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Ian & Miriam Rolland Foundation at a glance

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Ian & Miriam Rolland Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$551k
Granted FY2026still arriving
45
Grants FY2026still arriving
4
States reached
$55k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$571kHealth$355kYouth Development$353kHousing & Shelter$317kArts & Culture$244kPhilanthropy$176kFood & Nutrition$138kAnimals$63kOther$0
02FY2026 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k23 grants · $128k
  • $10k–50k21 grants · $368k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
$8,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$9.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF FORT WAYNE$55,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT$42,500
TURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDRENADULT$40,000
FORT WAYNE RESCUE MISSION$35,000
FRIENDS OF THE LINCOLN COLLECTION$25,000
COMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK$20,000
FORT WAYNE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$20,000
STILLWATER HOSPICE$20,000
UNITED WAY OF ALLEN COUNTY$20,000
YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA$15,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$15,000
WELLSPRING INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVIC$15,000
JUST NEIGHBORS$10,000
KIDS PLACE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENT$10,000
FORT WAYNE CHILDRENS ZOO$10,000
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 (FY20–26, $294k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HUCKLEBERRY HOUSE: $3k → 15%HUCKLEBERRY HOUSE: $3k → 15%FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 13%CHILDRENS INC: $1k → 13%YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA: $15k → 12%YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA: $15k → 12%YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA: $13k → 12%YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA: $13k → 12%YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA: $10k → 12%YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA: $10k → 12%YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA: $8k → 12%SUMMIT EQUESTRIAN CENTER: $5k → 12%MUSTARD SEED FURNITURE BANK: $5k → 12%MUSTARD SEED FURNITURE BANK: $5k → 12%MUSTARD SEED FURNITURE BANK: $5k → 12%CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE: $5k → 12%FORT WAYNE URBAN LEAGUE: $3k → 12%CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE: $5k → 12%COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK: $30k → 12%COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK: $25k → 12%COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK: $15k → 12%COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK: $13k → 12%COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK: $13k → 12%KATE'S KART INC: $10k → 12%KATE'S KART INC: $8k → 12%KATE'S KART INC: $7k → 12%KATE'S KART INC: $3k → 12%KATE'S KART INC: $3k → 12%KATE'S KART INC: $3k → 12%KATE'S KART INC: $3k → 12%SCAN: $14k → 12%SCAN: $6k → 12%SCAN: $6k → 12%SCAN: $6k → 12%EARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE: $5k → 12%EARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE: $5k → 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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 62 repeat orgs$195k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

62 repeat relationships: 37 still active in FY2026, 25 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

62
23

Total granted

$2.9M
$115k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
0%

Still filing today

66%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $80k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterAnimalsOther
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

  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST IND
    7× · 2020–2026 · $265k · revenue +36%
  • FW
    FORT WAYNE RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES INC
    7× · 2020–2026 · $205k · revenue +27%
  • M2
    MATTHEW 25 INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $179k · revenue +96%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
  • EW
    EAST WAYNE STREET CENTER INC
    one grant, 2020 · $13k · revenue -65%
  • AU
    ARTS UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $12k · revenue 0%
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
Bowen Health Inc

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

Health
3
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.

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4
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
5
Children's Bureau Inc

Empowering individuals to build stronger families and communities.

Human Services
6
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
7
Humane Fort Wayne Inc

Humane fort wayne is a trusted partner providing comprehensive, lifesaving resources to pets and their people.

Animals
8
Fort Wayne Public Television Inc

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

Arts & Culture
9
United Way of Central Indiana Inc

United way of central indiana partners to design, support and grow systems that accelerate financial stability and upward mobility for individuals and families living in or near poverty and striving for a brighter future.we help people…

Philanthropy
10
Hoosier Families Inc

Hoosier Families is a non-profit organization that provides Community Based programs for Indiana children and families. Hoosier Families is committed to utilizing evidence-based practices to strengthen, rebuild and reunite the individuals…

Human Services
11
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
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Bartholomew County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rico Pet Recovery. 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

