Baxter International Foundation
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About Baxter International Foundation
Baxter International Foundation focuses on large, high-impact grants that combine disaster/emergency relief, educational access, and racial and gender equity. They fund both national intermediaries that run matching-gift programs and direct capacity-building for civil rights and women’s service organizations, indicating a preference for sizable, strategic investments over many small gifts. Their giving emphasizes partnership with established nonprofits to amplify relief, scholarships, and social justice work.
Focus Areas
Corporate matching-gift programs for disaster relief and employee philanthropy (e.g., Emergency Assistance Foundation, American Red Cross)Scholarship funding and higher-education access through intermediaries (e.g., Scholarship America)Capacity-building grants for racial justice organizations (e.g., NAACP Empowerment Programs, Equal Justice Initiative)Strengthening local women’s services and anti-violence support (e.g., YWCA Metropolitan Chicago)
Who They Fund
K-12_students_in_underserved_communities (STEM programs)disaster-affected_communities_international_and_domestic
About Baxter International Foundation
A defining feature of Baxter International Foundation’s recent giving is its use of large matching gifts to channel employee philanthropy into disaster response and health-related work. In 2025 alone, it made multi-million-dollar commitments to Emergency Assistance Foundation Inc. and seven-figure gifts tied to matching-gift programs at the American National Red Cross, Scholarship America Inc., and UNICEF USA. That pattern sits alongside direct investments in education, health equity, and civil-rights capacity-building. The foundation’s grantmaking also shows a preference for established intermediaries that can distribute support at scale. Scholarship America received repeated funding for the Baxter Global Scholarship Program, while UNICEF USA was supported for WASH work in La Guajira, Chocó, and Egypt. Other grants went to organizations such as Operation Smile Inc. for safe surgery and nutrition in India, and to Direct Relief for community health access. Baxter International Foundation’s portfolio includes both national programs and place-based work, with grants landing mostly in the United States and a sizeable share in Illinois.
What Baxter International Foundation Funds
In disaster and emergency response, Baxter International Foundation used matching gifts to support Emergency Assistance Foundation Inc. and the American National Red Cross. Those grants sit within a broader pattern of employee-philanthropy support rather than one-off relief only. In education, the foundation backed Scholarship America Inc. for the Baxter Global Scholarship Program in both 2023 and 2024, showing repeated support for scholarship delivery through an intermediary. It also funded Northwestern University for Bench to Classroom: Bringing Biotechnology to K-12 Students in Chicagoland. Health-equity and global health grants were another theme. The foundation gave to American Diabetes Association for 2024 Health Equity Now and Live Empowered, Learning to Thrive with and Prevent Diabetes. It also supported Operation Smile Inc. for promote access to safe surgery and nutrition in India, and UNICEF USA for climate-resilient WASH in Egypt.
How Baxter International Foundation Gives
The recent grants list is dominated by very small awards at the low end and a few large strategic gifts: p25 is $50, median is $100, and p75 is $311. That distribution sits alongside seven-figure grants, showing a mixed model of broad employee-matching volume and larger programmatic commitments. The foundation is a regular funder and appears to repeat support for some organizations across years. Scholarship America Inc. received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025; UNICEF USA and Direct Relief also appear in multiple years. The available data point to a corporate foundation style of giving, with matching-gift support and program grants rather than program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$10.6M
Total Assets
$67.5M
Total Revenue
$11.6M
Total Expenses
$11.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $50 and $311, with a median of $100.
25th Percentile
$50
Median
$100
75th Percentile
$311
Geographic Reach
National50 states funded
About 21% of grants go to recipients in CT.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Baxter International Foundation Funds
Top 4 recipient countries by grant volume for Baxter International Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 6,042 | $36.6M | 99.7% |
| 2 | Canada |
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