Indiana · Private foundation
Doermer Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $225,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 18
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $17M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Doermer Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 51% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $440k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 19 | $1.1M | 16% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $865k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $605k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $780k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $590k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Purdue University | $1,565,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Bridge of Grace Compassionate Ministries Center Inc | $300,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Questa Education Foundation Inc | $225,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Canterbury School Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| St Vincent Depaul | $125,000 | 2 | n/a |
| United Way of Allen County Inc | $110,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Lc Nature Park Inc | $90,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Science Central Inc | $80,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Matthew 25 Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Early Childhood Alliance Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Purdue University | $1,565,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Bridge of Grace Compassionate Ministries Center Inc | $300,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Questa Education Foundation Inc | $225,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Canterbury School Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 1% |
| St Vincent Depaul | $125,000 | 2 | n/a |
| United Way of Allen County Inc | $110,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Lc Nature Park Inc | $90,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Science Central Inc | $80,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Matthew 25 Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Early Childhood Alliance Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Community Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Indiana Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Action of Northeast Indiana Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Scholars Academy Corp | $50,000 | 2 | 38% |
| Community Transportation Network Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Associated Churches of Fort Wayne Ind Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vincent Village Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Allen County Public Library | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($900k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Doermer Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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
About Doermer Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Doermer Family Foundation Inc give?
- Doermer Family Foundation Inc reported 20 grants totaling $1,180,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 18 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Doermer Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (58%), Human Services (9%), Religion (7%).
- Who are Doermer Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Trustees of Purdue University ($1.6M), Bridge of Grace Compassionate Ministries Center Inc ($300k), Questa Education Foundation Inc ($225k).
- Does Doermer Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Doermer 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 Doermer Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The James Foundation Inc, English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn, Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc.
- Where is Doermer Family Foundation Inc based?
- Doermer Family Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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