Funding search · EIN 581861919 · New Canaan, CT

The Bauer Family Foundation

Name: The Bauer 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.

136
grants reported: $15.7M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $50,000
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

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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.

Family & Children'S Agency4 grants · $2.0M
Open Doors Norwalk4 grants · $1.1M
Goodwin University2 grants · $1.1M
Inspirica3 grants · $1.1M
Washington University in St Louis1 grant · $1.1M
Green Lake Conference Center4 grants · $940,000
Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County4 grants · $795,000
Stepping Stones Museum for Children3 grants · $710,000
Focusing Philanthropy4 grants · $460,000
International Christian Alliance On Prostitution3 grants · $430,000

Giving over time

$3.0M

2022

$4.3M

2023

$2.8M

2024

$5.5M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 136 grants.

$1.3M
Family & Children'S Agency · Norwalk, CT · 2025
Operational Support
$1.1M
Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2023
Operational Support - Scholarships
$1.0M
Inspirica · Stamford, CT · 2025
Operational Support
$1.0M
Open Doors Norwalk · Norwalk, CT · 2025
Operational Support
$1.0M
Goodwin University · East Hartford, CT · 2023
Operational Support
$520,000
Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
Home Creation Chopsey Hill property Bridgeport, Annual gala
$450,000
Green Lake Conference Center · Green Lake, WI · 2024
Operational Support
$300,000
Norwalk Hospital Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2025
Operational Support
$300,000
Family & Children'S Agency · Norwalk, CT · 2024
Operational Support
$300,000
Stepping Stones Museum for Children · Norwalk, CT · 2024
Capital Growth Plan
$300,000
Visiting Nurse and Hospice of Fairfield County · Wilton, CT · 2022
Capital Campaign
$280,000
International Ministries · King of Prussia, PA · 2022
General Fund
$260,000
Family & Children'S Agency · Norwalk, CT · 2023
Operational Support
$255,000
International Christian Alliance On Prostitution · Green Lake, WI · 2024
Operational Support for Conference
$240,000
Green Lake Conference Center · Green Lake, WI · 2022
Refresh Lawson Lodge, Staughton Hall
$210,000
Stepping Stones Museum for Children · Norwalk, CT · 2023
Capital Growth Plan
$200,000
Stepping Stones Museum for Children · Norwalk, CT · 2025
Capital Growth Plan
$170,000
Family & Children'S Agency · Norwalk, CT · 2022
Operational Support for Call From the Heart, Foster-care Program and ASPIRE after-school and summer program
$150,000
Green Lake Conference Center · Green Lake, WI · 2025
Operational Support
$125,000
Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
Operational Support
$125,000
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Princeton Initiative for Faith and Work
$120,000
Focusing Philanthropy · Santa Monica, CA · 2025
Operational Support
$120,000
Focusing Philanthropy · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Operational Support
$120,000
Focusing Philanthropy · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
Operational Support
$100,000
Circle of Care · Wilton, CT · 2025
General Support - For families of children with cancer
$100,000
Elderhouse Day Care Center · Norwalk, CT · 2025
Operational Support for adult day care center
$100,000
Goodwin University · East Hartford, CT · 2025
Operational Support
$100,000
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2025
Global Impact Fund
$100,000
International Christian Alliance On Prostitution · Fresno, CA · 2025
Operational Support for Conference
$100,000
One World Surgery · Birmingham, AL · 2025
Operational Support
$100,000
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2025
Princeton Initiative for Faith and Work
$100,000
Circle of Care · Wilton, CT · 2024
General Support - For families of children with cancer
$100,000
Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
Operational Support
$100,000
Habitat for Humanity of Collier County · Naples, FL · 2024
Operational Support
$100,000
Lumunos · Marlborough, NH · 2024
Operational Support
$100,000
Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk · Norwalk, CT · 2024
Annual Gala - Seas the Night
$100,000
Old Newsboys Fund for Children'S Charities · St Louis, MO · 2024
Operational Support
$100,000
The Kennedy Collective · Trumbull, CT · 2024
The Arts Empowerment Initiative: Maggie Daly Arts Cooperative
$100,000
Andover Newton Theological School · Newton Centre, MA · 2023
Faith In the Workplace Initiative
$100,000
Circle of Care · Wilton, CT · 2023
General Support - For families of children with cancer
$100,000
Green Lake Conference Center · Green Lake, WI · 2023
Operational Support
$100,000
Habitat for Humanity of Collier County · Naples, FL · 2023
Operational Support
$100,000
Waveny Lifecare Network · New Canaan, CT · 2023
Healing Together Campaign
$100,000
Christ Church United Methodist · New York, NY · 2022
Funds Marked for Outreach
$100,000
Circle of Care · Wilton, CT · 2022
