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Eric a Baae and Mary C Baade Charitable at a glance

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Eric a Baae and Mary C Baade Charitable

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$105k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$285kFood & Nutrition$91kArts & Culture$64kHuman Services$62kYouth Development$50kHousing & Shelter$43kEducation$25kCommunity Improvement$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $85k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SUPER SHOT INC$10,000
HEARCARE CONNECTION INC$10,000
SHEPHERDS HOUSE$7,500
MUSTARD SEED FURNITURE BANK OF FORT WAYN$7,500
LEAGUE FOR THE BLIND & DISABLED INC$7,500
BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC$7,500
COMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST$5,000
ADULT GUARDIANSHIP SERVICES$5,000
SAINT ANNE HOME AND RETIREMENT COMMUNITY$5,000
MARTIN LUTHER KING SCHOOL INC$5,000
HOPE ALIVE INC$5,000
COMMUNITY ACTION OF NORTHEAST INDIANA IN$5,000
VISITING NURSE DBA STILLWATER HOSPICE$5,000
HOMEBOUND MEALS INC$5,000
ERINS HOUSE FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN INC$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 (FY19–25, $42k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 24% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%INDIANA WOMEN IN NEED FOUNDATION: $5k → 16%ADULT GUARDIANSHIP SERVICES: $5k → 13%YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $5k → 12%LIFELINE YOUTH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $10k → 12%MUSTARD SEED FURNITURE BANK OF FORT WAYN: $8k → 12%MUSTARD SEED FURNITURE BANK OF FORT WAYN: $5k → 12%EAST ALLEN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $4k → 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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$466k · 20 repeat orgs$186k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
24

Total granted

$466k
$161k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+26%

Still filing today

90%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionOther
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

  • LF
    LEAGUE FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $68k · revenue +132%
  • SS
    Super Shot Inc
    5× · 2019–2025 · $60k · revenue +57%
  • HC
    HEARCARE CONNECTION INC
    5× · 2019–2025 · $50k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • VN
    VISITING NURSE & HOSPICE HOME INC
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +0%
  • CS
    CANCER SERVICES OF ALLEN COUNTY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -31%
  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR ART AND MUSIC IN
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
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
Indiana Statewide Independent Living Council Inc

To empower its peers with disabilities to lead and control their own lives.

Human Services
3
Indiana Guardianship Services

At indiana guardianship services, inc., we are dedicated to providing our clients with the same compassion, attention, and patience as our own family. through competence, service, and dignity, we uphold the values of the national…

Human Services
4
Bowen Health Inc

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

Health
5
New Hope of Indiana Inc

New hope of indiana, inc. is a leader in providing holistic services and resources to persons with disabilities and their families while advocating to advance the opportunities for those in need of support.

—
6
The Arc of Northwest Indiana Inc

Mission is to provide necessary resources to persons with disabilities in order to assist them in enhancing their daily lives. we provide pre-vocational training, habilitation services, individual support, and employment services based on…

Human Services
7
Enroll Indy Inc

Enroll indy helps families choose schools that meet their children's needs by providing a one-stop enrollment process, school information that is relevant and easy to understand, and data to inform school improvement in indianapolis,…

Education
8
Northeastern Indiana Casa Inc

Casa volunteers provide a voice for powerless children involved in judicial proceedings, advocate for the child's best interest, and strive to improve their circumstances and quality of life.

Crime & Legal
9
Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana

To enhance the competitive position and fulfill business requirements of independent agents and brokers, advocating buyer interest, and continually striving to be the premier trade association.

—
10
Aging and in-Home Services of Northeast Indiana Inc

To promote dignity, independence, and advocacy for all older adults and persons with disabilities.

