· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k10 grants · $42k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $120k
- $50k–250k7 grants · $588k
- $250k+5 grants · $1.8M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HISTORIC FORT WAYNE | $500,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $400,000 |
| CHARIS HOUSE | $325,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $300,000 |
| COMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK | $250,000 |
| FORT WAYNE RESCUE MISSION | $200,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $100,000 |
| GIRL SCOUTS OF FORT WAYNE | $75,000 |
| PURDUE FORT WAYNE | $62,900 |
| YMCA OF DEKALB COUNTY | $50,000 |
| BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA | $50,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB | $50,000 |
| FORT WAYNE PHILHARMONIC FRIENDS | $25,000 |
| DICKS ORGANICS | $25,000 |
| LITTLE RIVER WETLANDS | $25,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $43k) 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
29 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HFHISTORIC FORT WAYNE INC3× · 2018–2024 · $538k · revenue +42% · 87% of their budget
- CHCOMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC7× · 2018–2024 · $365k · revenue +21%
- FWFORT WAYNE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC5× · 2018–2022 · $252k · revenue +54%
Funded once
- RMRESCUE MISSIONone grant, 2023 · $400k
- FRFW RESCUE MISSIONone grant, 2022 · $150k
- FWFORT WAYNE COMMUNITY SCHOOLSone grant, 2019 · $120k
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.
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.
To provide compassionate, patient-centered care for mind and body that improves the quality of life for our communities.
The fort wayne museum of art will collect, preserve and present american and related art to engage and educate broad and diverse audiences throughout the region and add value to their lives.
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.
Indiana united way is the leading voice to advocate, engage, and partner with a strong united way network and key stakeholders to advance human well-being throughout indiana.
Pbs fort wayne engages our community through content and collaborations that educate, inform, inspire, and entertain.
Ann arbor hands-on museum creates moments of discovery that inspire curiosity, exploration and respect for stem and the natural world. together with the leslie science & nature center, we envision a world where curiosity today leads to…
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…
Provide early child development to disadvantaged children
We exist to serve our patients with compassionate health care of the highest quality.
Providing innovative and life-enriching services for children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities.
Our mission is to inspire curiosity and empower individuals to explore and experiment with science in all its forms. we embrace a "do science" philosophy: play, tinker, collaborate, test, experiment, learn from mistakes, and try again.…
Provide services in response to individual need
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 62 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds HISTORIC FORT WAYNE INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC ↗
- Who funds FORT WAYNE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds Super Shot Inc ↗
- Who funds FORT WAYNE RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds ANTHONY WAYNE AREA COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds LITTLE RIVER WETLANDS PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA ↗
- Who funds MATTHEW 25 INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD BASEBALL ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds SPECIALTY TUTORING INC ↗
- Who funds KATE'S KART INC ↗
- Who funds HAROLD W MCMILLEN CENTER FOR HEALTH EDUCATION INC ↗
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 · M E Raker Foundation Inc · English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn · Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc · McMillen Foundation Inc · Edward M Wilson Foundation · Zollner Foundation · Howard P Arnold Foundation Inc · Surack Family Foundation Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Edward D & Ione Auer Foundation Monarch Capital David Meyer Trustee · Journal Gazette Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization William J & Bonnie L Hefner Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William J & Bonnie L Hefner Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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