Indiana · Private foundation
Brian & Sonya Emerick Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $103k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2025
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 29
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $28k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Brian & Sonya Emerick Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 23 | $103k | 9% |
| FY2024 | 29 | $165k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $85k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $164k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $94k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $104k | 32% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $94k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmanuel Community Church of the United Brethren in Christ Inc | $186,900 | 7 | n/a |
| Huntington University | $146,450 | 7 | 0% |
| Unity Performing Arts Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Star Educational Media Network Inc | $35,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Fort Wayne Zoological Society Inc | $32,128 | 7 | 0% |
| Center for Whitley County Youth Inc | $14,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $10,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Passages Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Northeast Indiana Christian Action Council Educational & Charitable Fu | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $4,840 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 26 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($304k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Brian & Sonya Emerick Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Brian & Sonya Emerick Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Brian & Sonya Emerick Family Foundation Inc give?
- Brian & Sonya Emerick Family Foundation Inc reported 23 grants totaling $103,086 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 29 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Brian & Sonya Emerick Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (56%), Education (21%), Arts & Culture (5%).
- Who are Brian & Sonya Emerick Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Emmanuel Community Church of the United Brethren in Christ Inc ($187k), Huntington University ($146k), Unity Performing Arts Foundation Inc ($40k).
- Does Brian & Sonya Emerick Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brian & Sonya Emerick Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Brian & Sonya Emerick Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Whitley County Community Foundation Inc, Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc, Brotherhood Mutual Foundation Inc.
- Where is Brian & Sonya Emerick Family Foundation Inc based?
- Brian & Sonya Emerick Family Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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