The Donald F Wood and Darlene M
Spencerville, IN · EIN 20-4217594. Reported 132 grants totalling $2,319,500 to 52 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. The Donald F Wood and Darlene M 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 $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $23,000; the smallest was $2,000 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YMCA Greater Fort Wayne | Fort Wayne, IN | $180,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Summit Equestrian Center | Fort Wayne, IN | $135,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Stillwater Hospice | Fort Wayne, IN | $130,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cass Housing | Fort Wayne, IN | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Matthew 25 | Fort Wayne, IN | $120,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Image of Hope Ranch | Auburn, IN | $115,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Community Harvest Food Bank | Fort Wayne, IN | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Turnstone Center for Children & Adu | Fort Wayne, IN | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Camp Red Cedar | Fort Wayne, IN | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Neighborlink | Fort Wayne, IN | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Transportation Network | Fort Wayne, IN | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Positive Resource Connection | Fort Wayne, IN | $63,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Arts United | Fort Wayne, IN | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fort Wayne Rescue Mission | Fort Wayne, IN | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Blue Jacket | Fort Wayne, IN | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Crossroads Child & Family Services | Fort Wayne, IN | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Erin's House | Fort Wayne, IN | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Troy Schools | Columbia City, IN | $52,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| 13 Step House | Fort Wayne, IN | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Visiting Nurse | Fort Wayne, IN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cancer Services | Fort Wayne, IN | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fort Wayne Philharmonic | Fort Wayne, IN | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hearcare Connection Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Healthier Moms & Babies | Fort Wayne, IN | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | Fort Wayne, IN | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Super Shot | Fort Wayne, IN | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hope's Harbor | Fort Wayne, IN | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Image of Hope Rance | Auburn, IN | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bounce Back Indiana | Fort Wayne, IN | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Euell Wilson Center | Fort Wayne, IN | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fort Wayne Ballet | Fort Wayne, IN | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Greater Fw | Fort Wayne, IN | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mad Anthony's Hope House | Fort Wayne, IN | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Foundation of Greater for | Fort Wayne, IN | $19,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chill | Fort Wayne, IN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Early Childhood Alliance | Fort Wayne, IN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Give Hear | Fort Wayne, IN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ne in Positive Resource Connection | Fort Wayne, IN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Literacy Alliance | Fort Wayne, IN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children's Autism Center | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Homebound Meals | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Shepherd's House | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alliance Industries | Garren, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Blessings in a Backpack | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boomerang Backpacks | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fort Wayne Children's Zoo | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Heartland Sings | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Home Away From Home | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Science Central | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Veteran's National Shrine | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gigi's Playhouse | Fort Wayne, IN | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Out of a Jam | Fort Wayne, IN | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
33 of 52 (63%) 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 87%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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 67 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 37 | $525,000 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 31 | $602,000 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 31 | $602,000 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 33 | $590,500 | $15,000 |
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
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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 $15,000. 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Donald F Wood and Darlene M'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 152, Spencerville, IN, 46788. 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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