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Kuhne Charles Char Fdn T-W Main

Saint Louis, MO · EIN 35-6011137. Reported 127 grants totalling $1,256,000 to 66 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$1,256,000granted, 2021-2024
66organizations funded
61%of grantees funded again the next year
$7,304,728assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Kuhne Charles Char Fdn T-W Main did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $22,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
6 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
25 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
96 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Amani Family Services IncFort Wayne, IN$55,000442024
Hearcare Connection IncFort Wayne, IN$50,000442024
Blessings in a Backpack IncFort Wayne, IN$48,000332024
Associated Churches of Fort Wayne Ind inFort Wayne, IN$45,000332024
Super Shot IncFort Wayne, IN$45,000442024
Cancer Services of Allen County IncFort Wayne, IN$42,000442024
Northeast Indiana Positive ResourceFort Wayne, IN$42,000332023
Center for Nonviolence IncFort Wayne, IN$41,000442024
Blue Jacket IncFort Wayne, IN$40,000442024
Child Advocacy Center of Allen County inFort Wayne, IN$40,000442024
Healthier Moms and Babies IncFort Wayne, IN$40,000442024
Scan IncFort Wayne, IN$40,000442024
St Joseph MissionsFort Wayne, IN$35,000332023
Biblical Life Recovery Center IncFort Wayne, IN$30,000332023
League for the Blind and Disabled IncFort Wayne, IN$30,000332024
Lifeline Youth & Family ServicesFort Wayne, IN$27,000222022
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Fort WayFort Wayne, IN$25,000222023
Visiting Nurse Dba Stillwater HospiceFort Wayne, IN$25,000222024
Science Central IncFort Wayne, IN$22,000112022
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast inFort Wayne, IN$20,000222023
Erins House for Grieving Children IncFort Wayne, IN$20,000222023
Neighborlink Fort Wayne Foundation IncFort Wayne, IN$20,000222022
Questa Education FoundationFort Wayne, IN$20,000222023
The Crossing National IncElkhart, IN$20,000112022
Wellspring Interfaith Social Services inFort Wayne, IN$20,000332023
Canine Companions for IndependenceSanta Rosa, CA$18,000222023
Junior Achievement of NorthernFort Wayne, IN$18,000332024
Homebound Meals IncFort Wayne, IN$16,000442024
Childrens Hope IncFort Wayne, IN$15,000222024
Habititat for Humanity ofFort Wayne, IN$15,000112021
Northeast Indiana Positive Resource Connection IncFort Wayne, IN$15,000112024
Turnstone Center for Children and AdultsFort Wayne, IN$15,000112023
Martin Luther King School IncFort Wayne, IN$14,000332023
Indiana Women in Need FoundationIndianapolis, IN$13,000222024
American National Red CrossWashington, DC$10,000112022
American Red CrossCasper, WY$10,000112024
Associated Churches of Fort WayneFort Wayne, IN$10,000112021
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana IncFort Wayne, IN$10,000112024
Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast IndianaFort Wayne, IN$10,000112024
Canine Companions for IndependenceNew Albany, OH$10,000112024
Cass Housing IncFort Wayne, IN$10,000112024
Community Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Indiana IncFort Wayne, IN$10,000112024
Erin's House for Grieving Children IncFort Wayne, IN$10,000112024
Fort Wayne Trails IncFort Wayne, IN$10,000112021
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Fort Wayne IncFort Wayne, IN$10,000112024
Interfaith Hospitality NetworkAnn Arbor, MI$10,000112023
Interfaith Hospitality NetworkFt Wayne, IN$10,000112021
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Ohio Kentucky & IndianaIndianapolis, IN$10,000112024
Matthew 25 IncWorcester, MA$10,000112021
Morgan Adams FoundationDenver, CO$10,000112023
New Mercies Ministries IncFort Wayne, IN$10,000112024
Questa Foundation for Education IncFort Wayne, IN$10,000112021
Redemption HouseMinnetonka, MN$10,000112023
Redemption House Ministries IncSevern, MD$10,000112021
RESPECT360 IncHuntertown, IN$10,000222023
Shepherds HouseFort Wayne, IN$10,000112024
YWCA Northeast Indiana IncFort Wayne, IN$10,000222023
Junior Achievement of Northern IndianaFort Wayne, IN$8,000112021
Fort Wayne Zoological Society IncFort Wayne, IN$5,000112021
House of Grace Center for Pregnant TeensFort Wayne, IN$5,000112022
Kates Kart IncFort Wayne, IN$5,000112024
Mustard Seed Furniture Bank of Fort Wayn IncFort Wayne, IN$5,000112024
Northeast Indiana Public Radio IncFort Wayne, IN$5,000112021
The Power House Alliance IncNew Haven, IN$5,000112023
Chill IncFort Wayne, IN$4,000222024
Fort Wayne Childrens Choir IncFort Wayne, IN$3,000112023

32 of 66 (48%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 61%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 92 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
23 grants
Health Care
15 grants
Crime & Legal
12 grants
Youth Development
9 grants
Religion
6 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
5 grants
Mental Health
4 grants
Education
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202131$290,000$10,000
202230$336,000$10,000
202334$320,000$10,000
202432$310,000$10,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 92% of this one's giving went to organizations in Indiana. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Indiana
$1.2M
California
$18K
Michigan
$10K
Colorado
$10K
Minnesota
$10K
Wyoming
$10K
Ohio
$10K
District of Columbia
$10K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Community Foundation of Greater41 shared recipientsEnglish-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn33 shared recipientsLincoln Financial Foundation Inc30 shared recipientsEdward M Wilson Foundation29 shared recipientsThe Waterfield Foundation Inc28 shared recipientsZollner Foundation26 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Indiana.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Kuhne Charles Char Fdn T-W Main's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 505 Mac H0006-092, Saint Louis, MO, 63166. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 35-6011137 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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