General Support - For families of children with cancer
$100,000
Focusing Philanthropy · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Focusing Philanthropy and Voices for Children Riverside's 2022 Fostering Growth Campaign $50,000 Focusing Philanthropy and Voices for Children San Diego's 2022 Bright Futures Foster Care Campaign $50,000
$100,000
George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2022
Operational Support
$100,000
Lumunos · Marlborough, NH · 2022
Operational Support
$100,000
Open Doors Norwalk · Norwalk, CT · 2022
Operational Support
$100,000
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Princeton Initiative for Faith and Work
$85,000
Norwalk Housing Authority Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2024
Operational Support - Scholarships
$85,000
Earthplace · Westport, CT · 2023
Operational Support
$80,000
Tiny Miracles Foundation · Darien, CT · 2025
Operational Support - BiLingual Professional Mentor
$75,000
Lumunos · Marlborough, NH · 2025
Operational Support
$75,000
Norwalk Housing Authority Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2023
Operational Support - Scholarships
$75,000
St Louis Aquarium Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2023
Operational Support
$75,000
International Christian Alliance On Prostitution · Green Lake, WI · 2022
Operational Support for Conference
$75,000
Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk · Norwalk, CT · 2022
Annual Gala - Seas the Night
$75,000
Norwalk Housing Authority Foundation · Norwalk, CT · 2022
Operational Support - Scholarships
$65,000
Boy Scouts America - Yankee Council · Milford, CT · 2023
Operational Support - Friends of Scouting Event
$65,000
Elderhouse Day Care Center · Norwalk, CT · 2023
Operational Support for adult day care center
$60,500
Summer Theatre of New Canaan · New Canaan, CT · 2023
General Support
$60,000
Norwalk Acts · Norwalk, CT · 2023
Operational Support
$55,000
Summer Theatre of New Canaan · New Canaan, CT · 2025
General Support
$55,000
Summer Theatre of New Canaan · New Canaan, CT · 2022
General Support
$50,000
Americares · Stamford, CT · 2025
Operational Support - Americares Airlift Benefit
$50,000
Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County · Bridgeport, CT · 2025
Operational Support
$50,000
Horizons at New Canaan Country School · New Canaan, CT · 2025
Operational Support
$50,000
Liberation Programs · Bridgeport, CT · 2025
Operational Support
$50,000
Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk · Norwalk, CT · 2025
Annual Gala - Seas the Night
$50,000
Pivot Ministries · Bridgeport, CT · 2025
Operational Support
$50,000
Saint Joseph Parenting Center · Stamford, CT · 2025
Operational Support
$50,000
St Louis Aquarium Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2025
Operational Support
$50,000
The Carver Center · Norwalk, CT · 2025
General Support
$50,000
Liberation Programs · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
Operational Support
$50,000
Pivot Ministries · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
Operational Support
$50,000
Saint Joseph Parenting Center · Stamford, CT · 2024
Operational Support
$50,000
St Louis Aquarium Foundation · St Louis, MO · 2024
Operational Support
$50,000
Summer Theatre of New Canaan · New Canaan, CT · 2024
General Support
$50,000
The Carver · Norwalk, CT · 2024
Child of America gala
$50,000
Liberation Programs · Norwalk, CT · 2023
Operational Support
$50,000
Pivot Ministries · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
Operational Support
$50,000
Rising Hope · Kingston, NY · 2023
Operational Support
$50,000
Saint Joseph Parenting Center · Stamford, CT · 2023
Operational Support / 13th Annual Benefit Breakfast
$50,000
Carver Foundation of Norwalk · Norwalk, CT · 2022
Decades of Impact gala
$50,000
Earthplace · Westport, CT · 2022
Operational Support
$50,000
Habitat for Humanity of Collier County · Naples, FL · 2022
Operational Support
$50,000
Inspirica · Stamford, CT · 2022
Operational Support
$50,000
Norwalk Acts · Norwalk, CT · 2022
Operational Support
$50,000
Pivot Ministries · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
2022 Gala at Black Rock
$45,000
Horizons at New Canaan Country School · New Canaan, CT · 2022
Operational Support
$40,000
Tiny Miracles Foundation · Darien, CT · 2024
Operational Support - BiLingual Professional Mentor
$40,000
Tiny Miracles Foundation · Darien, CT · 2023
Operational Support - MiraclesAll That Jazz
$40,000
Saint Joseph Parenting Center · Stamford, CT · 2022
Operational Support / 13th Annual Benefit Breakfast
$30,000
Brooke Charter Schools · Boston, MA · 2025
Operational Support
$30,000
Build a Miracle · San Diego, CA · 2024
Operational Support
$30,000
Horizons at New Canaan Country School · New Canaan, CT · 2024
Operational Support
$30,000
Build a Miracle · San Diego, CA · 2023
Operational Support
$30,000
Positive Directions · Westport, CT · 2022
Operational Support
$30,000
Tiny Miracles Foundation · Darien, CT · 2022
Operational Support - MiraclesAll That Jazz

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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.