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Kuhne Charles Char Fdn T-W Main at a glance

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Kuhne Charles Char Fdn T-W Main

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$335k
Granted FY2025still arriving
33
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$20k
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, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$680kHuman Services$474kHousing & Shelter$239kFood & Nutrition$156kReligion$145kYouth Development$103kEducation$97kArts & Culture$78kOther$0
02FY2025 · 33 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $54k
  • $10k–50k24 grants · $281k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$5.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TURNSTONE CTR CHILDREN ADULTS DISABILITI$20,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER FORT WAY$15,000
SUPER SHOT INC$15,000
HEARCARE CONNECTION INC$15,000
AMANI FAMILY SERVICES INC$15,000
BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC$15,000
FORT WAYNE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC$15,000
CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE INC$11,000
ERIN'S HOUSE FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN INC$10,000
CASS HOUSING INC$10,000
COMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK NE INDIANA$10,000
LEAGUE FOR THE BLIND & DISABLED INC$10,000
IRIS FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER$10,000
BLUE JACKET INC$10,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA$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 (FY18–25, $417k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $10k → 9%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $10k → 14%RESPECT360 INC: $5k → 12%WHITE'S RESIDENTIAL AND FAMILY SERVIC IN: $10k → 12%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $10k → 15%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE: $10k → 9%RESPECT360 INC: $5k → 12%INDIANA WOMEN IN NEED FOUNDATION: $8k → 16%INDIANA WOMEN IN NEED FOUNDATION: $6k → 16%INDIANA WOMEN IN NEED FOUNDATION: $5k → 16%YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $5k → 12%YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $5k → 12%LIFELINE YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $17k → 12%LIFELINE YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $15k → 12%LIFELINE YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $15k → 12%LIFELINE YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 12%LIFELINE YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $10k → 12%MUSTARD SEED FURNIT BANK OF FORT WAY INC: $8k → 12%MUSTARD SEED FURNITURE BANK OF FORT WAYN: $5k → 12%INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK: $15k → 12%INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK: $10k → 12%INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK: $10k → 12%FORT WAYNE URBAN LEAGUE INC: $8k → 12%RESPECT360 INC: $5k → 12%NORTHEAST INDIANA POSITIVE RESOURCE: $15k → 12%NORTHEAST INDIANA POSITIVE RESOURCE: $15k → 12%NORTHEAST INDIANA POSITIVE RESOURCE: $15k → 12%NORTHEAST INDIANA POSITIVE RESOURCE: $12k → 12%NORTHEAST INDIANA POSITIVE RESOURCE: $12k → 12%NORTHEAST INDIANA POSITIVE RESOURCE: $10k → 12%NORTHEAST INDIANA POSITIVE RESOURCE: $10k → 12%NE INDIANA POSITIVE RESOURCE CONNECTION: $10k → 12%THE POWER HOUSE ALLIANCE INC: $5k → 12%COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK INC: $18k → 12%COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK (CTN): $8k → 12%KATE'S KART INC: $7k → 12%YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $5k → 12%KATES KART INC: $5k → 12%SCAN INC: $10k → 12%SCAN INC: $10k → 12%SCAN INC: $10k → 12%IRIS FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER: $10k → 12%SCAN INC: $10k → 12%SCAN INC: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
MI
MA
WY
IN
OH
CA
CO
MD
AZ
DC
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 50 repeat orgs$290k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

50 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

50
22

Total granted

$2.1M
$207k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+6%

Still filing today

88%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $83k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalEducationOther
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

  • SS
    Super Shot Inc
    7× · 2019–2025 · $100k · revenue +57%
  • NI
    NORTHEAST INDIANA POSITIVE RESOURCE CONNECTION INC
    8× · 2018–2025 · $99k · revenue +26%
  • AF
    AMANI FAMILY SERVICES
    7× · 2018–2025 · $90k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • FW
    FORT WAYNE RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES INC
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue +3%
  • TC
    TURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES INC
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue -9%
  • CA
    CARING ABOUT PEOPLE INC
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue -95%
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
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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3
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
4
Children's Bureau Inc

Empowering individuals to build stronger families and communities.

Human Services
5
Bowen Health Inc

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

Health
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
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
8
Turning Point Inc

Our mission is to provide professional counseling with the highest level of ethical standards to individuals in the community . We believe in health, healing, hope, growth, recovery and transformation as foundational goals for everyone and…

Health
9
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
10
Good News Mission Inc

To supply hope through christ to homeless neighbors, underprivileged youth, and the medically underserved in indianapolis by creating environments of love and structure that produce a lasting difference.

Housing & Shelter
11
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
12
Family & Children's Services Inc D/B/a Headwaters Counseling

Promote, develop and empower individuals, families, and communities to have healthy relationships and make positive life choices.

