· Private foundation
Marvin and Marva Komisarow Fdn
Its FY2024 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, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k13 grants · $44k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $38k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION | $37,500 |
| FORT WAYNE MUSEUM OF ART | $8,000 |
| COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER FORT WAYNE | $4,514 |
| FOELLINGER-FRIEMANN BOTANICAL CONSE | $4,261 |
| FORT WAYNE CHILDREN'S ZOO | $4,260 |
| MATTHEW 25 HEALTH & DENTAL CLINIC | $3,700 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $3,500 |
| TURNSTONE CENTER | $3,000 |
| STILLWATER HOSPICE | $3,000 |
| BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS | $3,000 |
| COMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK | $3,000 |
| GREATER SAUK CO COMMUNITY FDN | $2,000 |
| AL RINGLING THEATRE | $1,000 |
| PBS 39 WFWA | $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.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 96% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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.
19 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down.
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 FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ADALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC8× · 2017–2024 · $267k · revenue +40%
- FWFORT WAYNE MUSEUM OF ART INC8× · 2017–2024 · $64k · revenue +200%
- FWFORT WAYNE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC7× · 2018–2024 · $30k · revenue +54%
Funded once
Northwestern Universitygraduatedone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +41%- P3PBS 39one grant, 2017 · $1k
- P3PBS 39 WFWA - DT FORT WAYNEone grant, 2018 · $1k
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.
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…
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…
Dedicated to holistic care given with compassion, respect, acceptance and hope. achieving emotional well being and independence.
The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
To provide effective and rewarding ways for donors to fulfill their philanthropic objectives by administering charitable funds that distribute grants and scholarships to benefit the citizens of kane and kendall counties of illinois…
Community and economic development
To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.
Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.
To provide exceptional healthcare services in a safe and trustful environment through the expertise, committment, and compassion of our family of caregivers.
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.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 23 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 ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds FORT WAYNE MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
- Who funds FORT WAYNE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds MATTHEW 25 INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC ↗
- Who funds TURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES INC ↗
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN INC ↗
- Who funds Northwestern University ↗
- Who funds FORT WAYNE CINEMA CENTER 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: Journal Gazette Foundation Inc · McComb Family Foundation Inc Att David McComb · Edward D & Ione Auer Foundation Monarch Capital David Meyer Trustee · Surack Family Foundation Inc · The James Foundation Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Steel Dynamics Foundation Inc · Edward & Hildegarde Schaefer Foundation · William J & Bonnie L Hefner Foundation Inc · Valiant Foundation Inc · Chaffee Family Foundation Inc · The Donald F Wood and Darlene M Richardson Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Marvin and Marva Komisarow Fdn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Marvin and Marva Komisarow Fdn. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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