The H & F Baker Foundation (New York, NY, EIN 46-1453390)

• The filing says the foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests, so charities that have not been invited should not send an unsolicited request, and a small charity's best route is through an existing connection who could seek an invitation.
• If an invitation comes, the typical grant band is $10,000 to $400,000, with about 8 in 10 of its 30 grants to organisations falling in it, and the median was $75,000, so a request near that level matches its past giving.
• The filing states no geographic focus, though its grants have mainly gone to California and New York, so an area that is not one of those does not on its own bar a charity.
• The largest grant was about $7,950,000, so the band is not a ceiling, but most grants are modest.
• The filing gives no timing, and because access is by invitation, the foundation's giving looks relationship-led rather than open to competition.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Stanford University · To promote the work of Stanford University
  $7,928,3342024 tax year
• Collegiate School · To promote the work of the Collegiate School
  $1,725,0002024 tax year
• Center for Hearing and Speech · To promote the work of the Center For Hearing & Speech
  $421,1502024 tax year
• Carbon Containment Lab · To promote the work of Carbon Containment Lab
  $400,0002024 tax year
• Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life · To promote the work of Hillel Foundation for Jewish Campus
  $400,0002024 tax year
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer · To promote the work of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer
  $333,3332024 tax year
• Center for Hearing and Communication · To promote the work of the Center for Hearing and Communication
  $283,8382024 tax year
• Shed · To promote the work of Shed Nyc Inc.
  $233,3332024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

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.