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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 41-6022591

Baker Foundation

A private foundation in Edina, MN. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $70,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests. It still lists the details below.

Contact
Sandra Sherman
5250 Vernon Ave S
Edina, MN 55436
(952) 474-7481
[email protected]
Form and materials
N/A
Deadlines
N/A
Restrictions
N/A

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $70,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,952,002

  • Tax year 2024

    $43,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,007,674

  • Tax year 2023

    $23,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $2,016,119

  • Tax year 2022

    $59,900

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $2,125,473

  • Tax year 2021

    $55,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,255,109

  • Tax year 2020

    $44,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,331,094

  • Tax year 2019

    $56,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,483,053

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Daf - GIVING360Omaha, NE

    Charitable

    $40,000
  2. Constellation FundMinneapolis, MN

    Charitable

    $10,000
  3. Friends of Hennepin County LibraryMinneapolis, MN

    Charitable

    $10,000
  4. Create A MemoryMinneapolis, MN

    Charitable

    $5,000
  5. American Cancer SocietyChicago, IL

    Charitable

    $5,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $10,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Nebraska1 grant $40,000
  2. Minnesota3 grants $25,000
  3. Illinois1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Sandra B ShermanPRES/TREAS & DIRECTOR Hours 40Pay $86,504
  • Laura S DeckerSEC & DIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0
  • William J ShermanV. PRES & DIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

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