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· Private foundation

Sledd Fdn Discretionary

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$86k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Human Services$157kHealth$101kArts & Culture$62kRecreation & Sports$57kYouth Development$54kCommunity Improvement$38kHousing & Shelter$35kAnimals$33kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $57k
$9,700
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHEAST INDIANA INNOVATION CENTER$20,000
SOULMEDIC MEDIA GROUP INC$16,600
FORT WAYNE TRAILS INC$10,000
Vincent Village Inc$10,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES$9,700
CREW LIFE INC$7,500
ALLEN COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION$5,000
MARTIN LUTHER KING MONTESSORI$5,000
CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC$1,800
02The need
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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.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $157k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Family Centered Services Inc: $4k → 9%CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $2k → 15%OUT OF A JAM INC: $8k → 12%Interfaith Hospitality Network: $10k → 12%CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE INC: $5k → 12%BRIDGE OF GRACE INC: $25k → 12%BRIDGE OF GRACE INC: $8k → 12%THE POWERHOUSE ALLIANCE INC: $8k → 12%EAST ALLEN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $7k → 12%EAST ALLEN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC: $6k → 12%COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK: $20k → 12%COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK: $20k → 12%COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK: $15k → 12%Metropolitan Young Mens Christian Associ: $20k → 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.

35%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$231k · 13 repeat orgs$424k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +24% since the first grant, against +14% for the ones you funded once.

13 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
37

Total granted

$231k
$350k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+14%

Still filing today

100%
95%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $74k 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
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureCrime & LegalOther

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

  • CT
    COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK INC
    3× · 2017–2020 · $55k · revenue +88%
  • BO
    BRIDGE OF GRACE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES CENTER INC
    2× · 2018–2021 · $33k · revenue +443%
  • BJ
    BLUE JACKET INC
    2× · 2018–2024 · $23k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • FW
    FORT WAYNE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $29k · revenue +70%
  • WB
    WORLD BASEBALL ACADEMY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +24%
  • AA
    AUBURN AUTOMOTIVE HERITAGE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +106%

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
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
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
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Indianapolis

The mission of the ymca is to put christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all.

Human Services
4
Fort Wayne Public Television Inc

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

Arts & Culture
5
New Hope Services Inc

Provide services in response to individual need

Human Services
6
Enroll Indy Inc

Enroll indy helps families choose schools that meet their children's needs by providing a one-stop enrollment process, school information that is relevant and easy to understand, and data to inform school improvement in indianapolis,…

Education
7
Bowen Health Inc

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

Health
8
New Hope of Indiana Inc

New hope of indiana, inc. is a leader in providing holistic services and resources to persons with disabilities and their families while advocating to advance the opportunities for those in need of support.

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9
Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin Inc

Eliminating barriers to employment by providing pathways for those who are underserved, underrepresented and disadvantaged who have a goal of building skills that lead to sustained employment and improved financial stability.

Human Services
10
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
11
Indiana Association of United Ways Inc

Indiana united way is the leading voice to advocate, engage, and partner with a strong united way network and key stakeholders to advance human well-being throughout indiana.

Philanthropy
12
Indianapolis Private Industry Council

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…

Employment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bridge of Grace Compassionate Ministries Center Inc and the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyYouth Sports LeaguesCommunity Economic Developm…Supportive Housing & Reside…Christian Outreach Ministri…Arts and Cultural Organizat…Faith-Based Reentry and Com…Mental Health and Wellness …Early Childhood Care CentersK-12 Education InnovationHealthcare Advocacy and Acc…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 30 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%2%<5yr14%2%5–10yr15%22%10–20yr14%33%20–35yr12%24%35–55yr25%18%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%1%<5yr14%1%5–10yr15%21%10–20yr14%38%20–35yr12%18%35–55yr25%20%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/53
the rest of the field
12%
1,200/9,787

