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Smyser Benjamin H Fdn Ta at a glance

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Smyser Benjamin H Fdn Ta

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$25k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$62kYouth Development$22kHuman Services$20kHousing & Shelter$15kArts & Culture$13kEducation$5kFood & Nutrition$5k
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$429k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOMEBOUND MEALS INC$5,000
LEAGUE FOR THE BLIND & DISABLED INC$5,000
HEALTHIER MOMS AND BABIES INC$5,000
FORT WAYNE CHILDRENS CHOIR INC$5,000
MUSTARD SEED FURNITURE BANK OF FORT WAYN$5,000
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 (FY21–25, $15k) 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%YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $5k → 12%MUSTARD SEED FURNITURE BANK OF FORT WAYN: $5k → 12%MUSTARD SEED FURNITURE BANK OF FORT WAYN: $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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$118k · 8 repeat orgs$23k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
4

Total granted

$118k
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+5%

Still filing today

100%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesInternationalHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentEducationOther
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

  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $22k · revenue +76%
  • SS
    Super Shot Inc
    3× · 2020–2022 · $20k · revenue +47%
  • LF
    LEAGUE FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED INC
    2× · 2023–2025 · $15k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • QE
    Questa Education Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +5%
  • YN
    YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -17%
  • EH
    Erins House for Grieving Children Incgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +65%
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
New Hope Services Inc

Provide services in response to individual need

Human Services
2
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
3
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.

—
4
University of Indianapolis

The University of Indianapolis champions lifelong learning through relevant and innovative education that fosters experiential learning, diverse perspectives, service for impact, and a global mindset.

Education
5
Indiana Statewide Independent Living Council Inc

To empower its peers with disabilities to lead and control their own lives.

Human Services
6
Aging and in-Home Services of Northeast Indiana Inc

To promote dignity, independence, and advocacy for all older adults and persons with disabilities.

Human Services
7
Union Hospital Inc

We exist to serve our patients with compassionate health care of the highest quality.

Health
8
Northeastern Indiana Casa Inc

Casa volunteers provide a voice for powerless children involved in judicial proceedings, advocate for the child's best interest, and strive to improve their circumstances and quality of life.

Crime & Legal
9
Indiana Immunization Coalition Inc

The indiana immunization coalition exists to reduce the spread of vaccine-preventable diseases through immunization education, advocacy, promotion, and statewide collaborative partnerships.

Health
10
Our Hospice of South Central Indiana Inc

Our hospice of south central indiana, inc. (ohsci) is an independent, not-for-profit organization providing services to the terminally ill in a 22-county service area. since its inception 44 years ago, hospice has expanded to meet the…

Human Services
11
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
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cancer Services of Allen County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ywca Northeast Indiana 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, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 13 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
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

Super Shot Inc: $19,500 · HealthSuper Shot IncHEALTHIER MOMS AND BABIES INC: $17,000 · HealthHEALTHIER MOMS AND BABIES INCLEAGUE FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED INC: $15,000 · HealthLEAGUE FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED INCFORT WAYNE CHILDREN'S CHOIR INC: $10,000 · OtherFORT WAYNE CHILDREN'S …CANCER SERVICES OF ALLEN COUNTY INC: $10,000 · OtherCANCER SERVICES OF ALL…Homebound Meals Inc: $5,000 · OtherHomebound Meals IncFDN FOR ART AND MUSIC IN ELEM EDU: $3,000 · OtherFDN FOR ART AND MUSIC …JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC: $21,500 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIEVEMEN…VINCENT VILLAGE INC: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterVINCENT VILL…MUSTARD SEED FURNITURE BANK OF FORT WAYNE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesMUSTARD SEED…YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesYWCA NORTHEA…Questa Education Foundation Inc: $5,000 · EducationErins House for Grieving Children Inc: $5,000 · Youth Development
Health$51,500Other$28,000International$21,500Housing & Shelter$15,000Human Services$15,000Education$5,000Youth Development$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTHERN IN INC: $21,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSuper Shot Inc: $19,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHEALTHIER MOMS AND BABIES INC: $17,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLEAGUE FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetVINCENT VILLAGE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFORT WAYNE CHILDREN'S CHOIR INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetMUSTARD SEED FURNITURE BANK OF FORT WAYNE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCANCER SERVICES OF ALLEN COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetQuesta Education Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHomebound Meals Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetErins House for Grieving Children Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Eric a Baae and Mary …Edward D & Ione Auer …Kuhne Charles Char Fd…Howard P Arnold Found…English-Bonter-Mitche…Community Foundation …Lincoln Financial Fou…Ian & Miriam Rolland …Zollner FoundationEdward M Wilson Found…Dr Louis a and Anne B…Parkview Health Syste…
Eric a Baae and Mary C Baade CharitableMO26.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eric a Baae and Mary C Baade Charitable · Edward D & Ione Auer Foundation Monarch Capital David Meyer Trustee · Kuhne Charles Char Fdn T-W Main · Howard P Arnold Foundation Inc · English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn · Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Ian & Miriam Rolland Foundation · Zollner Foundation · Edward M Wilson Foundation · Dr Louis a and Anne B Schneider Fdn · Parkview Health System 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 Smyser Benjamin H Fdn Ta funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Smyser Benjamin H Fdn Ta. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's 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
    3report 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, 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 13 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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