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The Donald F Wood and Darlene M Richardson Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$700k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
39
Grants FY2025
33
Organizations funded FY2024
12%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$40,000
Organizations funded a year
29 to 37
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$12M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 12% of the organizations The Donald F Wood and Darlene M Richardson Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalRecreation & SportsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving39$700k13%
FY202433$591k12%
FY202331$602k13%
FY202231$602k13%
FY202137$525k41%
FY202036$412k25%
FY201929$404kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$1.3MHuman Services$958kPhilanthropy$519kArts & Culture$341kHousing & Shelter$335kRecreation & Sports$260kFood & Nutrition$210kEducation$161kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 43 grantees
All grantees of The Donald F Wood and Darlene M Richardson Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Summit Equestrian Center Inc$225,000719%
Matthew 25 Inc$200,00071%
Cass Housing Inc$195,00075%
Image of Hope Ranch$193,000620%
Community Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Indiana Inc$180,00070%
Anthony Wayne Rehabilitation Center for Handicapped and Blind Inc$130,00050%
Northeast Indiana Positive Resource Connection Inc$111,00061%
Fort Wayne Rescue Mission Ministries Inc$105,00070%
Crossroad Child & Family Services Inc$100,00070%
Community Transportation Network Inc$97,00071%
Hearcare Connection Inc$84,50073%
Blue Jacket Inc$80,00051%
Super Shot Inc$60,00070%
Healthier Moms and Babies Inc$50,00040%
Salvation Army$45,0005n/a
Children's Hope Inc$45,00032%
Euell a Wilson Center Inc$35,00032%
Science Central Inc$32,00031%
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Fort Wayne Inc$30,00030%
Children's Autism Center Inc$30,00030%
Alliance Industries Inc$25,00028%
The Shepherd's House Inc$20,00021%
Fort Wayne Museum of Art Inc$20,00020%
Fort Wayne Ballet Inc$20,00040%
Embassy Theatre Foundationinc$20,00020%
The Literacy Alliance Inc$15,00011%
Blessings in a Backpack Inc$15,00021%
Early Childhood Alliance Inc$15,00010%
Fort Wayne Zoological Society Inc$15,00020%
Chill Inc$15,000117%
Homebound Meals Inc$15,00031%
Out of a Jam Inc$13,00021%
Come2go Ministries Inc$10,0002n/a
Iris Family Support Center Inc$10,00020%
Joe's Kids Inc$10,00010%
Boomerang Backpacks Inc$10,00022%
Women's Care Center Inc$7,50020%
Thirteen Step House Inc$5,00011%
Audiences Unlimited Inc$5,00021%
Heartland Sings Inc$5,00010%
Gigis Playhouse Inc$4,0001n/a
Northeast Indiana Public Radio Inc$2,0001n/a
Friends of the Rivers Inc$2,00024%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Donald F Wood and Darlene M Richardson Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSummit Equestrian Center Inc: $225,000 over 7y, 19% of budgetMatthew 25 Inc: $200,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetCass Housing Inc: $195,000 over 7y, 5.3% of budgetImage of Hope Ranch: $193,000 over 6y, 20% of budgetCommunity Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Indiana Inc: $180,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAnthony Wayne Rehabilitation Center for Handicapped and Blind Inc: $130,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNortheast Indiana Positive Resource Connection Inc: $111,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetFort Wayne Rescue Mission Ministries Inc: $105,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCrossroad Child & Family Services Inc: $100,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Transportation Network Inc: $97,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetHearcare Connection Inc: $84,500 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetBlue Jacket Inc: $80,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetSuper Shot Inc: $60,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetHealthier Moms and Babies Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetChildren's Hope Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetEuell a Wilson Center Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetScience Central Inc: $32,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Greater Fort Wayne Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Autism Center Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAlliance Industries Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetThe Shepherd's House Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFort Wayne Museum of Art Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFort Wayne Ballet Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetEmbassy Theatre Foundationinc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Literacy Alliance Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBlessings in a Backpack Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetEarly Childhood Alliance Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFort Wayne Zoological Society Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChill Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetHomebound Meals Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetOut of a Jam Inc: $13,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetIris Family Support Center Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJoe's Kids Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBoomerang Backpacks Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetWomen's Care Center Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThirteen Step House Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetAudiences Unlimited Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetHeartland Sings Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFriends of the Rivers Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 39.

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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.

Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne IncIN70.8× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc · The Waterfield Foundation Inc · English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn · M E Raker Foundation Inc · Edward M Wilson Foundation · Howard P Arnold Foundation Inc · The James Foundation Inc · Aws Foundation Inc · Dr Louis a and Anne B Schneider Fdn · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Journal Gazette Foundation Inc · Surack Family Foundation 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.

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About The Donald F Wood and Darlene M Richardson Foundation Inc

How much does The Donald F Wood and Darlene M Richardson Foundation Inc give?
The Donald F Wood and Darlene M Richardson Foundation Inc reported 39 grants totaling $700,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 37 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does The Donald F Wood and Darlene M Richardson Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (30%), Human Services (22%), Philanthropy (12%).
Who are The Donald F Wood and Darlene M Richardson Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Summit Equestrian Center Inc ($225k), Matthew 25 Inc ($200k), Cass Housing Inc ($195k).
Does The Donald F Wood and Darlene M Richardson Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Donald F Wood and Darlene M Richardson Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Donald F Wood and Darlene M Richardson Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc, The Waterfield Foundation Inc, English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn.
Where is The Donald F Wood and Darlene M Richardson Foundation Inc based?
The Donald F Wood and Darlene M Richardson Foundation Inc is based in IN.

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 71 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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