58 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. 58 of the 94 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
25
Early backer (in before they grew)
58/58
Grantees still filing
41/58
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDRENADULT: $247,500 · OtherTURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDRENADULTJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT: $174,000 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENTTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $75,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $78,500 · OtherCOMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA IN…FORT WAYNE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $52,500 · Other+53 more: $825,100 · Other+53 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST IND: $265,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS …PBJ CONNECTIONS JEDLICKA: $46,400 · Youth DevelopmentPBJ CONNECTIO…BRIDGES OUTREACH INC: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentBRIDGES OUTRE…BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentBLESSINGS IN …Erins House for Grieving Children Inc: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentFORT WAYNE RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $205,000 · Housing & ShelterFORT WAYNE R…HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC: $90,000 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR …VINCENT VILLAGE INC: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterVINCENT VILL…COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK INC: $95,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY …YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $84,000 · Human ServicesYWCA NORTH…KATE'S KART INC: $33,500 · Human ServicesKATE'S KAR…IRIS FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER INC: $31,500 · Human ServicesIRIS FAMIL…MUSTARD SEED FURNITURE BANK OF FORT WAYNE INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesEARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE INC: $10,000 · Human Services+6 more: $16,500 · Human Services+6 moreMATTHEW 25 INC: $179,000 · HealthMATTHEW 2…CHILDREN'S HOPE INC: $27,000 · HealthCHILDREN'…HEALTHIER MOMS AND BABIES INC: $21,000 · HealthHEALTHIER…Super Shot Inc: $17,500 · HealthSuper Sho…COURAGEOUS HEALING INC: $17,000 · HealthCOURAGEOU…CHILDREN'S AUTISM CENTER INC: $10,000 · HealthFORT WAYNE MUSEUM OF ART INC: $70,000 · Arts & CultureFORT WAYNE CIVIC THEATRE INC: $67,000 · Arts & CultureSCIENCE CENTRAL INC: $60,000 · Arts & CultureFriends of the Lincoln Collection of Indiana Inc: $25,000 · Arts & CultureARTS UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC: $12,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $2,000 · Arts & CultureUNITED WAY OF ALLEN COUNTY INC: $145,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY INC: $40,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HOWARD COUNTY: $16,500 · Philanthropy
Other$1,452,600Youth Development$386,400Housing & Shelter$345,000Human Services$295,500Health$271,500Arts & Culture$236,000Philanthropy$201,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST IND: $265,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetFORT WAYNE RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $205,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetMATTHEW 25 INC: $179,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ALLEN COUNTY INC: $145,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK INC: $95,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC: $90,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetYWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $84,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $78,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $75,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFORT WAYNE MUSEUM OF ART INC: $70,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetFORT WAYNE CIVIC THEATRE INC: $67,000 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetSCIENCE CENTRAL INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetFORT WAYNE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $52,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetVINCENT VILLAGE INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetPBJ CONNECTIONS JEDLICKA: $46,400 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetFort Wayne Park Foundation: $40,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY INC: $40,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetBLUE JACKET INC: $37,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBRIDGES OUTREACH INC: $35,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetFORT WAYNE CHILDREN'S CHOIR INC: $35,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetKATE'S KART INC: $33,500 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetHomebound Meals Inc: $32,500 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetSANS SOUCI INC: $32,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetIRIS FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER INC: $31,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCROSSROAD CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES INC: $30,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOPE INC: $27,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $25,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetHEALTHIER MOMS AND BABIES INC: $21,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetHEADWATERS PARK ALLIANCE INC: $20,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetSuper Shot Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCOURAGEOUS HEALING INC: $17,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HOWARD COUNTY: $16,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMUSTARD SEED FURNITURE BANK OF FORT WAYNE INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTrine University: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetErins House for Grieving Children Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetEAST WAYNE STREET CENTER INC: $12,500 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetCANCER SERVICES OF ALLEN COUNTY INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetARTS UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOHIO WILDLIFE CENTER: $9,600 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLICKING COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $7,750 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRICO PET RECOVERY: $3,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFORT WAYNE URBAN LEAGUE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetArtlink Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetFAMILY SERVICES INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOORDINATED ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% 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 BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST IND ↗
  • Who funds FORT WAYNE RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds MATTHEW 25 INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF ALLEN COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC ↗
  • Who funds YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds FORT WAYNE MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
  • Who funds FORT WAYNE CIVIC THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds SCIENCE CENTRAL INC ↗
  • Who funds FORT WAYNE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds VINCENT VILLAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds PBJ CONNECTIONS JEDLICKA ↗
  • Who funds Fort Wayne Park Foundation ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds BLUE JACKET INC ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGES OUTREACH INC ↗
  • Who funds FORT WAYNE CHILDREN'S CHOIR INC ↗
  • Who funds KATE'S KART INC ↗
  • Who funds Homebound Meals Inc ↗
  • Who funds SANS SOUCI INC ↗
  • Who funds IRIS FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CROSSROAD CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds Friends of the Lincoln Collection of Indiana Inc ↗
  • Who funds BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHIER MOMS AND BABIES 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.

Edward M Wilson Found…English-Bonter-Mitche…Dr Louis a and Anne B…Community Foundation …The Waterfield Founda…The James Foundation …Lincoln Financial Fou…Do It Best Foundation…Surack Family Foundat…Edward D & Ione Auer …Kuhne Charles Char Fd…Zollner Foundation
Edward M Wilson FoundationPA74.4× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Edward M Wilson Foundation · English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn · Dr Louis a and Anne B Schneider Fdn · Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc · The Waterfield Foundation Inc · The James Foundation Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Do It Best Foundation Inc · Surack Family Foundation Inc · Edward D & Ione Auer Foundation Monarch Capital David Meyer Trustee · Kuhne Charles Char Fdn T-W Main · Zollner Foundation

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 Ian & Miriam Rolland Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ian & Miriam Rolland Foundation. 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
    18report 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.
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    Find your warmest path to Ian & Miriam Rolland Foundation 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 94 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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