Fort Wayne, Indiana · EIN 823518678. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $8.9M across 88 grants in 2024, a median of $28K each.
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Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.
As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202543169349102414. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.
The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.
The 15 largest of the 88 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.
| # | Recipient | State | Amount | Purpose as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warsaw Community Schools | IN | $778,760 | FUTURE WELDING & ADVANCED MANUFACTUR |
| 2 | J Kruse Education Center Inc | IN | $712,000 | MANUFACTURING PATHWAY - CAREER EXPLO |
| 3 | Indiana Wesleyan | IN | $571,473 | IWU SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT |
| 4 | Community Foundation of Grant Count | IN | $561,579 | WIRED 2.0 - GRANT REGIONAL CAREER CE |
| 5 | Ohio Northern University | OH | $525,000 | DON WOOD FOUNDATION MACHINE |
| 6 | Taylor University | IN | $498,351 | BS IN MECH. ENGINEERING W/ CERTIFCAT |
| 7 | University of Indianapolis - Cell | IN | $402,366 | INDIANA PATHWAYS TO CAREERS & POSTSE |
| 8 | Orthopedics Capital Foundation Inc | IN | $360,394 | IXPLORE CTE CAREER EXPLORATION W/VIR |
| 9 | Nearspace Education Inc | IN | $335,000 | DREAM BIG |
| 10 | Dekalb County Central United School | IN | $300,000 | BARON ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PROGRAM |
| 11 | Boys & Girls Club of Huntington Cou | IN | $250,000 | ENTREPRENUERSHIP & WORKFORCE READINE |
| 12 | Boys & Girls Club of Fort Wayne in | IN | $249,650 | LIFE & CAREER READINESS |
| 13 | Questa Education Foundation Inc | IN | $220,000 | MANUFACTURING AND ENTREPRENUERIAL SC |
| 14 | Blue Jacket Inc | IN | $179,065 | STRENGTHENING BLUE JACKET'S WORKFORC |
| 15 | Junior Achievement of Northern Indi | IN | $159,870 | JA ENTREPRENUERSHIP PATHWAY |
| Tax year | Grants | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 15 | $1.2M |
| 2021 | 48 | $6.4M |
| 2022 | 37 | $5.4M |
| 2023 | 64 | $8.6M |
| 2024 | 88 | $8.9M |
Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.
Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.
Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.
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