The Barker Welfare Foundation
The Barker Welfare Foundation is a private foundation (established 1934) that makes grants to qualified 501(c)(3) organizations with an emphasis on strengthening youth and families. The site includes eligibility and funding inquiry guidance, annual reports, and lists directors and officers, and shows a Palm Beach Gardens, FL contact address and phone.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A registered 501(c)(3) that serves youth, families, or community-centered social services and can provide required financials; mid-size local or regional nonprofits (particularly those active in New York) seeking general operating support or multi-year pledge payments.
Good Fit
- • Programs focused on youth, families, community centers, education, food insecurity, or homelessness.
- • Requests for general operating support or multi-year pledge payments.
- • Capacity to provide two years of audited financials (or CPA review) and recent IRS 990s.
- • Demonstrated service in New York, Illinois, Indiana, or Florida (New York shows strong funding share).
- • Willingness to begin with an online funding inquiry and a preliminary phone conversation.
- • Organizational size aligned with typical grant amounts (largely $5K–$50K, occasional larger awards).
Geography
Grants appear across 11 states indicating multi-state reach, but a large share of dollars is concentrated in New York (about 64% in the latest year), so the footprint is multi-state but regionally concentrated.
Recipient Variety
The latest year funded a large and diverse set of organizations (155 distinct recipients) across multiple program types, with modest dollar concentration (top recipient ~3%, top five ~9%) and substantial repeat and new grantees.
New Applicants
Direct evidence of openness includes a public website, an online funding inquiry requirement, and observed new recipients (about 54 new grantees in the latest year); although the foundation initiates the formal application after review, unfamiliar organizations have a visible, used entry path.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
