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Chaffee Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Chaffee 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.

$283k
Granted FY2025still arriving
28
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Food & Nutrition$560kHealth$541kHuman Services$447kYouth Development$193kEducation$70kHousing & Shelter$62kAnimals$59kPublic Safety & Disaster$38kOther$0
02FY2025 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k22 grants · $83k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VINCENT VILLAGE$50,000
ERINS HOUSE$50,000
TURNSTONE$35,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN INDIANA$25,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$20,000
ST MICHAEL LUTHERAN CHURCH$20,000
WOMENS CARE CENTER$5,000
ST JUDES CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$5,000
WELLSPRING$5,000
COMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK-NEI$5,000
FORT WAYNE ANIMAL CONTROL$5,000
PRAGER UNIVERSITY$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
EARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE$5,000
MONTPELIER COMMUNITY PANTRY$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $344k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%LIBERTY YOUTH RANCH: $75k → 11%COMMUNITY & FAMILY SERVICES: $60k → 14%LIBERTY YOUTH RANCH: $50k → 11%OUT OF JAM INC: $3k → 12%COMMUNITY & FAMILY SERVICES: $50k → 14%COMMUNITY & FAMILY SERVICES: $40k → 14%COMMUNITY & FAMILY SERVICES: $40k → 14%EARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE: $5k → 12%EARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE: $5k → 12%ALIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $3k → 12%YMCA OF GREATER FORT WAYNE: $3k → 12%YMCA OF GREATER FORT WAYNE: $3k → 12%HELPING HANDS: $3k → 12%YMCA OF GREATER FORT WAYNE: $3k → 12%SCAN: $2k → 12%SCAN: $2k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 33 repeat orgs$225k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
32

Total granted

$2.1M
$174k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+18%

Still filing today

45%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationAnimalsCommunity ImprovementOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TC
    TURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $421k · revenue +77%
  • CH
    COMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $200k · revenue +12%
  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC
    7× · 2018–2025 · $200k · revenue +58%

Funded once

  • MP
    MAUI PREP ACADEMY
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • HC
    HARTFORD CITY COMMUNITY AND FAMILY SERVICES
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
  • CH
    COMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK-AC
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
New Hope Services Inc

Provide services in response to individual need

Human Services
2
University of Indianapolis

The University of Indianapolis champions lifelong learning through relevant and innovative education that fosters experiential learning, diverse perspectives, service for impact, and a global mindset.

Education
3
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
4
Indiana Health Centers Inc

Improving the health status of the community at large with special emphasis on those who, because of their poverty, location in rural areas, or for other reasons, have health needs which are not being properly addressed.

Health
5
Indianapolis Private Industry Council

The indianapolis private industry council, inc., doing business as employindy, the workforce investment board for marion county, is a not-for-profit corporation responsible for the development of the marion county workforce. employindy…

Employment
6
Greater Fort Wayne Metro Chamber Alliance Inc

Greater fort wayne (gfw) inc. is the chamber of commerce and economic development organization for fort wayne & allen county, indiana. at gfw inc., we focus on supporting local business, attracting new business, and improving our…

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7
Fort Wayne Public Television Inc

Pbs fort wayne engages our community through content and collaborations that educate, inform, inspire, and entertain.

Arts & Culture
8
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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9
Little Thinkers Inc

Our mission is to prepare the children of our community for the road ahead. We take a whole-child approach that blends personalized care plans with physical play, social development, and academic readiness.

Human Services
10
Bowen Health Inc

To provide compassionate, patient-centered care for mind and body that improves the quality of life for our communities.

Health
11
Union Hospital Inc

We exist to serve our patients with compassionate health care of the highest quality.

Health
12
Indiana Association of United Ways Inc

Indiana united way is the leading voice to advocate, engage, and partner with a strong united way network and key stakeholders to advance human well-being throughout indiana.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Turnstone Center for Children & Adults With Disabilities Inc; the most unlike its peers is Starr Gennett Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

35 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 77 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/35
Grantees still filing
23/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WEST NOBLE FOOD PANTRY: $130,000 · OtherWEST NOBLE FOOD PANTRYWELLS COUNTY FOOD BANK: $125,000 · OtherWELLS COUNTY FOOD BANKERINS HOUSE: $121,500 · OtherERINS HOUSERONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $57,500 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSEMAUI PREP ACADEMY: $50,000 · OtherRILEY CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $41,500 · OtherMONTPELIER COMMUNITY PANTRY INC: $40,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSS: $37,500 · Other+51 more: $343,650 · Other+51 moreTURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES INC: $421,200 · HealthTURNSTONE CENTER FOR C…MATTHEW 25 INC: $18,000 · Health+3 more: $19,500 · HealthCOMMUNITY AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $190,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY AND FA…LIBERTY YOUTH RANCH INC: $125,000 · Human ServicesLIBERTY YOUTH RA…+6 more: $28,500 · Human Services+6 moreCOMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $200,000 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY…JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC: $200,000 · InternationalJUNIOR AC…VINCENT VILLAGE INC: $105,000 · Housing & ShelterHUMANE FORT WAYNE INC: $56,000 · Animals+1 more: $1,000 · Animals
Other$946,650Health$458,700Human Services$343,500Food & Nutrition$200,000International$200,000Housing & Shelter$105,000Animals$57,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES INC: $421,200 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $200,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC: $200,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $190,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetLIBERTY YOUTH RANCH INC: $125,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetVINCENT VILLAGE INC: $105,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetHUMANE FORT WAYNE INC: $56,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMATTHEW 25 INC: $18,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNortheast Indiana Base Community Council Incorporated: $12,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetINDIANA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST IND: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFORT WAYNE CLUBHOUSE INC: $8,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMETROPOLITAN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER FORT WAYNE: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S CARE CENTER INC: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOUT OF A JAM INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetIRIS FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP WATCHA WANNA DO LTD: $2,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetALIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWELLSPRING INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetX COUNT INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFORT WAYNE MUSEUM OF ART INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMANCHESTER UNIVERSITY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHomebound Meals Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFORT WAYNE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE RIVER WETLANDS PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAMP WHITLEY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSTARR GENNETT FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFWCS FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHURUBUSCO ROTARY CLUB: $500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetZETA TAU ALPHA FOUNDATION: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds TURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY AND FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds LIBERTY YOUTH RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds VINCENT VILLAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE FORT WAYNE INC ↗
  • Who funds MATTHEW 25 INC ↗
  • Who funds Northeast Indiana Base Community Council Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds INDIANA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC ↗
  • Who funds EARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST IND ↗
  • Who funds FORT WAYNE CLUBHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER FORT WAYNE ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S CARE CENTER INC ↗

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.

English-Bonter-Mitche…Community Foundation …Lincoln Financial Fou…Edward D & Ione Auer …M E Raker Foundation …Edward M Wilson Found…Surack Family Foundat…The James Foundation …Magee-O'Connor Founda…Howard P Arnold Found…The Waterfield Founda…Dr Louis a and Anne B…
English-Bonter-Mitchell FdnPA38.8× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn · Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Edward D & Ione Auer Foundation Monarch Capital David Meyer Trustee · M E Raker Foundation Inc · Edward M Wilson Foundation · Surack Family Foundation Inc · The James Foundation Inc · Magee-O'Connor Foundation Inc I/C/O Mr Douglas E Miller · Howard P Arnold Foundation Inc · The Waterfield Foundation Inc · Dr Louis a and Anne B Schneider Fdn

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Chaffee Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chaffee Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Chaffee Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Chaffee Family Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 77 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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