Indiana · Nonprofit
FWCS FOUNDATION INC
FWCS FOUNDATION INC (Indiana) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $635,057 to it, the largest being EDWARD D & IONE AUER FOUNDATION MONARCH CAPITAL DAVID MEYER TRUSTEE ($427,755). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $635k
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Fwcs Foundation Inc does
Mission
Its primary purpose is to generate and distribute financial resources to and for Fort Wayne Community Schools, a public school corporation, in support of its mission and vision.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The Don Wood Foundation donated $622,027 for Smart Manufacturing Pathways at South Side and North Side High Schools. $611,589.06 was passed on to FWCS for that purpose and the balance is being held for 2026.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Expenses associated with an Early Learning Center that FWCS is planning to build with donations. The expenses in 2025 were for professional services associated with branding, videos/photography, and the campaign concept. Donations for the Early Learning Center were used for the expenses.
$105,964 spent12% of program spendingWe received a donation from the Don Wood Foundation (80 20 Foundation Trust) to pass through to FWCS for a Smart Manufacturing Pathways program at South Side and North Side. The donation was $622,027 in 2025 and we passed on to FWCS $611,589. The balance is being held for 2026.
$611,589 spentof which $611,589 as grants70% of program spendingWe gave Fort Wayne Community Schools $108,121 to (1) purchase and refurbish musical instruments for 5th grade and middle school students use, and (2) provide supplemental school year and summer band instruction for students.
$108,121 spentof which $108,121 as grants12% of program spendingWe received a donation for Brentwood Elementary for $2,500. We passed it on to Fort Wayne Community Schools.
$2,500 spentof which $2,500 as grants0% of program spendingWe received a $32,500 donation for robotics programming at 4 high schools. We passed it on to Fort Wayne Community Schools.
$32,250 spentof which $32,250 as grants4% of program spendingWe received a $500 donation for Ignited sponsorship. We passed it on to Fort Wayne Community Schools.
$150 spentof which $150 as grants0% of program spendingWe received $7,500 in donations for the Foundry Pitch Competition sponsorship. We passed it on to Fort Wayne Community Schools.
$7,500 spentof which $7,500 as grants1% of program spendingWe received a $5000 donation in 2024 for a program run by Greater Fort Wayne, Inc. We passed it on to Greater Fort Wayne, Inc.
$5,000 spentof which $5,000 as grants1% of program spendingWe received a $3,955 donation for Amp Lab summer camp. We passed it on to Fort Wayne Community Schools.
$3,955 spentof which $3,955 as grants0% of program spendingWe received a $1000 donation for Study Connection. We passed it on to Fort Wayne Community Schools.
$1,000 spentof which $1,000 as grants0% of program spendingWe received a $500 donation for Wayne HS. We passed it on to Fort Wayne Community Schools.
$500 spentof which $500 as grants0% of program spending
The 11 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $878,529.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $1.3M to $1.7M (+32%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $100k → $21k.
4 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of FWCS FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
FWCS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 44% · 2019 56% · 2020 45% · 2021 90% · 2022 93% · 2023 95% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
27% of FWCS FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 29% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
97% of FWCS FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $152k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like FWCS FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FWCS FOUNDATION INC?
- FWCS FOUNDATION INC (Indiana) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $635,057 to it, the largest being EDWARD D & IONE AUER FOUNDATION MONARCH CAPITAL DAVID MEYER TRUSTEE ($427,755). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FWCS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $635,057 in grants to FWCS FOUNDATION INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FWCS FOUNDATION INC?
- EDWARD D & IONE AUER FOUNDATION MONARCH CAPITAL DAVID MEYER TRUSTEE is the largest funder on record, with $427,755 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FWCS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 14 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing