Indiana · Private foundation
William J & Bonnie L Hefner Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2024
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 31
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $20M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations William J & Bonnie L Hefner Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $495k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 28 | $2.5M | 43% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $1.5M | 21% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $796k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $622k | 16% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $625k | 6% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $820k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 31 | $897k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Historic Fort Wayne Inc | $538,050 | 3 | 87% |
| Community Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Indiana Inc | $365,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Fort Wayne Zoological Society Inc | $251,800 | 5 | 1% |
| Super Shot Inc | $204,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Fort Wayne Rescue Mission Ministries Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Anthony Wayne Area Council Inc | $174,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Little River Wetlands Project Inc | $150,000 | 6 | 8% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Indiana | $102,148 | 3 | 20% |
| Matthew 25 Inc | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| World Baseball Academy Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Historic Fort Wayne Inc | $538,050 | 3 | 87% |
| Community Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Indiana Inc | $365,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Fort Wayne Zoological Society Inc | $251,800 | 5 | 1% |
| Super Shot Inc | $204,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Fort Wayne Rescue Mission Ministries Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Anthony Wayne Area Council Inc | $174,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Little River Wetlands Project Inc | $150,000 | 6 | 8% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Indiana | $102,148 | 3 | 20% |
| Matthew 25 Inc | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| World Baseball Academy Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Specialty Tutoring Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Kate's Kart Inc | $42,500 | 7 | 2% |
| Dicks Organics | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Harold W McMillen Center for Health Education Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $23,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Turnstone Center for Children & Adults With Disabilities Inc | $21,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Rolling Into Roanoke Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Homebound Meals Inc | $12,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Science Central Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Terra Brantley Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Shepherd's House Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
William J & Bonnie L Hefner Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About William J & Bonnie L Hefner Foundation Inc
- How much does William J & Bonnie L Hefner Foundation Inc give?
- William J & Bonnie L Hefner Foundation Inc reported 28 grants totaling $2,524,900 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does William J & Bonnie L Hefner Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (28%), Animals (11%), Arts & Culture (9%).
- Who are William J & Bonnie L Hefner Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Historic Fort Wayne Inc ($538k), Community Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Indiana Inc ($365k), Fort Wayne Zoological Society Inc ($252k).
- Does William J & Bonnie L Hefner Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William J & Bonnie L Hefner 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 William J & Bonnie L Hefner Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Waterfield Foundation Inc, M E Raker Foundation Inc, English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn.
- Where is William J & Bonnie L Hefner Foundation Inc based?
- William J & Bonnie L Hefner Foundation Inc is based in IN.
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