Franklin Electric Charitable &
Fort Wayne, IN · EIN 23-7399324. Reported 229 grants totalling $1,144,118 to 147 recipients 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. Franklin Electric Charitable & 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 $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $103 and the largest $37,763. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Allen County | Fort Wayne, IN | $114,593 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fort Wayne Philharmonic | Fort Wayne, IN | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bridge of Grace | Fort Wayne, IN | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Junior Achievement | Fort Wayne, IN | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Science Central | Fort Wayne, IN | $66,052 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fort Wayne Philharmonic - Philharmonic Music for Everyone Campaign | Fort Wayne, IN | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Super Shot | Fort Wayne, IN | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fort Wayne Children's Zoo | Fort Wayne, IN | $27,195 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| International Red Crossred Crescent | Geneva | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fort Wayne Museum of Art | Fort Wayne, IN | $24,500 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Stillwater Hospice | Fort Wayne, IN | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Turnstone | Fort Wayne, IN | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Fort Wayne | Fort Wayne, IN | $14,027 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Indiana Institute of Technology | Fort Wayne, IN | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Way of Dane County - Madison Wi | Madison, WI | $10,298 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Associado De Amigos Da Familiaabigail | Joinville Sc | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bethesda Institution | Santa Catarina, District of Pirab | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ne Indiana | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Fort Wayne | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Early Childhood Alliance | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hospital Senhor Bom Jesus | Sao Paulo, Monte Azul Paulis | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Khanyisa Trust | Edenvale | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Three Rivers Festival | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Water Well Trust | Davidson, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YWCA | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The League | Fort Wayne, IN | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kate's Kart | Fort Wayne, IN | $8,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Visiting Nurse | Fort Wayne, IN | $8,473 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mcmillen Health | Fort Wayne, IN | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Associazione Il Pomodoro | Bolzano Vicentino | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Manchester University | North Manchester, IN | $6,684 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mad Anthonys Children's Hope House | Fort Wayne, IN | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Blue Jacket Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $6,332 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fort Wayne Habitat for Humanity | Fort Wayne, IN | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wittlich Flood - Germany Red Cross | Wittlich | $5,982 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wagon Wheel | Warsaw, IN | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Arnica Berzodemo Odv | Berzo Demo | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arts United | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bomberos De Linares | Linares, Nuevo Leon | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and Desoto Counties Inc | Sarasota, FL | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cruz Roja Mexicana Iap | Monterrey, Co. Del Prado | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cruz Roja Mexicana Iap | Del Prado, Monterret Nuevo L | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cruz Roja Mexicana | Monterrey | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Edenvale Care Centre Hospital | Edenvale | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Edenvale Care Centre Hospital | Edenvale, Gauteng | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Georgetown Prep | North Bethesda, MD | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Oklahoma Foundation for the Disabled | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Patronato De Bomberos Cd Guadalupe Nuevo Leon Ac - Guadalupe | Agua Nueva | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Patronato De Bomberos | Guadalupe | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Seeds of Hope Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Eagle Trust | Bokaa | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Waunakee Ecumencial Board Inc | Waunakee, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Dane County | Madison, WI | $4,544 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Agrace Hospice & Palliative Care | Fitchburg, WI | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hayden Stevens | Fort Wayne, IN | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Joslyn Crocker | Wilburton, OK | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kaitlyn Holle | Lafayette, IN | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Katherine Mitkos | Troutville, VA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kathleen Foti | Fort Wayne, IN | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Madison Area Food Pantry Garden | Madison, WI | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Miriam Turnridge | Saco, ME | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Paul Jagger | Columbia City, IN | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The League | Fort Wayne, WI | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Canterbury School | Fort Wayne, IN | $3,829 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Georgetown Prep - Officer Match | North Bethesda, MD | $3,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Edgewood College Fund | Madison, WI | $3,648 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Allison Stevens | Fort Wayne, IN | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Caroline Yager | Fitchburg, WI | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Darcie Mccullar | Red Oak, OK | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fort Wayne Habitat for Humantiy | Fort Wayne, IN | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greater Fort Wayne Inc Metro Chamber Alliance | Fort Wayne, IN | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jacob Dunn | Fort Wayne, IN | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| James Johnson | Huntertown, IN | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jenna Lusk | Fort Wayne, IN | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kayla Luarde | Fort Wayne, IN | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Shelby Mcclain | Redkey, IN | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sophia Green | Sun Prairie, WI | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Taylor Stenger | Fort Wayne, IN | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fort Wayne Children's