Indiana · Private foundation
O'Rourke Schof Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $275k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2026
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 41%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 23
- FY2020 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $5.0M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 41% of the organizations O'Rourke Schof Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $108k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 23 | $275k | 48% |
| FY2025 | 17 | $228k | 41% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $208k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $242k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $228k | 47% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $223k | 78% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $202k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2026.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra Inc | $285,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Turnstone Center for Children & Adults With Disabilities Inc | $140,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Mustard Seed Furniture Bank of Fort Wayne Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Diocese of Ft Wayne South Bend Inc | $53,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Community Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Indiana Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lutheran Social Services Inc | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Fort Wayne Zoological Society Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Super Shot Inc | $40,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Fort Wayne Civic Theatre Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Blue Jacket Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 40 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($439k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget O'Rourke Schof Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn · Edward M Wilson Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc · M E Raker Foundation Inc · Howard P Arnold Foundation Inc · Aws Foundation Inc · Dr Louis a and Anne B Schneider Fdn · The Waterfield Foundation Inc · McMillen Foundation Inc · Surack Family Foundation Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · The James Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About O'Rourke Schof Family Foundation
- How much does O'Rourke Schof Family Foundation give?
- O'Rourke Schof Family Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $275,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 23 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2025.
- What does O'Rourke Schof Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2026, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (30%), Health (20%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are O'Rourke Schof Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2026: Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra Inc ($285k), Turnstone Center for Children & Adults With Disabilities Inc ($140k), Mustard Seed Furniture Bank of Fort Wayne Inc ($60k).
- Does O'Rourke Schof Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does O'Rourke Schof Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as O'Rourke Schof Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn, Edward M Wilson Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc.
- Where is O'Rourke Schof Family Foundation based?
- O'Rourke Schof Family Foundation is based in IN.
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