The Baker Family Trust
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The trust makes gifts only to organisations it has preselected and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered.
- Its grant dollars are highly concentrated among repeat recipients: 99% of grant dollars in the latest filing went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, so a route in through an existing link matters more than the paperwork.
- Where a relationship exists, a modest request fits, since half of its 54 grants were $10,000 or less and the median was $10,000, though about 8 in 10 grants fall between $2,400 and $500,000, a typical band rather than a ceiling, and the largest was $2,500,000.
- No geographic focus is stated, and its unrestricted giving goes to universities, hospitals, museums, arts and cultural organisations, health and social-service charities and environmental groups; most grant value has gone to the District of Columbia and Massachusetts, but that is a pattern in the filings, not a rule, and no submission route or deadlines are stated, so there is no timing to plan around.
Overview
The Baker Family Trust is a US private foundation based in Wellesley, MA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The trust's recorded giving consists of unrestricted gifts to nonprofit organisations. The recurring recipients include universities and hospitals, alongside museums and other arts and cultural organisations, health and social-service charities, and environmental groups. The stated purposes are uniformly unrestricted gifts, so the filings do not identify a narrower use for the money or a subject focus. Recorded grants reach the District of Columbia and Massachusetts, with smaller amounts to Florida and New York; most recorded grant value went to the District of Columbia and Massachusetts. The filings do not state eligibility conditions or an open application route; contributions are limited to preselected charitable organisations.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in District of Columbia and Massachusetts.
How to apply
The trust makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests; no submission route is stated.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 99% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 54 grants to organisations were $10,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 74% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 99% of grant dollars went to organisations The Baker Family Trust had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 19 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $10,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Georgetown University · Unrestricted gift$2,500,0002024 tax year
- Massachusetts General Hospital · Unrestricted gift$1,000,0002024 tax year
- Heritage Museums & Gardens · Unrestricted gift$50,0002024 tax year
- Trinity Washington University · Unrestricted gift$50,0002024 tax year
- Palm Beach Symphony · Unrestricted gift$15,0002024 tax year
- Cape Cod Healthcare · Unrestricted gift$10,0002024 tax year
- Society for the Four Arts · Unrestricted gift$10,0002024 tax year
- Esplanade Association · Unrestricted gift$10,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Patricia C Baker — Trustee
- Jon M Baker — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $3,256,001 | $3,096,950 | $8,350,950 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $3,459,667 | $3,172,200 | $12,843,250 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $4,024,200 | $3,702,900 | $13,779,285 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- Wellesley, MA