United Way of Allen County Inc
Fort Wayne, IN · EIN 35-0867932. Reported 158 grants totalling $9,610,442 to 102 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For United Way of Allen County Inc, the IRS classifies it as a federated giving programme -- a United Way, Jewish federation, Community Chest or similar (NTEE T70Z).
- How spread out its giving is. 102 distinct organizations, with 9% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 40% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $30,000. Half of what it reported fell between $20,000 and $75,000; the smallest was $6,000 and the largest $838,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Action of Northeast Indiana Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $882,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brightpoint | Fort Wayne, IN | $838,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lutheran Social Services of Indiana Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $548,205 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lutheran Social Services of in | Fort Wayne, IN | $498,205 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Catholic Charities | Fort Wayne, IN | $337,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Big Brothersbig Sisters of Ne in | Fort Wayne, IN | $260,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $210,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Early Childhood Alliance | Fort Wayne, IN | $202,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Interfaith Hospitality Network of G Reater Fort Wayne Inc | Ft Wayne, IN | $188,268 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Courageous Healing Inc | Roanoke, IN | $182,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Vincent Village Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $175,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Indiana Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $170,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Eclipse Security | Philadelphia, PA | $162,490 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| League for the Blind and Disabled | Fort Wayne, IN | $160,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Headwaters Counseling | Fort Wayne, IN | $154,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Associated Churches of Fort Wayne Ind Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $135,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| YWCA | Fort Wayne, IN | $134,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Boys and Girls Club | Fort Wayne, IN | $130,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Community Foundation of Greater Fw | Fort Wayne, IN | $130,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| League for the Blind and Disabled Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $130,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Human Agricultural Cooperative Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $121,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Iris Family Support Center Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wellspring Interfaith Social Services Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| First Call Medical Staffing | Fort Wayne, IN | $113,760 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Community Transportation Network | Fort Wayne, IN | $113,134 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Salvation Army | Hoffman Estates, IL | $113,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Amani Family Services Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne | Fort Wayne, IN | $103,691 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Turnstone Ctr for Disabled Children | Fort Wayne, IN | $101,295 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Community Harvest Food Bank | Fort Wayne, IN | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Family & Childrens Service of Fort Wayne Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Aging and in-Home Services | Fort Wayne, IN | $94,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cornerstone Youth Center | Monroeville, IN | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mlk Montessori School | Fort Wayne, IN | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Wellspring Interfaith | Fort Wayne, IN | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Scan Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $83,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Come As You Are Community Church | Fort Wayne, IN | $82,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Turnstone Center for Children and Adults With Disabilities Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $81,295 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Super Shot | Fort Wayne, IN | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Fort Wayne Rescue Mission Ministries Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| YWCA Northeast Indiana Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Blue Jacket | Fort Wayne, IN | $79,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Associated Churches of Fort Wayne | Fort Wayne, IN | $71,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Blue Jacket Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Courageous Healing Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hearcare Connection | Fort Wayne, IN | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Fort Wayne Rescue Mission | Fort Wayne, IN | $69,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| A Mothers Hope | Fort Wayne, IN | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Inner City Hope Corporation | Fort Wayne, IN | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | Fort Wayne, IN | $58,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Metropolitan Young Mens Christian Association | Fort Wayne, IN | $52,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Youth for Christ | Fort Wayne, IN | $51,800 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Fort Wayne Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Transportation Network Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Healthier Moms and Babies Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Joseph Community Health Fnd | Fort Wayne, IN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Red Cross | Fort Wayne, IN | $48,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aging and in-Home Services of Ne in | Fort Wayne, IN | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Nonviolence | Fort Wayne, IN | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| East Wayne Street Center | Fort Wayne, IN | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Matthew 25 | Fort Wayne, IN | $36,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Visiting Nurse Services and Hospice | Fort Wayne, IN | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Vincent