Choir | Fort Wayne, IN | $2,750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Achieving Beyond Brain Injury Charitable Foundation | Whitby, Ontario | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Agrace | Fitchburg, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Apae Assoc De Pais E Amigos Dos Excepcionais De Feira De Santana | Feira De Santana, Codigo | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arizona Humane Society | Phoenix, AZ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Achieving Beyond Brain Injury Charitable Foundation | Whtiby, ON | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Barrie Food Bank | Barri | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba | Winnipeg, Manitoba | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Churubusco Community Child Care Center | Churubusco, IN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Clean Lakes Alliance Inc | Madison, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cooperative Di Bessimo Onlus | Concesio | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fondation Chu Sainte-Justine | Quebec | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fondazione Advar Onlus | Treviso | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fort Wayne Zoological Society Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gruppo Volontari Proposta | Malonno Bs | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Healing Hearts Child Advocacy Center | Southhaven, MS | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hope's Harbor (fka Mad Anthonys Children's Hope House) | Fort Wayne, IN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lanley Food Bank Society | Langley Bc | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Madison Area Food Pantry Gardens Inc | Madison, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Polar Cubs Childcare Center | Floodwood, MN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin | Madison, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ash Creek Fire Dept | Wllburton, OK | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bennett Hancock | Granite Falls, NC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of Wilburton | Wllburton, OK | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cravens Volunteer Fire Department | Red Oak, OK | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maria Camacho | Linares, Nuevo Leon | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Maria Camacho | Linares | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northeast Regional Science & Engineering Fair | Fort Wayne, IN | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Spanish American War Veterans Colony Fire Department | Wllburton, OK | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| West End Fire Dept Assn | Wilburton, OK | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Babies Gone Too Soon | Montfort, WI | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bach Collegium | Fort Wayne, IN | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bach Collegium - Fort Wayne | Fort Wayne, IN | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kids' Voice of Indiana | Indianapolis, IN | $1,399 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Associazione Elios Onlus | Bassano Del Grappa | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Andrea Jackson | Orillia, ON | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Andrea Jackson | Ontario | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cooperativa Sociale Madonn | Cap Motta Di Livenza | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Diamoci Una Mano Odv | Dueville | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Daira Cruz | Linares | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Darshana Balaji | Madison, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Embassy Theatre | Fort Wayne, IN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Emma Byrd | Avon, IN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fire and Light Productions | Fort Wayne, IN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gigi's Playhouse Madison | Hoffman Estates, IL | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Greater Fort Wayne - Bridge Program | Fort Wayne, IN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grace Wilson | Plainfield, IN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hailey Stanford | Wilburton, OK | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Heather Novak | Evansville, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Heidelberg Autism Centre | Sebenza | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pfw Tapestry | Fort Wayne, IN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reed Mccollum | Fort Wayne, IN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Blue Jacket Fantasy of Lights | Fort Wayne, IN | $996 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Central Pennsylvania Food Bank | Williamsport, PA | $850 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Leader Dogs for the Blind | Rochester Hills, MI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Samaritan's Purse | Boone, NC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Food Group | New Hope, MN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Nw | Portland, OR | $375 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United Way of Central Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK | $259 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Connextions | Madison, WI | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Holy Trinity Association | Fort Wayne, IN | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lc Nature Park - Officer Match | Roanoke, IN | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Desoto Co Foundation for Excellence | Southaven, MS | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Desoto Hope | Olive Brance, MS | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Palmer Home for Children | Lake Cormorant, MS | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity | Ipswich | $129 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $103 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
51 of 147 (35%) 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 41%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- United Way of Allen County
TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS - Bridge of Grace
EDUCATION AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM - GENERAL OPERATIONS - Fort Wayne Philharmonic - Philharmonic Music for Everyone Campaign
Music for Everyone Campagin - City of Fort Wayne
EXCELLENCE IN SAFETY AWARD - Hospital Senhor Bom Jesus
MONTE AZUL PAULISTA SAFETY AWARD - Fort Wayne Children's Zoo
ZOOBILEE - GENERAL OPERATIONS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 76 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 56 | $235,124 | $2,000 |
| 2022 | 57 | $241,718 | $2,000 |
| 2023 | 55 | $333,684 | $2,500 |
| 2024 | 61 | $333,592 | $2,500 |
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
83% of its giving went to organizations in Indiana. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 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 foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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 Franklin Electric Charitable &'s own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 9255 Coverdale Road, Fort Wayne, IN, 46809. 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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