Indiana · Private foundation
The Cartwright Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $138k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $65,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations The Cartwright Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $138k | 57% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $65k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $43k | 83% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $60k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $25k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $84k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $127k | 64% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $68k | 56% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Baseball Softball Inc | $81,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Youth Service Bureau of St Joseph County Inc | $73,250 | 5 | 1% |
| Women's Care Center Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Reins of Life Inc | $17,600 | 3 | n/a |
| Harvard Glee Glub Alumni Inc | $14,000 | 2 | 2% |
| La Casa de Amistad Inc | $11,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mishawaka Lions Club Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Granger Paths Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Menninger Clinic Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Baseball Softball Inc | $81,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Youth Service Bureau of St Joseph County Inc | $73,250 | 5 | 1% |
| Women's Care Center Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Reins of Life Inc | $17,600 | 3 | n/a |
| Harvard Glee Glub Alumni Inc | $14,000 | 2 | 2% |
| La Casa de Amistad Inc | $11,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mishawaka Lions Club Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Granger Paths Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Menninger Clinic Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Alcohol & Addictions Resource Center Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Yellowstone Art Museum | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Real Services Inc | $1,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Marian High School | $1,200 | 1 | n/a |
| South Bend Museum of Art | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United Way of St Joseph County Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Indiana University Foundation | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| National Arbor Day Foundation | $250 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 42 recipients with no EIN on record ($407k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Cartwright Foundation supplied at peak.
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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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc · Carroll F V Char Tr-Main · Judd Leighton Foundation Inc · University of Notre Dame du Lac · Vera Z Dwyer Charitable Trust Uad 121920 · Asante Foundation Inc · The Pokagon Fund Inc · 1st Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · Bowsher the Booher Foundation · Radiology Inc Foundation · Memorial Hospital of South Bend Inc · Muessel Ellison Mem Irr Tua
How this is measured
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About The Cartwright Foundation
- How much does The Cartwright Foundation give?
- The Cartwright Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $137,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Cartwright Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (32%), Recreation & Sports (19%), Youth Development (14%).
- Who are The Cartwright Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Harris Baseball Softball Inc ($81k), Youth Service Bureau of St Joseph County Inc ($73k), Women's Care Center Inc ($40k).
- Does The Cartwright Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Cartwright Foundation 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 The Cartwright Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of St Joseph County Inc, Carroll F V Char Tr-Main, Judd Leighton Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Cartwright Foundation based?
- The Cartwright Foundation is based in IN.
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