Indiana · Private foundation
Ove W Jorgensen Foundation Inc
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $337k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2026
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 25
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 8
- Total assets, FY2026
- $3.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 13% of the organizations Ove W Jorgensen Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k 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 | 22 | $337k | 32% |
| FY2025 | 15 | $208k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $261k | 48% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $221k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $243k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $215k | 42% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $217k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $205k | 30% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $470,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation | $209,750 | 10 | 10% |
| Indiana University Foundation | $202,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Center | $180,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Ducks Unlimited Inc | $140,000 | 10 | 0% |
| Los Padres Forestwatch Inc | $129,500 | 6 | 4% |
| Bridge of Grace Compassionate Ministries Center Inc | $125,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Dunn School | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Super Shot Inc | $55,750 | 4 | 1% |
| Lc Nature Park Inc | $53,333 | 4 | 3% |
Show all 52 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($218k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Ove W Jorgensen Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 42 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Ove W Jorgensen Foundation Inc
- How much does Ove W Jorgensen Foundation Inc give?
- Ove W Jorgensen Foundation Inc reported 22 grants totaling $337,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 25 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Ove W Jorgensen Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Environment (55%), Education (15%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are Ove W Jorgensen Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: World Wildlife Fund Inc ($470k), Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation ($210k), Indiana University Foundation ($203k).
- Does Ove W Jorgensen Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ove W Jorgensen Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ove W Jorgensen Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc, Aws Foundation Inc, The Waterfield Foundation Inc.
- Where is Ove W Jorgensen Foundation Inc based?
- Ove W Jorgensen Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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