Larry J and Dinah M Bird Family
Terre Haute, IN · EIN 82-1529629. Reported 68 grants totalling $665,270 to 41 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Larry J and Dinah M Bird Family did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $50,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame | Springfield, MA | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fam | Springfield, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Women's Fund of Central Indiana | Indianapolis, IN | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Flaster Mattingly Family Fund | Boston, MA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hamilton Center Foundation | Terre Haute, IN | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wabash Valley Family Sports Center | Terre Haute, IN | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hospice of the Wabash Valley | Terre Haute, IN | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Jacksonville, FL | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alzheimer's Association for Research | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brown County Playhouse | Nashville, IN | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Comfort Home Place Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hamblen Township Volunteer Fire Department Inc | Nineveh, IN | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Shelter for Abused Women & Children | Naples, FL | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Brown County Humane Society | Nashville, IN | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Matthew's House | Naples, FL | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Harry Chapin Food Bank Collier County Center | Naples, FL | $14,180 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Brown County Volunteer Fire Department | Nashville, IN | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| David Benner Memorial Fund Co Pacers Foundation | Indianapolis, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Middle Way House | Bloomington, IN | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nica - in | Orinda, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Simon Youth Foundation | Indianapolis, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Toby Keith Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Warrior Homes of Collier | Naples, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities Terre Haute | Terre Haute, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grace Place | Hendersonville, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Horizon House | Indianapolis, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mother Cupboards Community Kitchen | Nashville, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nate Mcmillan Foundation | Raleigh, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Spina Bifida Indiana | Indianapolis, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Terre Haute Boys and Girls Club | Terre Haute, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Terre Haute Police Department | Terre Haute, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration | King of Prussia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Valerie's House Naples | Naples, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community School of Naples | Naples, FL | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Fairbanks Recovery Center | Indianapolis, IN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Child Safety Council | Jackson, MI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League | West Palm Beach, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| R U 4ME Pet Rescue | Boynton Beach, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Springs Valley Education Foundation | French Lick, IN | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Patrick's School Project Literacy Media Center Refresh | Terre Haute, IN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Harry Chapin Food Bank | Fort Myers, FL | $1,590 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
15 of 41 (37%) 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 64%, 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
General operational support - Flaster Mattingly Family Fund
$25,000 - In Memory of Charles Oscar Mattingly - Wounded Warrior Project
$10,000 - In Memory of Bill Fitch$25,000 - In Memory of Toby Keith - Hospice of the Wabash Valley
$25,000 - In Memory of Max Gibson - Alzheimer's Association for Research
$25,000 - In Memory of Colleen Mattingly - Wabash Valley Family Sports Center
Lavern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 41 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | $106,590 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 11 | $162,500 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 22 | $226,000 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 24 | $170,180 | $5,000 |
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. 49% 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.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Indiana.
- 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.
- 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Larry J and Dinah M Bird Family'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: One First Financial Plaza, Terre Haute, IN, 47807. 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.
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