Waltham, MA · 2025
Contribution provided
$500
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Contribution provided
$500
Beyond Conflict · Boston, MA · 2025
Contribution provided
$500
Common Cause Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
Contribution provided
$500
Concord Free Public Library · Concord, MA · 2025
Contribution provided
$500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025
Contribution provided
$500
National Alliance To End Homelessness · Washington, DC · 2025
Contribution provided
$500
National Urban League · New York, NY · 2025
Contribution provided
$500
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2025
Contribution provided
$500
Propublica · New York, NY · 2025
Contribution provided
$500
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2025
Contribution provided
$500
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2025
Contribution provided
$500
Tenacity · Boston, MA · 2025
Contribution provided
$500
Trinity Boston Foundation · Boston, MA · 2025
Contribution provided
$500
Unicef · New York, NY · 2025
Contribution provided
$500
Westport Land Conservation Trust · Westport, MA · 2025
Contribution provided
$500
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025
Contribution provided
$500
Young Center for Immigrant Childrens Rights · Chicago, IL · 2025
Contribution provided
$500
Beyond Conflict · Boston, MA · 2024
Contribution provided
$500
Concord Free Public Library · Concord, MA · 2024
Contribution provided
$500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
Contribution provided
$500
More Than Words · Waltham, MA · 2024
Contribution provided
$500
National Urban League · New York, NY · 2024
Contribution provided
$500
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2024
Contribution provided
$500
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2024
Contribution provided
$500
Tenacity · Boston, MA · 2024
Contribution provided
$500
The Committee To Protect Journalists · New York, NY · 2024
Contribution provided
$500
Trinity Boston Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
Contribution provided
$500
Unicef · New York, NY · 2024
Contribution provided
$500
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2024
Contribution provided
$500
Young Center for Immigrant Childrens Rights · Chicago, IL · 2024
Contribution provided
$500
Beacon Hill Civic Association · Boston, MA · 2023
Contribution provided
$500
Beyond Conflict · Boston, MA · 2023
Contribution provided
$500
Concord Free Public Library · Concord, MA · 2023
Contribution provided
$500
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
Contribution provided
$500
More Than Words · Waltham, MA · 2023
Contribution provided
$500
National Urban League · New York, NY · 2023
Contribution provided
$500
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2023
Contribution provided
$500
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2023
Contribution provided
$500
Tenacity · Boston, MA · 2023
Contribution provided
$500
The Committee To Protect Journalists · New York, NY · 2023
Contribution provided
$500
Trinity Boston Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
Contribution provided
$500
Unicef · New York, NY · 2023
Contribution provided
$500
Westport Land Conservation Trust · Westport, MA · 2023
Contribution provided
$500
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
Contribution provided
$500
Young Center for Immigrant Childrens Rights · Chicago, IL · 2023
Contribution provided
$500
Beacon Hill Civic Association · Boston, MA · 2022
General Support - Community Preservation
$500
Beyond Conflict · Boston, MA · 2022
General Support - International

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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.