Grants awarded
Who does Baird Foundation INC fund?
Baird Foundation INC has awarded $36 million across 25,441 grants to 10,669 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in foundations & grantmakers. Its typical grant is $375, with most between $100 and $1,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $450 versus $250 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$35.6M
Typical grant
$375
Grantees
10,669
Grants
25,441
Years
2020–2025
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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$2.1M | 992 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| U University of Notre Dame | $1.0M | 13 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
United Performing Arts Fund INC
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$993K | 604 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
University of Wisconsin Foundation
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$704K | 21 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| U United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County | $561K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago INC
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$530K | 240 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
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$412K | 40 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| S Sifma Foundation | $397K | 7 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Milwaukee | $390K | 12 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$328K | 14 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| C Carmen Schools of Science & Technology | $297K | 9 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
St Augustine Preparatory Academy INC
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$287K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| U United Performing Arts Fund | $261K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
All-In Milwaukee INC
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$243K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| D Dr Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy | $236K | 7 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation | $218K | 18 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Milwaukee Art Museum INC
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$202K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
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$191K | 108 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
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$189K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| P Paul Purcell Kids Win Annual Baird Education Grant | $187K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Build INC | $153K | 8 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Teach for America - Milwaukee | $150K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U United Community Center | $149K | 11 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Junior Achievement of Wisconsin INC
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$141K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| C City Year Milwaukee | $126K | 9 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U United Way of Metropolitan Chicago | $120K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee | $117K | 44 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$117K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Academy for Urban School Leadership
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$117K | 5 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | IL | |
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$116K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
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$116K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania
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$114K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
Big Shoulders Fund
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$112K | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| V Vocel - Viewing Our Children as Emerging Leaders | $112K | 9 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N Nativity Jesuit Academy INC | $107K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| I Individual recipient | $107K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $107K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Milwaukee Development Corporation | $105K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
Nativity Academy at St Boniface INC
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$105K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
Milwaukee Repertory Theater INC
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$105K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| I Individual recipient | $105K | 12 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana INC
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$104K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
Sharp Literacy INC
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$103K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
Martha O'Bryan Center INC
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$103K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| M Mmac Community Support Foundation INC | $102K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | WI | |
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$101K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| C College Possible Chicago | $101K | 3 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Kids on Point INC
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$100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | SC | |
| C Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Twin Cities | $100K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| G Golden Apple Foundation | $100K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | AK | |
| S Saint John Catholic School | $100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Cristo Rey Jesuit Seattle High School | $100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Teach for America Greater Chicago Nw Indiana | $100K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
The Pittsburgh Promise Foundation
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$100K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | PA | |
Nazareth Prep
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$100K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | PA | |
| M Museum of American Finance | $100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Neighborhood Academy | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $99K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$99K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| F Fund for the Arts | $95K | 9 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Freedom School Partners INC
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$95K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
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$95K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | OH | |
| G Greater Louisville Foundation INC | $93K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
St Jude Children's Research Hospital INC
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$87K | 67 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| S Securefutures | $86K | 9 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Teach for America - Chicago-Nw Indiana | $84K | 7 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Cabbage Patch Settlement House INC
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$84K | 10 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design INC
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$83K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
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$80K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
| C Carmen High School Development Organization INC | $78K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
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$76K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | KY | |
| I Individual recipient | $75K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U University of Wisconsin Foundation | $75K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Wisconsin Technical College System Foundation | $74K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $69K | 12 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$65K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| C Catholic Education Foundation | $61K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Historic Haymarket Milwaukee I INC | $60K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| F For-M Foundation INC | $60K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The Uwm Foundation INC
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$60K | 13 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WI | |
| S St Joan Antida High School INC | $59K | 7 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | WI | |
| C Coa Youth & Family Centers | $59K | 8 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Evans Scholars Foundation | $58K | 16 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
United Way of King County
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$57K | 42 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| I Individual recipient | $56K | 13 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| J Junior Achievement of Southwestern Indiana | $56K | 2 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| J Jack & Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation | $55K | 9 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | $54K | 31 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Boys Hope Girls Hope of Baltimore | $54K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Saint Thomas More High School | $53K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $51K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Pearls for Teen Girls INC | $51K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Horizons for Youth | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Family and Children's Services | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Bender Leadership Academy | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| J Junior Achievement of Southwest Flo | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The University of St Thomas | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Evolve502 | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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