Baskin Family Foundation
Chicago, IL · EIN 36-6118260. Reported 442 grants totalling $12.6M to 211 recipients across tax years 2019-2024. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation for National Progress | San Francisco, CA | $2,407,000 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mother Jones | San Francisco, CA | $2,350,000 | 5 | 3 | 2022 |
| Facing History & Ourselves | Brookline, MA | $1,640,991 | 30 | 6 | 2024 |
| The Point Magazine | Chicago, IL | $415,900 | 13 | 6 | 2024 |
| Restore Justice Foundation | Chicago, IL | $358,230 | 13 | 6 | 2024 |
| Chicago Media Project | Chicago, IL | $255,303 | 12 | 5 | 2024 |
| Urban Initiatives Inc | Chicago, IL | $240,000 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Roundhouse Trust | London | $195,284 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| International Rescue Committee | New York, NY | $189,338 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Ucsf Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $183,600 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Working Credit Nfp | Chicago, IL | $170,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Chicago Children's Museum | Chicago, IL | $150,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Barack Obama Foundation | Chicago, IL | $128,932 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hubbard Street Dance | Chicago, IL | $110,462 | 8 | 5 | 2024 |
| 826LA | Los Angeles, CA | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Academy for Global Citizenship | Chicago, IL | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| J Street Education Fund | Washington, DC | $91,525 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Storycorps | Brooklyn, NY | $90,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Marshall Project | New York, NY | $81,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Refugee Education Uk | Charlotte, NC | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Refugee Education Uk (formerly Refugee Support Network) | Charlotte, NC | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Urban Gateways | Chicago, IL | $75,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| John Howard Association | Chicago, IL | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Foundation for Youth Music | London | $72,650 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Moms | Chicago, IL | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Roger Baldwin Foundation of the ACLU Inc | Chicago, IL | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Friendship Circle | Manalapan, NJ | $60,500 | 7 | 6 | 2024 |
| John Howard Assocation | Chicago, IL | $51,030 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Perspectives Charter Schools | Chicago, IL | $50,750 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Environmental Law & Policy Center | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| 19TH News | Austin, TX | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Refugee One | Chicago, IL | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| National Museum of African History and Culture | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Partners in Health | Boston, MA | $37,499 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law | Chicago, IL | $32,863 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Beam Camp | Strafford, NH | $32,775 | 5 | 5 | 2023 |
| Archipelago Books | Brooklyn, NY | $31,000 | 6 | 6 | 2024 |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | Chicago, IL | $31,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Storycorps | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Nourishing Hope | Chicago, IL | $26,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Security Trust | London | $25,950 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| National Public Housing Museum | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nourishing Hope (formerly Lakeview Food Pantry | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 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 |
| 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 Humanities Festival | Chicago, IL | $19,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chicago Foundation for Women | Chicago, IL | $16,182 | 3 | 1 | 2023 |
| 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 |
| Circesteem | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Panorama Global | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Safe Families | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Beam (bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics) | New York, NY | $13,500 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $12,590 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | Chicago, IL | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Battersea Arts Centre | London | $11,895 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jerusalem Youth Choir | Washington, DC | $11,341 | 3 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pef Israel Endowment | New York, NY | $11,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Open Roads Academy | Santa Monica, CA | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Women's Health Network Plan C | Washington, DC | $10,309 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Marin Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | $10,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Francisco Food Kitchen | San Francisco, CA | $10,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Perspectives Charter School | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood in Illinois | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Trace Media | Charlottesville, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Walking Iris Media | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Women's Global Empowment Fund | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Camden Highline Fund | London | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chicago Methodist Senior Council | Chicago, IL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Special Olympics Illinois | Normal, IL | $6,663 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chiarts Foundation | Chicago, IL | $6,661 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Working in the Schools (wits) | Chicago, IL | $6,508 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Catherine Project | Annapolis, MD | $6,180 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Experimental Station | Chicago, IL | $6,146 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Young Center for Immigration | Chicago, IL | $6,033 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Beam the Art of Problem Solving | New York, NY | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Hedwig Dance | Chicago, IL | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| International Documentary Association | Los Angeles, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kindling Group | Chicago, IL | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Campaign Against Anti-Semitism | London | $5,825 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chapel York Foundation | New York, NY | $5,200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Coalition on Homeless | San Francisco, CA | $5,150 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Parents Circle | New York, NY | $5,150 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Prospect Schools | Brooklyn, NY | $5,090 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Matthew Strother Foundation for the Examined Life | Catskill, NY | $5,030 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| A Thousand Summers | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Pasadena Community Foundation | Pasadena, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Social Good Fund | Richmond, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Sound Behavioral Health | Auburn, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Brooklyn Heights Synagogue | Brooklyn, NY | $4,120 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nature Conservancy | Warrenton, VA | $4,120 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Generation Citizens | New York, NY | $4,005 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fractured Atlas | New York, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| JW3 | London | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Winch | London | $3,163 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Illinois Humanities | Chicago, IL | $3,109 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Personal Pac | Chicago, IL | $3,090 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Keep the Mission Alive | London | $2,725 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Public Citizen | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Reading Partners | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Reel Works | Brooklyn, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Soccer Without Borders | Baltimore, MD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | Boone, IA | $2,100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| South Side Weekly | Chicago, IL | $2,071 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Chicago Abortion Fund | Chicago, IL | $2,070 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Justice | Washh, DC | $2,065 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Wbez Chicago | Chicago, IL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Zavtra Project | Chicago, IL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Hopewell Foundation | Washington, DC | $1,037 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Columbia University | New York, NY | $1,035 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Kickstarter | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lurie Children's Foundation | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Public Radio | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood of Illinois | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Public Citizen Foundation | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Red Tent Fund | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Young Center | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hussains Creative House | Essex | $886 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Multiple Myeloma Research Fdn | Studio City, CA | $261 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
71 of 211 (34%) received money in more than one year over the 6 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 39%, across 5 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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 - Storycorps
PRESERVING PERSONAL HISTORIES - Community Security Trust
PROTECTING JEW FROM TERRORISM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 230 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
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 |
| 2024 | 87 | $2,280,920 | $5,825 |
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
44% of its giving went to organizations in California. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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 6 returns (tax years 2019-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
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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