Grants awarded
Who does Baird Foundation fund?
Baird Foundation has awarded $2.8 million across 588 grants to 233 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $2,000, with most between $1,000 and $5,000.
Total awarded
$2.8M
Typical grant
$2K
Grantees
233
Grants
588
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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$212K | 14 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society INC
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$193K | 11 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Graycliff Conservancy INC
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$126K | 15 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| U US National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame | $102K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Burchfield-Penney Art Center
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$99K | 11 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Kleinhans Music Hall Management INC
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$98K | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
New England Ski Museum INC
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$82K | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NH | |
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$64K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Investigative Post INC
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$49K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Nichols School of Buffalo
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$46K | 10 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| C Community Foundation of Sarasota County INC | $45K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$41K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$40K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
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$40K | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
The Summit Center INC
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$30K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo INC
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$30K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
| A Artpark & Company | $30K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Community Foundation of Sarasota County INC | $30K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$28K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$27K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| U US National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame | $26K | 4 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$25K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| T Trail Blazing Women of Wny | $25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Jacobs Institute INC
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$25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NY | |
| V Via | $25K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Buffalo Reuse INC | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| W Westminster Presbyterian Church | $25K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Brr Alliance | $20K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Westminster Economic Development Initiative INC | $20K | 3 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Niagara Aerospace Museum
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$20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| E Ecmc Foundation INC | $20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| A Ascension for the Arts INC | $20K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| B Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens Society INC | $20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| T Temple Beth Zion | $20K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MA | |
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$17K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| C Carousel Society of the Niagara Frontier INC | $15K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Western New York Public Broadcasting Association | $15K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Buffalo Waterways Center | $15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Westminster Presbyterian Church | $15K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C Charter School for Applied Technologies Family Support Center | $15K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Bestself Behavioral Health INC
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$15K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Buffalo State College Foundation INC
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$15K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| S Shea's Performing Arts Center | $15K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Maine Natural History Observatory
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$14K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
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$13K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| B Buffalo City Mission | $13K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$12K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| N National Federation for Just Communities of Wny | $12K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| F Friends of the Buffalo Story INC | $12K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $12K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Explore & More a Children's Museum
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$12K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NY | |
| B Buffalo History Museum | $12K | 4 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $11K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park
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$11K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
Maine Coast Heritage Trust
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$11K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
| W West Side Rowing Club | $11K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$10K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | OH | |
| C Clean Air Coalition of Western New York | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| B Big Brothers Big Sisters of Erie County | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Downeast Coastal Conservancy
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$10K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
| S Sisters Hospital Foundation | $10K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 2 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 2 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| B Brr Alliance | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| S Seabird Restoration Program | $10K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Canisius College | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
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$10K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Niagara County Historical Society Incorporated
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$10K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Westminster Economic Development Initiative INC | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C Cobblestone Society & Museum | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| G Garret Club INC | $10K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| W Western New York Public Broadcasting Association | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Just Buffalo Literary Center INC
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NY | |
| F Family Promise of Wny | $9K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L Let There Be Light INC | $9K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | OK | |
| W Wildlife Research Institute | $9K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Buffalo History Museum | $9K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Western New York Book Arts Collaborative | $9K | 4 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| N National Federation for Just Communities of Wny | $8K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Preservation Buffalo Niagara
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$8K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
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$8K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| T Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site Foundation | $8K | 6 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $8K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A American Red Cross | $8K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$8K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | VT | |
Natural Resources Defense Council INC
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$8K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Forest Society of Maine
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$8K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | ME | |
| B Buffalo Museum of Science | $8K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Western New York Heritage Press INC | $8K | 4 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T Torn Space Theatre INC | $8K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Buffalo Audubon Society INC
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$8K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| O One Symphony Circle INC | $8K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY |
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