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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 43-1434313

The Bakewell Foundation

A private foundation in Saint Louis, MO. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $896,887 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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Richard W Meier
8820 Ladue Road Suite 200
St Louis, MO 63124
(314) 862-5555
Form and materials
Only written applications explaining the merits of the specific request will be considered.
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None - each applicant and the amount of the grant or contribution will be evaluated on merit.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $896,887

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $18,598,729

  • Tax year 2024

    $419,341

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $13,971,996

  • Tax year 2023

    $560,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $10,866,450

  • Tax year 2022

    $263,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $10,801,680

  • Tax year 2021

    $500,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $12,628,233

  • Tax year 2020

    $500,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $10,361,456

  • Tax year 2019

    $455,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $9,342,765

  • Tax year 2018

    $891,600

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $7,884,337

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Damon Runyon Cancer Research FoundationNew York, NY

    General support

    $446,887
  2. The Mark FoundationNew York, NY

    General support

    $250,000
  3. The V FoundationCary, NC

    General support

    $200,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Health1 grant $446,88769% of the total
  2. Medical research1 grant $200,00031% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York2 grants $696,887
  2. North Carolina1 grant $200,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Edward L Bakewell IIIPRESIDENT Hours 20Pay $0
  • Richard W MeierSECRETARY Hours 15Pay $0

The return

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