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

53 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 53 of the 57 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
53/53
Grantees still filing
30/53
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK INC — $55,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NE…BRIDGE OF GRACE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES CENTER INC — $33,066 · Human ServicesBRIDGE OF GRACE COMPASSIONA…METROPOLITAN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER FORT WAYNE — $20,000 · Human ServicesMETROPOLITAN YOUNG MEN'S CH…EAST ALLEN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC — $12,810 · Human ServicesEAST ALLEN FAMILY RESOURCE …INTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesINTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETW…The Power House Alliance Inc — $8,000 · Human ServicesOUT OF A JAM INC — $8,000 · Human Services+3 more — $13,158 · Human Services+3 moreCHILDREN'S HOPE INC — $18,978 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOP…Life Restoration Services Inc — $16,123 · HealthLife Restorati…Super Shot Inc — $15,000 · HealthSuper Shot IncCHILDREN'S AUTISM CENTER INC — $10,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S AUT…THIRTEEN STEP HOUSE INC — $10,000 · HealthTHIRTEEN STEP …American Heart Association Inc — $7,500 · HealthAmerican Heart…HAROLD W MCMILLEN CENTER FOR HEALTH EDUCATION INC — $7,500 · HealthHAROLD W MCMIL…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST IND — $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRL…ANTHONY WAYNE AREA COUNCIL INC — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentANTHONY WAY…Erins House for Grieving Children Inc — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentErins House…BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentBLESSINGS I…CREW LIFE INC — $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentCREW LIFE I…YOUNG LIFE — $6,500 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFEBRING IT INC — $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentBRING IT IN…HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF — $10,000 · OtherHEADWATERS PARK ALLIANCE INC — $10,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC — $9,700 · OtherBLUE JACKET INC — $22,500 · OtherBLUE JACKET INCFORT WAYNE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC — $28,818 · OtherFORT WAYNE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INCSOULMEDIC MEDIA GROUP INC — $16,600 · OtherSOULMEDIC MEDIA GROUP INCWELLSPRING INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES INC — $7,500 · OtherTEACH OUR CHILDREN FUND INC — $12,500 · OtherTEACH OUR CHILDREN FUND INCINDIANA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC — $7,500 · OtherACRES Inc — $17,500 · OtherACRES IncVINCENT VILLAGE INC — $15,000 · OtherVINCENT VILLAGE INCTEENWORKS INC — $7,200 · Other+10 more — $48,500 · Other+10 moreAUBURN AUTOMOTIVE HERITAGE INC — $20,000 · Arts & CultureAllen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society Inc — $15,000 · Arts & CultureFORT WAYNE BALLET INC — $13,000 · Arts & CultureNORTHEAST INDIANA INNOVATION CENTER INC — $20,000 · Community ImprovementYOUNG LEADERS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC — $10,000 · Community ImprovementNORTHEAST INDIANA FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 · Community ImprovementVISIT FORT WAYNE FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 · Community ImprovementNEIGHBORLINK FORT WAYNE FOUNDATION — $2,500 · Community ImprovementWORLD BASEBALL ACADEMY INC — $25,000 · Recreation & SportsFORT WAYNE TRAILS INC — $10,000 · Recreation & SportsEUELL A WILSON CENTER INC — $6,000 · Recreation & Sports
Human Services$160,034Health$85,101Youth Development$65,000Other$213,318Arts & Culture$48,000Community Improvement$42,500Recreation & Sports$41,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCOMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NETWORK INC — $55,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetBRIDGE OF GRACE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES CENTER INC — $33,066 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetFORT WAYNE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC — $28,818 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWORLD BASEBALL ACADEMY INC — $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetBLUE JACKET INC — $22,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAUBURN AUTOMOTIVE HERITAGE INC — $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMETROPOLITAN YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER FORT WAYNE — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOPE INC — $18,978 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetSOULMEDIC MEDIA GROUP INC — $16,600 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLife Restoration Services Inc — $16,123 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetAllen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSuper Shot Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST IND — $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVINCENT VILLAGE INC — $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFORT WAYNE BALLET INC — $13,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetEAST ALLEN FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INC — $12,810 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetTEACH OUR CHILDREN FUND INC — $12,500 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S AUTISM CENTER INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHIRTEEN STEP HOUSE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetHEADWATERS PARK ALLIANCE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetFORT WAYNE TRAILS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetYOUNG LEADERS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetErins House for Grieving Children Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetINTERFAITH HOSPITALITY NETWORK OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC — $10,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC — $9,700 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Power House Alliance Inc — $8,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetOUT OF A JAM INC — $8,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCREW LIFE INC — $7,500 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetWELLSPRING INTERFAITH SOCIAL SERVICES INC — $7,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetINDIANA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC — $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAROLD W MCMILLEN CENTER FOR HEALTH EDUCATION INC — $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTEENWORKS INC — $7,200 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYOUNG LIFE — $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES ASSOCIATION OF BLIND ATHLETES INC — $6,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetEUELL A WILSON CENTER INC — $6,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN LEGAL CLINIC INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetParkview Huntington Family YMCA INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNORTHEAST INDIANA FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOOSIERS FEEDING THE HUNGRY INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE HONEYWELL FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC — $4,658 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARCH INC — $4,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetFAMILY CENTERED SERVICES INC — $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE INC — $3,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNEIGHBORLINK FORT WAYNE FOUNDATION — $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Edward M Wilson Found…Community Foundation …English-Bonter-Mitche…Dr Louis a and Anne B…The Waterfield Founda…M E Raker Foundation …Howard P Arnold Found…Flora Dale Krouse Fou…Parkview Health Syste…Lincoln Financial Fou…McMillen Foundation I…Zollner Foundation
Edward M Wilson FoundationPA84.9× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Edward M Wilson Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc · English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn · Dr Louis a and Anne B Schneider Fdn · The Waterfield Foundation Inc · M E Raker Foundation Inc · Howard P Arnold Foundation Inc · Flora Dale Krouse Foundation · Parkview Health System Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · McMillen Foundation Inc · Zollner Foundation

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 Sledd Fdn Discretionary 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
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    22report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 57 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.

    Source object · view filing

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