Funding search · EIN 026005885 · Nashua, NH

The Barker Foundation

Name: The Barker 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.

193
grants reported: $1.4M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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.

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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.

Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter4 grants · $96,515
Ymca of Greater Nashua5 grants · $88,594
Children'S Dyslexia Center4 grants · $82,066
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua4 grants · $82,061
Meals On Wheels of Hillsborough County4 grants · $76,600
Community Hospice House2 grants · $64,288
Home Health & Hospice Care4 grants · $58,838
Waypoint3 grants · $43,912
Shriners Hospital4 grants · $40,835
New Hampshire Food Bank4 grants · $40,484

Giving over time

$331,822

2022

$386,801

2023

$339,077

2024

$335,658

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 193 grants.

$53,234
Community Hospice House · Merrimack, NH · 2023
General purpose
$40,208
Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter · Nashua, NH · 2022
General purpose
$36,127
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua · Nashua, NH · 2024
General purpose
$32,860
Ymca of Greater Nashua · Nashua, NH · 2024
General purpose
$32,570
Ymca of Greater Nashua · Nashua, NH · 2025
General purpose
$26,007
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua · Nashua, NH · 2025
General purpose
$25,686
Waypoint · Manchester, NH · 2023
General purpose
$21,043
Children'S Dyslexia Center · Nashua, NH · 2022
General purpose
$20,980
Children'S Dyslexia Center · Nashua, NH · 2023
General purpose
$20,322
Children'S Dyslexia Center · Nashua, NH · 2024
General purpose
$20,200
Meals On Wheels of Hillsborough County · Merrimack, NH · 2022
General purposes
$20,146
North Hampton Public Library · North Hampton, NH · 2022
General purposes
$20,062
Meals On Wheels of Hillsborough County · Merrimack, NH · 2023
General purposes
$19,968
Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter · Nashua, NH · 2023
General purpose
$19,721
Children'S Dyslexia Center · Nashua, NH · 2025
General purpose
$19,433
Home Health & Hospice Care · Merrimack, NH · 2025
General purpose
$19,096
Home Health & Hospice Care · Merrimack, NH · 2024
General purpose
$18,312
Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter · Nashua, NH · 2025
General purpose
$18,311
Meals On Wheels of Hillsborough County · Merrimack, NH · 2025
General purpose
$18,027
Meals On Wheels of Hillsborough County · Merrimack, NH · 2024
General purposes
$18,027
Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter · Nashua, NH · 2024
General purpose
$15,123
Shriners Hospital · Boston, MA · 2025
General purpose
$14,000
Mass General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
General purposes
$11,054
Community Hospice House · Merrimack, NH · 2022
General purpose
$11,000
Jenny Fund · Nashua, NH · 2025
General purpose
$11,000
Jenny Fund · Nashua, NH · 2024
General purpose
$10,296
Home Health & Hospice Care · Merrimack, NH · 2022
General purpose
$10,153
New Hampshire Food Bank · Manchester, NH · 2022
General purpose
$10,143
Ymca of Greater Nashua · Nashua, NH · 2022
General purpose
$10,142
New Hampshire Food Bank · Manchester, NH · 2024
General purpose
$10,112
New Hampshire Food Bank · Manchester, NH · 2023
General purpose
$10,106
Unh Foundation · Durham, NH · 2024
General purpose
$10,077
New Hampshire Food Bank · Manchester, NH · 2025
General purpose
$10,051
Salvation Army · Nashua, NH · 2022
General purpose
$10,041
Salvation Army · Nashua, NH · 2023
General purpose
$10,037
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua · Nashua, NH · 2022
General purpose
$10,021
Ymca of Greater Nashua · Nashua, NH · 2023
General purpose
$10,013
Home Health & Hospice Care · Merrimack, NH · 2023
General purpose
$10,000
Nashua Community Music School · Nashua, NH · 2023
General purpose
$9,993
Unh Foundation · Durham, NH · 2022
General purpose
$9,890
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua · Nashua, NH · 2023
General purpose
$9,854
