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Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne Inc

Arts united mobilizes resources to develop, coordinate, and support arts and culture, enhancing the quality of life and the economic viability of northeast indiana.

$270k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
19
Itemized grants FY2024
14
Organizations funded FY2023
21%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$166k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$8,628
Largest grant, FY2024
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
14 to 24
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$51M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 21% of the organizations Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving18$156k22%
FY202314$133k21%
FY202224$435k21%
FY202115$1.2M0%
FY202014$1.1M14%
FY201917$806k29%
FY201817$748k35%
FY201714$155kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$4.1MCrime & Legal$230kEnvironment$140kCommunity Improvement$113kRecreation & Sports$61kYouth Development$51kEducation$42kHuman Services$7kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 37 grantees
All grantees of Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra Inc$964,38876%
Fort Wayne Children's Choir Inc$431,240728%
Heartland Sings Inc$377,168720%
Fort Wayne Youtheatre Inc$346,525745%
Unity Performing Arts Foundation Inc$292,501625%
Science Central Inc$243,51447%
Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic Inc$229,85234%
Fort Wayne Ballet Inc$207,80587%
Fort Wayne Dance Collective Inc$198,687815%
Fort Wayne Trails Inc$192,123435%
Fort Wayne Cinema Center Inc$126,474442%
Audiences Unlimited Inc$126,462514%
Creative Arts Council of Wells County$115,236362%
Artlink Inc$114,735715%
Fort Wayne Museum of Art Inc$111,58342%
Fort Wayne Civic Theatre Inc$106,76854%
Downtown Angola Coalition Inc$105,9763n/a
Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society Inc$65,77852%
Arch Inc$59,744434%
Foundation for Art and Music in Elementary Education Inc$49,735413%
Embassy Theatre Foundationinc$29,06920%
All for One Productions Inc$27,27847%
Indiana Institute of Technology Inc$25,20010%
University of Saint Francis of Fort Wayne Indiana Inc$22,64120%
Believe in a Dream Inc$20,00026%
Wagon Wheel Theatre Inc$20,00021%
Fire & Light Productions Inc$16,35027%
Three Rivers Music Theatre Co$15,50029%
Heartland Chamber Chorale Inc$14,8291n/a
Lafontaine Arts Council Inc$12,641139%
African-African American Historical Society$10,0001n/a
Start Fort Wayne Inc$10,00016%
Creative Women of the World Inc$7,50014%
Fort Wayne Public Television Inc$7,50010%
The Honeywell Foundation Inc$7,25010%
The Arc of Northeast Indiana Inc$6,80710%
Manchester University Inc$6,76010%

Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($18k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra Inc: $964,388 over 7y, 6.1% of budgetFort Wayne Children's Choir Inc: $431,240 over 7y, 28% of budgetHeartland Sings Inc: $377,168 over 7y, 20% of budgetFort Wayne Youtheatre Inc: $346,525 over 7y, 45% of budgetUnity Performing Arts Foundation Inc: $292,501 over 6y, 25% of budgetScience Central Inc: $243,514 over 4y, 7.2% of budgetNeighborhood Christian Legal Clinic Inc: $229,852 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetFort Wayne Ballet Inc: $207,805 over 8y, 6.8% of budgetFort Wayne Dance Collective Inc: $198,687 over 8y, 15% of budgetFort Wayne Trails Inc: $192,123 over 4y, 35% of budgetFort Wayne Cinema Center Inc: $126,474 over 4y, 42% of budgetAudiences Unlimited Inc: $126,462 over 5y, 14% of budgetCreative Arts Council of Wells County: $115,236 over 3y, 62% of budgetArtlink Inc: $114,735 over 7y, 15% of budgetFort Wayne Museum of Art Inc: $111,583 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetFort Wayne Civic Theatre Inc: $106,768 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetAllen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society Inc: $65,778 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetArch Inc: $59,744 over 4y, 34% of budgetFoundation for Art and Music in Elementary Education Inc: $49,735 over 4y, 13% of budgetEmbassy Theatre Foundationinc: $29,069 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAll for One Productions Inc: $27,278 over 4y, 7.2% of budgetIndiana Institute of Technology Inc: $25,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Saint Francis of Fort Wayne Indiana Inc: $22,641 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBelieve in a Dream Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetWagon Wheel Theatre Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFire & Light Productions Inc: $16,350 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetThree Rivers Music Theatre Co: $15,500 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetLafontaine Arts Council Inc: $12,641 over 1y, 39% of budgetStart Fort Wayne Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetCreative Women of the World Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetFort Wayne Public Television Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Honeywell Foundation Inc: $7,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Arc of Northeast Indiana Inc: $6,807 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetManchester University Inc: $6,760 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 34.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne IncIN48.7× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc · Dr Louis a and Anne B Schneider Fdn · Edward M Wilson Foundation · English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · The James Foundation Inc · Edward D & Ione Auer Foundation Monarch Capital David Meyer Trustee · Flora Dale Krouse Foundation · Howard P Arnold Foundation Inc · Ardelle and Theresa Glaze Foundation · Aws Foundation Inc · Parkview Health System Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne Inc

How much does Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne Inc give?
Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne Inc reported 19 itemized grants totaling $165,656, out of $270,161 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (86%), Crime & Legal (5%), Environment (3%).
Who are Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra Inc ($964k), Fort Wayne Children's Choir Inc ($431k), Heartland Sings Inc ($377k).
Does Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc, Dr Louis a and Anne B Schneider Fdn, Edward M Wilson Foundation.
Where is Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne Inc based?
Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne Inc is based in IN.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 40 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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