The Ninnie L Baird Foundation
Fort Worth, TX · EIN 75-2734849. Reported 118 grants totalling $1,059,764 to 108 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. 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. The Ninnie L Baird 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 $7,150 and $10,000; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $15,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lvtrise | Fort Worth, TX | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Educational First Steps | Dallas, TX | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Warm Place | Fort Worth, TX | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Candlelight Ranch | Austin, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hope Farm | Fort Worth, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Gill Children's Services | Fort Worth, TX | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Christ's Haven for Children | Keller, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Key Center | Fort Worth, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Men of Nehemiah | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Our Friends Place | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Union Gospel Mission - Tarrant | Fort Worth, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lena Pope | Fort Worth, TX | $14,894 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| CASA of Tarrant County | Fort Worth, TX | $14,040 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Ft Worth | Fort Worth, TX | $13,400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Women's Choice Resource Center | Fort Worth, TX | $13,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lighthouse for the Blind of Ft Wort | Fort Worth, TX | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Philips School & Community Cente | Dallas, TX | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chlidren First | Grand Prairie, TX | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mission Central | Hurst, TX | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Treasured Vessels Foundation | Frisco, TX | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rise Adaptive Sports | Irving, TX | $10,030 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 24 Hour Club | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Academy 4 | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ach Child and Family Services | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Act Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Amplify | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Austin Street Center | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Beacon Hill | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Behind Every Door | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities Fort Worth | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Transforming Lives | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children & Family Institute | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children's Advocacy Center Rockwall | Rockwall, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Communities in Schools | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Storehouse | Keller, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cornerstone Crossroads Academy | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cristo Rey Fort Worth College Prep | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Crossroads Community Services | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dallas Chamber Symphony | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dallas Holocaust Museum | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Family Compass | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Five Loaves Food Pantry | Sachse, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fort Worth Academy | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fort Worth Public Library | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Funkytown Food Project | Crowley, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Heart House | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hill School | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Juliette Fowler Communities | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Life School | Red Oak, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Methodist Justice Ministry | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mosaic Family Services | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Moving Forward Foundation | Uvalde, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Day Services | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Outloud | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Project 4031 | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Readers 2 Leaders | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Recovery Resource Council | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Safehaven | Arlington, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sharing Life | Mesquite, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shiloh Place | Mckinney, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Artist Outreach | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Cliburn | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The King's Academy | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Together We Thrive | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Union Gospel Mission - Dallas | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Tarrant County | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vogel Alcove | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Waxahachie Care Services | Waxahachie, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wesley-Rankin Community Center | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wilkinson Center | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Our Daily Bread | Denton, TX | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Warren Center | Richardson, TX | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brave Love | Dallas, TX | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girl Scouts | Fort Worth, TX | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Samministries | San Antonio, TX | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| San Francisco Nativity Academy | Houston, TX | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Metrocrest Services | Carrollton, TX | $7,700 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bonton Farms | Dallas, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cca Community Action | Lewisville, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fw Hope Center | Fort Worth, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Teen Life | Fort Worth, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cancer Care Services | Fort Worth, TX | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Westaid | Fort Worth, TX | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cassata High School | Fort Worth, TX | $6,400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Friends New Life | Dallas, TX | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| After 8 to Educate | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ain | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ballet Concerto | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | Midland, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Clayton Dabney | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Family Service Association | San Antonio, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| First Tee | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gladney Center | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Heroes for Children | Plano, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jubilee Park and Center | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Literacy United | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Loreto House | Denton, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mental Health America of Greater Dallas | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mi Escuelita | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northside Inter-Community Agency | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Permian Basin Adult Literacy Center | Midland, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rainbow Days | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rescuing Leftover Cuisine Inc | Plano, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Texas Health Resources | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Art of Living | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Traffick - 911 | Fort Worth, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wings | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Windridge Therapeutic Equestrian Ct | Gilmer, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
8 of 108 (7%) 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 3%, across 3 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.
- Lvtrise
BASKETBALL AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS - Union Gospel Mission - Tarrant
IPADS - CHILDREN'S ENRICHMENT - Ronald Mcdonald House Ft Worth
COMMERCIAL WASHER & DRYER - Women's Choice Resource Center
ASSISTANCE FOR PARENTS TO BE - St Philips School & Community Cente
FURNISHINGS & EQUIP FOR FOOD PANTRY - Mission Central
REPLACEMENT OF 3 HVAC IN FOOD PANTRY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 64 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 | 29 | $267,590 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 33 | $244,530 | $7,500 |
| 2023 | 25 | $256,900 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 31 | $290,744 | $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
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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 Texas.
- 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 The Ninnie L Baird Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: 301 Commerce Street Suite 1380, Fort Worth, TX, 76102. 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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