Unh Foundation · Durham, NH · 2025
General purpose
$9,244
Waypoint · Manchester, NH · 2025
General purpose
$9,232
Shriners Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
General purpose
$9,127
Marguerite'S Place · Nashua, NH · 2022
General purpose
$9,069
Marguerite'S Place · Nashua, NH · 2023
General purpose
$9,004
Shriners Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
General purpose
$8,982
Waypoint · Manchester, NH · 2024
General purpose
$8,123
Rivier University · Nashua, NH · 2024
General purpose
$8,066
Unh Foundation · Durham, NH · 2023
General purpose
$8,056
Marguerite'S Place · Nashua, NH · 2024
General purpose
$8,020
Marguerite'S Place · Nashua, NH · 2025
General purpose
$8,006
Girls · Manchester, NH · 2023
General purpose
$7,568
Rivier University · Nashua, NH · 2025
General purpose
$7,561
Nashua Adult Learning Center · Nashua, NH · 2023
General purpose
$7,498
Salvation Army · Nashua, NH · 2024
General purpose
$7,489
Salvation Army · Nashua, NH · 2025
General purpose
$7,476
Shriners Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose
$7,161
Rivier University · Nashua, NH · 2023
General purpose
$7,065
Rivier University · Nashua, NH · 2022
General purpose
$7,000
Share Outreach · Milford, NH · 2025
General purpose
$6,746
Girls · Manchester, NH · 2022
General purpose
$6,265
Special Olympics Nh · Concord, NH · 2022
General purpose
$6,207
Family Promise of Southern New Hampshire · Nashua, NH · 2023
General purpose
$6,117
Stepping Stones · Nashua, NH · 2023
General purposes
$6,084
Future in Sight · Concord, NH · 2022
General purpose
$6,055
Future in Sight · Concord, NH · 2023
General purpose
$6,055
Special Olympics Nh · Concord, NH · 2023
General purpose
$6,050
Family Promise of Southern New Hampshire · Nashua, NH · 2022
General purpose
$6,022
Gateways Community Services · Nashua, NH · 2022
General purpose
$6,006
Gateways Community Services · Nashua, NH · 2023
General purpose
$6,000
Jenny Fund · Nashua, NH · 2023
General purpose
$5,743
Girls · Manchester, NH · 2025
General purpose
$5,584
Stepping Stones · Nashua, NH · 2022
General purposes
$5,188
American Red Cross Nhvt Region · Concord, NH · 2022
General purpose
$5,138
American Diabetes Association · Arlington, VA · 2022
General purpose
$5,133
Family Promise of Southern New Hampshire · Nashua, NH · 2025
General purpose
$5,100
Girls · Manchester, NH · 2024
General purpose
$5,088
Special Olympics Nh · Concord, NH · 2025
General purpose
$5,071
Special Olympics Nh · Concord, NH · 2024
General purpose
$5,067
Nashua Police Athletic League · Nashua, NH · 2024
General purpose
$5,067
Stepping Stones · Nashua, NH · 2024
General purposes
$5,050
Family Promise of Southern New Hampshire · Nashua, NH · 2024
General purpose
$5,049
Front Door Agency · Nashua, NH · 2023
General purpose
$5,046
Mass General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
General purposes
$5,039
Gateways Community Services · Nashua, NH · 2025
General purpose
$5,039
Gateways Community Services · Nashua, NH · 2024
General purpose
$5,039
Front Door Agency · Nashua, NH · 2022
General purpose
$5,036
Caregivers · Manchester, NH · 2022
General purpose
$5,032
American Diabetes Association · Arlington, VA · 2023
General purpose
$5,003
Nashua Police Athletic League · Nashua, NH · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
Center for Wildlife · Cape Neddick, ME · 2025
General purpose
$5,000
Live and Let Live Farm · Chichester, NH · 2025
General purpose
$5,000
Center for Wildlife · Cape Neddick, ME · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
Hollis Brookline High School · Hollis, NH · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
Live and Let Live Farm · Chichester, NH · 2024
General purpose
$5,000
Center for Wildlife · Cape Neddick, ME · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
Hollis Brookline High School · Hollis, NH · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
Live and Let Live Farm · Chichester, NH · 2023
General purpose
$5,000
Manchester Community Music School · Manchester, NH · 2023
General purpose

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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.