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Robert J Parrish Harriet a Parrish and David at a glance

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Robert J Parrish Harriet a Parrish and David

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$818k
Granted FY2022
2
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$450k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2022.

Arts & Culture$1.6MHealth$140kHuman Services$90kReligion$50kFood & Nutrition$18kYouth Development$5k
02FY2022 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$450,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FORT WAYNE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA$450,000
PEARL ARTS INC$367,857
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY18–21, $40k) 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.

area typical 11%MUSTARD SEED FURNITURE BANK: $15k → 12%MUSTARD SEED FURNITURE BANK: $15k → 12%MUSTARD SEED FURNITURE BANK: $5k → 12%MUSTARD SEED FURNITURE BANK: $5k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 9 repeat orgs$540k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2022, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
4

Total granted

$1.4M
$173k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+71%

Still filing today

78%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $368k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • CS
    CANCER SERVICES OF ALLEN COUNTY INC
    4× · 2018–2021 · $40k · revenue +25%
  • LF
    LEAGUE FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED INC
    4× · 2018–2021 · $40k · revenue +132%
  • TC
    TURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES INC
    4× · 2018–2021 · $40k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • FW
    FORT WAYNE AIR SHOW INC
    one grant, 2019 · $150k · revenue -55% · 29% of their budget
  • CH
    COMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue +21%
  • SI
    STARBASE INDIANA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +71%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Fort Wayne Public Television Inc

Pbs fort wayne engages our community through content and collaborations that educate, inform, inspire, and entertain.

Arts & Culture
2
Greater Fort Wayne Metro Chamber Alliance Inc

Greater fort wayne (gfw) inc. is the chamber of commerce and economic development organization for fort wayne & allen county, indiana. at gfw inc., we focus on supporting local business, attracting new business, and improving our…

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3
Fort Wayne Ballet Inc

To feed the spirit and spark the imagination through the highest caliber professional and academy performances, dance training, and community engagement.

Arts & Culture
4
Indiana Resource Center for Families With Special Needs Inc

The mission of insource is to provide parents, families, individuals and service providers in the state of indiana the information and training necessary to help assure effective educational programs and appropriate services for…

Education
5
Headwaters Park Alliance Inc

To perform services and other responsibilities associated with developing, maintaining, and improving headwaters park in fort wayne, indiana, for the benefit of the public, including, but not limited to, providing and managing programs and…

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6
The Arc of Northwest Indiana Inc

Mission is to provide necessary resources to persons with disabilities in order to assist them in enhancing their daily lives. we provide pre-vocational training, habilitation services, individual support, and employment services based on…

Human Services
7
Indiana Health Centers Inc

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.

Health
8
Fort Wayne Museum of Art Inc

The fort wayne museum of art will collect, preserve and present american and related art to engage and educate broad and diverse audiences throughout the region and add value to their lives.

Arts & Culture
9
Indianapolis Art Center Inc

The indy art center's mission is to provide accessible and inclusive art experiences that inspire creativity, educate, engage, and enrich our community.

Arts & Culture
10
Orchestra Indiana Inc

To stimulate, educate, and entertain audiences in east central indiana and to provide a meaningful musical experience for professional, community, and student musicians through the performance of quality music, education, and community…

Arts & Culture
11
Bowen Health Inc

To provide compassionate, patient-centered care for mind and body that improves the quality of life for our communities.

Health
12
Super Shot Inc

To educate, promote vaccination and increase avenues for immunizations for all children and adults in Allen County and surrounding communities.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Turnstone Center for Children & Adults With Disabilities Inc; the most unlike its peers is Pearl Arts Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

12 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. 12 of the 14 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FORT WAYNE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC: $1,100,000 · Arts & CultureFORT WAYNE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INCPearl Arts Inc: $367,857 · Arts & CulturePearl Arts IncFORT WAYNE AIR SHOW INC: $150,000 · Arts & CultureFORT WAYNE AIR SHOW INC+1 more: $5,500 · Arts & CultureTRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $50,000 · OtherEASTER SEALS ARC OF NE INDIANA: $50,000 · OtherCANCER SERVICES OF ALLEN COUNTY INC: $40,000 · OtherSTARBASE INDIANA INC: $5,000 · OtherLEAGUE FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED INC: $40,000 · HealthTURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES INC: $40,000 · HealthMATTHEW 25 INC: $20,000 · HealthMUSTARD SEED FURNITURE BANK OF FORT WAYNE INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $15,000 · Food & NutritionBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $2,500 · Youth Development
Arts & Culture$1,623,357Other$145,000Health$100,000Human Services$40,000Food & Nutrition$15,000Youth Development$2,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFORT WAYNE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA INC: $1,100,000 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetPearl Arts Inc: $367,857 over 1y, 27% of budgetFORT WAYNE AIR SHOW INC: $150,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetCANCER SERVICES OF ALLEN COUNTY INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMUSTARD SEED FURNITURE BANK OF FORT WAYNE INC: $40,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetLEAGUE FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTURNSTONE CENTER FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMATTHEW 25 INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTARBASE INDIANA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budget
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.

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.

Lincoln Financial Fou…O'Rourke Schof Family…Howard P Arnold Found…Edward M Wilson Found…English-Bonter-Mitche…Surack Family Foundat…Owen & Jean Pritchard…Eric a Baae and Mary …Zollner FoundationM E Raker Foundation …The Waterfield Founda…Community Foundation …
Lincoln Financial Foundation IncPA20.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · O'Rourke Schof Family Foundation · Howard P Arnold Foundation Inc · Edward M Wilson Foundation · English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn · Surack Family Foundation Inc · Owen & Jean Pritchard Fdn · Eric a Baae and Mary C Baade Charitable · Zollner Foundation · M E Raker Foundation Inc · The Waterfield Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Robert J Parrish Harriet a Parrish and David funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert J Parrish Harriet a Parrish and David. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 14 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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