Baskin Family Foundation
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-6118260. Reported 355 grants totalling $10.3M to 176 organizations across tax years 2019-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Baskin Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $25,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $1,000,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mother Jones | San Francisco, CA | $2,350,000 | 5 | 3 | 2022 |
| Facing History & Ourselves | Brookline, MA | $1,410,991 | 27 | 5 | 2023 |
| Foundation for National Progress | San Francisco, CA | $1,307,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Point Magazine | Chicago, IL | $374,000 | 11 | 5 | 2023 |
| Restore Justice Foundation | Chicago, IL | $353,000 | 11 | 5 | 2023 |
| Refugeeone | Chicago, IL | $220,000 | 6 | 5 | 2023 |
| Facing History & Ourselves - Uk | Brookline, MA | $205,100 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Foundation for National Progress (mother Jones) | San Francisco, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Chicago Media Project | Chicago, IL | $185,303 | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| Working Credit Nfp | Chicago, IL | $170,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| International Rescue Committee | New York, NY | $163,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Urban Initiatives Inc | Chicago, IL | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2022 |
| Ucsf Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $151,200 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Chicago Children's Museum | Chicago, IL | $150,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Roundhouse Trust | London | $135,284 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Barack Obama Foundation | Chicago, IL | $128,932 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Marshall Project | New York, NY | $81,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Refugee Education Uk (formerly Refugee Support Network) | Charlotte, NC | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Urban Gateways | Chicago, IL | $75,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| 826LA | Los Angeles, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Academy for Global Citizenship | Chicago, IL | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Foundation for Youth Music | London | $72,650 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Roger Baldwin Foundation of the ACLU Inc | Chicago, IL | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| J Street Education Fund | Washington, DC | $66,525 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hubbard Street Dance | Chicago, IL | $60,462 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Storycorps | Brooklyn, NY | $60,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| John Howard Assocation | Chicago, IL | $51,030 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Environmental Law & Policy Center | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Friendship Circle | Manalapan, NJ | $50,000 | 6 | 5 | 2023 |
| John Howard Association | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Moms | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Roundhouse Trustq | London | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Union Settlement | New York, NY | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2021 |
| Mikva Challenge | Chicago, IL | $44,149 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Human Rights Watch | New York, NY | $43,500 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| College & Community Fellowship | New York, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| College and Community Fellowship | New York, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Foundation for Youth Musicq | London | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Refugee Education Uk | Charlotte, NC | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Refugee Support Network | Charlotte, NC | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Roundhouse Trust | London, London | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The College and Community | New York, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law | Chicago, IL | $32,863 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Beam Camp | Strafford, NH | $32,775 | 5 | 5 | 2023 |
| Business & Prof People for Public Int | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Constructive Dialogue Institute | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Leket Yoni | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Museum of African History and Culture | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Storycorps | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Archipelago Books | Brooklyn, NY | $28,000 | 5 | 5 | 2023 |
| Partners in Health | Boston, MA | $27,046 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| Nourishing Hope | Chicago, IL | $26,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 19TH News | Austin, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Business & Prof People for Public Interest | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Joffery Ballet | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lincoln Park Conservancy | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Nourishing Hope (formerly Lakeview Food Pantry | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Perspectives Charter Schools | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Public Housing Museum | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reimaging Migration | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Reimagining Migration | Boston, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Run for Something Civics | Seattle, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shriver Center on Poverty Law | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stepping Forward La | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ben Gurion University | Beer Sheca | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | Chicago, IL | $21,000 | 3 | 3 | 2021 |
| Food Bank of New York | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2020 |
| Leadership Council Education Fund | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| San Francisco Marin Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2020 |
| Sofar Sounds | London | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Voter Participation Center | Washington, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Chicago Foundation for Women | Chicago, IL | $16,182 | 3 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chicago Humanities Festival | Chicago, IL | $16,100 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Obama Organization | Chicago, IL | $15,845 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Centro Romero | Chicago, IL | $15,383 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| American Journalism Project | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chicago Video Project | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Hands of Mothers | Memphis, TN | $15,000 | 3 | 2 | 2020 |