Village Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $33,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ne in Positive Resource Connection | Fort Wayne, IN | $32,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Inner City Hope Corp | Fort Wayne, IN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Neighborhood Health Clinics | Fort Wayne, IN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ciocca Cleaning & Restoration | Fort Wayne, IN | $29,175 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| In Family & Social Services Admin | Indianapolis, IN | $28,268 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Building a Stronger Family Incorporated | Fort Wayne, IN | $26,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Arc of Northeast Indiana | Fort Wayne, IN | $25,010 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Bridge of Grace Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Come As You Are Community Church | Fort Wayne, IN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cancer Services of Northeast in | Fort Wayne, IN | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Fort Wayne, IN | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Cancer Services of Allen County Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Nonviolence Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cornerstone Youth Center | Monroeville, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girl Scouts of Limberlost Council | Fort Wayne, IN | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry Inc | Garrett, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Matthew 25 Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mental Health America in Allen Cnty | Fort Wayne, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Neighborhood Health Clinics Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Out of a Jam Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Out of a Jam Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Amani Family Services | Fort Wayne, IN | $17,794 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| United Way of Whitewater Valley | Richmond, IN | $17,730 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Diocese of Ft Wayne South Bend Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| A Mother's Hope | Fort Wayne, IN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fort Wayne Urban League Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Way of Wells County Inc | Bluffton, IN | $10,504 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Way of Kosciusko County Inc | Warsaw, IN | $10,142 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Financial Semester | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Healthvisions Midwest Inc | Hammond, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry | Garrett, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Crossroads United Way Inc | Elkhart, IN | $9,565 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Way of Adams County Indiana Inc | Decatur, IN | $9,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Classic Cafe Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $8,839 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| United Way of Dekalb County Inc | Auburn, IN | $8,715 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Steuben County United Way | Angola, IN | $7,970 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Way of Auglaize Co Oh Inc | Wapakoneta, OH | $7,187 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
34 of 102 (33%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 39 of 102 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 55 | $4,939,284 | $58,000 |
| 2021 | 41 | $2,234,945 | $35,000 |
| 2022 | 26 | $866,213 | $22,500 |
| 2023 | 17 | $785,000 | $30,000 |
| 2024 | 19 | $785,000 | $25,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
97% of its giving went to organizations in Indiana. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
Down to the city
Foundations that fund only organizations they pick gave to this one
11 private foundations that told the IRS they contribute only to organizations they select themselves reported 32 grants totalling $282,501 to United Way of Allen County Inc. That is 26% of the 42 funders we can see giving to it. Those 11 foundations do not take unsolicited requests -- their own returns say so. The IRS classifies this organization as a federated giving programme.
7 of them gave in more than one tax year, which is the only durability signal the filings carry.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application here reaches that money. A grant from a closed foundation is often a designated gift or a donor-advised fund earmarked by whoever gave it, and has nothing to do with any open programme this organization runs. Neither tax return says which, so neither do we. The list below is who put money in. It is not a route to it.
| Foundation | State | Reported | Grants | Years | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regal Beloit Charitable Foundation | Wisconsin | $71,400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Electric Power Foundation | Delaware | $64,083 | 6 | 4 | 2025 |
| Raymond Rosenberger Award Foundation | Pennsylvania | $54,640 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Flagstar Foundation Inc | Michigan | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sengstack Family Foundation Inc | Tennessee | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 1ST Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-Xxxx | Indiana | $19,080 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Isa S & Elizabeth Canavati Family | Indiana | $3,026 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| L3HARRIS Foundation Inc | Florida | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Summit Legacy Foundation Inc | Indiana | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jpmorgan Chase Foundation | New York | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
The 10 largest by reported dollars, of 11.
A linked name has a page of its own. We publish one for a foundation that takes no unsolicited requests only when a real share of its giving goes to organizations that make grants themselves, and that page opens by saying it does not take requests.
Both the count and the total are floors. A foundation appears here only where its return named this organization clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows. There are more; we cannot name them.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $30,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Indiana.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from United Way of Allen County Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 19 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 347 West Berry Street Suite 300, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802.
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