Human Services
11
Indiana United Methodist Children's Home Inc

To meet the special needs of each child and family served in order to help improve their quality of life. the board of trustees and staff members of the home are committed to bringing the highest quality resources available to the…

Human Services
12
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
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 Adult Guardianship Services. 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 49 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
27/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LEAGUE FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED INC: $67,500 · HealthLEAGUE FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED INCSuper Shot Inc: $60,000 · HealthSuper Shot IncHEARCARE CONNECTION INC: $50,000 · HealthHEARCARE CONNECTION INCTHE SHEPHERD'S HOUSE INC: $17,500 · HealthTHE SHEPHERD'S HOUSE INCVISITING NURSE & HOSPICE HOME INC: $10,000 · HealthFORT WAYNE MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Health+4 more: $22,500 · Health+4 moreHomebound Meals Inc: $23,000 · OtherHomebound Meals IncMARTIN LUTHER KING SCHOOL INC: $15,000 · OtherMARTIN LUTHER KING SCHOOL INCCOMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST: $15,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTH…JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN: $15,000 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERNCANCER SERVICES OF ALLEN COUNTY INC: $10,000 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR ART AND MUSIC IN: $10,000 · OtherFORT WAYNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · OtherALLEN COUNTY - FORT WAYNE HISTORICAL: $10,000 · OtherDOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF: $7,500 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC: $15,000 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN IN…CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF ALLEN COUNTY INDIANA: $10,000 · OtherWORLD BASEBALL ACADEMY INC: $10,000 · OtherQuesta Education Foundation Inc: $10,000 · Other+10 more: $50,000 · Other+10 moreBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $32,500 · Youth DevelopmentBLESSINGS I…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST IND: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRL…Erins House for Grieving Children Inc: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentErins House…MUSTARD SEED FURNITURE BANK OF FORT WAYNE INC: $12,500 · Human ServicesLifeline Youth & Family Services Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesAdult Guardianship Services: $5,000 · Human ServicesINDIANA WOMEN IN NEED FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesYWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesEAST ALLEN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesCASS HOUSING INC: $32,500 · Housing & ShelterVINCENT VILLAGE INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterNORTHEAST INDIANA PUBLIC RADIO INC: $17,500 · Arts & CultureEMBASSY THEATRE FOUNDATIONINC: $8,000 · Arts & CultureFORT WAYNE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $20,000 · Food & Nutrition
Health$237,500Other$210,500Youth Development$67,500Human Services$45,500Housing & Shelter$42,500Arts & Culture$28,500Food & Nutrition$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLEAGUE FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED INC: $67,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetSuper Shot Inc: $60,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetHEARCARE CONNECTION INC: $50,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetCASS HOUSING INC: $32,500 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $32,500 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetHomebound Meals Inc: $23,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST IND: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEAST INDIANA PUBLIC RADIO INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE SHEPHERD'S HOUSE INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetErins House for Grieving Children Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetMARTIN LUTHER KING SCHOOL INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMUSTARD SEED FURNITURE BANK OF FORT WAYNE INC: $12,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetVISITING NURSE & HOSPICE HOME INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCANCER SERVICES OF ALLEN COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLifeline Youth & Family Services Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF ALLEN COUNTY INDIANA: $10,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetWORLD BASEBALL ACADEMY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetQuesta Education Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetVINCENT VILLAGE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFORT WAYNE MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEMBASSY THEATRE FOUNDATIONINC: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S AUTISM CENTER INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTHIER MOMS AND BABIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHIRTEEN STEP HOUSE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAdult Guardianship Services: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetINDIANA WOMEN IN NEED FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNEIGHBORLINK FORT WAYNE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEAST ALLEN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $4,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFORT WAYNE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

The Waterfield Founda…Howard P Arnold Found…English-Bonter-Mitche…Community Foundation …Edward M Wilson Found…Kuhne Charles Char Fd…Dr Louis a and Anne B…Zollner FoundationM E Raker Foundation …Aws Foundation IncMcMillen Foundation I…Surack Family Foundat…
The Waterfield Foundation IncIN62× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Waterfield Foundation Inc · Howard P Arnold Foundation Inc · English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn · Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc · Edward M Wilson Foundation · Kuhne Charles Char Fdn T-W Main · Dr Louis a and Anne B Schneider Fdn · Zollner Foundation · M E Raker Foundation Inc · Aws Foundation Inc · McMillen Foundation Inc · Surack Family Foundation 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Eric a Baae and Mary C Baade Charitable funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Eric a Baae and Mary C Baade Charitable. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    19report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.

    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 49 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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