Funding search · EIN 472588759 · Fort Wayne, IN

The Cairn Foundation

Name: The Cairn Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

17
grants reported: $1.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Grant history

All 17 reported grants, largest first.

$1.0M
Grand Teton National Park Foundatio · Moose, WY · 2024
Support nature
$50,000
Acres Land Trust · Huntertown, IN · 2023
Greenhurst commons funding
$50,000
Dekalb Central Foundation · Auburn, IN · 2022
Underwrite weight room
$40,000
Coombs Outdoors · Jackson, WY · 2024
Outdoor recreation opportunities
$40,000
Believe in a Dream · Fort Wayne, IN · 2023
Exploration of music
$40,000
Coombs Outdoors · Jackson, WY · 2023
Outdoor recreation opportunities
$35,000
The Nature Conservancy in Indiana · Arlington, VA · 2024
Support nature conservation programs
$30,000
Believe in a Dream · Fort Wayne, IN · 2022
Exploration of music
$25,000
The Nature Conservancy in Indiana · Arlington, VA · 2023
Support nature conservation programs
$25,000
The Nature Conservancy in Indiana · Arlington, VA · 2022
Support nature conservation programs
$15,000
Teton Adaptive Sports · Teton Village, WY · 2024
Sports opportunities for disabled
$15,000
Friends of the University of Surrey · New York, NY · 2023
Support int'l travel bursaries
$15,000
Teton Adaptive Sports · Teton Village, WY · 2023
Sports opportunities for disabled
$15,000
Friends of the University of Surrey · New York, NY · 2022
Support int'l travel bursaries
$15,000
Teton Adaptive Sports · Teton Village, WY · 2022
Sports opportunities for disabled
$8,000
Sam'S Wish · Carmel, IN · 2023
Kindness camp
$8,000
Sam'S Wish · Carmel, IN · 2022
Kindness camp

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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.