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Parrot Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$44k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What you fund
0195% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Human Services$92kHealth$81kAnimals$55kEducation$38kFood & Nutrition$33kRecreation & Sports$13kReligion$11kArts & Culture$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$885k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE INC$6,000
FORT WAYNE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC$5,000
VISITING NURSE & HOSPICE HOME FDN INC$5,000
ERIN'S HOUSE FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN INC$5,000
BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC$5,000
FORT WAYNE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY$5,000
CHILDREN'S HOPE INC$4,500
Individual grant recipient$4,000
INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK$3,000
LEXI'S VOICE$1,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $75k) 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 your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%OUT OF A JAM INC: $4k → 12%EARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE INC: $6k → 12%EARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE INC: $6k → 12%EARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE INC: $6k → 12%EARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE INC: $5k → 12%EARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE INC: $5k → 12%EARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE INC: $5k → 12%EARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE INC: $5k → 12%OUT OF A JAM INC: $2k → 12%YWCA OF NORTHEAST INDIANA: $5k → 12%INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK: $3k → 12%SCAN INC: $5k → 12%SCAN INC: $5k → 12%SCAN INC: $5k → 12%SCAN INC: $4k → 12%SCAN INC: $3k → 12%FORT WAYNE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL: $2k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$317k · 17 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +57% since the first grant, against +14% for the ones you funded once.

17 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
7

Total granted

$317k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+14%

Still filing today

94%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentReligionAnimalsFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • FW
    FORT WAYNE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $55k · revenue +31%
  • BI
    BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC
    6× · 2018–2025 · $23k · revenue +172%
  • EH
    Erins House for Grieving Children Inc
    4× · 2018–2025 · $20k · revenue +92%

Funded once

  • CA
    CHILDREN'S AUTISM CENTER INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +14%
  • YN
    YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +11%
  • TC
    TURNSTONE CENTER FOR DISABLED
    one grant, 2018 · $5k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Children's Bureau Inc

Empowering individuals to build stronger families and communities.

Human Services
2
New Hope Services Inc

Provide services in response to individual need

Human Services
3
Lifesteps Inc

Helping individuals and families with life's changing needs by providing programs and services which will improve their quality of life.

Education
4
Cardinal Services Inc of Indiana

The mission of cardinal services, inc. of indiana is to assist and advocate for people with disabilities and challenges to live lives full of dignity, growth, and opportunity.

Education
5
Family Crisis Centers Inc

Walk with people facing violence, offering safety, support, and hope as they heal and rebuild. with every step forward, we build stronger, more resilient communities.

Human Services
6
Pathway Caring for Children

Our mission is to help children and families realize the possibilities of their lives through foster care, adoption, and mental health. we serve over 1,700 children and families in 14 northeast ohio counties.

Health
7
Family Services Inc

To strengthen the well-being and development of families and individuals through professional human services programs, including therapy, counseling, education, special assistance, and advocacy.

Human Services
8
Wellnest Emotional Health & Wellness

Through a holistic approach to emotional well-being, Wellnest offers hope, healing, and opportunity to the children, young adults, families, and communities we serve. Our commitment remains steadfast as we enter our second century of…

Human Services
9
Family to Family Inc dba Family Voices Indiana

Family Voices Indiana's Mission is to support families who have children and youth with health care needs and/or disabilities through eduction, outreach, and community partnerships.

10
Hamilton Center Inc

Hamilton center exists to provide quality behavioral healthcare, wellness, and human development services to our community.

Health
11
Childrens Center of Wayne County Inc

The children's center's mission is to help children and families shape their own futures.

Human Services
12
Family Lifeline

Family lifeline partners with families and individuals, delivering intensive home and community-based services to achieve an equitable, resilient community where families and individuals are connected, safe, and living a healthy,…

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Indiana Inc and the most unlike its peers is Lexis Voice. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 33 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr12%12%5–10yr16%20%10–20yr15%24%20–35yr15%20%35–55yr19%24%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr12%4%5–10yr16%20%10–20yr15%21%20–35yr15%20%35–55yr19%35%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/25
the rest of the field
10%
191/1,984

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

24 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 27 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
17/24
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

EARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE INC — $38,000 · Human ServicesEARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANC…IRIS FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER INC — $21,500 · Human ServicesIRIS FAMILY SUPPORT CEN…OUT OF A JAM INC — $5,500 · Human ServicesOUT OF A JAM INCYWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesYWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA …INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC — $3,000 · Human Services+1 more — $2,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S HOPE INC — $25,500 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOPE INCHAROLD W MCMILLEN CENTER FOR HEALTH EDUCATION INC — $19,000 · HealthHAROLD W MCMILLEN CEN…Super Shot Inc — $7,500 · HealthSuper Shot IncCHILDREN'S AUTISM CENTER INC — $5,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S AUTISM CEN…VISITING NURSE & HOSPICE HOME FOUNDATION — $5,000 · HealthVISITING NURSE & HOSP…WOMEN'S CARE CENTER INC — $3,500 · Health+1 more — $2,000 · HealthFORT WAYNE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC — $55,000 · AnimalsFORT WAYNE ZOOLOG…BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC — $23,000 · Youth DevelopmentBLESSINGS IN A …Erins House for Grieving Children Inc — $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentErins House for…LEXIS VOICE — $4,750 · Youth DevelopmentLEXIS VOICEIndividual grant recipient — $18,127 · OtherIndividual grant rec…CANCER SERVICES OF ALLEN COUNTY INC — $12,000 · OtherCANCER SERVICES OF A…TURNSTONE CENTER FOR DISABLED — $5,000 · OtherTURNSTONE CENTER FOR…GIGIS PLAYHOUSE INC — $2,627 · OtherEUELL A WILSON CENTER INC — $12,500 · OtherEUELL A WILSON CENTE…COMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC — $10,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY HARVEST FO…FORT WAYNE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC — $5,000 · OtherFORT WAYNE PHILHARMO…WELLSPRING INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES INC — $12,696 · ReligionSOULMEDIC MEDIA GROUP INC — $10,907 · ReligionAMANI FAMILY SERVICES — $21,500 · Crime & Legal
Human Services$75,000Health$67,500Animals$55,000Youth Development$47,750Other$65,254Religion$23,603Crime & Legal$21,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetFORT WAYNE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC — $55,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetEARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE INC — $38,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOPE INC — $25,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC — $23,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetIRIS FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER INC — $21,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMANI FAMILY SERVICES — $21,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetErins House for Grieving Children Inc — $20,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetHAROLD W MCMILLEN CENTER FOR HEALTH EDUCATION INC — $19,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWELLSPRING INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES INC — $12,696 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetEUELL A WILSON CENTER INC — $12,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCANCER SERVICES OF ALLEN COUNTY INC — $12,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSOULMEDIC MEDIA GROUP INC — $10,907 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSuper Shot Inc — $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOUT OF A JAM INC — $5,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S AUTISM CENTER INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFORT WAYNE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLEXIS VOICE — $4,750 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetWOMEN'S CARE CENTER INC — $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFORT WAYNE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEALTHIER MOMS AND BABIES INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Waterfield Foundation IncIN45.3× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Waterfield Foundation Inc · Edward M Wilson Foundation · English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn · Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc · Howard P Arnold Foundation Inc · Zollner Foundation · M E Raker Foundation Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Flora Dale Krouse Foundation · Do It Best Foundation Inc · The James Foundation Inc · Kuhne Charles Char Fdn T-W Main

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Parrot Charitable Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 27 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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