Human Services
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 Redemption House. 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

61 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. 61 of the 80 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)
23
Early backer (in before they grew)
60/61
Grantees still filing
47/61
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ASSOCIATED CHURCHES OF FORT WAYNE IND INC: $95,000 · OtherASSOCIATED CHURCHES OF FORT WAYNE IND INCCANCER SERVICES OF ALLEN COUNTY INC: $54,000 · OtherCANCER SERVICES OF ALLEN COUNTY INCTURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND: $50,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST: $41,500 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $40,000 · OtherVISITING NURSE DBA STILLWATER HOSPICE: $35,000 · OtherHABITITAT FOR HUMANITY OF: $35,000 · OtherFORT WAYNE TRAILS INC: $78,000 · OtherFORT WAYNE TRAILS INCSCIENCE CENTRAL INC: $47,000 · OtherNEIGHBORLINK FORT WAYNE FOUNDATION: $40,000 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC: $34,000 · Other+30 more: $448,000 · Other+30 moreNORTHEAST INDIANA POSITIVE RESOURCE CONNECTION INC: $99,000 · Human ServicesNORTHEAST INDIANA PO…Lifeline Youth & Family Services Inc: $67,000 · Human ServicesLifeline Youth & Fam…IRIS FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER INC: $55,000 · Human ServicesIRIS FAMILY SUPPORT …CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $38,000 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANIONS FO…INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesINTERFAITH HOSPITALI…COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY TRANSPORTA…INDIANA WOMEN IN NEED FOUNDATION INC: $19,000 · Human ServicesRESPECT360 INC RESPECTTEAM: $15,000 · Human ServicesYWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $15,000 · Human Services+6 more: $57,000 · Human Services+6 moreSuper Shot Inc: $100,000 · HealthSuper Shot IncHEARCARE CONNECTION INC: $90,000 · HealthHEARCARE CONNECTION…LEAGUE FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED INC: $60,000 · HealthLEAGUE FOR THE BLIN…HEALTHIER MOMS AND BABIES INC: $50,000 · HealthHEALTHIER MOMS AND …Life Restoration Services Inc: $40,000 · HealthLife Restoration Se…CHILDREN'S HOPE INC: $20,000 · HealthTURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES INC: $15,000 · Health+3 more: $27,500 · Health+3 moreAMANI FAMILY SERVICES: $90,000 · Crime & LegalAMANI FAMI…BLUE JACKET INC: $65,000 · Crime & LegalBLUE JACKE…CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE INC: $63,000 · Crime & LegalCENTER FOR…BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $78,000 · Youth DevelopmentErins House for Grieving Children Inc: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST IND: $20,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $4,000 · Youth DevelopmentHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC: $40,000 · Housing & ShelterFORT WAYNE RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterCASS HOUSING INC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE ROSE HOME INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterST JOSEPH MISSIONS INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyCHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF ALLEN COUNTY INDIANA: $40,000 · Philanthropy
Other$997,500Human Services$425,000Health$402,500Crime & Legal$218,000Youth Development$152,000Housing & Shelter$95,000Philanthropy$90,000

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 budgetSuper Shot Inc: $100,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetNORTHEAST INDIANA POSITIVE RESOURCE CONNECTION INC: $99,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetAMANI FAMILY SERVICES: $90,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetHEARCARE CONNECTION INC: $90,000 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $78,000 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetFORT WAYNE TRAILS INC: $78,000 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetLifeline Youth & Family Services Inc: $67,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBLUE JACKET INC: $65,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetCENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE INC: $63,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetLEAGUE FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetIRIS FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER INC: $55,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCANCER SERVICES OF ALLEN COUNTY INC: $54,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetST JOSEPH MISSIONS INC: $50,000 over 4y, 9.1% of budgetHEALTHIER MOMS AND BABIES INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetErins House for Grieving Children Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetSCIENCE CENTRAL INC: $47,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetNEIGHBORLINK FORT WAYNE FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetLife Restoration Services Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetCHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF ALLEN COUNTY INDIANA: $40,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $38,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC: $35,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC: $34,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCROSSING NATIONAL INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFORT WAYNE MEDICAL SOCIETY INC: $30,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetQuesta Education Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMARTIN LUTHER KING SCHOOL INC: $27,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetHomebound Meals Inc: $26,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetNORTHEAST INDIANA PUBLIC RADIO INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWELLSPRING INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK INC: $25,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCASS HOUSING INC: $20,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetNEW MERCIES MINISTRIES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetFORT WAYNE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOPE INC: $20,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST IND: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetINDIANA WOMEN IN NEED FOUNDATION INC: $19,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetRESPECT360 INC RESPECTTEAM: $15,000 over 3y, 8.5% of budgetTURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMUSTARD SEED FURNITURE BANK OF FORT WAYNE INC: $12,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetKATE'S KART INC: $11,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCARING ABOUT PEOPLE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetMatthew 25 Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetRedemption House: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTHE ROSE HOME INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetTHE SHEPHERD'S HOUSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

Community Foundation …English-Bonter-Mitche…Edward M Wilson Found…The Waterfield Founda…Zollner FoundationHoward P Arnold Found…M E Raker Foundation …Dr Louis a and Anne B…The James Foundation …Flora Dale Krouse Fou…Lincoln Financial Fou…Parkview Health Syste…
Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne IncIN90.1× affinity42 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc · English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn · Edward M Wilson Foundation · The Waterfield Foundation Inc · Zollner Foundation · Howard P Arnold Foundation Inc · M E Raker Foundation Inc · Dr Louis a and Anne B Schneider Fdn · The James Foundation Inc · Flora Dale Krouse Foundation · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Parkview Health System 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 Kuhne Charles Char Fdn T-W Main funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kuhne Charles Char Fdn T-W Main. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%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
    1get no government money at all
    23report 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 80 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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