Mary C & Perry F Spencer Fdn
Fort Wayne, IN · EIN 31-1016213. Reported 90 grants totalling $1,191,580 to 47 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. Mary C & Perry F Spencer Fdn 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $15,000; 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harlan Christian Youth Center | Harlan, IN | $180,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| New Mercies Ministries | Fort Wayne, IN | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Woodburn Christian Children's Home Inc | Woodburn, IN | $95,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Drive Alive Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $60,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Soulmedic Media Group | Fort Wayne, IN | $53,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Youth for Christ USA Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $53,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Associated Churches of Ft Wayne Indiana | Fort Wayne, IN | $49,360 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Allen County Ft Wayne Historical Society | Fort Wayne, IN | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Christian Community Health Care Inc | Grabill, IN | $40,600 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Power House Alliance Inc | New Haven, IN | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| All for One Productions Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $28,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Timevista Theater Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $27,250 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Associated Churches of Ft Wayne Ind | Fort Wayne, IN | $26,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Allen County Ft Wayne Historical So | Fort Wayne, IN | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Woodburn Christian Childrens Home | Woodburn, IN | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Southeast Youth Council - Cornerstone | Monroeville, IN | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| My Next Step | Fort Wayne, IN | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Northeast Indiana Young Life | Fort Wayne, IN | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Power House Youth Center | New Haven, IN | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Woodlan Football Booster | Woodburn, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Antwerp Community Development Committee | Antwerp, OH | $18,070 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chistian Community Health Care Inc | Grabill, IN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Headwaters Church New Mercies Ministries | Fort Wayne, IN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hearcare Connection Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Remedy Live | Fort Wayne, IN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| League for the Blind & Disabled Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cancer Services of Ne Indiana | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Eckstein Workshop and Activities Inc | New Haven, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fort Wayne Public Television | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Heart of the City Mission Foundation Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Humane Fort Wayne | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Matthew 25 | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New Haven Area Heritage Association Inc | New Haven, IN | $8,300 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Summit City Theatre Works | Fort Wayne, IN | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| American Welding Society Johnny Appleseed Society | Miami, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Big Brothersbig Sister of Ne Indiana | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cass Housing Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Harvest Food Bank of Ne Indiana | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| East Allen County Family Resource Center | New Haven, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fire & Light Productions | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Heart of the City Mission Fdn | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Historic Broadway Inc | New Haven, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maumee Valley Antique Steam and Gas Assn | New Haven, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stillwater Hospice | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Lighthouse | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| West Lafayette First Un Meth Church | West Lafayette, IN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Huntington County Community Foundation Warren Theatre Guild | Huntington, IN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
25 of 47 (53%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- Hearcare Connection Inc
CLINICAL/HEARING SVCS FOR
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 62 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 | 20 | $232,070 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 18 | $263,360 | $12,180 |
| 2023 | 16 | $233,900 | $12,800 |
| 2024 | 18 | $215,450 | $10,000 |
| 2025 | 18 | $246,800 | $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
98% 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 $10,000. 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 Mary C & Perry F Spencer Fdn's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: 6851 W Jefferson Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN, 46804. 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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