· Private foundation
M E Raker Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
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 $10k36 grants · $185k
- $10k–50k28 grants · $295k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Easter Seals ARC of NE Indiana | $15,000 |
| Turnstone Center | $15,000 |
| Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society | $15,000 |
| Amani Family Services | $10,000 |
| NeighborLink Fort Wayne | $10,000 |
| Community Transportation Network | $10,000 |
| Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana | $10,000 |
| ACRES Land Trust | $10,000 |
| The League | $10,000 |
| Remedy LIVE | $10,000 |
| The Shepherd's House | $10,000 |
| Community Harvest Food Bank | $10,000 |
| The Carriage House | $10,000 |
| Lutheran Social Services | $10,000 |
| Humane Fort Wayne | $10,000 |
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 (FY20–25, $286k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
81 repeat relationships: 53 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 11 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, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TCTURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES INC6× · 2020–2025 · $95k · revenue +58%
- WBWORLD BASEBALL ACADEMY INC5× · 2020–2024 · $70k · revenue +32%
- LFLEAGUE FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED INC6× · 2020–2025 · $60k · revenue +94%
Funded once
- ETEMBASSY THEATRE FOUNDATIONINCgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue +36%
- FOFriends of the Lincoln Collection of Indiana Incgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +52%
- LHLUTHERAN HOMES INCone grant, 2024 · $10k · 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.
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.
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.
Provide services in response to individual need
Goodwill industries of northeast indiana, inc. empowers and prepares people for independence through training, personal growth and work.
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…
Empowering individuals to build stronger families and communities.
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The mission of cardinal services, inc. of indiana is to assist and advocate for people with disabilities and challenges to live lives full of dignity, growth, and opportunity.
The mission of opportunity enterprises is to create inclusive and equitable opportunites for people of all abilities. the agency provides vocational training, day services, transportation, and residential services to clients in porter…
Greater fort wayne (gfw) inc. is the chamber of commerce and economic development organization for fort wayne & allen county, indiana. at gfw inc., we focus on supporting local business, attracting new business, and improving our…
Our mission is to honor and obey god by providing hope and healing to children and families, who may then bless others. the residential, foster care, adoption and other programs served nearly 500 individuals during the year.
The indianapolis private industry council, inc., doing business as employindy, the workforce investment board for marion county, is a not-for-profit corporation responsible for the development of the marion county workforce. employindy…
To provide compassionate, patient-centered care for mind and body that improves the quality of life for our communities.
How this is measured
82 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. 82 of the 123 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 TURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD BASEBALL ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds LEAGUE FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC ↗
- Who funds SCIENCE CENTRAL INC ↗
- Who funds CANCER SERVICES OF ALLEN COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds WELLSPRING INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds Homebound Meals Inc ↗
- Who funds Lutheran Social Services Inc ↗
- Who funds YOUTH FOR CHRIST OF NORTHERN INDIANA INC ↗
- Who funds CASS HOUSING INC ↗
- Who funds SOULMEDIC MEDIA GROUP INC ↗
- Who funds THE SHEPHERD'S HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ASHBROOK CENTER ↗
- Who funds AUDIENCES UNLIMITED INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SAINT FRANCIS OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA INC ↗
- Who funds AMANI FAMILY SERVICES ↗
- Who funds Super Shot Inc ↗
- Who funds THE LITERACY ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds NEIGHBORLINK FORT WAYNE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FORT WAYNE RAILROAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds COURAGEOUS HEALING INC ↗
- Who funds CHILL INC ↗
- Who funds FORT WAYNE RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds EMBASSY THEATRE FOUNDATIONINC ↗
- Who funds INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC ↗
- Who funds BLUE JACKET INC ↗
- Who funds OUT OF A JAM 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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization M E Raker Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from M E Raker Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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