Ohio · Private foundation
Bruce a Fortier Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $448k
- Granted FY2023
- 10
- Grants FY2023
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
78% of Bruce a Fortier Charitable Trust’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Defiance Area Foundation Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Bruce a Fortier Charitable Trust named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $448k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $3,750
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $225,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $184k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 80% of the organizations Bruce a Fortier Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 10 | $448k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $110k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lifewise Inc | $445,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Wildcat Youth 32 Athletics | $225,000 | 1 | 85% |
| Ravens Care Inc | $13,250 | 3 | 5% |
| Free Christian Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Defiance County Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Childrens Lantern Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Shepherd Circle | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Wolfpack Wrestling Club | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Black Swamp Arts Council | $900 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($60k), not named here.
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 Bruce a Fortier Charitable Trust
- How much does Bruce a Fortier Charitable Trust give?
- Bruce a Fortier Charitable Trust reported 10 grants totaling $448,326 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Bruce a Fortier Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (46%), Recreation & Sports (24%), Philanthropy (21%).
- Who are Bruce a Fortier Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Lifewise Inc ($445k), Wildcat Youth 32 Athletics ($225k), Ravens Care Inc ($13k).
- Does Bruce a Fortier Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bruce a Fortier Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bruce a Fortier Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Premier Bank Foundation, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Bruce a Fortier Charitable Trust based?
- Bruce a Fortier Charitable Trust is based in OH.
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