· Private foundation
Mary C & Perry F Spencer Fdn
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, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k6 grants · $31k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $216k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HARLAN CHRISTIAN YOUTH CENTER | $40,000 |
| NEW MERCIES MINISTRIES | $35,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| SOULMEDIC MEDIA GROUP INC | $20,000 |
| ASSOCIATED CHURCHES OF FT WAYNE IND | $16,000 |
| YOUTH FOR CHRIST USA INC | $15,000 |
| CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE INC | $15,000 |
| ALLEN COUNTY FT WAYNE HISTORICAL SO | $15,000 |
| CANCER SERVICES OF NE INDIANA | $10,000 |
| WOODBURN CHRISTIAN CHILDRENS HOME | $10,000 |
| FORT WAYNE PUBLIC TELEVISION | $10,000 |
| POWER HOUSE YOUTH CENTER | $10,000 |
| HEARCARE CONNECTION INC | $7,800 |
| DRIVE ALIVE INC | $7,500 |
| HEART OF THE CITY MISSION FDN | $5,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $416k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 11% 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +0% for those funded once.
34 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 3 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, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HCHARLAN CHRISTIAN YOUTH CENTER INC9× · 2017–2025 · $324k · revenue +41%
- WCWOODBURN CHRISTIAN CHILDRENS HOME INC8× · 2017–2025 · $155k · revenue +147%
- SMSOULMEDIC MEDIA GROUP INC8× · 2017–2025 · $128k · revenue +329%
Funded once
- SRSCHERER RESOURCES INCone grant, 2018 · $30k
- BHBoth Hands Foundationgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue +179%
- HCHEADWATERS CHURCH NEW MERCIES MINISTRIESone grant, 2021 · $15k
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.
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.
Conduct annual agriculture fair and other fairs, expos, exhibits, etc. related to agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, and home econcomics, etc.
Provide assistance for the needy by giving away essential items such as food, blankets, clothing, etc.
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 mission of the fort wayne youtheatre is to educate, engage, and entertain area youth and families through theatre arts. founded by mrs. chan ray and mrs. lester jacobs in 1934 as part of old fort players (now the civic theatre), the…
To serve homeless families by uniting faith community volunteers and local agencies in a cooperative effort to provide shelter, meals and compassionate ongoing support to our guests.
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…
Marion general hospital exists to transform the health of our community through patient-centered, high quality, affordable care. best practices by leading a collaborative approach involving physicians, staff, business leaders and our…
Charitable distribution of clothing, food and household items.
To educate, promote vaccination and increase avenues for immunizations for all children and adults in Allen County and surrounding communities.
Lutheran homes society, inc. is a not-for-profit corporation that provides residential care and supportive services for youth and elderly in northwestern ohio and southeastern michigan. as a faith-based provider of such services, lutheran…
To showcase local talent and provide the area with high quality entertainment.
How this is measured
31 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. 31 of the 55 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 HARLAN CHRISTIAN YOUTH CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds WOODBURN CHRISTIAN CHILDRENS HOME INC ↗
- Who funds SOULMEDIC MEDIA GROUP INC ↗
- Who funds NEW MERCIES MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society Inc ↗
- Who funds The Power House Alliance Inc ↗
- Who funds YOUTH FOR CHRIST OF NORTHERN INDIANA INC ↗
- Who funds CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE INC ↗
- Who funds HEARCARE CONNECTION INC ↗
- Who funds SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds WELLSPRING INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds CANCER SERVICES OF ALLEN COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds ALL FOR ONE PRODUCTIONS INC ↗
- Who funds Heart of the City Mission Foundation ↗
- Who funds LEAGUE FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED INC ↗
- Who funds MY NEXT STEP INC ↗
- Who funds ANTWERP COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE INC ↗
- Who funds MATTHEW 25 INC ↗
- Who funds ECKSTEIN WORKSHOP AND ACTIVITIES INC ↗
- Who funds Both Hands Foundation ↗
- Who funds HUMANE FORT WAYNE INC ↗
- Who funds CASS HOUSING INC ↗
- Who funds FORT WAYNE PUBLIC TELEVISION 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 · English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn · Edward M Wilson Foundation · Dr Louis a and Anne B Schneider Fdn · M E Raker Foundation Inc · The Waterfield Foundation Inc · McMillen Foundation Inc · Howard P Arnold Foundation Inc · Surack Family Foundation Inc · The James Foundation Inc · Mary Cross Tippmann Foundation · Parkview Health System Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Mary C & Perry F Spencer Fdn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mary C & Perry F Spencer Fdn. Bigger dots raise more.
- American Welding Society Inc: 0% of income from government
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