Eric a Baae and Mary C Baade Charitable
Saint Louis, MO · EIN 35-6713433. Reported 70 grants totalling $483,000 to 45 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. Eric a Baae and Mary C Baade Charitable 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $3,000 and the largest $10,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League for the Blind and Disabled Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hearcare Connection Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Super Shot Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Cass Housing Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $27,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Indiana | Fort Wayne, IN | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Homebound Meals Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Shepherds House | Fort Wayne, IN | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Community Harvest Food Bank of Ne Indian | Fort Wayne, IN | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Junior Achievement of Northern | Fort Wayne, IN | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Martin Luther King School Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Mustard Seed Furniture Bank of Fort Wayn Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Allen County - Fort Wayne Historical Society Inc (history Center) | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cancer Services of Allen County Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Child Advocacy Center of Allen County in | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Indiana Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fort Wayne Historical Society Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lifeline Youth Family Services Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Questa Foundation for Education Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vincent Village Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| World Baseball Academy Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Embassy Theatre Foundation Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| League for the Blind & Disabled Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Northeast Indiana Public Radio Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Adult Guardianship Services | Akron, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Community Action of Northeast Indiana in | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Community Harvest Food Bank of Northeast | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Erin's House for Grieving Children Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Erins House for Grieving Children Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Fort Wayne Philharmonic | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Healthier Moms and Babies Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hope Alive Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Indiana Women in Need Foundation | Indianapolis, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mental Health America in Allen County in | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Neighborlink Fort Wayne Foundation Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saint Anne Home and Retirement Community | Columbia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Stillwater Hospice | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stillwater Hospice Foundation | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Thirteen Step House Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Turnstone Center for Children and Adults | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Visiting Nurse Dba Stillwater Hospice | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| YMCA | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| YWCA Northeast Indiana Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Canine Companions for Independence | Santa Rosa, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
15 of 45 (33%) 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 33%, across 4 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.
- Cancer Services of Allen County Inc
GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13 | $85,000 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 13 | $98,000 | $7,500 |
| 2023 | 14 | $95,000 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 13 | $100,000 | $10,000 |
| 2025 | 17 | $105,000 | $5,000 |
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
96% of its giving went to organizations in Indiana. 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 $5,000. 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 Indiana.
- 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Eric a Baae and Mary C Baade Charitable's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: Po Box 505 Mac H0006-092, Saint Louis, MO, 63166. 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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