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Grant Funders in Fort Wayne, IN

Bespoke Grants indexes 45 grant-making foundations headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana — together $174.5M in indexed annual giving. Their giving most often supports health care, youth development, higher education and arts & culture. Local funders are one of the best starting points for a Fort Wayne nonprofit, because many prioritize organizations in their own community.

45
Foundations in Fort Wayne
$174.5M
Indexed annual giving
40
Listed below
IN
State

Foundations headquartered in Fort Wayne

Ranked by giving in available IRS summaries. Filings may cover different years; these totals are not a current-year funding pool. Each links to a public overview and up to three sample grants. Full grant history and research tools require All access at $19/month.

#FoundationAnnual givingLatest grant
1Indiana Institute of Technology Inc$46.7M2025
2Surack Family Foundation Inc$23.9M2024
3Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc$9.2M2023
4Community Action of Northeast Indiana$8.4M2024
5Foellinger Foundation Inc$7.9M2025
6Community Foundation of Greater$7.9M2024
7Parkview Health System Inc$6.6M2024
8Matthew 25 Inc$5.2M2024
9Mary Cross Tippmann Foundation$4.0M2023
10Aws Foundation Inc$4.0M2025
11United Way of Allen County Inc$3.7M2025
12Northeast Indiana Works Inc$3.0M2024
13Parkview Health Foundation Inc$3.0M2024
14The Patricia Schaefer Foundation Tr$2.9M2024
15Parkview Foundation Inc$2.4M2023
16Children's Autism Center Inc$2.2M2023
17Ardelle and Theresa Glaze$2.1M2024
18Pfw Foundation$1.8M2024
19Steel Dynamics Foundation Inc$1.8M2024
20Parkview Hospital Inc$1.6M2024
21Destiny Rescue USA Inc$1.6M2024
22Mcmillen Foundation Inc$1.6M2024
23Edward D & Ione Auer Foundation$1.6M2020
24Allen County Public Library$1.5M2025
25Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne Inc$1.4M2024
26Brotherhood Mutual Foundation Inc$1.3M2023
27Olin B and Desta Schwab Foundation$1.3M2025
28The Chapman Charitable Trust Dtd 3-3-17$1.3M2024
29The St Joseph Community Health$1.3M2018
30Olive B Cole Foundation Inc$1.3M2025
31Fort Wayne Rescue Mission$1.1M2025
32Fort Wayne Park Foundation$1.1M2023
33Visiting Nurse & Hospice Home Foundation$1.0M2024
34Rifkin Family Foundation$978K2024
35Fort Wayne Rescue Mission$933K2019
36The Len-ari Foundation Inc$888K2024
37Journal Gazette Foundation Inc$803K2022
38Concordia Educational$755K2025
39Fort Wayne Catholic Radio Groupinc$748K2024
40Siberian Lutheran Mission Society Inc$727K2024

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About this page. Lists foundations whose IRS Form 990 filings give a Fort Wayne, IN address, drawn from Bespoke Grants' index of 225,000+ U.S. foundations and 13M+ grants. Foundations based elsewhere may also fund Fort Wayne nonprofits; the one lifetime free funder search accounts for both.