Funding search · EIN 371379627 · Morton, IL

Melvin R Baum Private Foundation

Name: Melvin R Baum Private 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.

61
grants reported: $1.0M
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.

Apostolic Christian Lifepoints3 grants · $255,000
Midwest Food Bank3 grants · $170,910
Ft Myers Ac Church2 grants · $80,000
Harvest Call2 grants · $55,000
Loving Shepherd2 grants · $54,400
St Jude2 grants · $51,600
Morton Apostolic Church2 grants · $44,000
We Trust in Him3 grants · $44,000
Apostolic Christian Church of Fort Myers1 grant · $40,000
Salvation Army3 grants · $37,450

Giving over time

$322,700

2022

$354,835

2024

$342,850

2025

Grant history

All 61 reported grants, largest first.

$85,000
Apostolic Christian Lifepoints · Morton, IL · 2025
Charitable
$85,000
Apostolic Christian Lifepoints · Morton, IL · 2024
Charitable
$85,000
Apostolic Christian Lifepoints · Morton, IL · 2022
Charitable
$75,000
Ft Myers Ac Church · Fort Myers, FL · 2025
Charitable
$64,950
Midwest Food Bank · Morton, IL · 2022
Charitable
$60,310
Midwest Food Bank · Morton, IL · 2024
Charitable
$51,400
St Jude · Peoria, IL · 2024
Charitable
$45,650
Midwest Food Bank · Morton, IL · 2025
Charitable
$40,000
Apostolic Christian Church of Fort Myers · For Myers, FL · 2022
Charitable
$30,000
Harvest Call · West Lafayette, IN · 2024
Charitable
$30,000
Harvest Call Ministries · West Lafayette, IN · 2022
Charitable
$27,200
Loving Shepherd · Bluffton, IN · 2025
Charitable
$27,200
Loving Shepherd · Bluffton, IN · 2024
Charitable
$27,200
Loving Shepherd Ministries · Bluffton, IN · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Harvest Call · West Lafayette, IN · 2025
Charitable
$25,000
We Trust in Him · Naples, FL · 2024
Charitable
$22,000
Morton Apostolic Church · Morton, IL · 2025
Charitable
$22,000
Morton Apostolic Church · Morton, IL · 2024
Charitable
$16,500
Apostolic Christ Church · Morton, IL · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
Independence Fund · Charlotte, NC · 2025
Charitable
$15,000
Independence Fund · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Charitable
$15,000
The Independence Fund · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Charitable
$14,000
We Trust in Him · Naples, FL · 2025
Charitable
$12,800
Salvation Army · Peoria, IL · 2025
Charitable
$12,800
Salvation Army · Peoria, IL · 2024
Charitable
$11,850
Salvation Army · Peoria, IL · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Gateway Woods · Leo, IN · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
South Side Mission · Peoria, IL · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Spread Truth · Bloomington, IL · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Ft Myers Ac Church · Fort Myers, FL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Gateway Woods · Leo, IN · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
South Side Mission · Peoria, IL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Spread Truth · Bloomington, IL · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Apostolic Christian Restmor · Morton, IL · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Gateway Woods · Leo, IN · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
South Side Mission · Peoria, IL · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Spread Truth · Bloomington, IL · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
We Trust in Him · Peoria, IL · 2022
Charitable
$2,000
Pathway Ministries · Peoria, IL · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Pathway Ministries · Peoria, IL · 2024
Charitable
$2,000
Peoria Rescue Ministries · Peoria, IL · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Jubilee Ministries · Peoria, IL · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Morton Community Foundation · Morton, IL · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Osf Foundation · Peoria, IL · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
Jubilee Ministries · Peoria, IL · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Morton Community Foundation · Morton, IL · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Osf Foundation · Peoria, IL · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Jubilee Ministries · Peoria, IL · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Morton Community Foundation · Morton, IL · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Osf Foundation · Peoria, IL · 2022
Charitable
$500
Feed the Children · Oklahoma City, OK · 2025
Charitable
$500
Wbnh Radio · Pekin, IL · 2025
Charitable
$500
Feed the Children · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Charitable
$500
Wbnh Radio · Pekin, IL · 2024
Charitable
$500
Central Il Riding Therapy · East Peoria, IL · 2022
Charitable
$500
Feed the Children · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Charitable
$500
Journal Star Christmas Fund · Peoria, IL · 2022
Charitable
$500
Wbnh · Pekin, IL · 2022
Charitable
$200
St Jude · Peoria, IL · 2025
Charitable
$200
St Jude Childrens Hospital · Peoria, IL · 2022
Charitable
$125
One Hope Ministries · Pompano Beach, FL · 2024
Charitable

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