FundersDistrict of Columbia

The Baxt Family Foundation

Washington, DC · EIN 52-2006746. Reported 125 grants totalling $326,100 to 62 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,500median grant
$326,100granted, 2021-2024
62organizations funded
68%of grantees funded again the next year
$440,126assets, latest filing

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. The Baxt 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.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $2,500; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $20,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
117 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
5 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
3 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
The Friendship CirclePotomac, MD$20,850332024
The Washington School for GirlsWashington, DC$20,000112023
American Universityisrael StudiesWashington, DC$14,000332024
HopecamReston, VA$12,500442024
DC Central KitchenWashington, DC$10,000442024
Don Bosco Cristo Rey High SchoolTakoma, MD$10,000112023
Food & FriendsWashington, DC$10,000442024
House of RuthWashington, DC$10,000442024
American Jewish World ServiceNew York, NY$9,000332024
Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of DCWashington, DC$9,000442024
George Mason University HillelFairfax, VA$9,000332023
New FuturesWashington, DC$9,000442024
A Wider CircleSilver Spring, MD$8,000442024
KulanuNew York, NY$8,000442024
Calvary Women's ServicesWashington, DC$7,500332024
HiasSilver Spring, MD$7,500442024
Tahirih Justice CenterFalls Church, VA$7,500442024
US Committee for Refugees and ImmigrantsArlington, VA$7,000442024
The Military Bowl FoundationWashington, DC$6,800222023
Capital Area Food BankWashington, DC$6,500332023
American Jewish CommitteeNew York, NY$6,000332023
Community ForkliftEdmonton, MD$6,000222024
MakomRockville, MD$6,000332024
The Michael J Fox FoundationNew York, NY$6,000222023
Institute for JusticeArlington, VA$5,500222023
Level the Playing FieldWashington, DC$5,000112024
Birthright Israel FoundationNew York, NY$4,500222024
DC Rape Crisis CenterWashington, DC$4,500332024
United States Holocaust MuseumWashington, DC$4,500222022
AdlWashington, DC$4,000222024
Bread for the CityWashington, DC$4,000222024
JssaPittsburgh, PA$4,000222024
SomeWashington, DC$4,000222024
Mason-HillelFairfax, VA$3,500112024
United Synagogue of Conservative JudaismAllenwood, NJ$3,250222023
Jewish Foundation for Group HomesRockville, MD$3,000112021
So Others May EatWashington, DC$3,000112021
Sixth & IWashington, DC$2,800112021
AjcWashington, DC$2,500112024
Charities Aid Foundation (caf) BankWashington, DC$2,500112024
Institute of JusticeArlington, VA$2,500112024
Jewish Council for the AgingRockville, MD$2,500112022
Sibley Memorial Hospital FoundationWashington, DC$2,500112022
Smith Center for Healing and the ArtsWashington, DC$2,500112022
US Holocaust MuseumWashington, DC$2,500112024
BdoWashington, DC$2,000112024
Crossway Community IncKensington, MD$2,000112021
Rock Steady BoxingIndianapolis, IN$2,000222024
Sixth & I Historic SynagogueWashington, DC$2,000112023
United Synagogue of Conservative JudaismWashington, DC$2,000112024
AdlNew York, NY$1,800112022
Jewish National FundHicksville, NY$1,800112024
Jewish National Fund USAHicksville, NY$1,800112023
Dance ExchangeWashington, DC$1,500112024
Leveling the Playing FieldSilver Spring, MD$1,500112021
Masorti FoundationNew York, NY$1,500112021
Wounded Warrior ProjectWashington, DC$1,500112024
Yivo Institute of Jewish ResearchWashington, DC$1,500112024
Dance ExchangeTakoma Park, MD$1,000112021
National Ww II MuseumWashington, DC$1,000112024
Nashville Children's TheaterNashville, TN$1,000112021
Thistle FarmsNashville, TN$1,000112021

32 of 62 (52%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 68%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 70 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

International Affairs
13 grants
Civil Rights
11 grants
Human Services
9 grants
Education
9 grants
Housing & Shelter
8 grants
Diseases & Disorders
4 grants
Food & Nutrition
3 grants
Religion
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202128$59,600$2,000
202226$74,050$2,500
202334$110,800$2,500
202437$81,650$2,000

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. 49% of this one's giving went to organizations in District of Columbia. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

District of Columbia
$159K
Maryland
$68K
Virginia
$48K
New York
$40K
Pennsylvania
$4K
New Jersey
$3K
Indiana
$2K
Tennessee
$2K

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund26 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc25 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program22 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust22 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc19 shared recipientsGreater Washington Community Foundation18 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in District of Columbia.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 The Baxt Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 2728 1/2 Chain Bridge Road Nw, Washington, DC, 20016. 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.

EIN 52-2006746 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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