· Private foundation
Olin B and Desta Schwab Foundation
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 $10k3 grants · $16k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $120k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN | $50,000 |
| BLOOM PROJECT INC | $45,000 |
| BELIEVE IN A DREAM | $40,000 |
| EUELL WILSON CENTER | $20,000 |
| BUILDING A STRONGER FAMILY | $15,000 |
| JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN | $6,000 |
| COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER FORT WAYNE | $5,000 |
| COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER FORT WAYNE | $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 (FY17–17, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +89% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 2 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, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JAJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC7× · 2019–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +89%
- BIBelieve in a Dream Inc3× · 2019–2025 · $110k · revenue +92%
- NINORTHEAST INDIANA FOUNDATION INC2× · 2017–2018 · $88k · revenue +84%
Funded once
- NINE IN REGIONAL MKTG PARTNERSHIPone grant, 2019 · $80k
- NWNEI WORKSone grant, 2024 · $75k
- SASOUTHWEST ALLEN CO SCHOOLSone grant, 2019 · $38k
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.
The niu foundation's mission is to energize and connect the private sector with the niu community to secure and steward resources that support the future and growth of niu.
Education for tomorrow alliance's mission is to cultivate education and community partnerships that advance student success. with innovative programs focused on career, leadership, and stem preparation, efta is the portal through which…
Girls inc.'s mission is to inspire all girls to be strong, smart, and bold. in partnership with schools and community organizations, we focus on the development of the whole girl. she learns to value herself, take risks, and discover and…
Junior achievement of greater south carolina (jagsc) is dedicated to inspiring and preparing young people to thrive in a global economy. through innovative learning experiences, ja focuses on three core areas: financial literacy,…
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…
Jacf empowers students to economic success by delivering innovative, experiential learning programs in fin literacy, career readiness, and entrepreneurship. partnerships with educators and business leaders inspire and prepare students to…
The northeast indiana regional partnership, inc. (partnership) mission is to drive business investment and strengthen northeast indiana's global competitiveness and economic resilency. through its combined efforts the partnership supports…
Future problem solving proudly celebrates more than 50 years of placing close to a million young people at the core of a dynamic, purposeful learning experience. each year k-12 students from around the world participate in a variety of…
The mission of alliance for strategic growth, inc. is to empower the eastern indiana workforce to meet existing and future sector-driven employment demands.
Wpti's mission is to build the capacities of people, programs, and organizations that provide job training, placement, and career guidance for individuals and to advocate for policies that promote economic opportunities for all.
Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…
Provide a transformative educational experience that cultivates strengths of its students.
How this is measured
10 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. 10 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 JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC ↗
- Who funds Believe in a Dream Inc ↗
- Who funds NORTHEAST INDIANA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds The Bloom Project Inc ↗
- Who funds INDIANA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC ↗
- Who funds EUELL A WILSON CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds FORT WAYNE URBAN LEAGUE INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC ↗
- Who funds FORT WAYNE YOUTHEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds Taylor University ↗
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: The Waterfield Foundation Inc · English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn · Surack Family Foundation Inc · Edward M Wilson Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc · Premier Bank Foundation · Lilly Endowment Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Dr Louis a and Anne B Schneider Fdn · The James Foundation Inc · Aws Foundation Inc · Nisource Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Olin B and Desta Schwab Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Olin B and Desta Schwab Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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