Indiana · Public charity
Fort Wayne Park Foundation
To preserve the City's green spaces, create a lasting legacy for the citizens of Fort Wayne and Allen County and provide free and affordable leisure opportunities for all ages.
- $861k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $674,385
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $674,385
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $16M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Fort Wayne Park Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 1 | $861k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $2.4M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $1.1M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $493k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $658k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $1.1M | 50% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $1.4M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Ft Wayne Parks | $6,375,033 | 6 | n/a |
| Headwaters Park Alliance Inc | $268,997 | 4 | 16% |
| The Friends of the Parks of Allen County Indiana Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 31% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
About Fort Wayne Park Foundation
- How much does Fort Wayne Park Foundation give?
- Fort Wayne Park Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $860,507 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Fort Wayne Park Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (85%), Environment (13%).
- Who are Fort Wayne Park Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: City of Ft Wayne Parks ($6.4M), Headwaters Park Alliance Inc ($269k), The Friends of the Parks of Allen County Indiana Inc ($6k).
- Does Fort Wayne Park Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Fort Wayne Park Foundation based?
- Fort Wayne Park Foundation is based in IN.
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