Funding search · EIN 352008538 · Fort Wayne, IN

The Vann Family Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

32
grants reported
$3.4M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$3,080
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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4 grants matching “cancer research · $45,000

  • $15,000

    Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer Research · Roanoke, IN · 2025

    General operating purpose

  • $15,000

    Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer Research · Roanoke, IN · 2024

    General operating purpose

  • $5,000

    Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer Research · Roanoke, IN · 2023

    Funding research to find a cure for breast cancer

  • $10,000

    Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer · Roanoke, IN · 2022

    Funding research to find a cure for breast cancer

Grant history

All 32 reported grants, largest first.

  • $1.3M

    Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2023

    To support patient care, research, and education

  • $1.1M

    Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2025

    To support patient care, research, and education

  • $650,000

    The Foundation for the Carolinas · Charlotte, NC · 2022

    The lee and jim vann donor advised fund

  • $200,000

    Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024

    To support patient care, research, and education

  • $50,000

    Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2022

    To support patient care, research and education

  • $25,000

    Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2022

    $10,000 for ukraine disaster relief; $15,000 for hurricane ian disaster relief

  • $15,000

    Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer Research · Roanoke, IN · 2025

    General operating purpose

  • $15,000

    Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer Research · Roanoke, IN · 2024

    General operating purpose

  • $10,000

    Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2023

    General purpose

  • $10,000

    Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer · Roanoke, IN · 2022

    Funding research to find a cure for breast cancer

  • $5,000

    University of St Francis · Joliet, IL · 2023

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer Research · Roanoke, IN · 2023

    Funding research to find a cure for breast cancer

  • $5,000

    Harold W McMillen Center for Health Education · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022

    Pat parker memorial scholarship fund

  • $5,000

    University of St Francis · Joliet, IL · 2022

    Improvements of the jim and lee vann library

  • $4,000

    Wreaths Across America · Columbia Falls, ME · 2025

    General operating purpose

  • $4,000

    Wreaths Across America · Columbia Falls, ME · 2024

    General operating purpose

  • $2,159

    Msd of Lawrence Township Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2023

    To support the brook park sensory program

  • $2,000

    Wreaths Across America · Columbia Falls, ME · 2023

    General purpose

  • $2,000

    Wreaths Across America · Columbia Falls, ME · 2022

    Support of veteran's cemeteries

  • $1,631

    Msd of Lawrence Township Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024

    To support the brook park sensory program

  • $1,000

    North Wake County Baseball Association · Wake Forest, NC · 2025

    General operating purpose

  • $1,000

    Shriners Children · Tampa, FL · 2025

    General operating purpose

  • $1,000

    Clemson University Foundation · Clemson, SC · 2024

    General operating purpose

  • $1,000

    Fernbank Elementary School Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General operating purpose

  • $1,000

    Ronald McDonald House Charities of Denver · Denver, CO · 2024

    General operating purpose

  • $1,000

    Clemson University Foundation · Clemson, SC · 2023

    General purpose

  • $1,000

    Ronald McDonald House Charities of Denver · Denver, CO · 2023

    General purpose

  • $1,000

    City of Fort Wayne Parks & Recreation Department · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022

    To support foellinger-freimann botanical garden

  • $1,000

    Clemson University Foundation · Clemson, SC · 2022

    Tiger ties business school mentoring program

  • $1,000

    Ronald McDonald House Charities of Denver · Denver, CO · 2022

    To help support ill children and their families

  • $827

    Msd of Lawrence Township Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2022

    To support the brook park sensory room

  • $680

    Msd of Lawrence Township Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2025

    To support the brook park sensory program

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.