Michael H Baker Family Foundation
Private foundation · Minneapolis, MN · EIN 82-4916970 · reported 2023–2025
41grants reported
$4,000median award
$2,000lower quartile
$500smallest grant
$559Ktotal paid
8states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 7 of its 41 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $38K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
100 Washington Ave S Ste 1700
Minneapolis, MN 55401-2138
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| University of Minnesota Foundation GIFT PLEDGE - UMJA | Minneapolis, MN | $91,000 |
| University of Minnesota Foundation DONATION - PROPOSALS | Minneapolis, MN | $84,000 |
| University of Minnesota Foundation DONATION - 4 PROPOSALS | Minneapolis, MN | $74,000 |
| Yiddish Book Center GREAT JEWISH BOOKS PROGRAM | Amherst, MA | $25,000 |
| Workers Circle | New York, NY | $25,000 |
| Yiddish Book Center GREAT JEWISH BOOKS PROGRAM | Amherst, MA | $25,000 |
| Yiddish Book Center GREAT JEWISH BOOKS PROGRAM | Amherst, MA | $25,000 |
| In Geveb PLEDGE DONATION | Cambridge, MA | $22,000 |
| Minnesota Academy of Science FORSE PROGRAM | St Paul, MN | $15,000 |
| University of Minnesota Foundation DONATION - PROPOSALS | Minneapolis, MN | $15,000 |
| University of Minnesota Foundation GIFT PLEDGE - UMJA | Minneapolis, MN | $15,000 |
| Yivo Inst for Jewish Research | New York, NY | $15,000 |
| Minnesota Academy of Science FORSE PROGRAM | St Paul, MN | $13,500 |
| In Geveb PLEDGE DONATION | Cambridge, MA | $12,000 |
| Minnesota Academy of Science FORSE PROGRAM | St Paul, MN | $12,000 |
| In Geveb PLEDGE DONATION | Cambridge, MA | $12,000 |
| New Lehrhaus | Berkeley, CA | $11,000 |
| National Center for Jewish Film FILM RESTORATION | Waltham, MA | $10,000 |
| New Lehrhaus | Berkeley, CA | $10,000 |
| National Center for Jewish Film FILM RESTORATION | Waltham, MA | $5,000 |
| Doctors Without Borders USA UKRAINE CRISIS & YEAR END GRANT | Hagerstown, MD | $4,000 |
| National Center for Jewish Film FILM RESTORATION | Waltham, MA | $3,000 |
| AL Otro Lado YEAR END DONATION | Los Angeles, CA | $3,000 |
| Natifs YEAR END DONATION | Minneapolis, MN | $3,000 |
| Partners in Health | Brewer, ME | $3,000 |
| Raices YEAR END DONATION | San Antonio, TX | $3,000 |
| AL Otro Lado YEAR END DONATION | Los Angeles, CA | $2,500 |
| Doctors Without Borders USA UKRAINE CRISIS & YEAR END GRANT | Hagerstown, MD | $2,500 |
| Partners in Health | Brewer, ME | $2,500 |
| Raices YEAR END DONATION | San Antonio, TX | $2,500 |
| Association for Jewish Studies TRAVEL GRANTS | New York, NY | $2,000 |
| Association for Jewish Studies TRAVEL GRANTS | New York, NY | $2,000 |
| Doctors Without Borders USA UKRAINE CRISIS & YEAR END GRANT | Hagerstown, MD | $2,000 |
| Association for Jewish Studies TRAVEL GRANTS | New York, NY | $1,100 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $1,000 |
| AL Otro Lado YEAR END DONATION | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 |
| Partners in Health | Brewer, ME | $1,000 |
| Raices YEAR END DONATION | San Antonio, TX | $1,000 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $1,000 |
| Women for Afghan Women | Fresh Meadows, NY | $500 |
| Friends of the Wildflower Garden STUDENT TRANSPORTATION | Minneapolis, MN | $500 |
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