Tim and Libby Ash Family Foundation Inc
Fort Wayne, IN · EIN 27-1243709. Reported 77 grants totalling $3,217,880 to 55 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. Tim and Libby Ash Family Foundation Inc 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 $2,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $325,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge of Grace Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $620,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New Covenant Worship Center | Fort Wayne, IN | $395,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Fort Wayne Rescue Mission Ministries Inc Dba the Rescue Mission | Fort Wayne, IN | $350,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Rescue Mission | Fort Wayne, IN | $325,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| World Baseball Academy | Fort Wayne, IN | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Fort Wayne Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| World Baseball Academy Inc Dba Academy of Sports and Health | Fort Wayne, IN | $181,680 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Junior Achivement of Northern Indiana | Fort Wayne, IN | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Humane Fort Wayne (aka Allen County Spca) | Fort Wayne, IN | $112,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan Aka Straits Area Community Fndt | Alpena, MI | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Impact Center | Fort Wayne, IN | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Aurora Public Schools (dba Adams-Arapahoe School District 28J | Aurora, CO | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Specialty Tutoring Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Chapel | Fort Wayne, IN | $52,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Erin's House for Grieving Children Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Northeast Indiana Public Radio Inc (nipr and Wboi) | Fort Wayne, IN | $38,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alive Community Outreach Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Love Fort Wayne | Fort Wayne, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fort Wayne Museum of Art Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $18,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Interlochen Center for the Arts Dba Interlochen Public Radio | Interlochen, MI | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Canterbury School Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Youth for Christ Inc Northeast Indiana | Fort Wayne, IN | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arts United Center | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Beloved Asheville | Asheville, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Crosswinds Inc Dba Crosswinds Counseling | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Interlochen Public Radio | Interlochen, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Mercies Ministries | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Scan Inc (stop Child Abuse & Neglect) | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Joe UMC | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fort Wayne Zoological Society Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dennos Museum Center | Traverse City, MI | $3,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grace Episcopal Church | Traverse City, MI | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Iris Family Support Center Formerly Scan Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wellspring Interfaith Social Services Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St James Cathedral | Chicago, IL | $2,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mackinac Straits Raptor Watch | Petoskey, MI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Star 883 | Fort Wayne, IN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Young Life | Colorado Springs, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Northwest Michigan | Traverse City, MI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Allen County Public Library Foundation | Fort Wayne, IN | $1,300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| A Mission of Hope | Royal Oak, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chicago Public Media Inc (dba Wbez) | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Ottawa Park | Cheboygan, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fwcs Foundation Inc (aka Fort Wayne Community Schools) | Fort Wayne, IN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Living Water International | Stafford, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Fort Wayne, IN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Taylor University Broadcasting Inc Dba Wbcl Radio Network | Fort Wayne, IN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Voice of Martyrs Inc | Bartlesville, OK | $700 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana | Fort Wayne, IN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Leukemia and Lymphoma Society | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Allen County Child Advocacy Center | Fort Wayne, IN | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Forensic Nursing Specialties Inc (aka Fw Sexual Assault Treatment Cntr) | Fort Wayne, IN | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wcmu Public Media | Mt Pleasant, MI | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
15 of 55 (27%) 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 29%, 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.
- The Rescue Mission
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN PAYMENT - TO FURTHER SUPPORT THE WORK OF RESCUE MISSION. OPERATIONAL SUPPORT - New Covenant Worship Center
TO HELP WITH COMMUNITY IMPACT CENTER PROJECT - World Baseball Academy
NEW PARKING LOT CONSTRUCTION, OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FOR WORLD BASEBALL ACADEMY. - Bridge of Grace Inc
TO HELP THE UNDERPRIVILEDGED - Bridge of Grace
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN PAYMENT - TO SUPPORT BRIDGE OF GRACE'S NEW CAMPUS. - The Fort Wayne Rescue Mission Ministries Inc Dba the Rescue Mission
FOR OPERATIONS AND TAKING CARE OF THE HOMELESS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 41 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 | 12 | $588,080 | $17,500 |
| 2022 | 28 | $897,000 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 18 | $749,300 | $6,500 |
| 2024 | 19 | $983,500 | $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
93% 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 $5,000. 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 Tim and Libby Ash Family Foundation Inc'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: 888 S Harrison Street 900, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802. 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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