United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County
MILWAUKEE, WI
$561.4KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Health and human services
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Baird Foundation Inc Grants
Private foundation · EIN 39-6107937 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
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This foundation reports on its 990-PF that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: BAIRD FOUNDATION INC
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,862 | $7M |
| 2024 | 3,751 | $6.6M |
Where Baird Foundation Inc gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County
MILWAUKEE, WI
$387.5KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Health and human services
United Performing Arts Fund
MILWAUKEE, WI
$260.8KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Arts
United Performing Arts Fund
MILWAUKEE, WI
$234.4KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Arts
Carmen Schools of Science & Technology
MILWAUKEE, WI
$170KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Education
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (7,613 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from Baird Foundation Inc's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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