· Private foundation
Isa S & Elizabeth Canavati Family Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k54 grants · $30k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $211k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHASE DONOR ADVISED FUND | $211,000 |
| COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| NORTHEAST INDIANA PUBLIC RADIO | $2,080 |
| HUMANE FORT WAYNE | $2,000 |
| ST MARY MOTHER OF GOD CATHOLIC CHU | $2,000 |
| FORT WAYNE MEDICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATI | $1,200 |
| STILLWATER HOSPICE | $1,190 |
| BRIGHT STARS OF BETHLEHEM | $1,010 |
| HUMANE FORT WAYNE | $1,000 |
| INDIANA CENTER FOR MIDDLE EAST PEAC | $1,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $1,000 |
| NORTHEAST INDIANA PUBLIC RADIO | $1,000 |
| INDIANA CENTER FOR MIDDLE EAST PEAC | $1,000 |
| FORT WAYNE MUSEUM OF ART | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 68% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
48 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 10% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $226k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SCST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY6× · 2020–2025 · $135k · revenue +5%
- HFHUMANE FORT WAYNE INC5× · 2021–2025 · $34k · revenue +65%
- CHCOMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC4× · 2020–2024 · $19k · revenue +12%
Funded once
- JAJPMORGAN ADVISED FUNDone grant, 2024 · $270k
- HLHOLY LAND CHRISTIAN ENCUMENICALone grant, 2021 · $50k
- CHCOMMUNITY HARVESTone grant, 2021 · $50k
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.
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.
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…
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…
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.
Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.
The mission of nira is to help our members be productive in their business and achieve ongoing profitability through targeted education and ethical and professional standards. we are the visible voice for the real estate interests of the…
Indiana university health foundation leverages the power of philanthropy to support the iu health goal of making indiana one of the healthiest states in the nation.
Aamc leads & serves the academic medicine community to improve the health of people everywhere.
Benefit, perform, and carry out the charitable, educational, and other exempt purposes of indiana university health ball memorial hospital, inc. ("iu health ball memorial hospital") and related organizations, and to support activities…
We exist to serve our patients with compassionate health care of the highest quality.
Pbs fort wayne engages our community through content and collaborations that educate, inform, inspire, and entertain.
Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.
Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.
How this is measured
48 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 48 of the 124 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds HUMANE FORT WAYNE INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC ↗
- Who funds INDIANA CENTER FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC ↗
- Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
- Who funds MATTHEW 25 INC ↗
- Who funds NORTHEAST INDIANA PUBLIC RADIO INC ↗
- Who funds CANCER SERVICES OF ALLEN COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds BRIGHT STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP ↗
- Who funds FORT WAYNE MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF ALLEN COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds Super Shot 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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc · Edward M Wilson Foundation · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn · Dr Louis a and Anne B Schneider Fdn · McMillen Foundation Inc · M E Raker Foundation Inc · The Waterfield Foundation Inc · Howard P Arnold Foundation Inc · Surack Family Foundation Inc · The James Foundation Inc · Ian & Miriam Rolland Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Isa S & Elizabeth Canavati Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Isa S & Elizabeth Canavati Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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