Funding search · EIN 810585669 · Milford, CT

Walter & Merle Baum Foundation

Name: Walter & Merle Baum 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.

60
grants reported: $1.8M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $25,000
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.

University of Bridgeport4 grants · $400,000
Congregation Beth El4 grants · $300,000
Hopkins School4 grants · $150,000
Fairfield University4 grants · $137,500
Kolbe Cathedral High School4 grants · $125,000
Adam J Lewis Academy4 grants · $115,000
Sterling House Community Center4 grants · $80,000
Boys and Girls Club of Milford4 grants · $70,000
Mha Merton House Llc2 grants · $55,000
Saint Catherine Academy2 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$395,000

2022

$442,500

2023

$450,000

2024

$465,000

2025

Grant history

All 60 reported grants, largest first.

$100,000
University of Bridgeport · Bridgeport, CT · 2025
General
$100,000
University of Bridgeport · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
General
$100,000
University of Bridgeport · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
General
$100,000
University of Bridgeport · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
General
$75,000
Congregation Beth El · Norwalk, CT · 2025
General
$75,000
Congregation Beth El · Norwalk, CT · 2024
General
$75,000
Congregation Beth El · Norwalk, CT · 2023
General
$75,000
Congregation Beth El · Norwalk, CT · 2022
General
$50,000
Fairfield University · Fairfield, CT · 2025
General
$50,000
Hopkins School · New Haven, CT · 2023
General
$50,000
Kolbe Cathedral High School · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
General
$50,000
Hopkins School · New Haven, CT · 2022
General
$37,500
Fairfield University · Fairfield, CT · 2023
General
$35,000
Adam J Lewis Academy · Bridgeport, CT · 2025
General
$35,000
Adam J Lewis Academy · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
General
$30,000
Sterling House Community Center · Stratford, CT · 2025
General
$30,000
Mha Merton House Llc · Trumbull, CT · 2023
General
$25,000
Boys and Girls Club of Milford · Milford, CT · 2025
General
$25,000
Hopkins School · New Haven, CT · 2025
General
$25,000
Kolbe Cathedral High School · Bridgeport, CT · 2025
General
$25,000
Boys and Girls Club of Milford · Milford, CT · 2024
General
$25,000
Fairfield University · Fairfield, CT · 2024
General
$25,000
Hopkins School · New Haven, CT · 2024
General
$25,000
Kolbe Cathedral High School · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
General
$25,000
Saint Catherine Academy · Fairfield, CT · 2024
General
$25,000
Sterling House Community Center · Stratford, CT · 2024
General
$25,000
The Thomas Merton Center · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
General
$25,000
Adam J Lewis Academy · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
General
$25,000
Fairfield University · Fairfield, CT · 2022
General
$25,000
Kolbe Cathedral High School · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
General
$25,000
Mha Merton House Llc · Trumbull, CT · 2022
General
$25,000
Saint Catherine Academy · Fairfield, CT · 2022
General
$20,000
Adam J Lewis Academy · Bridgeport, CT · 2022
General
$15,000
In a Heartbeat · Wallingford, CT · 2025
General
$15,000
Rape Crisis Center of Milford · Milford, CT · 2025
General
$15,000
Saint Catherine'S Academy · Fairfield, CT · 2025
General
$15,000
The Thomas Merton Center · Bridgeport, CT · 2025
General
$15,000
Most Precious Blood Parish · Milford, CT · 2023
General
$15,000
Sterling House Community Center · Stratford, CT · 2023
General
$15,000
Most Precious Blood Parish · Milford, CT · 2022
General
$10,000
Crohn'S and Colitis Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
General
$10,000
Mozaic Jewish Home · Bridgeport, CT · 2025
General
$10,000
St Martin'S De Porres Academy · New Haven, CT · 2025
General
$10,000
Unique & Unified New Era Youth Movement · Bridgeport, CT · 2025
General
$10,000
Crohn'S and Colitis Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General
$10,000
Dominate the Day Foundation · West Haven, CT · 2024
General
$10,000
Liv It Up · Easton, CT · 2024
General
$10,000
Most Precious Blood Parish · Milford, CT · 2024
General
$10,000
Mozaic Jewish Home · Bridgeport, CT · 2024
General
$10,000
St Martin'S De Porres Academy · New Haven, CT · 2024
General
$10,000
Boys and Girls Club of Milford · Milford, CT · 2023
General
$10,000
Bridgeport Promise · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
General
$10,000
Crohn'S and Colitis Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General
$10,000
Mozaic Jewish Home · Bridgeport, CT · 2023
General
$10,000
Boys and Girls Club of Milford · Milford, CT · 2022
General
$10,000
Crohn'S and Colitis Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General
$10,000
Sterling House Community Center · Stratford, CT · 2022
General
$5,000
Bhcares · North Haven, CT · 2024
General
$5,000
Dominate the Day Foundation · West Haven, CT · 2023
General
$5,000
Dominate the Day Foundation · West Haven, CT · 2022
General

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