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Larry J and Dinah M Bird Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$213k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
28
Grants FY2025
23
Organizations funded FY2024
39%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 23
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$1.7M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 39% of the organizations Larry J and Dinah M Bird Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $67k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationPublic Safety & DisasterAnimalsHealthHousing & ShelterOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving24$208k58%
FY202423$160k39%
FY202321$206k48%
FY202210$153k50%
FY202110$97k40%
FY20207$85k86%
FY201911$83k91%
FY20181$50kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$373kHealth$195kHuman Services$127kRecreation & Sports$105kEducation$77kPhilanthropy$75kPublic Safety & Disaster$43kAnimals$28kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CA
TN
NC
OK
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Larry J and Dinah M Bird Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame$275,00081%
Hamilton Center Foundation Inc$55,000511%
Wabash Valley Family Sports Center Inc$50,00046%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$45,00020%
Hamblen Township Voluntary Fire Dep$30,000514%
Community School of Naples Inc$24,50020%
The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc$20,00030%
Comfort Home Place Inc$20,000138%
Simon Youth Foundation Inc$20,00021%
The Toby Keith Foundation Inc$20,00020%
Brown County Humane Society Inc$17,50040%
Indiana State University Foundation Inc$16,00020%
St Matthews House Inc$15,00030%
NAMI Collier County Inc$15,00011%
Springs Valley Education Foundation$14,00040%
Golisano Children's Museum of Naples Inc$12,50010%
Sheltering Wings Center for Women Inc$10,0001n/a
Brown County Volunteer Fire Dept Inc$10,00023%
Warriors Homes of Collier Inc$10,00011%
Middle Way House Inc$10,00020%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$10,00010%
Terre Haute Boys & Girls Club$7,50021%
Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc$7,50020%
Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc$6,59020%
Horizon House Inc$5,00010%
Nate McMillan Foundation$5,00016%
Carmel United Methodist Church$5,0001n/a
Catholic Charities Terre Haute Inc$5,00011%
Spina Bifida Association of Indiana$5,0001n/a
Boys & Girls Club of Collier County Flor$5,00010%
The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration$5,00010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$5,00010%
The Doug Flutie Jr Foundation for Autism Inc$2,5501n/a
National Child Safety Council$2,50010%
Indianapolis Opera Company$2,50010%
International Rett Syndrome Foundation$2,5001n/a
R U 4 Me Pet Rescue Inc$2,50011%
Beverlys Angels Inc$2,10010%
Southwest Florida Ceo$1,0001n/a
A Longer Table Inc$1,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($263k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Larry J and Dinah M Bird Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNaismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: $275,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetHamilton Center Foundation Inc: $55,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetWabash Valley Family Sports Center Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHamblen Township Voluntary Fire Dep: $30,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetCommunity School of Naples Inc: $24,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetComfort Home Place Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetSimon Youth Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe Toby Keith Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBrown County Humane Society Inc: $17,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetIndiana State University Foundation Inc: $16,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSt Matthews House Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI Collier County Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSprings Valley Education Foundation: $14,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetGolisano Children's Museum of Naples Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBrown County Volunteer Fire Dept Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetWarriors Homes of Collier Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMiddle Way House Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTerre Haute Boys & Girls Club: $7,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetPeggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHarry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc: $6,590 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHorizon House Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNate McMillan Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetCatholic Charities Terre Haute Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Collier County Flor: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Child Safety Council: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIndianapolis Opera Company: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetR U 4 Me Pet Rescue Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBeverlys Angels Inc: $2,100 over 1y, 0.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 33.

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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.

Lilly Endowment IncIN21.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · Collier Community Foundation Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · The George F and Marion D Johnson Charitable Trust · Lacy Foundation · The League Club Inc · Samerian Foundation Inc · Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation · Hamilton County Community 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.

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About Larry J and Dinah M Bird Family Foundation Inc

How much does Larry J and Dinah M Bird Family Foundation Inc give?
Larry J and Dinah M Bird Family Foundation Inc reported 28 grants totaling $212,650 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Larry J and Dinah M Bird Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (33%), Health (17%), Human Services (11%).
Who are Larry J and Dinah M Bird Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ($275k), Hamilton Center Foundation Inc ($55k), Wabash Valley Family Sports Center Inc ($50k).
Does Larry J and Dinah M Bird Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Larry J and Dinah M Bird Family Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Larry J and Dinah M Bird Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lilly Endowment Inc, Collier Community Foundation Inc, The Indianapolis Foundation Inc.
Where is Larry J and Dinah M Bird Family Foundation Inc based?
Larry J and Dinah M Bird Family Foundation Inc is based in IN.

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 60 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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