| Hill Country Project | Ashland, MS | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Inspiration Corporation | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Safe Families | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | Chicago, IL | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pef Israel Endowment | New York, NY | $11,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Marin Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | $10,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cara Collective | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Chicago Furniture Bank | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| La Cocina | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Open Roads | Santa Monica, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood in Illinois | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Walking Iris Media | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Women's Global Empowment Fund | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Beam (bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics) | New York, NY | $8,500 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Camden Highline Fund | London | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Feeding America | Chicago, IL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Reading Between the Lines | Chicago, IL | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Injustice Watch | Chicago, IL | $7,060 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Battersea Arts Centre | London | $6,695 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chiarts Foundation | Chicago, IL | $6,661 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Working in the Schools (wits) | Chicago, IL | $6,508 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Experimental Station | Chicago, IL | $6,146 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Beam the Art of Problem Solving | New York, NY | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Kindling Group | Chicago, IL | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Special Olympics Illinois | Normal, IL | $5,638 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Coalition on Homeless | San Francisco, CA | $5,150 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Doc 10 (chicago Media Project) | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Erickson Institute | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Frrc Education Fund | Miami, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Illinois Partners in Hope | New Lenox, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| New York Focus | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Obama Foundation | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Social Good Fund | Richmond, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Swiss Red Cross | Bern | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tutor Corp Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Women's Global Empowerment Fund | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Women's Global Health | Mclean, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Generation Citizens | New York, NY | $4,005 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fractured Atlas | New York, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Winch | London | $3,163 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Illinois Humanities | Chicago, IL | $3,109 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Catherine Project | Annapolis, MD | $3,090 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Personal Pac | Chicago, IL | $3,090 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Prospect Schools | Brooklyn, NY | $3,045 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wbez | Chicago, IL | $2,700 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Open the Circle | Chicago, IL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Reading Partners | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Reel Works | Brooklyn, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| South Side Weekly | Chicago, IL | $2,071 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Alliance for Justice | Washh, DC | $2,065 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nature Conservancy | Warrenton, VA | $2,060 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hedwig Dances | Chicago, IL | $2,030 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Allied Media Projects | Detroit, MI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Democracy Engine | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wake Up Politicians | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Burgh House | London | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shriver Center | Chicago, IL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| New Israel Fund | New York, NY | $1,350 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Multiple Myeloma Research Fdn | Norwalk, CT | $1,044 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chicago Hope | Chicago, IL | $1,040 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Young Center for Immigration | Chicago, IL | $1,033 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Benton Institute | Wilmette, IL | $1,030 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| High Concept Laboratories | Chicago, IL | $1,030 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Panorama Global | Chicago, IL | $1,023 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Another Chance Church | Winchester, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chicago High School for the Arts | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Chicago Human Rhythym Project | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City Elementary | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Climate Reality Project | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Code Cooperative Emergent Works | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Columbia College Chicago | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Covenant House | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cpl Foundation | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hedwig Dance | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Kickstarter | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lurie Children's Foundation | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Planned Parenthood of Illinois | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Wbez Chicago | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Young Center | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Weitzman Institute | London | $764 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Planned Parenthood of Texas | Dallas, TX | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jewish Community Federation | San Francisco, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| San Francisco Ballet | San Francisco, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Wikimedia Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Zohar Dance Company | Palo Alto, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Save the Children Federation Inc | Fairfield, CT | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Francisco Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | $306 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish News | San Francisco, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| US Holocaust Memorial Museum | Skokie, IL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Alliance for Children | Fort Worth, TX | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Stanford Lively Arts | Stanford, CA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
59 of 176 (34%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 37%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Mother Jones
PRODUCE REVELATORY JOURNALISM - Working Credit Nfp
CREDIT COUNSELING FOR UNDERPRIVILEDGED - Refugeeone
WORLDWIDE REFUGEE SUPPORT - The College and Community
ASSIST RELEASED CRIMINALS - Urban Gateways
ENGAGE YOUTH IN ARTS EXPERIENCE - 19TH News
NON-PROFIT NEWS ORGANIZATION
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 180 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 79 | $1,459,909 | $10,000 |
| 2020 | 63 | $1,437,787 | $15,000 |
| 2021 | 64 | $2,325,923 | $6,847 |
| 2022 | 68 | $2,422,660 | $9,000 |
| 2023 | 81 | $2,699,907 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 42% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Baskin Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2019-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 200 E Randolph St 5100, Chicago, IL, 60601. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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