Indiana · Private foundation
Valiant Foundation Inc
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.
- $215k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 29
- Grants FY2025
- 44
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $33,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 40 to 44
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Valiant Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 | 27 | $167k | 7% |
| FY2024 | 44 | $79k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 42 | $79k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 43 | $80k | 2% |
| FY2021 | 42 | $79k | 5% |
| FY2020 | 41 | $79k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 41 | $77k | 2% |
| FY2018 | 40 | $80k | 3% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Schuyler Maritime Alumni Association Inc | $78,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Florida Holocaust Museum Inc | $54,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Community Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Indiana Inc | $33,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Parkview Foundation Inc | $28,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Turnstone Center for Children & Adults With Disabilities Inc | $21,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Fort Wayne Rescue Mission Ministries Inc | $20,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $18,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | $18,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Matthew 25 Inc | $17,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation | $17,000 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($357k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Valiant Foundation Inc 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: The Waterfield Foundation Inc · English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Journal Gazette Foundation Inc · Edward M Wilson Foundation · Dr Louis a and Anne B Schneider Fdn · Surack Family Foundation Inc · The Donald F Wood and Darlene M Richardson Foundation Inc · Edward D & Ione Auer Foundation Monarch Capital David Meyer Trustee · McMillen Foundation Inc · American Electric Power Foundation · Magee-O'Connor Foundation Inc I/C/O Mr Douglas E Miller
How this is measured
About Valiant Foundation Inc
- How much does Valiant Foundation Inc give?
- Valiant Foundation Inc reported 29 grants totaling $215,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 40 and 44 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Valiant Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (22%), Philanthropy (18%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are Valiant Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Fort Schuyler Maritime Alumni Association Inc ($78k), Florida Holocaust Museum Inc ($54k), Community Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Indiana Inc ($34k).
- Does Valiant Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Valiant Foundation Inc 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 Valiant Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Waterfield Foundation Inc, English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn, Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc.
- Where is Valiant Foundation Inc based?
- Valiant Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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